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  • 25 Mar 2025
  • Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2025 & ClimateCAP Fellowship

wear. Recognizing that our daily consumption choices have environmental consequences is crucial - each of us has a role to play in fostering more regenerative and responsible production and consumption... View Details
  • 24 Feb 2009
  • First Look

First Look: February 24, 2009

  Working PapersLearn-how to Improve Collaboration and Performance Authors:Ingrid M. Nembhard, Anita L. Tucker, Richard M.J. Bohmer, Joseph H. Carpenter, and Jeffrey D. Horbar Abstract Organizational learning, a prerequisite for high... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

2022 Climate Symposium: Tackling Climate Together

us achieve our goals. This year's theme 'Tackling Climate Together' is a nod to COP27 but also to our hopes for open collaboration and communication amid a further polarizing world.” The opening keynote address featured Irina Gerry, CMO... View Details
  • 27 Mar 2025
  • Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Driving India's EV Future: Insights from Ather Scooter and Exponent Energy

interoperable, they foster collaboration and ensure their infrastructure benefits not only Ather users but also other EV owners, creating a robust ecosystem for even greater e-scooter adoption. Inclusivity as a Growth DriverBy staffing... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2025
  • Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

post-treatment, undermining the benefits of advanced facilities. Energy Intensity: High energy consumption in sewage treatment facilities raises costs and environmental impacts, highlighting the need for renewable energy integration.... View Details
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Norton Abstract—Four studies reveal the benefits of relationship rituals: couples with relationship rituals report more positive emotions and greater relationship satisfaction and commitment than those without them. We show that rituals are crucial for understanding... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 02 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: A Circular Journey Through JSW Cement - From Steel Slag to Stronger Shores

door. Its location, strategically chosen, allows it to directly harness the waste products of steel production. Blast furnace slag becomes a substitute for clinker, the traditional backbone of cement. By incorporating this slag, JSW significantly reduces its View Details
  • 26 Sep 2024
  • Blog Post

Syngenta Tomato Vision

when creating a new type of tomato with the right product-market fit. Syngenta also works closely with retailers and growers to develop new products to ensure it is not only meeting the needs of consumers, but also for the growers (for example, minimizing energy View Details
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

(forthcoming) Abstract There are a large number of cases where corruption has been discovered investigating levels of consumption that appear to be hard to justify. Yet, in the standard moral hazard model withholding of effort by the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

September–October 2017 Harvard Business Review GE's Global Growth Experiment: The Company Pushed Cross-Business Collaboration By: Gulati, Ranjay Abstract—Like many other companies, GE under Immelt had to figure out how to balance serving... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 06 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

by forming collaborative agreements with John Maynard Keynes, Lucien March, Corrado Gini, and other prominent economists of the time. Through these contacts, the Harvard method influenced the evolution of forecasting techniques in several... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Apr 2011
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

consumption fluctuations faced by individuals, households, and firms. Yet much of this promise remains unrealized. In this paper, we study the adoption of an innovative rainfall insurance product designed to compensate low-income Indian... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Feb 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 9

performers? Though an affirmative answer may seem straightforward on the surface, this answer becomes more complicated when group members benefit from collaborating on interdependent tasks. Examining Wall Street sell-side equities... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

consumption tax. The destination-based cash flow tax that was proposed in the summer was effectively that in disguise. I wasn't a terrible fan of that implementation of it, but I think there's something to be said for switching to that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its impact. DrumNet services... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer Abstract—Governments, NGOs, companies, and community members must all be involved in programs to create shared value, yet they work more often in opposition than in alignment. A movement known as collective impact has facilitated... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

advantage, leading companies are now using an advanced form of outsourcing, called global collaboration, to drive new revenue, quicken time-to-market, and increase innovation. Global collaboration impacts their top as well as bottom... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 9, 2016

making: participants were more likely to hire job candidates and choose collaborators who reframed their distress as passion compared to those who did not. Expresser gender did not moderate these effects. Results suggest that in cases... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Apr 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

targeted a variety of demographic segments in different sales points, acquired new customers, and created a moment of luxurious consumption for all ages. Accordingly, within Godiva’s global enterprise, Godiva Japan had become number two... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne