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- 2023
- Working Paper
Cost-Efficient Decarbonization of Portland Cement Production
By: Gunther Glenk, Anton Kelnhofer, Rebecca Meier and Stefan Reichelstein
Accounting for nearly 8% of global annual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, the cement industry is considered difficult to decarbonize. While a sizeable number of abatement levers for Portland cement production is becoming technologically ready for deployment, many are... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Carbon Abatement; Carbon Accounting; Carbon Emissions; Carbon Regulation; Carbon Tax; Net-zero Emissions; Management; Environmental Management; Sustainable Cities; Accounting; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Environmental Accounting; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Consulting Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
Glenk, Gunther, Anton Kelnhofer, Rebecca Meier, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Cost-Efficient Decarbonization of Portland Cement Production." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-025, October 2023. (TRR 266 Accounting for Transparency Working Paper Series, No. 120, May 2023.)
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
consultant Kevin Rumsfeld conceived of the idea for HealthCraft, he had worked resolutely to begin building the company by recruiting a talented colleague to help with marketing and fundraising and a junior member of one of his project... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 26
this earlier setting, we find cross-sectional evidence of improved earnings quality when auditors provide NAS, especially those related to information services. This is consistent with better audit quality from knowledge spillovers due to the joint offering of audit... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
famously said that, because it's nigh impossible to do both, leaders should opt for fear. Research from Harvard Business School's Amy Cuddy and consultants Matthew Kohut and John Neffinger refute that theory, arguing that leaders would do... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Biotech
that?' I have found that many people who come into this industry do so for a combination of professional and personal factors," Williams says, adding that he left his job at a technology consulting firm and joined a biotech start-up... View Details
- 15 Sep 2003
- Lessons from the Classroom
HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act
Increasingly, the case method is being used to teach sophisticated techniques like valuation, forecasting, and competitive analysis. These techniques are essential to modern business literacy and are required for employment at investment banks, View Details
Keywords: by David A. Garvin
- 01 Mar 2017
- Research & Ideas
A Good Thing Happens When Doctors Start Talking to Their Patients
clinic for an upfront 45- to 60-minute consultation with a team of caregivers that reviews their physical and mental health, as well as their living situation. Each patient is then rated on a risk scale from one to four to determine the... View Details
- 08 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
You Won't Make It If You Fake It
consultant at McKinsey and for Treasury Secretary Larry Summers for six years before joining Google at 32. When she and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg began working together in 2007, Sandberg requested that Zuckerberg provide her with... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George
- 06 May 2002
- Research & Ideas
Profits for Nonprofits: Earning Your Own Way
expressing them. It's really pretty exciting. It brings new perspectives and lessons we wouldn't otherwise get." Buy-in At The Top Several factors make it clear whether a profit-driven entity will succeed or flop, said Alfred Wise, director of the Community Wealth... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 20 Sep 2016
- First Look
September 20, 2016
focusing on trust and reputation mechanisms. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51606 Harvard Business School Case 916-033 Advika Consulting Services: Challenges and Opportunities in Managing Human... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
consistent with better audit quality from knowledge spillovers due to the joint offering of audit and consulting services. Events related to the repeal of these NAS disclosures in 1982 are associated with a small positive stock price... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
supplement (B):http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/110030-PDF-ENG Compass Maritime Services, LLC: Valuing Ships Benjamin C. Esty and Albert SheenHarvard Business School Case 211-014 Tom Roberts, a founding partner of Compass Maritime Services, a New Jersey-based... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Mar 2010
- Research & Ideas
Ruthlessly Realistic: How CEOs Must Overcome Denial
consulting couch to the launch pad, denial is ubiquitous. You find it in individuals, in teams, in companies, in industries. Indeed, you find it in entire nations and economies. Look at the invasion of Iraq, or the dot-com bubble of the... View Details
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
require a grand organizational makeover or buy-in from the CEO. All it takes is collaboration between you and your team-working together and making small, doable changes. What started as an experiment with a six-person team at The Boston View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 6, 2007
consulted with government officials about national fiscal policy. As a statesman and as a business leader, Odutola worked tirelessly to improve the infrastructure of his country. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Open Source Science: A New Model for Innovation
unconventional field settings. Their mission was to produce a DNA sequencing test that was cost effective, robust, and operable in extreme field conditions. After several months of effort, the team in consultation with company experts... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 3, 2006
contact each other through trusted intermediaries on the network to offer or seek jobs, consulting engagements, expertise, and financing. The company had outpaced its competitors by building the most populous online business network, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
of The Bridgespan Group, a not-for-profit strategic consulting firm dedicated to nonprofits. Bradach spoke to an audience at Harvard Business School on January 21, 2004 as part of the Social Enterprise Faculty Seminar Series. Today's... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 13 Mar 2018
- First Look
March 13, 2018
advisor reactions to one of the most widely recommended advice-seeking strategies: seeking advice from multiple advisors to leverage the wisdom of crowds. Advisors negatively judge and interpersonally distance themselves from seekers who they learn View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 1
provided more opportunities for catch-up from the Rest. Firms from emerging markets had the opportunity to access the global networks that replaced large integrated firms. There were also new ways to access knowledge and capital, including through management View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne