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Confronting Climate Change Policy From obstruction to leadership For much of the last 50 years, powerful segments of the business community have opposed government action on climate change. The fossil fuel industry in particular, seeing... View Details

26 Jul 2004
Research & Ideas

A Better Way to Negotiate: Backward

be its strongest regional ally. Yet because Israel's formal membership might have kept numerous Arab states from joining the coalition, the U.S. government pointedly excluded the Israelis, starting negotiations elsewhere. Careful... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

City released the 'New' New York Plan focused on transforming the city's job centers to support the ways people will live and work in the future. A set of initiatives emerged to serve as a roadmap to make New York City the best place to... View Details

12 Apr 2023
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Step Change

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, my name is Julia Hanna. I'm a writer and editor for the HBS Alumni Bulletin. In 2019, I met Egyptian alumna Amal Enan (MBA 2014) when she was on campus for her 5th reunion. Enan had already held a... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

01 Sep 2005
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London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS

The 2005 HBS Global Leadership Forum in London proved to be a unique experience in ways that were planned — and even in some that were not — for nearly 600 alumni, faculty, and guests. By day, alumni listened to and learned from outstanding HBS faculty, View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Evolution of the Social Enterprise Conference The Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) spoke with Adam Nathan, one of the leaders of the 2014 Social Enterprise Conference (SECON) , to discuss its growth and evolution, as well as its unique... View Details

17 Sep 2019
Blog Post

What to Expect from your First Week at HBS

each other. The Surprises in Store The social experience really stands out to me. I’m consistently surprised at the how many events are taking place both formally and informally. Beyond the HBS sponsored events, students are taking the View Details

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Fellows, who will sh... Keeping Pace: Innovation in Nonprofit Governance Kay Mathers 19 Oct 2017 It’s not out of the question to wonder if the work we do in the nonprofit sector is creating chan... A Summer Internship with the... View Details

20 Nov 2017
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Finding Common Ground

only thing missing was ominous John Williams theme music playing in the background. CollaborateUp specializes in bringing corporations, government agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations together, to take on big, complex issues,... View Details

02 Dec 2009
What Do You Think?

Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?

and importing unskilled workers to keep costs low takes away the initiative for technological advances ." And Sam Heffner, invoking the noted economist, Milton Friedman, pointed out that "before he died, the great Dr. Friedman... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Jan 2012
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Cynthia Carroll, MBA 1989

Anglo American, one of the world’s largest mining companies, Cynthia Carroll traveled to 14 countries, visiting mines and interviewing staff, meeting with government officials, and talking to miners and local community members. “I needed... View Details

17 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 17, 2018

deep conviction that Islamism could not provide an effective model of governance in the twentieth century and therefore would collapse of its own accord within months after the Islamists seized power. Publisher's link:... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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Content & Community for Students | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Content & Community for Students The Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) spoke with Molly Doctors and Sage Ruth, the 2013-14 co-presidents of the Social Enterprise Club , to hear about the club and their thoughts on the broader network for... View Details

01 Jun 2011
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Building a Social Network

Piskorski, senior lecturer John Macomber, and research associate David Chen examines what happens when YPO launches a Networks Initiative focused on linking members through shared interests in particular industries, activities, and social... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

06 Feb 2006
What Do You Think?

Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?

the company and the industry." And Lorenzo Ferlazzo comments, "I would maybe run a slew of guidance measures in commentary . . . and suggest analysts use their own initiative to communicate their interpretation to the... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Financial Services

24 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 24

sustainability performance and how its sustainability initiatives were contributing to its financial performance. The narrative of this call was very similar to the narrative of the company's first "integrated report," which was... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 1997
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Making Real Progress in the Middle East: The Bottom-Up, Economic Solution

governments that a door-to-door transportation agreement between the two countries was signed. Such "bottom-up" policy changes, initiated by the business people and encouraged for economic rather than... View Details

Keywords: Michael Porter, Yagil Weinberg, and Noreena Hertz

06 Nov 2019
Op-Ed

Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything

The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details

Keywords: by Rebecca Henderson; Energy

08 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

comprehensive set of policies and regulations in place and the climate for investment is favorable." The flip side of that coin is that in some countries the government exerts such a large influence on the energy sector that it can... View Details

Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities

14 Feb 2019
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Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

inaction. That was the message delivered on February 12, 2019, at “Confronting Climate Change: Boston-Based Ideas that Can Change the World,” a panel discussion at the Spangler Center moderated by HBS Professor Michael Toffel and organized by the HBS Business &... View Details

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