Sustainable Operations - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

Source: Cecilie_Arcurs George Serafeim has a startling suggestion to fix the world’s biggest environmental, social, and governance (ESG) problems such as water pollution, deforestation, and wealth inequality: encourage companies within industries to do less competing... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

03 Mar 2014
HBS Case

Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato

Consumers in the United States are so increasingly into fresh, local, and carbon neutral that if someone figured out how to grow a tomato that could walk itself to the grocery store, they'd be a millionaire. So why is Mutti S.p.a., a tomato processing company based in... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Food & Beverage; Retail

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Operations Management) Willy Shih Derek van Bever Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise - Intensive (also listed under Technology & Operations... View Details

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

industrial commons, which represents the collective capability to sustain innovation. Pisano: Is there a future? Yes. It’s not too late. There’s still a manufacturing base in the United States, and it’s quite large even though it’s a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

02 Mar 2023
News

Carbon's Second Act

market which is expected over the next 20 or 30 years. DM: And that business opportunity is vital, believes Brix. TB: Because if you don't have an economically sustainable business model, the environmentally View Details

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Courses by Title - Course Catalog

back to top B Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits B2B Sales and Distribution Marketing, Entrepreneurial Management Lou Shipley Spring 2026 Q3 1.5 Building Trusted Organizations General Management Sandra Sucher Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Building and View Details

01 Jun 2022
News

Students Ready to Make an Impact

continued evolution and strength of the School’s dynamic entrepreneurial ecosystem and its impact in the world. Empowering Entrepreneurially Minded Students 'Rooted' In Innovation Closing The 'Network Gap' A Sustainable Solution For... View Details

25 Feb 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories

climate change. Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower Climate Stories Episode #4: Erika Myers, World Resources Institute Ross Center for View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

A Player's View: Gord Kluzak (MBA '98)

sportsmanship, Kluzak registered an impressive career with the Bruins despite undergoing eleven operations precipitated by a 1984 knee injury. He retired in 1990 and, at age 27, entered Harvard College as a sophomore. In Kluzak's era a... View Details

Keywords: James E. Aisner

01 Mar 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019

manufacturer for eyewear companies. It grew over the years. Ultimately, the company would realize that it had a “diamond” in its own backyard, a core business that had been in the picture all along. Focusing on that core, the Hilsinger team grew the company into a... View Details

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

accreditation. Also, the use of the LEED standard increased among private builders in the same local markets. "Our paper describes several different ways in which these policies might stimulate private markets for greener building," says Toffel, an associate professor... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

01 Jun 2017
News

Supercharged

planning and strategy at Ford’s Asia Pacific operations in Shanghai and a panelist at HBS’s “Moving the Future” transportation conference this past February. Just as significantly, charging infrastructure is set to get a boost. According... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Tavis Coburn

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

Joy M., Liana Victorino, Ryan W. Buell, Michael J. Dixon, Susan M. Goldstein, Larry J. Menor, Madeleine E. Pullman, Aleda Roth, Enrico Secchi, and Jie Zhang Abstract—The purpose of this article is to present exciting and innovative research questions in service View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Apr 2018
News

Sowing the Seeds of Leadership

laboratories for student and faculty work in areas such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric energy; sustainable production of rice, sugarcane, hay, mangoes, and beef; waste management; and carbon neutrality. An additional commercial growing... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2006
News

Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns

HBS has achieved approximately $300,000 in annual operational savings and earned $330,000 in rebates and grants from utilities and from the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative. The projects have also offset HBS’s greenhouse gas... View Details

Keywords: Paul Massari; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

03 Oct 2014
News

andBeyond’s CEO Joss Kent on the Luxury Safari Industry

March 2022
Article

Carbon Footprinting and Pricing under Climate Concerns

By: Marco Bertini, Stefan Buehler, Daniel Halbheer and Don Lehmann

This article studies how organizations should design a product by choosing the carbon footprint and price in a market with climate concerns. The authors first show how the cost and demand effects of reducing the product carbon footprint determine the profit-maximizing... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Footprint; Carbon Offsetting; Climate Impact; Net-zero Emissions; Pricing; Climate Change; Product Design; Price; Environmental Sustainability; Marketing

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06 Mar 2021
News

Elevated Economics

28 Feb 2014
News

The First Five Years: Omowale Casselle (MBA 2009)

the expectations of our consumers, retailers, and brand partners. "In addition to managing our product lines, I also lead our operations team, which means that I make sure that each retail partner (Walmart, Walgreens, Kroger, and Meijer)... View Details

Keywords: General Merchandise Stores; Retail Trade