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- 06 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2022, over 65 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students View Details
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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment
use renewable energy (as we did at SunEdison) and working with entrepreneurs across the clean energy industry to scale their businesses.” Claire Broido Johnson HBS MBA 2002, CEO, CBJ Energy David Green HBS MBA 1991, Founder & CEO, Zero... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow
Communicating the Language of Business Across Borders Tsedal Neeley My intellectual agenda is ambitious and somewhat risky,” says Associate Professor and Marvin Bower Fellow Tsedal Neeley. “I truly believe that HBS is one of the few places on earth where I could boldly... View Details
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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment
Presenting new financial risks , disclosure requirements , and insurance considerations Posing operating challenges for businesses and their supply chains As climate change continues, businesses, governments, and citizens will have an opportunity to View Details
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How a Multicultural Social Environment Influences Creativity and Innovation
My second stream of research draws on my first stream of work to examine how a multicultural social environment influences individuals’ creative thinking and performance at a global workplace. In an on-going project, I found that individuals high in cultural... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
mitigating risks, pursuing new opportunities, and participating in the policy arena,” says Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and chair of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative. “You don’t... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 18 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Make Work from Home Work For You (And Your Team)
reimburse you for additional equipment like a monitor or appropriate desk space at home, but ergonomics are important and if you can, invest in yourself.” Another work from home hurdle for some is healthy food. You may typically View Details
- 10 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures
transparent. Clean Water Contestants DetoXyFiRishon Benjamin, MBA 2022We aim to provide everyone with access to clean drinking water by commercializing low-cost, natural, comprehensive water filtration devices. Ocean CycleRobert Goodwin, GMP 2007OceanCycle View Details
- November 2011
- Article
Social Strategies That Work
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Although most companies have collected lots of friends and followers on social platforms such as Facebook, few have succeeded in generating profits there. That's because they merely port their digital strategies into social environments by broadcasting their commercial... View Details
Keywords: Social Platforms; Social Strategies; Social and Collaborative Networks; Customers; Relationships; Business Strategy; Profit
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Social Strategies That Work." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011): 116–122.
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Software Environments via Conda - Research Computing Services
person modules/packages, we recommend instead using the standard Python / R installation methods, as outlined on our R and Python page. This page is intended for those working on multiple projects and would like to create separate View Details
- 04 Sep 2011
- News
Do Happier People Work Harder?
- 19 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
New Venture Competition 2023: Business and Environment Ventures
urban Nigerians with affordable financing for clean, reliable energy. We leverage group financing and carbon accounting to lower costs and risk in the energy transition of Nigeria's $14B fuel-based, off-grid generator market. PolyoseBio - Makari Krause (MBA 2023) -... View Details
- 23 Jan 2020
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Why flexible working is a nasty lie
- 04 Mar 2024
- What Do You Think?
Do People Want to Work Anymore?
only have the necessary skills but also contribute positively to the overall work environment and company culture. Sheeba Arun went even further, suggesting that it “determines the culture of the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- March 2020
- Case
The Working Circle: Wolves, Ranchers, and Karin Vardaman's Pursuit of the ‘Radical Middle’
By: Francesca Gino and Jeffrey Huizinga
Karin Vardaman, a lifelong conservationist now committed to protecting wolves in the American West, finds herself unexpectedly allied with the one of the species' most fervent opponents: cattle ranchers. View Details
Keywords: Non-profit; Conservation Intervention; Agriculture; Environment; Social Impact; Leadership; Nonprofit Organizations; Alliances
Gino, Francesca, and Jeffrey Huizinga. "The Working Circle: Wolves, Ranchers, and Karin Vardaman's Pursuit of the ‘Radical Middle’." Harvard Business School Case 920-047, March 2020.
- 28 Aug 2020
- News
Rethinking Work During and After Lockdown
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2024, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students View Details
- July 1990 (Revised October 1997)
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Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, the students are introduced to a simple activity-based cost system. Siemens Electric Motor Works found itself facing an increasingly competitive environment and so made... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Cost Accounting; Cost; Adoption; Cost vs Benefits; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Production; Business Strategy; Electronics Industry; Manufacturing Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 191-006, July 1990. (Revised October 1997.)
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
in the corporate environment and how harmful their absence can be." Bringing Soul to Work Many organizations have begun to tend to the needs of the spirit by hiring holistic consultants who offer classes and... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- March 2015
- Case
Clifford Chance: Women at Work
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly and Stephanie Marton
It was October 2013, and global law firm Clifford Chance was coming under fire for the second time in less than a year for reputedly failing to provide a supportive work environment for its female associates. A memo entitled "Speaking Effectively" was just issued to... View Details
Keywords: Women; Law; Fairness; Employee Relationship Management; Retention; Human Capital; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Work-Life Balance; Public Opinion; Problems and Challenges; Legal Services Industry; United States
Groysberg, Boris, Katherine Connolly, and Stephanie Marton. "Clifford Chance: Women at Work ." Harvard Business School Case 415-038, March 2015.