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    Rob Markey

    Rob Markey is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum. The course focuses on how to effectively design,... View Details

    • 04 Jun 2024
    • Blog Post

    Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

    Before becoming a Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017) was a prospective lawyer, an investment manager, a nonprofit leader, and a tech program manager. Beyond her professional roles, Ramirez is... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • Web

    Latin America - Global

    Reskilling Model JUNE 2024 ALUMNI EVENT Alumni Event with HBS Club of Brazil The HBS Club of Brazil hosted a dedicated event for search funds in June 2024. Gustavo Vaz (MBA 2018), Marcos Noll Barboza (GMP), and Paulo Molinari (MBA 2020) talked about this innovative... View Details
    • March 2024
    • Article

    Establishing the Foundation for Carbon Trading Markets

    By: Robert S. Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna and Marc Roston
    Poor measurement practices and inadequate controls have led to extensive trading of carbon offset instruments that do not materially reduce the supply of atmospheric GHG. We introduce five carbon offset accounting principles, built from fundamental financial-accounting... View Details
    Keywords: Carbon Offsetting; Accounting; Carbon Accounting; E-liabilities; Measurement; Trading; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Sustainability
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    • 17 Sep 2024
    • Blog Post

    The International Experience at HBS: Zoe Sun (MBA 2024)

    and the investing world. However, having grown up in mainland China, studied in the US and Europe, and gained an undergraduate degree in Foreign Service, I firmly believe that there is a bigger world out there, and that I should venture... View Details
    • 08 Sep 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: September 8, 2010

    determinant of choices than fairness, and iii) agents display a marked propensity to work for principals with similar distributional concerns.   Working PapersReport on the State of Available Data for the Study of International Trade and Foreign Direct View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • May 2002 (Revised August 2006)
    • Case

    Yangcheng: AES in China

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor
    AES, an American electric power company with 141 plants worldwide, is just completing construction of a 2,100-MW plant in China--the largest ever. The project, a joint venture with five local companies, has several environmental, ownership, and operational issues as... View Details
    Keywords: Energy Generation; Joint Ventures; Foreign Direct Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Energy Industry; China
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    • November 2007
    • Article

    Standing Out from the Crowd: The Visibility-Enhancing Effects of IPO-related Signals on Alliance Formation by Entrepreneurial Firms

    By: Tim Pollock and Ranjay Gulati
    In this study, we explore how multiple signals related to entrepreneurial companies at the time of their initial public offering (IPO) influence the firms' ability to acquire non-financial resources over time. Specifically, the study looks at how signals based on... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Initial Public Offering; Investment; Alliances; Risk and Uncertainty; Power and Influence
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    • January 2008 (Revised February 2008)
    • Case

    Restructuring at Nova Chemical Corporation

    Management of a diversified chemicals company faces two financial decisions: whether to finance a major investment in new production facilities for its rapidly expanding Environmental Products Division, and whether to sell a more slowly growing non-specialty chemicals... View Details
    Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Chemicals; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Finance; Chemical Industry
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    Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

    investing—despite the limited availability of robust metrics. McKnight recognized that sustainable investing did not equate to sacrificing returns; in fact, the foundation had already demonstrated its... View Details
    • 07 Jun 2023
    • HBS Case

    3 Ways to Gain a Competitive Advantage Now: Lessons from Amazon, Chipotle, and Facebook

    perk that allowed Amazon to capture market share and eventually blow past Sony, which after years of struggling, closed its e-reader store in 2014. “Without creating a competitive advantage, it is difficult for companies to produce and maintain sufficient returns on... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • June 2008 (Revised October 2008)
    • Case

    International Carbon Finance and EcoSecurities

    By: Andre F. Perold, Forest L. Reinhardt and Mikell Hyman
    In late 2007, EcoSecurities had to decide whether to undertake a new Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) project in China. EcoSecurities was an aggregator of carbon credits and also invested directly in projects that produced carbon credits. Governments and firms... View Details
    Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Cost Management; Investment Return; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Investment; Cash Flow; Valuation; Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry; China
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    • 14 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Curiosity, Not Coding: 6 Skills Leaders Need in the Digital Age

    and capabilities (e.g., a reliable supply chain). Leaders are discovering they must proactively invest in the ecosystem and build partnerships (turn vendors into partners; join with competitors to solve problems government can’t) to... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards; Technology
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    About - Business & Environment

    on business and environment topics Educate students to transform organizations to become environmentally sustainable Disseminate insights from research and foster alumni engagement on critical environmental topics BEI brings together more... View Details
    • 25 Jul 2006
    • First Look

    First Look: July 25, 2006

    Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most FDI was located in developing... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

    sustainable investing did not equate to sacrificing returns; in fact, the foundation had already demonstrated its ability to generate competitive performance. Still, leadership acknowledged that some growing... View Details
    • 07 Feb 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

    reported that digital transformation takes significant financial investment and time. Of those who reported making significant progress on their journey, 60 percent had been at it for at least five years. In calculating the resources,... View Details
    Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
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    Connect with Clubs - Recruiting

    Esham Macauley emacauley@mba2026.hbs.edu Black Investment Club Co-Presidents Dion Boyd dboyd@mba2026.hbs.edu Dawit Wondimagegn dwondimagegn@mba2026.hbs.edu Club Email blackinvestment@studentclubs.hbs.edu Brazilian-Portuguese Cultural Club... View Details
    • 16 Jun 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Does Diversification Create Value in the Presence of External Financing Constraints? Evidence from the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis

    Keywords: by Venkat Kuppuswamy & Belén Villalonga
    • 30 Nov 2021
    • In Practice

    What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

    The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details
    Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman