Sustainable Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2007
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Mission Possible

opportunities to become change agents for society by creating pattern-breaking approaches and sustainable solutions, explains HBS lecturer Stacey Childress. Unlike business entrepreneurs who are motivated by profits, social entrepreneurs... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Margie Kelley; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

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leadership among the business community by founding the Ebola Private Sector Mobilization Group (EPSMG). Our project evaluated the role that AM and EPSMG played during the Ebola crisis in Liberia. Measuring the "Impact" in Impact Investing Spring 2015 | Focus: Impact... View Details

April 2011
Teaching Note

Carbon Trading Simulation: Green Cement Inc. (TN)

By: Peter A. Coles

Teaching Note for 911051. View Details

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Trade; Decisions; Risk and Uncertainty; Production; Pollutants; Price; Sales; Profit

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30 Sep 2015
News

Looking to Rwanda’s Future

sustainable economy.” To date, Goldstein has made eight trips to Rwanda with his wife, Kaia Miller Goldstein, an economic development consultant who serves on Kagame’s Presidential Advisory Council with HBS Professor Michael Porter, a... View Details

04 Dec 2019
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Skydeck Live: The Case for Funding Female Founders

financing now, this is the second fund. You closed the first one in 2013, launched the second in 2017, and you started with seed funding. And that seems to reflect this kind of movement up the ladder that you've seen generally in the... View Details

14 Jan 2021
News

Better Than Cash

(UNCDF). Digital payments increase savings, security, and transparency for both the payer and the recipient, and they can serve as the spark for larger societal change, Goodwin-Groen explains. “Digital financial inclusion can build a foundation for achieving the United... View Details

12 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

contextual features influence the expression of these needs, sustaining or undermining the positive emotional experiences that fuel work engagement. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53578 December 2017 Mayo... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Apr 2012
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HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

Lema21.com.br will offer fashionable, quality eyewear products for a revolutionary price via an online retail channel. We also will focus on social sustainability to empower less fortunate individuals. mid-atlantic us Knock out!® is a... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

24 Aug 2016
Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

Aetna’s move is not consumer friendly, it does make financial sense–at least for the time being. According to CEO Mark Bertolini, Aetna sustained more than $430 million in pre-tax losses since January 2014 in the individual health... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health

01 Jun 2003
News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Fitzhugh Conference Redefining Wealth: Claim It, Grow It, Sustain It January 31–February 2, 2003 Sponsor: HBS African-American Student Union Keynote speaker: Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972), president & CEO, The Partnership, Inc. Bert King... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

managerial know-how and resources, "needs to shift its focus from macroeconomics and finance to sustaining and enhancing the capabilities of key organizations, from bureaucracies to schools and firms." Other... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

09 Jan 2006
Research & Ideas

Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate

investments during the first six months of this year. The new, public nature of the commercial real estate market thrives on information, once a precious commodity, now an industry fixture sustained by legions of analysts. "When I... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Construction; Real Estate

20 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 20

compensation plan. Substantively, the paper sheds insights on how different elements of the compensation plan enhance productivity. We find evidence that: (1) bonuses enhance productivity across all segments; (2) overachievement commissions help View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

11 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-006.pdf Banking Deregulations, Financing Constraints and Firm Entry Size Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We examine the effect of U.S. branch banking deregulations on the entry size of... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)

tests and medications — can get to the people who need them. My projects at CHAI focus on helping governments in Central and West Africa with the finance work that enables this solution delivery. So far, I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to... View Details

23 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 23, 2015

conflict did not. We discuss sarcasm as a double-edged sword: despite its role in instigating conflict, it can also be a catalyst for creativity. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49283 Forthcoming Innovation Policy and the Economy View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2021
Working Paper

Impact Accounting for Product Use: A Framework and Industry-specific Models

By: George Serafeim and Katie Trinh

This handbook provides the first systematic attempt to generate a framework and industry-specific models for the measurement of impacts on customers and the environment from use of products and services, in monetary terms, that can then be reflected in financial... View Details

Keywords: Impact Measurement; Product Impact; Customer Welfare; Environment; ESG; Product; Customers; Well-being; Environmental Sustainability; Measurement and Metrics; Accounting; Financial Statements; Analysis; Framework

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18 Feb 2021
Blog Post

SIPs in 2021

bring in people from outside the sector, and is one of the reasons why I think it's so important to have a course like this at HBS,” says Weinzierl. “Let's get our diverse student body interested in the space sector so that we can make more progress.” Climate View Details

08 Jan 2008
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First Look: January 8, 2008

Financing Constraints, and Entrepreneurship Authors:William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda Abstract We study how US branch-banking deregulations affected the entry and exit of firms in the non-financial sector using establishment-level data... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Accounting for Climate Change

By: Robert S. Kaplan and Karthik Ramanna

Corporations are facing growing pressure—from investors, advocacy groups, politicians, and even business leaders themselves—to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from their operations and their supply and distribution chains. About 90% of the companies in the S&P... View Details

Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Mitigation; Social Accounting; E-liabilities; Business And The Environment; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability

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