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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series View Details

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Exploring the Intersection of Business & Health Care: Summer Fellow Derek Soled (MD/MBA 2022) - MBA

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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

is purposefully: social value can be "accidentally" created through a variety of business models, but I strongly believe that sustained change can only be achieved through intentional and clear integration... View Details

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Activating a Legion of People | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

fundraising activities, corporate outreach, and an emerging area, conservation finance, which includes growing sustainable revenue streams through mechanisms such as carbon offsets. Impact Much of my work at the United Way focused on... View Details

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Once in a Lifetime Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

over half a million low-income consumers across East Africa. The experience inspired Kasia to pursue a graduate education that would allow her to advance her career within the social sector. “I wanted two things from HBS: a more rounded View Details

14 Dec 1999
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From Spare Change to Real Change: The Social Sector as a Beta Site for Business Innovation

sustainable change. In partnership with government and nonprofits, businesses need to go beyond the traditional models to tackle the much tougher task of innovation. View Details

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter

October 2022 (Revised June 2024)
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Driving Decarbonization at BMW

By: Shirley Lu, George Serafeim and Michael W. Toffel

The case describes BMW’s electrification and decarbonization strategy, and how the company measured carbon emissions throughout the life cycle of its vehicles and used tools like carbon abatement cost curves to evaluate decarbonization opportunities. In mid-2022,... View Details

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ARD - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Clubs Faculty & Research Business & Environment Business History Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning Entrepreneurship Faculty & Research Global Healthcare HBS Working Knowledge Institute for Strategy... View Details

2016
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Africa Strategy of China Nonferrous Metal Mining Group

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Jie Jiao, Dayong Yang and Shanshan Cao

Founded in 1983, China Nonferrous Metal Mining (Group) Co., Ltd. ("CNMC") is one of the earliest and largest global Chinese nonferrous metal industrial enterprises. It has investments and projects in 27 countries and trade networks in nearly 100 countries with a... View Details

Keywords: Cross-cultural Management; Global Strategy; Globalization; International Business; Strategy Management; Africa; China

01 Dec 2020
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The Complete Package

Courtesy Susan Chong The typical wooden shipping pallet, constructed of mixed hardwood, ccan weigh 50 pounds, Susan Chong (OPM 48, 2016) explains. But a pallet made of pine weighs half that, and for businesses air shipping their products,... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing

September–October 2018
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The Paradox of Responsive Authoritarianism: How Civic Activism Spurs Environmental Penalties in China

By: Christopher Marquis and Yanhua Bird

Recognizing the need to better understand institutional change processes in authoritarian states, which play an increasingly prominent role in the world economy, we examine the efficacy of civic activism aimed at spurring governmental action concerning the... View Details

Keywords: Civic Activism; Authoritarianism; Regulation; Corporate Sustainability; Environmental Sustainability; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Social Issues; Change; China

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March 2013 (Revised March 2014)
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C12 Energy

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and James McQuade

C12 aimed to build not only a company, but an entire industry around carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). "You change the world by building a market, and you build a market by building a profitable company that other people copy," said Dawe, C12 Energy's CEO. "In... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Sequestration; Sustainability; Cleantech; Oil And Gas; Business Model; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Energy Industry; North America

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From Harvard Business School to Spotify: Four Lessons in My Journey to Land My Dream Job - MBA

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Environmental Protection and the Social Responsibility of Firms: Perspectives from the Business Literature

By: Forest Reinhardt

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

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February 2015 (Revised March 2016)
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China Shenhua Energy Company

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, G. A. Donovan and Keith Chi-ho Wong

A leading Chinese energy firm, active in coal mining and electric power generation, analyzes coal-to-liquids technology in light of energy security and environmental concerns. View Details

Keywords: Environment; China; CO2; Coal Mining; Electricity; Sustainability; Energy; Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; China; Asia