Publications

July 2012 (Revised December 2012)
Supplement

Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (B)

By: Aldo Musacchio, Tarun Khanna and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Committed to a goal of 'zero harm' in the mining industry

As chief executive of Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll (MBA 1989) worked to improve safety. True to her word, Anglo American’s mine fatalities decreased by nearly... View Details

Article

Mining Big Data to Extract Patterns and Predict Real-Life Outcomes

By: Michal Kosinki, Yilun Wang, Himabindu Lakkaraju and Jure Leskovec

23 Nov 2014
News

Norway’s largest pension fund vows to drop coal mine holdings

25 Apr 2023
News

Using Design Thinking to Invent a Low-Cost Prosthesis for Land Mine Victims

17 Jun 2011
News

From Mumbai's Dabbawalas to Dharavi, Harvard professors mining India for lessons in management

2019
Working Paper

Golden Opportunity? Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

By: Kristin Sippl

While much is known about voluntary sustainability standards' contributions to certain issues in certain sectors, less is known about their contributions to the realization of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This paper helps balance the... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Gold; Certification; Eco-labeling; International Law; Extractive Industries; Fair Trade; United Nations; Sustainable Development; Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Adoption; Governance; Global Range; Luxury; Mining Industry

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November 2019 (Revised May 2021)
Case

DeepGreen - the Metals Company and Polymetallic Nodules

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

The world has begun a “green transition”—a move to reduce carbon emissions. Part of this will entail a growing shift to electric vehicles. Huge amounts of metals—cobalt, nickel, and copper—will be needed to supply electric vehicles. Mining these on land, however, is... View Details

Keywords: Polymetallic Nodules; Seabed Mining; Entrepreneurial Finance; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Problems and Challenges

Educators

March 2013
Teaching Note

Vale: Global Expansion in the Challenging World of Mining (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Tarun Khanna and Aldo Musacchio

Keywords: Globalization; Brazil; Emerging Markets; Mining; Mining Industry; Brazil; South America

2012
Article

Global Policy for Local Livelihoods: Phasing Out Mercury in Artisanal and Small-Scale Gold Mining

By: Kristin Sippl and Henrik Selin

This article uses a behavioral economics lens to identify the challenges the United Nation's Minamata Convention is likely to face in addressing the problem of mercury pollution from gold mining. View Details

Keywords: Mining; Pollutants; Problems and Challenges; Policy; Global Range

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Article

Evolving Terms of Mineral Agreements: Risk, Reward, and Participation in Deep Seabed Mining

By: James K. Sebenius and Mati Pal

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Risk and Uncertainty; Motivation and Incentives; Mining Industry

Article

From Words to Pixels: Text and Image Mining Methods for Service Research

By: Francisco Villarroel Ordenes and Shunyuan Zhang

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May 2024
Supplement

Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain - Student Version

By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan

May 2024
Supplement

Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain - Instructor Version

By: Shirley Lu and Robert Kaplan

February 2015 (Revised March 2016)
Case

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

Educators

February 2023 (Revised September 2024)
Case

'The Hope of the World': Cobalt Mining in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)

By: Sophus A. Reinert, Nathaniel Houghton, Quinn Lewis and Andrew Schwab

Educators

April 2023
Article

Perceptions Related to Engaging in Non-driving Activities in an Automated Vehicle While Commuting: A Text Mining Approach

By: Yilun Xing, Linda Ng Boyle, Raffaella Sadun, John D. Lee, Orit Shaer and Andrew Kun

Automated vehicles (AVs) offer human operators the opportunity to participate in non-driving activities while on the move. In this study, we examined and compared drivers' perception of non-driving activities in two driving modes: highly AVs in the future and current... View Details

Keywords: Perception; Behavior; Surveys; Auto Industry

13 Feb 2014
Other Presentation

Shared Value in Extractives (Video)

By: Michael E. Porter

Michael Porter presentation at the Next-Gen CSR and Shared Value Forum in Calgary, Alberta View Details

Keywords: Mining; Canada; Society; Mining Industry; Canada

October 2006
Teaching Note

Texas Gulf Sulphur: The Timmins Ontario Mine and Martha Stewart (TN) (A), (B) and (C)

By: Henry B. Reiling and Zack Phillips

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; Mining Industry