Natural Resources - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2006
News

A Capital Asset

its reasonable hours allowed Cohen time to raise her children, Amanda (now a lawyer at the Natural Resources Defense Council) and Eli (JD/MBA ’06). During her NTHP tenure, from 1980 to 1993, she focused on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

02 Nov 2020
What Do You Think?

Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?

from a consumer protection and competitor cultivation perspective.” BMJ raises an interesting question: Are their basic differences in the nature of many high-tech businesses that confound potential regulators? In his words, “Antitrust... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service

28 Mar 2019
News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chair, Walt Disney Studios; Roland Hwang, managing director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC. Alan Horn (MBA 1971), Chairman of Walt Disney Studios and Chair of the Natural View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

23 May 2019
Book

These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems

In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Green Technology

17 May 2004
Research & Ideas

Why We Don’t Study Corporate Responsibility

we discern four central criticisms of corporate social responsibility. When companies engage in socially responsible practices, the first concern is that managers will misappropriate corporate resources by diverting them from their... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

14 Dec 2015
News

A Leader’s Call to Action

power plant, she ultimately rose to be president of Michigan Gas Utilities Corporation and Minnesota Energy Resources Corporation, within the Integrys Energy Group. “I had several instrumental leaders who believed in me, who saw my... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2025
News

Heartland

fed her children with milk from that cow, Jordan says. The fundamental nature of agriculture is a big part of what drives her. “Without food, nothing else matters,” she observes. “I do what I do because every person deserves enough food... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photos by Vance Jacobs. OPEN CONCEPT: Lambert at Quail Ridge Dairy in Fort Morgan, Colorado.

16 Jun 2009
First Look

First Look: June 16

Categories on Resource Allocations (revised) Authors:Stephen M. Garcia, Max H. Bazerman, Shirli Kopelman, and Dale T. Miller Abstract This paper explores the influence of social categories on the perceived trade-off between relatively bad... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 Mar 2019
News

Reimagining Capitalism in a World on Fire

in a World on Fire. Opening remarks from Alan Horn (MBA 1971), chairman of Walt Disney Studios and chair of the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) Board of Trustees, underscored the night’s charge:... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

30 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 30, 2008

importance of these effects depends on the nature of the innovation problem being solved. The analysis uses data from TopCoder's software contest platform, on which elite software developers were assigned different problems to solve... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Nov 1999
Lessons from the Classroom

What’s Next & So What? Leading in the 21st Century

and I had collaborated "telepathically" for years. I'd always liked John's perspective on leadership, and I think he more or less appreciated what I was doing, so our working together to develop this course was a natural... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: Dec. 11

consistent with boardroom connections mattering most for firms that stand to benefit most from the information communicated and resources exchanged through the network of board members. Overall, our results suggest that board of director... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Profile

Sebastian Vargas

His love and support have been the trampoline for any venture I’ve decided to embark on. Without my dad, I could not have accomplished what I have. His dedication to those he loves has taught me about diligence and service. What’s the best thing about your hometown? I... View Details

13 Oct 2003
Research & Ideas

Negotiating Challenges for Women Leaders

rather than the opposite. So to the extent that we can inform women about situations in which they should be hypersensitive to opportunities for claiming resources and claiming authority, then they might be more likely to do so and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

The U.S. health care industry is unique in that despite the presence of significant competition, which usually drives increased value through decreased costs and improved quality, the nature of the competition in health care has been... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

08 Nov 2016
First Look

November 8, 2016

competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51875 2016 Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

need the resources required to pull off such a complicated task, but will have to establish great credibility with the consumer. Not only are medical records scattered, many are still paper-based. ©iStock.com/spxChrome "Trust on the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

members Joseph Fuller and Debora Spar, and alumni John Alford (MBA 2001), Stacey Childress (MBA 2000), and Ashish Dhawan (MBA 1997) have identified important ways business leaders can use their insights and resources to help solve these... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

Pro-self? Furthermore, Santana borrowed a concept from strategic games and socially interdependent decision-making that divides people based on their "social value orientation" (SVO). When faced with a decision on how to allocate View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

09 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting

success with clients and the public? What need were the forecasters fulfilling? A: The key was the nature of the time. Forecasters found a ready audience during a time of social and economic turbulence. The late nineteenth and early... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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