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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

(9) Nationality (2) Natural Disasters (4) Natural Environment (204) Negotiation Deal (1) Negotiation Offer (1) Negotiation Participants (1) Negotiation Preparation (3)... View Details

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Entrepreneurship - Faculty & Research

Entrepreneurship Entrepreneurship Article Entrepreneurship as Experimentation By: William R. Kerr , Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf Entrepreneurship research is on the rise, but many questions about its fundamental nature still... View Details

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Profiles - MBA

optimizing humanitarian relief after natural disasters through data. However, my time at Facebook also showed me the tremendous potential for misuse in data analytics; I watched Facebook’s ad-targeting... View Details

02 Apr 2020
What Do You Think?

What Are Lessons for Leaders from This Black Swan Crisis?

outbreaks Climate change and its ensuing environmental, economic and social disasters is the next White Swan.” JSD saw a possible motive behind the debate when he opined that, “In the corporate sector, the continuing effort to brand the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India

of stories about social entrepreneurs, political entrepreneurs, and others whom we study in business schools—investors, capitalists, and so on. Q: What's different about entrepreneurship in both countries? A: The extent and type of government involvement and the View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

MBA Experience Curriculum 2ms Required Curriculum (1st Year) Cases Environmental opportunities and challenges are embedded in most Required Curriculum courses so that all students understand the importance of the natural environment to... View Details

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

record on Earth [3] . Sea Level Rise By 2050 at least 570 cities and some 800 million people will be exposed to rising seas and storm surges [4] . Extreme Weather Annual weather-related natural disasters... View Details

04 Jun 2024
Cold Call Podcast

How One Insurtech Firm Formulated a Strategy for Climate Change

Keywords: Re: Lauren H. Cohen; Insurance

01 Mar 2024
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On the Radar

investment,” McKnight says. Technologies at each step along the chain need to get faster and better, and monitoring needs to expand beyond airports to other points of entry, hospitals and labs, and even conflict zones and natural View Details

Keywords: Janine White; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

shores which nature has decreed to be most vital to our national safety, not to mention our prosperity." Q: You describe the US involvement in the construction and administration of the Panama Canal as a "successful American... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

07 Sep 2021
Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance

09 Dec 2002
Research & Ideas

Most Accountants Aren’t Crooks—Why Good Audits Go Bad

financial disasters we've witnessed began as minor errors of judgment and escalated into corruption.— Bazerman, Loewenstein, and Moore Escalation. It's natural for people to conceal or explain away minor... View Details

Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, George Loewenstein & Don A. Moore; Accounting; Financial Services

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

necessary home improvements. Thus, this funding makes it possible for them to use less energy and be in housing that will better weather the changing climate conditions. The bill also includes allocations for energy and natural resources... View Details

March 2024 (Revised January 2025)
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Hippo: Weathering the Storm of the Home Insurance Crisis

By: Lauren Cohen, Grace Headinger and Sophia Pan

Rick McCathron, CEO of Hippo, considered how the firm’s underwriting model could account for the effects of climate change. Along with providing smart home packages, targeting risk-friendly customers, and using data-driven pricing, the Insurtech used technologically... View Details

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Educators

January 2020
Background Note

Climate Change in 2020: Implications for Business

By: Rebecca M. Henderson, Sophus A. Reinert and Mariana Oseguera

This note provides general information about climate change and its implications for business. Included is an overview of climate change science and a number of its impacts, including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water... View Details

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10 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

High Commitment, High Performance Management

employees. They know who they will not serve, businesses they will not be in, and activities they will not engage. They do not pursue profit for its own sake if it means getting into areas that are outside their defined distinctive capabilities. The View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Jan 2011
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Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

that has delivered millions of loans, loan guarantees, contracts, counseling sessions, and other forms of assistance to small businesses. She leads a team of 3,000 employees who help small businesses across the country. The agency also employs 2,000 on-call staff who... View Details

12 Nov 2021
News

Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

expensive natural disasters risk the planet on which we depend, and are already triggering immense geopolitical ramifications and population displacement amid costs to human health, food security, and water... View Details

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

doesn't stand still and it's natural for companies to fall out of alignment with achievement of key objectives. Too often, leaders don't realize how off-track they are until serious damage has been done to the business or the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

sources such as wind and solar. In this talk, I will discuss different strategies for meeting the world’s energy needs and preserving economic prosperity and security, while protecting human and natural systems from climate impacts. CASE... View Details

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