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  • February 2011
  • Exercise

Carbon Trading Simulation: Green Cement Inc.

By: Peter A. Coles
This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Investment; Markets; Agreements and Arrangements; Production; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants
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  • 13 Mar 2018
  • First Look

March 13, 2018

Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting By: Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim Abstract—A key aspect of the governance process inside organizations and markets is the measurement and disclosure of important metrics... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Jun 2002
  • What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?

produce sustained economic superiority or a model to be emulated in the U.S. is debatable. While some would like to see a convergence around the best features of the European and U.S. approach to management, there was limited confidence... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 06 Dec 2016
  • First Look

December 6, 2016

same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Aug 2016
  • First Look

August 2, 2016

had already used a significant amount of the $40 million in funding committed by DaVita; the company's primary care clinics had not yet reached the number of patients necessary to sustain a profitable business; and it was in the midst of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Mar 2009
  • First Look

First Look: March 17, 2009

(2) Which job offer should he accept? (3) What set of principles and practices should he adopt that will enable him to remain true to his values and sustain his capacity to be a true agent of change, yet not undermine his ability to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 30 Mar 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: Preparing to Sell

cycle(s) and get ahead of the curve. They understand the family's cash needs, now and in the future, along with its true strengths and weaknesses. They want to educate themselves about the differences between families with operating... View Details
Keywords: by Jonathan Pellegrin; Food & Beverage; Retail
  • February 2015 (Revised December 2016)
  • Case

Poseidon Carlsbad: Desalination and the San Diego County Water Authority

By: John Macomber
Extreme drought conditions in California have significant impacts on the ability of the San Diego County Water Authority to provide adequate water for current users. Water shortfalls also could curtail the economic development of one of the fastest growing regions in... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Partners and Partnerships; Resource Allocation; Public Sector; Private Sector; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Infrastructure; Green Technology Industry; Utilities Industry; California
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  • January 1989 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

Du Pont Freon Products Division (A)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Forest L. Reinhardt
In 1988, the Du Pont Co. is abruptly confronted with solid scientific evidence that chlorofluorocarbons are destroying the earth's ozone shield. Du Pont, with its Freon brand product line serving markets for foam insulation, electronics solvents, and especially... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Policy; Management; Brands and Branding; Production; Service Operations; Natural Environment; Competition; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Sustainability
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  • 05 Oct 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Vanguard Corporation

heart of the enterprise. And that's what I found. For companies like IBM and Procter & Gamble, this is definitely at the heart of the enterprise. The Japanese company Omron has sustained itself since its founding on principles and on... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Oct 2008
  • First Look

First Look: October 21, 2008

future Special Forces service. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=409041 Kevin Sharer at Amgen: Sustaining the High-Growth Company (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 409-037 Kevin... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 17 Jul 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

introduction of a very general class of unobserved heterogeneity on agents' preferences. Under minimal assumptions, we show existence and uniqueness of equilibrium. We provide two algorithms to compute the equilibria in our model. The first algorithm View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 21 Apr 2009
  • First Look

First Look: April 21, 2009

institutional theory, and economic theory. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-025.pdf Broadening Focus: Spillovers and the Benefits of Specialization in the Hospital Industry Authors:Jonathan R. Clark and Robert S. Huckman Abstract The long-standing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • December 2012
  • Supplement

Jefferson County (C): Subsequent Issuance

By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
Jefferson County, Alabama, faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Borrowing and Debt; Alabama
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  • December 2012
  • Supplement

Jefferson County (B): Borrowing in March 1997

By: Daniel Bergstresser and Randolph B. Cohen
Jefferson County, Alabama faces an EPA mandate requiring sewer system upgrades. How will they finance the upgrades? What consequences will follow? View Details
Keywords: Local Government; Political Process; Bankruptcy; Debt Management; Financial Planning; Urban Development; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Government and Politics; Borrowing and Debt; Alabama
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  • 12 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 12

2011) Abstract Organizational culture-the shared assumptions, values, and behaviors that determine "how we do things around here"-can be measured and shaped. In organizations with large numbers of customer-facing employees, it can account for up to half of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Dec 2007
  • First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

and induces safer behavior that becomes the status quo for future choices (the initial history effect). While both effects operate indirectly through choice inertia, the primacy effect also operates directly... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

requests to their city government. Users who viewed photos of the city workers responding to their service requests were more likely to continue using the app over the ensuing 13 months, demonstrating that operational transparency led to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2013
  • What Do You Think?

Is Leadership an Increasingly Difficult Balancing Act?

organizations increasingly will have to pursue transient strategic advantage rather than rely on strategies that can be sustained over long periods of time intensifies the challenge for some leaders. Several students of these phenomena... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

Greening Walmart: Progress and Controversy In 2005, Walmart, the world’s largest retailer, launched a sustainability initiative aimed at reducing waste and making the company more environmentally and socially conscious. By 2015, the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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