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  • August 2021 (Revised October 2024)
  • Case

Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kenneth P. Pucker and Eren Kuzucu
The Allbirds: Decarbonizing Fashion (A) case introduces Allbirds as a footwear startup not only focused on simple design, comfort, and sustainable natural materials but on decarbonizing the wider fashion industry. Background material highlights the growing... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Climate Impact; Environmental Strategy; Innovation; Product Design; Supply Chain Management; Innovation Strategy; Innovation and Management; Product Development; Climate Change; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Fashion Industry; United States; California
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  • 2008
  • Article

Learning (Not) to Talk About Race: When Older Children Underperform in Social Categorization

By: Evan P. Apfelbaum, Kristin Pauker, Nalini Ambady, Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton
The present research identifies an anomaly in sociocognitive development, whereby younger children (8 and 9 years) outperform their older counterparts (10 and 11 years) in a basic categorization task in which the acknowledgment of racial difference facilitates... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Age; Race; Society; Cognition and Thinking
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  • January 2002 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Space Data Corporation

By: Alan D. MacCormack and Jay Wynn
Space Data Corp. plans to partner with the U.S. National Weather Service to place transceivers on weather balloons and thereby create a national mobile communications network. The company is in the late development stages and is planning to launch a regional test that... View Details
Keywords: Wireless Technology; Business Startups; Business Processes; Adaptation; Partners and Partnerships; Opportunities; Telecommunications Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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  • Career Coach

Jamal Eason

particular passion in helping break into the industry, accelerate in the tech industry, and reframe long term career goals. As a career switcher from the military, Jamal also enjoys helping alumni &... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • 16 May 2015
  • Blog Post

Using an MBA to Reimagine the Music Industry

first semester! It felt intense to have so much of my time scheduled by school, to have to take required classes, and to have to be in the same seat at the same time every day. That kind of discipline was new View Details

    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • 08 Sep 2021
    • Blog Post

    Building the Bridge from Nonprofit to VC with Joshua Mbanusi (MBA 2021)

    his career decisions and professional passions. “I grew up the youngest of five children raised by a single mother,” he shared. “To lift my family out of poverty, my mother worked two full-time jobs while... View Details
    • 11 Aug 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Budgeting Kills Your Company

    of contract. "And there are usually financial incentives attached: Career prospects and bonuses ride on this contract—incentives for hitting the targets amount to as much as 97 percent of a U.S.... View Details
    Keywords: by Loren Gary
    • February 2005 (Revised November 2012)
    • Case

    Chuck's Wagon Inc.

    By: Paul W. Marshall and Derek Lewis
    This case describes the experiences of an HBS student as he takes on the challege of transitioning from an intern to a president at a small consumer packaged goods firm in Southern Texas. This HBS student is confronted with the opportunity to perform an operational and... View Details
    Keywords: Consumer Goods; Operations Strategy; Executive Development; Strategy; Small Business; Production; Transformation; Management Skills; Financial Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Texas
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    • July 2021 (Revised October 2023)
    • Case

    K.C. Li: The Tungsten King

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Casey Verkamp
    This case examines the business career of Kuo-Ching Li, who was born in China in 1892, and built a successful minerals trading business called Wah Chang in the United States during the interwar years. He acquired a prominent role in tungsten, the strongest natural... View Details
    Keywords: Immigration Acts; Racial Bias; Globalization; Government and Politics; Business History; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Mining Industry; China; United States; Latin America
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    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    The Evolving Academic Field of Climate Finance

    By: Matteo Gasparini and Peter Tufano
    The urgency and the magnitude of climate change will affect every aspect of our economies, societies, and planet. The academic finance research has begun to study the financial implications of global warming, although this body of literature is small. The field has... View Details
    Keywords: Climate Finance; Finance Academia; Greenhouse Gas; Sustainable Finance; Financial Decisions; Educational Finance; Finance; Climate Change; Transition
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    • 02 Jan 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Most Popular Stories 2007

    psychologically painful as it is, is the first step to awareness of new opportunities in career and in life, says Harvard Business School's Timothy Butler. In this Q&A and... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • July–August 2016
    • Article

    How to Pay for Health Care

    By: Michael E. Porter and Robert S. Kaplan
    The United States stands at a crossroads in how to pay for health care. Fee for service, the dominant model in the United States and many other countries, is now widely recognized as perhaps the biggest obstacle to improving health care delivery. A battle is currently... View Details
    Keywords: Health Care and Treatment; Finance; Health Industry; United States
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    • 11 Feb 2019
    • Blog Post

    John Bracaglia, MBA 2020: “I Want to Find the Machine Learning Strategy That Avoids the Pitfalls While Fulfilling the Promise.”

    For John Bracaglia, his academic and professional careers have been driven by two themes: “machine learning and behavioral economics,” he says. “The two work together. Machine... View Details
    Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship
    • 16 Apr 2008
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

    discussion from one point to the next—are remembered often by the legions of MBA students, doctoral candidates, and faculty members Christensen taught during an HBS career that spanned half a century, from... View Details
    Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
    • August 2018
    • Case

    Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF

    By: Julie Battilana and Carin-Isabel Knoop
    This case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2011 to 2018 as she takes the helm of a troubled multilateral organization during a time of deepening economic turmoil. As the first female leader of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and as a non-economist,... View Details
    Keywords: Personal Development and Career; Power and Influence; Change Management; Global Range; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Climate Change
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    • June 2022
    • Case

    Zalando: Becoming the Starting Point for Fashion

    By: Antonio Moreno, Leela Nageswaran, Emilie Billaud and Federica Gabrieli
    Born in 2008 as a small startup selling flip flops, by mid-2021 Zalando had turned into an online fashion company with an assortment of more than 4,500 international brands, 45 million active customers, and a presence in 23 European markets. An essential component in... View Details
    Keywords: Transition; Customer Value and Value Chain; Digital Platforms; Distribution; Order Taking and Fulfillment; Infrastructure; Logistics; Service Operations; Strategy; Business Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Europe
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    • November 2009 (Revised April 2010)
    • Case

    Rose Smart Growth Investment Fund

    By: Arthur I Segel and Justin Seth Ginsburgh
    The Jonathan Rose Companies must decide how to design and launch an innovative new real estate fund focused on green and transit oriented properties. JRC seeks to show through the fund that smart growth and green buildings provide superior economic returns to sprawl... View Details
    Keywords: Property; Buildings and Facilities; Transition; Financing and Loans; Investment Funds; Investment; Marketing; Energy Conservation; Business Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Finance; Real Estate Industry
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    • June 2022 (Revised August 2022)
    • Case

    Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.

    By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
    The cases discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the and shareholder pressure faced by the company. In 2022, the company faced a shareholder resolution from a renowned shareholder advocacy... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Shareholder Activism; Dollar Tree; Sustainability Reporting; ESG Reporting; Board Of Directors; Shareholder Engagement; GHG; Environmental Accounting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Trends; Communication; Announcements; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Reports; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Retail Industry; United States; Virginia
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    Overview

    Jurgen's research focuses on the challenges and opportunites to the energy sector created by technological change and externalities, in particular those associated with greenhouse gas emissons. Specific areas of interest include the development of potential pathways to... View Details