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Engagement Opportunities - Business & Environment
MBA Experience Engagement Opportunities 1ms Harvard University Climate Leaders Program Provides students with an opportunity to engage with others across Harvard who share a professional interest in climate-related work, to mentor one... View Details
- 22 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Meet the Disability Advocacy and Affinity Group (DAAG)
startups focused on Climate Tech and Future of Work. Prior to HBS, I was the program manager of the NextGen Initiatives at Disability:IN, the leading nonprofit resource for business disability inclusion worldwide. In that role, I... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
Confronting Climate Change Electricity Renewables, nuclear, and carbon capture offer massive market potential The combustion of fossil fuels to generate electricity is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and the largest... View Details
- Portrait Project
Sonali Bloom
designers and agents of change. I don’t believe in the status quo. I believe in the power of the new. I believe entrepreneurs will make a difference in the world. And the world does need to be different. I won’t solve poverty, disease, inequality, View Details
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Entrepreneurial Support - Business & Environment
MBA Experience Entrepreneurial Support 7ms Entrepreneurial Support Across HBS, Harvard, and Boston, there are many resources to support students interested in founding or joining a climate start-up. The resources below highlight... View Details
- 15 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
mentorship, and networking sessions. Second-year students can choose from over 15 elective courses with business and environment content, including courses such as Global Climate Change, Sustainable Investing, and Reimagining Capitalism.... View Details
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Energy, IT, real estate, and sustainability
Professor Henderson’s current research focuses on the energy, information technology, and real estate sectors and the challenges firms encounter as they attempt to act in more sustainable ways. This work is an outgrowth of her decade-long examination of the... View Details
- 02 Aug 2022
- Research & Ideas
6 Strategies for Building Socially Responsible—and Profitable—Companies
A dozen years ago, Harvard Business School Professor George Serafeim wondered why some companies operated with an eye toward the greater good, while most did not. Back then, he always got the same response: Corporate leaders thought social and environmental practices... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 31 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher
today's difficult economic climate was the subject of a panel discussion at Harvard Business School recently. The discussion, part of a one-night event called "Entrepreneurship During an Uncertain Time," featured four highly... View Details
- 05 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Anchor Investors Help Impact Funds Succeed
potential anchor’s impact will be magnified by early allocation to the fund. About the Author Sean Silverthorne is editor-in-chief of Harvard Business School Working Knowledge. [Image: Kaipungyai] Related Reading Investors Have More Than Money to Offer Entrepreneurs... View Details
- May 2023 (Revised June 2023)
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Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain
By: Shirley Lu and Robert S. Kaplan
The case describes Harvard University’s consideration to decarbonize its supply chain by replacing cement with a low-carbon substitute called Pozzotive®. Developed and produced by Urban Mining Industries, Pozzotive® is a ground-glass material made with post-consumer... View Details
Keywords: Carbon Emissions; Blockchain; Supply Chain; Green Technology; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability
Lu, Shirley, and Robert S. Kaplan. "Harvard University and Urban Mining Industries: Decarbonizing the Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Case 123-076, May 2023. (Revised June 2023.)
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The New Role for Government & NGOs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
focuses on commodities where climate and soil conditions give a particular region a true competitive advantage. The partnerships bring in NGOs like TechnoServe and Root Capital, as well as government officials, to work on competitiveness... View Details
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Sustainable Investing Course | HBS Online
strategies Gain insights into the climate risk inherent in investment opportunities Discover how to integrate risks into financial models Think critically about how and where to add value while avoiding “impact washing” Who Will Benefit... View Details
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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
cost and in less time. I will also discuss the role of ventures in addressing climate change. Some of the popular solutions to these challenges (e.g., Medicare for All, free community college, and elimination of fossil fuels) seem... View Details
- 01 Dec 2023
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Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books The World’s Littlest Book on Climate: Ten Facts in Ten Minutes About CO2 By Mike Nelson, Pieter Tans, and Michael Banks (MBA 1983) Independently Published In this updated edition of the world’s smallest book on the world’s biggest... View Details
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Career Support - Business & Environment
industry-focused programs with alumni and student leaders in energy, food and agriculture, and sustainability. Check the MBA Event Calendar for details. (Fall) Climate Symposium Each fall, student clubs host the View Details
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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog
Operations Management) Suraj Srinivasan Spring 2025 Q4 1.5 Reimagining Capitalism: Business and Big Problems (also listed under General Management and Strategy) Ethan Rouen Fall 2024 Q1Q2 3.0 Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of View Details
- 05 Feb 2018
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Should Companies Disclose Employee Compensation?
resurrect the truth. In the current climate encouraging increased disclosure, would for-profit organizations be better off emulating their governmental organization counterparts, where compensation is public information, and there are... View Details
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Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society
Mark Twain observed that, “Prediction is very difficult—particularly when it involves the future,” and he was right. One way to reduce the risk of becoming an infamous forecaster—like the experts who told us the Internet would quickly collapse, that Apple would never... View Details
Badaracco, Joseph L. "Corporations as the Central Institutions of Society." Chap. 4 in Justifying Next Stage Capitalism: Exploring a Hopeful Future, edited by Michel Dion and Moses Pava, 87–106. Springer, 2024.
- February 2015
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CLP: Powering Asia
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Dawn Lau
Richard Lancaster, taking over from Andrew Brandler, was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CLP Holdings Ltd., one of the leading power companies in Asia, with operations in China, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Australia, and India, and an energy portfolio spanning coal,... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; Goals and Objectives; Values and Beliefs; Growth and Development Strategy; Strategic Planning; Energy Industry; Asia; India
Serafeim, George, Rebecca Henderson, and Dawn Lau. "CLP: Powering Asia." Harvard Business School Case 115-038, February 2015.