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Wyss House | About

constructed in 1925 to house faculty, but has been repurposed several times over the decades. The latest renovation, under the direction of Baker Design Group, Inc., targeted layout and energy efficiency, creating a green building that... View Details

13 Jun 2019
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Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

that is unfamiliar to you. Prior to HBS I was a clean energy engineer – not a digital marketer or consumer goods expert. The great thing about FGI is that creating a successful project requires you to do fun things in your destination... View Details

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Published CSV Cases - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Michael E. Porter, Mark R. Kramer, and Annelena Lobb Dow had adopted the "Breakthroughs to World Challenges" (BWC) program as part of its ten-year 2015 Sustainability Goals. BWC was an internal award recognizing products that effectively addressed one of five world... View Details

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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness

% of business leaders expect U.S. firms to be less able to compete, pay well, or both in three years. More from “Problems Unsolved and a Nation Divided” Research Tracks Core Readings PK–12 Education Transportation Infrastructure Cluster Mapping Middle Skills... View Details

March 2021 (Revised March 2024)
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M-KOPA: Empowering Lives

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Wale Lawal and Pippa Tubman Armerding

The Pay As You Go solar power company in East Africa had sales of $71 million in 2019. It wished to grow to $300 million by 2025. M-KOPA, founded by three entrepreneurs in 2011, had grown nicely in Kenya and Uganda to reach nearly 750,000 households with an innovative... View Details

Keywords: Mobile Payment; Go-to-market Strategy; Business At The Base Of The Pyramid; Business Growth; Social Entrepreneurship; Renewable Energy; Business Model; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Marketing Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Kenya; Uganda; Nigeria

07 May 2024
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Opportunity to Offset Travel Emissions with Carbon Credits that Meet HBS Criteria

align with Harvard’s broader Sustainability Action Plan. This plan outlines Harvard’s goals to be Fossil Fuel Neutral by 2026 and Fossil Fuel Free by 2050 for campus energy use and vehicles (Scope 1 and 2). Harvard uses the term “fossil... View Details

17 Apr 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Technology Choice and Capacity Portfolios Under Emissions Regulation

Keywords: by David Drake, Paul R. Kleindorfer & Luk N. Van Wassenhove

24 May 2017
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John J. Brennan, MBA 1980

the company when Brennan announced his retirement. “But he put so much energy into the development of people that he was confident we would succeed.” Like so many colleagues, McNabb is clearly full of respect and admiration for his... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

12 Sep 2023
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Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

closer to what’s found in Europe. In the US, it takes a lot of rewiring to make fast EV chargers work on the local grid. So he started fiddling. Soon enough, Aatish came up with a prototype that allowed fast charging without changing over the grid: the idea for XCharge... View Details

16 May 2024
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On the Job

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. We all have early memories of on-the-job learnings—those moments that had a lasting impact on how we see the world of work and our place in it. This... View Details

Keywords: first job; leadership; life experience; career lessons; Finance; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Retail Trade

January 2023 (Revised June 2024)
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Elon Musk at Tesla

By: George Serafeim and Amram Migdal

This case gives an overview of Elon Musk’s career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information is included on Tesla’s unique strategic decisions, its operational and reputational struggles and successes, and the... View Details

25 May 2016
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Backing Harvard’s Work for Children

facing adversity. A partner at Riverstone, an energy industry-focused private investment firm, Tichio is a longtime HBS supporter—most recently serving on the Major Gifts Committee for his 10th Reunion. Besides HBS, he and his wife, Maya,... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

on maintaining a company's decisiveness with the same energy it devotes to increasing shareholder value. This does mean rushing decisions but rather knowing when enough has been learned to make a sensible decision. Overseeing Family... View Details

11 Apr 2024
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Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

water stewardship is key.” It is a difficult and lonely road,” Leni confessed. “Many people have said that I should work on energy or emissions, more traditional sustainability topics, rather than water. However, I believe that it’s... View Details

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

door for conglomerate business model Influence: Medium-High 70 1970 s 19 Deregulation of oil and airline industries New energy policies and programs Stagflation cripples economy Environmental protection weakened Price controls Influence:... View Details

November 2023 (Revised March 2024)
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Infarm: Betting the (Indoor) Farm on Food Security

By: Elie Ofek

In the summer of 2023, the co-founders of Infarm, a controlled environment agriculture (CEA) company, were contemplating a major pivot going forward. While Infarm had successfully shown it could grow over 75 products—mainly herbs, leafy greens and mushrooms—in modular... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Market Entry and Exit; Science-Based Business; Business Strategy; Transition; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe; North America; Toronto; Northeastern United States

April 2018 (Revised March 2019)
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Tesla-SolarCity

By: E. Scott Mayfield and Emil N. Siriwardane

On June 21, 2016, Tesla Motors, Inc. announced its offer to acquire SolarCity, bringing CEO Elon Musk one step closer to completing his goal of moving the world from a hydrocarbon-based economy to a solar-electric one. Markets and analysts were mixed in their reaction... View Details

Keywords: Tesla; SolarCity; Solar Power; Mergers and Acquisitions; Renewable Energy; Goals and Objectives; Finance