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  • 15 Mar 2017
  • Lessons from the Classroom

More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

This word cloud is composed of blog posts by more than 900 students describing how individual organizations are likely to be affected by climate change. Image by Patrick Clapp Last fall, first-year MBA students at Harvard Business School received a new assignment in... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Green Technology
  • Research Summary

The role of the manager in cross-sector interactions

My second stream of research takes the individual manager as the unit of analysis in examining cross-sector interactions.  Two papers explore processes and mechanisms that allow managers to cross sectoral boundaries more effectively.

The first paper... View Details
  • June 2018 (Revised January 2020)
  • Case

Renegotiating NAFTA

By: Laura Alfaro, Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason and Sarah Jeong
January 1, 2019 marked the 25th anniversary of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Twenty-five years after the landmark trade pact was signed by the United States, Canada, and Mexico, considerable debate surrounded it. Trade and trade agreements were a... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Negotiation; Agreements and Arrangements; Cost vs Benefits; Auto Industry; United States; Mexico; Canada
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    Graphic Packaging: Project Cowboy

    In July 2019, Graphic Packaging CEO Michael Doss was proposing a $600 million investment in a new machine to produce coated recycled board (CRB), a type of paper packaging used for consumer products (cups, cereal boxes, beverage boxes, etc.) that utilized recycled... View Details

      Enhancing the Practical Relevance of Research

      I think that most business school research should examine and help solve real-world problems that managers are facing--or that they might face in the future. This means that these scholars need to choose relevant research questions, and propose and test hypotheses... View Details

      • TeachingInterests

      Investing: Risk, Return and Impact (MBA)

      By: Shawn A. Cole

      This is an investing/finance course, designed to build on skills introduced in the RC finance course, but with an emphasis on how and whether investors should incorporate what have traditionally been considered “non-financial” criteria in their decisions: for... View Details

      • July 2008 (Revised January 2012)
      • Case

      Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)

      By: Anette Mikes
      An early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management, energy giant Hydro One anticipated new threats and opportunities in an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewable... View Details
      Keywords: Capital Budgeting; Knowledge Sharing; Managerial Roles; Risk Management; Strategic Planning; Situation or Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Renewable Energy; Energy Industry
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      • Web

      Confronting Climate Change - Business & Environment

      by factors associated with climate change and the wide-ranging effects of environmental risks are impacting the financial sector in unprecedented ways. Industrial Production & Materials Reducing Waste Industrial activity that produces... View Details
      • September–October 1995
      • Article

      Green and Competitive: Ending the Stalemate

      By: M. E. Porter and Claas van der Linde
      Keywords: Competition; Environmental Sustainability
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      • 2017
      • Chapter

      Institutional Theory and the Natural Environment: Building Research Through Tensions and Paradox

      By: P. Devereaux Jennings and Andrew J. Hoffman
      The focus of institutional theory is directed towards an understanding of situations where context is strong and binding, yet subtly experienced; where agency is often diffuse, embodied in an arrangement or system of actors rather than in an individual; and where... View Details
      Keywords: Institutional Theory; Natural Environment; Research
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      • November 2019
      • Article

      When and Why Defaults Influence Decisions: A Meta-analysis of Default Effects

      By: Jon M. Jachimowicz, Shannon Duncan, Elke U. Weber and Eric J. Johnson
      When people make decisions with a pre-selected choice option—a “default”—they are more likely to select that option. Because defaults are easy to implement, they constitute one of the most widely employed tools in the choice architecture toolbox. However, to decide... View Details
      Keywords: Choice Architecture; Defaults; Default Effects; Decision Making; Behavior; Analysis
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      • 25 Aug 2014
      • HBS Case

      Starbucks Reinvented

      sourcing and environmental impact; Creative innovation growth platforms worthy of our coffee; Deliver a sustainable economic model. The case provides a behind-the-scenes look at how the coffee company moved forward on these goals,... View Details
      Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage
      • Web

      Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

      Fiorello LaGuardia High School of Performing Arts New York, NY NY Jeremy Mellema High School for Environmental Studies New York, NY PA Dave Mercante Episcopal Academy Newtown Square, PA Subjects: U.S. History OH Heather Merckens Huron... View Details
      • 11 Apr 2023
      • Cold Call Podcast

      A Rose by Any Other Name: Supply Chains and Carbon Emissions in the Flower Industry

      Keywords: Re: Willy C. Shih & Michael W. Toffel; Agriculture & Agribusiness
      • 30 Jan 2024
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Can Second-Generation Ethanol Production Help Decarbonize the World?

      Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull; Energy
      • 23 Mar 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules

      Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details
      Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services
      • 19 Sep 2023
      • Blog Post

      2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

      supply chain in Brazil, through living income to all producers and full traceability of the cocoa beans. In this role, Tatiana played an active part in developing a comprehensive net zero plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and gain insights into the company's... View Details
      • August 2023
      • Case

      BYD, China, and Global Electric Vehicle Rivalry

      By: Cynthia A. Montgomery and Max Hancock
      In 2023, BYD, a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker, surpassed Tesla to become the world's best-selling EV brand. BYD began selling mobile phone batteries in 1995, acquired a license to sell vehicles in 2002, and spent two decades building its EV brand, growing its... View Details
      Keywords: Competition; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Segmentation; Vertical Integration; Market Participation; Environmental Sustainability; Auto Industry; Electronics Industry; China; Europe; United States; Japan; South Korea
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      • 05 Jun 2020
      • Research & Ideas

      How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed

      so-called impact funds, or funds that hope to create positive social or environmental impact. In Anchors Aweigh: Analysis of Anchor Limited Partner Investors in Impact Investment Funds, the authors describe anchors as “generally the first... View Details
      Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services
      • Web

      HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

      Administration Mike Toffel , Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management; Faculty Chair, HBS Business & Environment Initiative Gunnar Trumbull (PMD 76, 2001), Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration This session... View Details