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17 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 17

http://papers.nber.org/papers/w16922 Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane Abstract This working paper surveys the business history of the global wind View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 1990
Case

Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (A)

This case series involves a crisis in business ethics and management decision making, when one of the company's diesel fuel storage tanks collapses, releasing nearly one million gallons of oil into the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Divided into four cases guiding the... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Crisis Management; Energy Sources; Energy Industry

December 2022
Technical Note

Risks and Opportunities from the Transition to a Low Carbon Economy: A Business Analysis Framework

By: George Serafeim

The transition to a low carbon economy introduces many risks and opportunities for businesses. Risks emerge from regulatory actions, such as carbon taxes and cap and trade systems, technological innovation that develop alternatives for customers making existing... View Details

Keywords: Risk Assessment; Opportunities; Environmental Sustainability; Carbon Footprint; Risk Management; Competitive Dynamics; Business Analysis; Climate Change; Accounting; Finance; Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Technological Innovation; Transition; Product Positioning; Renewable Energy; Analysis

March 2025 (Revised March 2025)
Case

Good for the Seller, Good for the Buyer and Good for Society: Sampo-yoshi, Sustainability and Trust at ITOCHU

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Bethelehem Y Araya

In 2024, ITOCHU CEO Masahiro Okafuji was at a crossroads. As the thirteenth CEO since ITOCHU’s founding in 1858, he had fueled the company’s growth since 2011 by bringing ITOCHU’s founding philosophy of Sampo-yoshi (good for the seller, good for the buyer and... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Trust; Profit; Growth and Development Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Japan

25 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

Amazon.com, Inc., specializing in the provision of web-based storage and computing services to web developers. The case focuses on the issues facing Andy Jassy, the head of AWS, in 2008 as AWS faces increased competition from established... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

June 2009 (Revised June 2009)
Case

VidaGas: VillageReach - The Mozambican Foundation for Community Development Joint Venture

This case describes the evolution of a liquid petroleum gas (LPG) distributor start-up, incubated by two not-for-profit NGOs to help improve the vaccine cold chain in Northern Mozambique. These NGOs must face the decision whether and how to sell their participation in... View Details

Keywords: Joint Ventures; Supply Chain; Health Care and Treatment; Investment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Mozambique

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Hiring Organizations

S.p.A. Anomaly Capital Management Antelope Anterra Capital Anthos Capital Anthropic Antora Energy Apeiron Labs Apollo Global Management Inc. Apple Inc. Applied Intuition Applied Ventures LLC Aquamarine Capital Ara Partners Arado Arcellx,... View Details

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Podcast - Business & Environment

Argonne’s research on improving energy storage solutions, why AI plays a critical role, and the partnerships between national labs and the industry. He also shares his outlook on the future of AI in climate... View Details

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FAQs - Alumni

Street. Vehicles should not be left overnight. Will luggage storage be available on campus during Reunions? Luggage storage is available in Klarman Hall on Friday and Saturday from 7:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. All... View Details

15 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 15

in achieving greater energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions, the firm is looking for other ways to expand its sustainability initiatives, such as in its supply chain and incorporating sustainability into its due diligence and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

joining HBS. Audrey Atencio (MBA 2024, Section G), Summer Internship: Summer Associate, Piva Capital Piva is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm ($500mm AUM) investing in visionary entrepreneurs who are solving the world's critical problems in the industrial and... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

energy storage startup. In 2022, Colson was competitively selected as a Breakthrough Energy Fellow, and she is a member of the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

fortunate to have a front-row seat seeing how investing to accelerate net-zero enables us to do well, do good, and do right. In addition to an internal carbon price across our investments, we are harnessing three key levers. Investing in decarbonization technologies,... View Details

17 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

about energy storage or carbon dioxide removal? Or perhaps the circular economy or changing consumer behavior is better aligned with your interests. Get to know the space, get to know yourself, and enjoy the... View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

that the renewable energy market represents a $16 trillion investment opportunity by 2040. [20] Challenge One of the biggest shifts needed to respond to climate change is rapidly transitioning from fossil fuel-based electricity generation... View Details

11 Apr 2023
Blog Post

BTG Bioliquids: Creating Fast Pyrolysis Bio-Oil from Biomass Residue Streams

In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

investment advisory firm. Mr. Dauten is also the former CEO and President of HIMSCORP, Inc., a medical records storage and retrieval company that he successfully merged with Iron Mountain in 1997. Mr. Dauten currently serves on the Board... View Details

13 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01

worked in consulting between Dubai and Paris where I helped utilities and infrastructure funds on their energy transition. I got to experience the evolution of Europe towards clean energy. After a few years, I decided it was time for a... View Details

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Technology & Operations Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

: Winner of the 2024 People’s Choice Flash Talk Award at the INFORMS Early-Career Sustainable Operations Workshop for “Power vs. Energy - When to Transition Between Storage Technologies” with Simone... View Details

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

anywhere from 30 percent to 300 percent more electricity and allow for greater energy storage than the current overburdened system. "We're trying to reduce the peak demand because it's very expensive.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Energy

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