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July – August 2009
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Restoring American Competitiveness

For decades, U.S. companies have been outsourcing manufacturing in the belief that it held no competitive advantage. That's been a disaster, maintain Harvard professors Pisano and Shih, because today's low-value manufacturing operations hold the seeds of tomorrow's... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Value; Production; Innovation and Invention; Product Development; Government and Politics; Social Issues; Management Practices and Processes; Investment; Research and Development; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Competency and Skills; Service Industry; United States

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2024
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When Batteries Meet Hydrogen: Dual-Storage Investments for Load-Shifting Purposes

By: Christian Kaps and Simone Marinesi

Power systems account for nearly 40% of global emissions. As the world tries to reduce emissions by increasing renewable penetration, storage technologies are playing an increasingly important role in matching variable renewable supply with demand. Batteries have... View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Transition; Utilities Industry; Battery Industry

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Podcast - Business & Environment

delays in building major offshore wind farms. Francis Slingsby of Orsted, a global leader in offshore wind, discusses how the U.S. and the world is developing the wind industry and what the future looks like. Increasing Solar View Details

09 Jan 2024
Research & Ideas

Could Clean Hydrogen Become Affordable at Scale by 2030?

Hydrogen is poised to move from the sidelines of global clean energy as the industry learns to produce it more efficiently and at lower cost, according to newly published research led by Gunther Glenk, a climate fellow with Harvard Business School's Institute for the... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Green Technology

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

19 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 19

Power Richard H.K. VietorHarvard Business School Case 710-013 Suntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Soltan Bryce

summer, I did research for the United Stated Environmental Protection Agency on the technical and financial feasibility of solar panels on the roofs of dairy barns in California’s Central Valley,” Soltan says. “I loved the data science... View Details

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Massachusetts Clean Energy Cluster (2017) California Solar Energy (2011) Alberta Energy Cluster (2010) Germany Wind Power Cluster (2010) Germany’s Photovoltaic Cluster (2009) Wind Turbine Cluster in Inner... View Details

18 Apr 2023
Research & Ideas

What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details

Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

systems to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world's fourth largest dairy cooperative. Finance I Project Helios: Harvesting the Sun Key concepts: Return on Investment, Financial Management, Financial Planning,... View Details

10 Oct 2023
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

of these examples is a direct IRA investment in green infrastructure that also deliberately powers the workforce in an EJ manner. The IRA includes a bonus tax credit worth up to 10% of a project’s cost for facilities with View Details

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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

kids book series of all time. Sapphire Joseph Park Jason Liu Fai Leong Business Track Runner-Up Mobile local information service provider. Social Enterprise Track, 2004 Sun Edison Brian Robertson, HBS Claire Broido Social Enterprise Track Winner Owner and operator of... View Details

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

operates power projects and is the world’s largest producer of wind and solar energy. Aman's role prior to HBS was the Head of Partnerships at Plentify. Dennis Cha (MBA 2024, Section F), Summer Internship:... View Details

21 May 2024
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A New Chapter

of instructional materials; and lack of electricity and basic infrastructure,” Wolf explains. The model is simple yet compelling: The nonprofit partners with national and local government, and hires and trains local employees. Primary schools are supplied tablets that... View Details

Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; photo by Cayce Clifford

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Electricity - Business & Environment

require major changes in this vital sector of the economy. 40 % Of total Green House Gas Emissions is from Electricity Generation. 20 % Of the world's population currently lives without access to electricity. 4-5x Quicker growth in wind and View Details

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Climate Impact - Business & Environment

face of changing climate, increasing regulation, labor pressures, and customer demands, farms are under existential threat. Robots have the power to completely transform the farm's "Operating System" from human-driven to AI-and-robot... View Details

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

case, 2021. With Shikhar Ghosh and Christian Godwin. World of Dreams Entertainment Group: Building a Resilient Business , Harvard Business School case, 2021. With Sarah Endline and Michael Norris. Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar... View Details

07 May 2024
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Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

human health consequences from fossil fuel pollution. This pollution has led to an estimated 8 million deaths in 2018, and disproportionately affects low-income communities and communities of color given where power plants are located.... View Details

10 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

John Kotter’s Plan to Accelerate Your Business

toppled—in fact, he calls it "one of the most amazing innovations of the twentieth century." Instead, he wants executives to consider how their own companies formed and developed at a young age. "All organizations start with a structure that looks like a dynamic View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

02 Aug 2022
Research & Ideas

6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies

A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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