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  • 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
  • September 2008 (Revised October 2009)
  • Background Note

The Carbon Market

By: Andre F. Perold, Forest L. Reinhardt and Mikell Hyman
The carbon market has emerged in response to concerns about global climate change. This note characterizes the market in 2008, describing each segment and how it operates. View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Market Transactions; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change
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  • 05 May 2022
  • News

Like-Minded

and beyond, that focus on what the team calls “tech-enabled sustainable living.” That could mean ESG in its traditional forms, such as climate change, health care technology, or environmental tech. But MPower also expands that definition:... View Details
  • September 2002 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

Environmental Power Corporation: Changing Manure Into Gold?

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Laure Mougeot Stroock
In 2002, Environmental Power Corp. (EPC), a small company developing renewable energy projects, was attempting to commercialize its "digester," a facility that extracted methane from manure, reduced manure's environmental impact, and generated electricity. The company... View Details
Keywords: Commercialization; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Investment; Projects; Wastes and Waste Processing; Corporate Finance; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry
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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
  • Case

Miami’s Climate Tech Potential (A): The State of Play

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Miami-Dade County led the work to get South Florida designated a national climate resilience tech hub, the only one of 31 focused on climate change, an urgent major issue for the region in light of global warming and sea level rise. Venture capitalists saw the... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Climate; Entrepreneur; Development; Startup; Climate Change; Venture Capital; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Government Administration; City; Miami
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  • 05 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 5

decision score. This allows us to observe the local effect of samples in which we drop the best recipients and the worst non-recipients. Our results suggest that while receiving the grant does bring an injection of funding that alleviates 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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  • 15 Dec 2015
  • News

The Year in Ideas 2015

help. Founded in 2012 in Washington, DC, by Dan Mindus (MBA 2008), the group of more than 90 has become one of the most active tech investors in that city, providing financing and networking opportunities to young companies, such as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White
  • 15 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

what the customer might envision, the customer appreciates the act of disclosure," Mohan says. It's unclear whether a company might see these benefits on a sustained basis, particularly if a number of retailers selling similar items all... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail
  • 05 Apr 2011
  • First Look

First Look: April 5

Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities industry. We examine how company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 31 Aug 2010
  • First Look

First Look: August 31

Financial Studies (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the impact of leveraged buyout firms' bank relationships on the terms of their syndicated loans. Using a sample of 1,590 loans financing private equity sponsored leveraged... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 13 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 13

opportunity finds it attractive to underinvest, thereby behaving as if the investor faces a lower quality investment opportunity. This is particularly interesting, as prior research in finance literature has shown that firms will... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 Aug 2019
  • News

“The Star of the North”

including Granite Equity itself, to be sustainable for 100 years or more); and investment in community (often businesses owners or senior officials contribute to the community financially and through volunteer positions on local boards).... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
  • February 2011
  • Exercise

Carbon Trading Simulation: Green Cement Inc.

By: Peter A. Coles
This simulation presents students the opportunity to experience firsthand the economics of carbon markets and permit trading. Each student has private role information about a company he or she manages. The student must make decisions about pollution-reducing... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Investment; Markets; Agreements and Arrangements; Production; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants
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  • 23 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

science of building a sufficient and sustainable "winning coalition" of support behind an organizational vision as well as dealing effectively with would-be "blocking coalitions." We illustrate the practice of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Web

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Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Kris Ferreira Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Supply Chain Management Technology & Operations Management Ananth Raman Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Sustainable Investing Finance... View Details
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

loans to fight poverty around the globe since the end of World War II, nearly half the world's six billion people still live on less than $2 a day; a fifth get by on less than $1. At times, foreign aid has even worsened the plight of the poor, by View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge