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  • October 2023 (Revised March 2024)
  • Case

KOKO Networks: Bridging Energy Transition and Affordability with Carbon Financing

By: George Serafeim, Siko Sikochi and Namrata Arora
The problem was massive: two million hectares of African forests were lost annually to charcoal production for cooking, an area equivalent to 13 times Greater London, resulting in one billion tons of carbon emissions yearly. At the same time, an estimated 700,000... View Details
Keywords: Clean Tech; Digital; Carbon Credits; Carbon Offsetting; Africa; Emerging Markets; Energy; Climate Change; Entrepreneurship; Energy Sources; Environmental Sustainability; Health; Market Design; Business Startups; Transition; Environmental Regulation; Policy; Energy Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Africa; Kenya; Rwanda
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  • 05 Jun 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?

response that covered every possible regulatory need without any suggestion of how regulation should be achieved or who or what should be responsible for it. As Tom put it, “The wordy ChatGPT answer is the perfect example of why... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Capital Market Integration and Growth across the United States

By: Leonardo D'Amico and Maxim Alekseev
What drives the integration of national financial markets and what are its consequences for regional growth? We digitize and collect US state-level banking data from 1953 to 1983 and document a tight link between high nominal short rates and financial integration,... View Details
Keywords: Interest Rates; Financial Markets; Economic Growth; Banks and Banking; Analytics and Data Science
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  • February 2017 (Revised June 2017)
  • Case

ExxonMobil: Business as Usual? (A)

By: George Serafeim, Shiva Rajgopal and David Freiberg
Climate change was becoming an important societal and business issue as more governments were introducing climate change related regulations and investors became increasibly worried about stranded assets within oil and gas firms. In September 2016, the U.S. Securities... View Details
Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Oil Prices; Oil Companies; Asset Impairment; Predictive Analytics; Sustainability; Environmental Impact; Innovation; Disclosure; Accounting; Valuation; Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Reporting; Energy Industry
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  • 2016
  • Chapter

Trade Associations, State Building, and the Sherman Act: The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1912–25

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
From its founding in 1912 through the interwar years, the Chamber’s history shows a persistent preoccupation with progressive economics and policy making. Rather than flouting the new ideas of institutional economics, which favored federal regulators overseeing data... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Fairness; Supply and Industry; Policy; Business and Government Relations; United States
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  • December 2006
  • Case

Southern Company's Investment in CEMIG

In the spring of 1997, Southern Company had the opportunity to acquire a significant portion of the electric utility in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais. The shares in the utility, CEMIG, were being sold by the state government as part of a comprehensive... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Privatization; Investment; Acquisition; Globalized Markets and Industries; Utilities Industry; Brazil
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    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

    • 31 Mar 2008
    • HBS Case

    JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day Crisis

    airport continued to load flights and allow them to taxi to the runway. But conditions didn't clear as expected, and some passengers waited for as long as six hours to return to an open gate. (Planes continued to land in the poor weather; but FAA View Details
    Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Air Transportation
    • 04 Oct 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: October 4

    organizational processes among corporations and nonprofits. Read the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/cmarquis/GolfingAlone_FINAL.pdf Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Response: How China's Environmental Enforcement Is Catching Up to View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 18 Jul 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

    Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
    Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
    • January–February 2024
    • Article

    The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work over Time: A Daily Perspective on Passion and Emotional Exhaustion

    By: Joy Bredehorst, Kai Krautter, Jirs Meuris and Jon M. Jachimowicz
    Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through a... View Details
    Keywords: Passion; Work-Life Balance; Employees; Emotions
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    • 2007
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Say on Pay Vote and CEO Compensation: Evidence from the UK

    By: Fabrizio Ferri and David Maber
    In this study, we examine the effect on CEO pay of new legislation introduced in the United Kingdom (UK) at the end of 2002 that requires publicly-traded firms to submit an executive remuneration report to a non-binding shareholder vote ("say on pay") at the annual... View Details
    Keywords: Voting; Corporate Governance; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; Performance Improvement; Business and Shareholder Relations; United Kingdom
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    • 01 Nov 2013
    • HBS Seminar

    Eric Olson, Chief Scientific Officer at Syros Pharmaceuticals

    • Spring 2024
    • Article

    The Evolution of Banking in the 21st Century: Evidence and Regulatory Implications

    By: Samuel Gregory Hanson, Victoria Ivashina, Laura Nicolae, Jeremy C. Stein, Adi Sunderam and Daniel K. Tarullo
    As revealed by the failures of three regional banks in the spring of 2023, bank runs are not a thing of the past. To inform the ongoing discussion of the appropriate regulatory response, we examine trends in the banking industry over the last twenty-five years. On the... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Instruments; Financial Crisis; Assets; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Financial Condition; Banking Industry
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    • September 2019 (Revised May 2021)
    • Case

    pymetrics: International Expansion

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In August 2018, pymetrics, a solution offering neuroscience-based recruiting tests, closed a $40 million funding round that valued the business at $160 million. Over 60 companies around the globe were using pymetrics tests in their recruiting process, including... View Details
    Keywords: BrainTech; Psychodynamics; Psychology; Hiring Of Employees; Hiring; Strategic Evolution; Strategy And Execution; Startup; Start-up; Startups; Start-ups; Entrepreneur; Bias; Rapid Growth Stage; Recruitment; Selection and Staffing; Strategy; Business Startups; Employment; Growth and Development Strategy; Global Strategy
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    • March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
    • Case

    Eliot Spitzer: Pushing Wall Street to Reform

    By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
    New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer faced a decision about how to stop wrongdoing committed by major Wall Street firms during the Internet boom. The equities analysts of Merrill Lynch and other Wall Street firms were charged with objectively advising retail... View Details
    Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decisions; Financial Institutions; Stocks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict of Interests; Internet; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      The Challenge of Maintaining Passion for Work Over Time

      Passion for work is highly coveted, but many employees report struggling to maintain their passion over time. In the current research, we explain the challenge of pursuing passion by conceptualizing passion as an attribute with temporal variation. Viewed through... View Details
      • 24 Apr 2018
      • Op-Ed

      Op-Ed: What Mark Zuckerberg Can Learn About Crisis Leadership from Starbucks

      wasted his opportunity to address data privacy issues; instead, he is inviting government regulators to do it for him. As a result, Facebook’s employees lack direction for using this crisis to rebuild confidence with 2 billion users. #6:... View Details
      Keywords: by Bill George; Technology; Food & Beverage
      • 28 Aug 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: August 28

      http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/13-018.pdf Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Comparative Advantage Author: David F. Drake Abstract Carbon regulation is intended to reduce global emissions, but there is... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • Web

      Academics - Health Care

      the role of U.S. regulations and policies on organizational strategies and market outcomes. Course Catalog Listing Independent Projects Students may earn academic credit by working independently or in teams as they conduct research and... View Details