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- 07 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 7, 2016
relevant work is scattered across multiple fields. This paper presents a unified picture of mirroring in terms of theory, evidence, and exceptions. First, we formally define mirroring and argue that it is an approach to technical problem solving that View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
says, executives whose companies extract resources will feel an obligation to return the favor, whether it's a furniture company that plants trees to offset its extraction of lumber or a bottling plant that initiates a water conservation... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Dec 2007
- HBS Case
One Laptop per Child
faced a long road to seal the deals, and a lot of work lies ahead. "While on the surface it is a laudable vision to get one laptop to each child, and the motives are pristine, there are stumbling blocks in implementation," observes Quelch. The View Details
- 13 Jun 2017
- News
Finding Common Ground
wildflowers,’” Crespin explains. So CollaborateUp helped create the Honey Bee Health Coalition, which brings together beekeepers and beekeeper associations, conservation and environmental groups as well as big agriculture and government... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Baker’s back
future. Thus, the new building was designed with a Historical Collections reading room (named in honor of the de Gaspé Beaubien family’s support for the collections), a storage facility, and space for a conservation laboratory. In... View Details
- 04 Mar 2008
- News
HBS Blogs
1976D Jack Schultz, BoomtownUSA, http://boomtownusa.blogspot.com/ (on the trend to leave the urban rat race for small towns; archived since Oct. 2004) MBA 1976E Tom Frey, Frey vs. Frey. Conservative vs. Liberal, Religious vs. Secular,... View Details
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From the Chief Financial Officer - Annual Report 2020
from operations—the School’s operating surplus—came in at $30 million versus $104 million in fiscal 2019. The ability to generate a surplus—despite the unprecedented events late in the fiscal year—speaks to the diversity of our revenue streams, our View Details
- 08 May 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, May 8, 2018
in HAI and present-on-admission (POA) infection reporting rates that are strongly suggestive of upcoding. We conservatively estimate that 10,000 out of 60,000 annual reimbursed claims for POA infections (18.5%) were upcoded HAIs, costing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
“connector,” Greenwork markets its software to both training programs and companies. The list of programs currently on the platform includes the California Conservation Corps, the Los Angeles CleanTech Incubator and the San Diego... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Leslie Gold
make judgments. In this case, I do plead guilty to betraying my sex. Who is your audience, and has it changed over the years? It’s 70 percent male, in their 20s to 50s. They’ve been hammered by job loss and underemployment. The core audience has gotten more View Details
- 16 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 16, 2016
ongoing need for shark conservation and management, prevailing negative sentiments marginalize these animals and legitimize permissive exploitation. These negative attitudes arise from an instinctive yet exaggerated fear, which is... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
“International Power 50” list of women executives in 2008, has won praise for combining a conservative financial approach with progressive policies. Raised in New Jersey, Carroll studied geology at Skidmore College, went on to earn a... View Details
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
to paint a vivid and compelling picture of social life. In the extreme, Bales (1999) conservatively estimates that there are 27 million slaves in the world today, while Attaran and Sachs (2001) report that 35 million people are now... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
because Patagonia was a private company. The Tompkins dual strategy of exit from business and application of entrepreneurial skills to conservation resulted in large environmental gains, including sequestering and storing an estimated 80... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Middle Way
as head of the provincial conservation office—“the fish and wildlife police, basically,” he says. He was in his early 50s and in his 15th year of government work. His career was in stasis, and by 2002, he didn’t necessarily care if it... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
meeting, we hold events in New York, DC, Boston, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. We’re also launching in Houston and Atlanta. Our events tap into Harvard faculty and experts, such as Lawrence Lessig from Harvard Law, plus conservatives... View Details
- September 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
ReMo Energy: Sizing Up Investors
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Tom Quinn
In 2023, executives with ReMo Energy (founded 2020) were deciding which size ammonia plant to build as their first project. Their innovative model produced ammonia—useful for making fertilizer and for energy storage—from renewable energy, and they had received funding... View Details
Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Business Startups; Cost vs Benefits; Design; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Venture Capital; Investment Return; Goods and Commodities; Size; Infrastructure; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Commercialization; Technological Innovation; Chemical Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; United States; Boston
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Tom Quinn. "ReMo Energy: Sizing Up Investors." Harvard Business School Case 824-027, September 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
innovative energy conservation program, they are improving American competitiveness. One of our major messages in this project is that business should not wait for government, but start taking action today that will directly contribute to... View Details
- 02 Jan 2001
- Research & Ideas
Can Japan Compete? [Part One]
in the economy in order to conserve foreign exchange, and to allocate the limited resources available at the time to a few sectors that could provide critical basic commodities, such as chemicals and steel. The early intervention, under... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer
- 07 Aug 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
economic benefits, it triggered hostile political reactions, such as the election of more conservative legislators, higher support for anti-immigration legislation, and lower public goods provision. Stitching the economic and the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne