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The Ownership Project | Institute for Business in Global Society

measurement. Media Ecosystem Economic Transitions Environmental Sustainability Digital Economy Want to Collaborate? If you are interested in collaborating with The Ownership Project or have questions or suggestions, please contact Tony... View Details

February 2011 (Revised November 2012)
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Product Development at OPOWER

By: Thomas Eisenmann and Rob Go

OPOWER, a software startup that helps utilities engage their customers in ways that reduce energy consumption, is scaling rapidly. The company's new head of product management has designed a system to address a point of constant tension: whether to build custom... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Customer Relationship Management; Entrepreneurship; Growth Management; Product Development; Sales; Customization and Personalization; Energy Conservation; Environmental Sustainability; Information Technology Industry; Utilities Industry

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29 Mar 2016
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March 29, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50648 2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: Quelch, John A. Abstract—The public health footprint... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Online Transforming Customer Experiences Course | HBS Online

Syllabus Enrollment Stories FAQs Enroll Now Key Concepts Design a defined, service-driven value proposition Understand sustainable pricing, the service-profit chain, and customer journeys Motivate employees to deliver exceptional,... View Details

17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

initial evidence for a positive feedback loop between prosocial spending and well-being, these data offer one potential path to sustainable happiness: prosocial spending increases happiness, which in turn encourages prosocial spending.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Dec 1998
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Africa's Way

Wildlife to Winetasting "The driving force behind the region's growth is South Africa," says HBS professor Richard H.K. Vietor, the faculty chairman of the conference and the author of a 1997 comprehensive case study that looks at the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

their companies public, and to grant stock options to management. Once public, stock valuations depended on Wall Street's perceptions that the company would sustain strong growth. At first, newspaper chains met View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

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Introduction - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School

Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator I n the latter half of the twentieth century , venture capital investment transformed groundbreaking technologies into sustainable enterprises and contributed to the View Details

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Strategy and Technology - Course Catalog

of governing technology-intensive firms? And how can they build and sustain value in emerging technologies? Industries covered range widely, including Generative AI, esports, autonomous vehicles, collaboration tools, cybersecurity, cloud... View Details

01 Sep 2015
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State of the Unions

broken. Wages don’t move with productivity, and they haven’t in any sustained way for decades.” While these new labor movements are promising, Silvers says the adjustment in wages paid to fast-food workers and Walmart employees are too... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; McDonald's; Walmart

25 Apr 2018
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Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

HKS toolkit After my first year in the joint degree program at HKS (MPA/ID Program) with leading development economists such as Professors Lant Pritchett and Dani Rodrik, I developed the analytical and quantitative toolkit necessary to diagnose a country’s binding... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Mar 2010
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Sole Mates

special benefits package consisting of a 10-year tax holiday (corporate and personal), a 99-year land lease at concessionary rates, grants of up to $750K, no customs or duty taxes, and more. Macedonia’s economy has been stable since its independence in 1991 with strong... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Forestry and Logging; Agriculture; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

16 May 2017
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First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

rapidly in importance. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52634 The Consequences of Mandatory Corporate Sustainability Reporting By: Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim Abstract—A key aspect of the... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

pronounced for firms with high growth opportunities, not controlled by a family, operating in "sin" industries, and exhibiting commitment to IR. I find that the results are robust to the inclusion of firm fixed effects, control... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Aug 2004
Research & Ideas

Strategy for Small Fish

Creation The first driver of an effective niche strategy is value creation. Specialize in unique capabilities. An effective niche strategy creates value by selecting a specialization that is truly different and whose differences are View Details

Keywords: by Marco Iansiti & Roy Levien

21 Mar 2016
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MBA/MPA-ID: The Intersection of Policy and Business

economy? How do you design and implement policies that address long term economic sustainability vis à vis short term growth spurts? At the same time, I had big unanswered questions that were equally... View Details

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Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry - Course Catalog

menu appeal at the expense of its founding mission? Menu Management. Chefs and restaurateurs often say they offer what their guests want to eat but many are also interested in the healthiness and sustainability of their offerings. We will... View Details

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

enormous pressure, making it critical that farmers find ways to save money. To survive this long, they’ve had to change constantly." Donnie Benjamin MBA 2015 | Mapping the Future of Sustainability "My experiences in the military showed me... View Details

01 Mar 2025
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Forward Thinking

There was a time when human activity in outer space was a highly centralized, government-led endeavor, says Professor and Senior Associate Dean Matthew Weinzierl. But that era has passed: Over the past two decades, a calcified space bureaucracy has given way to a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Franziska Barczyk; Space Research and Technology; Government

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Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Buildings & Cities Cities are a key place to innovate to reduce greenhouse gases The world is currently undergoing the largest wave of urban growth in human history. More than half of the global population is... View Details

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