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  • October 1991 (Revised August 1993)
  • Case

Acid Rain: Burlington Northern, Inc. (A)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt
Burlington Northern (BN) hauls low-sulfur coal from the northern Great Plains to electric utilities in the Midwest. Acid rain legislation may affect the geographic scope of BN's markets. Railroad managers need to assess the economic effects of acid rain controls and... View Details
Keywords: Rail Transportation; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Industry Growth; Industry Structures; Rail Industry; United States
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  • 09 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

new fintech entrepreneurs, and banks—small and large—vying for a position. Fintech, Small Business & the American Dream grapples with the broad significance of small business to the economy, the historical role of credit markets, the dynamics of innovation cycles,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 05 Mar 2019
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New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

refers to corporate leaders speaking out on social and environmental policy issues not directly related to their company’s core business. Distinct from nonmarket strategy and traditional corporate social... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 16 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies Authors:Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein, and Katharine L. Lee Abstract Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to... View Details
  • 16 May 2016
  • HBS Case

Food Safety Economics: The Cost of a Sick Customer

Business School and Professor in Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Even though Chipotle’s supply chain is shorter, with fewer intermediaries between supplier and restaurant, the use of local... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage
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future information and knowledge management needs and staying abreast of state-of-the art technologies and practices to best meet them. Business & Environment Initiative The Business and Environment Initiative, launched in 2010, seeks to deepen business leaders’... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2017
  • News

City of Dreams

advisor to the newly formed government of East Timor. “You had yesterday’s freedom fighters now trying to figure out how to run a country,” he says. “Our job was to help them navigate the big policy and technical issues of various... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government
  • 23 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

this is one aspect that the good design of policies on the extraction of oil and mineral resources should take into account. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-035.pdf   PublicationsEntrepreneurial Ventures and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • News

Tapping into Opportunity

between Florida and Georgia, and some are among water districts within a single state, such as California. Shankar has worked on this issue as well, coauthoring the water policy paper that has driven California's water conservation... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; Business and Environment Initiative; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • November 2024
  • Case

Ather Energy: The Future of Mobility

By: Shunyuan Zhang, Kannan Srinivasan and Malini Sen
Ather Energy, India’s third-largest electric scooter maker by volume, was founded in 2013. Five years later, the start-up launched its first electric scooter, Ather 450, which was powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and the Internet of Things (IoT), to navigate... View Details
Keywords: Energy Policy; Climate Change; Alternative Energy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Transportation; Transformation; Green Technology; Technology Adoption; Communication Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Startups; Growth and Development Strategy; Brands and Branding; Product Launch; Product Positioning; Business Strategy; Segmentation; Asia; India
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  • 21 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 21

characterized by underdeveloped institutions and frequent environmental shifts. Yet they also contain many firms that have survived over generations. How are firms in weak institutional environments able to persist over time? Motivated by... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Nov 2018
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New Research and Ideas, November 6, 2018

Monetary Policy and Emerging Market Credit Cycles By: Bräuning, Falk, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract—Foreign banks’ lending to firms in emerging market economies (EMEs) is large and denominated predominantly in U.S. dollars. This creates... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Aug 2008
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First Look: August 12, 2008

involves a one-issue, zero-sum negotiation concerning the advance on royalties that the publisher will pay to the author. Purchase the case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=908050 China's Environmental Challenge... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 1999
  • News

Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town

economist for Merrill Lynch South Africa, noted that "there is only so much a macroeconomic policy can do. The central task is to create a stable environment." The final keynote speaker was Dean Kim B. Clark, who presented an update on... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 13 Nov 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

Motivates values-based capitalism and drives companies to contribute to solving social and environmental problems while also providing employees stimulating and satisfying work. Restores trust by committing to government as an instrument... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Aug 2013
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First Look: August 20

green building, including evolving boundaries of professional jurisdictions; changing industry strategies and structures, including the roles of ownership, supply firms, and market niches; new operational, organizational, and cultural arrangements, including the... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 12 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 12, 2007

analysis. Then, you'll learn how to apply these tools in a variety of decision contexts, including securities analysis, credit analysis, corporate financing policies analysis, mergers and acquisitions analysis, and governance and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 20 Aug 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

influence them. More specifically, this approach steers attention away from the political processes whereby administrative policies are formed and implemented . . . . These difficulties are compounded by the typical simplifying device of... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar
  • 11 Aug 2009
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First Look: August 11, 2009

from 3% to 15% as a fraction of government budget without negatively affecting publication quality and quantity. This follows incentive policy change and leadership change at labs, an event whose timing is plausibly exogenous being... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 26, 2019

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55694 forthcoming Journal of Monetary Economics U.S. Monetary Policy and Emerging Market Credit Cycles By: Bräuning, Falk, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract— Foreign banks’ lending to firms in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman