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- 01 Sep 2011
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Water for Life
our business; (2) improve operational efficiency and use energy from sustainable sources; (3) develop climate change adaptation and mitigation programs; and (4) do a large-scale watershed management program... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
Water and Power, the largest public utility in the United States with more than $6 billion in revenue, some 12,000 employees, and, arguably, the most complex water system in the world. She left that position in March 2024 and continues to focus on sustainable water and... View Details
- March 2024 (Revised April 2024)
- Case
“The Wheels on the Bus” Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Founder Duncan McIntyre developed an innovative service-based business to electrify transportation fleets for school districts and scale through public-private partnerships while contributing to climate change solutions. The case covers the rationale for electric... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Leadership; Growth Management; Supply Chain; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Innovation Leadership; Transportation Industry; United States; Canada
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Jacob A. Small. "'The Wheels on the Bus' Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners." Harvard Business School Case 324-107, March 2024. (Revised April 2024.)
- 18 Oct 2016
- News
China, artificial intelligence, and Jim Breyer
technology, media, health care, and energy companies in China, as well as companies seeking to enter the Chinese market. It is their seventh and largest fund. Breyer credits his partnership with IDG with his ability to identify... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- Web
Sustainable Investing - Course Catalog
representation on boards, and even the potential to create social good. Covering both public and private markets, the course will present the unprecedented opportunities that have arisen due to energy transition and other trends through... View Details
- 06 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 6
today's managers need to harness technological advances, manage and lead a dispersed and diverse workforce, anticipate and react to constant competitive and geopolitical change and uncertainty, compete on a... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
of forced dismissal for both CEOs and CFOs during the period 1993-2004. These results are obtained after controlling for several proxies for earnings and stock return performance suggesting that boards appear to penalize managers for... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2024
- News
Basket Chase
don’t have any personal wealth. They don’t have any money in their savings account. They can still do it. And the reason they can do it is because what’s really hard is finding the business, and that takes a lot of persistence and energy... View Details
- 15 Nov 2011
- News
750 World Wonders and counting
story of what he describes as “the 1,000 wonders on earth, including at least one in each and every one of the world’s 200 countries.” Main Wilson has a full-time job as COO of the UK’s Institute of Directors (IOD), but has nonetheless View Details
- 12 Oct 2016
- Research & Ideas
Break the Rules of How Business is Done
are struggling to raise capital, hire, and scale your business, is there time and energy available to also rethink how you do business in general? How much effort do you want to put in to stand out as a company not only creating something... View Details
Keywords: by Julia B. Austin
- 23 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS
and my mamma a manager in tech. They never spared an opportunity to reiterate the importance of family, education, and hard work to me and my three siblings. My fondest memories are from our Christmas family gatherings with my parents,... View Details
- Blog
Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs
When Greg Reisch added emergency services to his role as associate director of facilities management for Harvard Business School's Executive Education Programs, it was with a clear understanding of what that would entail—perhaps an... View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 20
link: http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.jebo.2014.10.004 January 2015 Economic Journal Does Management Matter in Schools? By: Bloom, Nicholas, Renata Lemos, Raffaella Sadun, and John Van Reenen Abstract—We collect data... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2024
- Teaching Note
'The Wheels on the Bus' Go Electric: Highland Electric Fleets and Partners
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 324-107. Founder Duncan McIntyre developed an innovative service-based business to electrify transportation fleets for school districts and scale through public-private partnerships while contributing to climate change solutions. The case... View Details
- Fast Answer
Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship
EducationWeek- National coverage of K-12 education news and information. The 74 - a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America. Business Insider - Premium stories and market-moving news about technology, politics, education, global... View Details
- 19 Mar 2015
- News
Walter Salmon Remembered
working for an investment management firm in Boston. He then served as the Chairman of the Board of the investment management company I started in Boston nine years later. Professor Salmon constantly amazed... View Details
- May 2021 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?
By: Richard Vietor
Colombia, once the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute, which... View Details
Keywords: Productivity; Productivity Growth; Conflict; Labor Force Participation; Labor Market; Competitiveness; Dutch Disease; Security; Peace; Informality; Labor Laws; Total Factor Productivity; Labor Productivity; COVID-19 Pandemic; Economics; Development Economics; Economic Growth; Economy; Macroeconomics; Conflict Management; Competitive Advantage; Infrastructure; Negotiation; Inflation and Deflation; Non-Renewable Energy; National Security; Government Administration; Latin America; Central America; Colombia; South America
Vietor, Richard. "Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?" Harvard Business School Case 721-053, May 2021. (Revised November 2024.)
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Rock 100: The Summit - Entrepreneurship
Rock 100: The Summit The HBS Rock 100 is a dynamic and highly interactive bi-annual event for our rising alumni entrepreneurs. Catch a glimpse of the energy and excitement of the inaugural Summit in 2014 here. Rock 100: The Summit Video... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Margaret Hanson Costan: A Whole New World
parents busy, they are delighted with the rewards and responsibilities of raising a child. The energetic preschooler offers a very different set of challenges for Costan than did the World Bank, where she'd spent a decade working on View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
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BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
(Ivy) Onyeador Assistant Professor in the Management and Organizations Department at the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University Understanding peoples' reactions to group-based inequality As the United States reassesses its... View Details