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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group), Bloomberg sees cities as focal points in the struggle against global warming and climate change. Urban areas are now home to half the world’s population, consume... View Details
- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
sector. This is a big problem when product development cycles and election cycles don't mesh; government funding may be available with one administration and gone with the next. Consider California's Global View Details
- 26 Nov 2018
- News
New York Alumni Explore Risks and Opportunities in Climate Change
for the global shift away from carbon-based energy, and how to factor climate change into investment strategies that emphasize sustainability. Kiernan says there were several big messages in the discussion, starting with the fact that the... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
The research firm BloombergNEF found that “As of midyear, there were 318 fully electric and 145 plug-in hybrids on the market globally. There were 84 models available in the U.S. in mid-2022, up from 59 at the end of 2020.”Bloomberg also reported that the View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Nersesian also discusses controversial topics like fracking and global warming in chapters on climate change and sustainability. An accompanying companion website contains extensive additional material on... View Details
- 03 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 3
processing line at Calera's R&D facility in Moss Landing, California. It was late May 2009, and Calera was an early-stage venture-backed company headquartered in Los Gatos, California with a promising vision to reverse global View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Sep 2013
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics
probabilities below present values," adding that failing to do so could lead to losses upwards of $1 trillion annually. "Most skeptics I have come across are not skeptical of global warming or climate change... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of... View Details
- 07 Sep 2019
- Op-Ed
Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change
taming global warming and other environmental threats. These intense juxtapositions must leave many wondering what we should be doing in the face of these perils. Just what are the next steps? I have an idea... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber
- 17 Sep 2024
- HBS Case
The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom
As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
subsistence culture, or jeopardize international freedom of the seas. Global warming will eventually lead to significant increases in resource exploitation in the Arctic. When might that begin? Much of the... View Details
- 29 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 29
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111003-PDF-ENG Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future? David J. Collis and Mary FureyHarvard Business School Case 711-457 When global warming concerns caused governments... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Urban Adaptation in a Changing World
by a factor of five to achieve the mitigation and adaptation targets needed to keep warming below 1.5 degrees. Adaptation is particularly underfunded, receiving less than 10% of all funds when 20% would be required. When funding is... View Details
- 21 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 21
for our entrepreneurship measures and find a persistent link between entrepreneurship and city employment growth; this connection works primarily through lower employment growth of start-ups in cities that are closer to mines. These effects hold in cold and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
incentives make a difference in whether global warming and its fallout are contained. A growing number of climate solution startups count on government spending to give their customers purchasing power and a... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- Web
How Student-Proposed Internships Can Create Value - Recruiting
affordable-luxury space, with a global presence across more than 100 markets and strong e-commerce and wholesale businesses. After hearing Anine Bing’s founders speak at HBS’s Retail & Luxury Goods Conference, Jessica Zukhovich (MBA 2024)... View Details
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
among adults around the world, and the warm glow of giving can be detected even in toddlers. These benefits are most likely to emerge when giving satisfies one or more core human needs (relatedness, competence, and autonomy). The rewards... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2021
- What Do You Think?
Why Can’t More Leaders Teach?
on longer term leadership development.” The growth of remote work resulting from the global pandemic has affected both the importance and nature of middle management. Esther Derby asserts that the “role for middle managers is more... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Bringing Hope to a Violent Land
Representative in war-torn Sierra Leone, eventually returning to Khartoum and her current post in 2002. “I’ve never specifically chosen Africa over other continents,” Van Gerpen reflects. “But I do love Africa. It is so full of life — bright colors, View Details
- 30 May 2025
- News
Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte
including France’s Order of Merit, she serves on various global advisory boards, including UNICEF and the Paris Peace Forum. She is currently a candidate to lead UNESCO. While the gala was not expressly intended as a fundraiser, Fernandez... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley