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The Transparency of Ethical Behavior

(with Max Bazerman, Karim Kassam, and Neeru Paharia)
This research analyzes how unethical behavior is viewed when performed... View Details
  • 01 Feb 1997
  • News

Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

To develop more effective approaches, he is looking at chemical-manufacturing safety disputes, pollution permit-trading, redevelopment of distressed urban areas, hazardous waste site location problems, and... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure

Keywords: by Anil R. Doshi, Glen W.S. Dowell & Michael W. Toffel
  • 2005
  • Chapter

Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States

By: David Vogel, Michael W. Toffel and Diahanna Post
The United States (US) and the European Union (EU) are federal systems in which the responsibility for environmental policy-making is divided or shared between the central government and the (member) states. The attribution of decision-making power has important policy... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Legislation; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Climate Change; European Union; United States
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Vogel, David, Michael W. Toffel, and Diahanna Post. "Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States." Chap. 9 in A Handbook of Globalisation and Environmental Policy: National Government Interventions in a Global Arena, edited by F. Wijen, K. Zoeteman, and J. Pieters, 247–276. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2005.
  • 2003
  • Article

Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications

By: Michael W. Toffel
In Asia, Europe, and North America, regulators are seeking to reduce waste disposal and develop recycling markets by requiring manufacturers to manage the end-of-life disposition of products they produce. Such policies attempt to "close the loop" for products ranging... View Details
Keywords: Wastes and Waste Processing; Energy Conservation; Product Development; Strategy; Policy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Manufacturing Industry; Asia; Europe; North and Central America
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Toffel, Michael W. "Closing the Loop: Product Take-back Requirements and their Strategic Implications." Corporate Environmental Strategy 10, no. 9 (2003).
  • February 2011 (Revised September 2011)
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Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (C)

By: David F. Hawkins and Namrata Arora
An analyst in 2010 is using the Bhopal catastrophe to illustrate proposed new accounting for contingency losses. View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Natural Disasters; Pollutants
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Hawkins, David F., and Namrata Arora. "Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-075, February 2011. (Revised September 2011.)
  • 2015
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Advanced Leadership Pathways: Torsten Thiele and the Global Ocean Trust

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Brian Hoffstein
Following a successful career in finance, Torsten Thiele devoted himself full-time to the challenging cause of ocean conservation and stewardship. In August 2015, Thiele had already come a long way in spearheading initiatives towards the protection of the ocean: from... View Details
Keywords: Environment; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Science-Based Business; Climate Change; Social Enterprise; Leadership
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Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Brian Hoffstein. "Advanced Leadership Pathways: Torsten Thiele and the Global Ocean Trust." Harvard Business Publishing Case 316-039, 2015. (Harvard Advanced Leadership Initiative.)
  • October 2008
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Risk Frameworks and Biomonitoring: Distributed Regulation of Synthetic Chemicals in Humans

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
The ability to detect and measure the presence of synthetic chemicals at trace levels in humans coupled to increased environmental NGO mobilization concerning chemical exposure has challenged risk and regulatory frameworks built up over the past quarter-century. This... View Details
Keywords: Chemicals; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Risk Management; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Non-Governmental Organizations; United States
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Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Risk Frameworks and Biomonitoring: Distributed Regulation of Synthetic Chemicals in Humans." Environmental History 13, no. 4 (October 2008): 684–694.
  • February 2011 (Revised August 2011)
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Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (B)

By: David F. Hawkins and Aldo Sesia
The BP Mexican Gulf Oil spill requires BP to recognize or at least disclose investor-relevant information. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Accounting; Natural Disasters; Pollutants; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Mining Industry; North America
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Hawkins, David F., and Aldo Sesia. "Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-074, February 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
  • 2011
  • Working Paper

Do Not Trash the Incentive! Monetary Incentives and Waste Sorting

By: Alessandro Bucciol, Natalia Montinari and Marco Piovesan
This paper examines whether monetary incentives are an effective tool for increasing domestic waste sorting. We exploit the exogenous variation in the pricing systems experienced during the 1999-2008 decade by the 95 municipalities in the district of Treviso (Italy).... View Details
Keywords: Household; Cost Management; Consumer Behavior; Wastes and Waste Processing; Motivation and Incentives; Public Administration Industry; Italy
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Bucciol, Alessandro, Natalia Montinari, and Marco Piovesan. "Do Not Trash the Incentive! Monetary Incentives and Waste Sorting." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-093, March 2011.
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

children’s health, if air pollution is high. These are among the reasons for business leaders to care about infrastructure and climate action. 1. Business should be proactive. The 2024 US presidential... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 07 Oct 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

What Environmental Ratings Miss

Keywords: by Auden Schendler & Michael Toffel
  • June 2011
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The BP Oil Spill as a Cultural Anomaly?: Institutional Context, Conflict, and Change

By: Andrew J. Hoffman and P. Devereaux Jennings
This article argues that the BP Oil Spill is, potentially, a “cultural anomaly” for institutional changes in environmental management and fossil fuel production. The problem as defined by the spill’s context, the potential solutions provided by the competing logics in... View Details
Keywords: Problems and Challenges; Environmental Management; Pollutants; Energy Industry
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Hoffman, Andrew J., and P. Devereaux Jennings. "The BP Oil Spill as a Cultural Anomaly? Institutional Context, Conflict, and Change." Journal of Management Inquiry 20, no. 2 (June 2011): 100–112. (Winner of the 2011 Journal of Management Inquiry, Breaking the Frame Best Paper Award.)
  • 02 Jan 2018
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 3, 2018

address pollution. IVL developed an important role as knowledge producer and as an intermediary of environmental knowledge between the late 1960s and the 1980s. The proactive response of Swedish big business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 2012
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Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Deishin Lee
This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production. The (A) case focuses on the operational characteristics of organic waste recycling with energy recovery, and the characteristics of... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability; Waste Management; Sourcing; Operations Management; Environment; Wastes and Waste Processing; Renewable Energy; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Utilities Industry; Manufacturing Industry
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Lee, Deishin. "Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (TN) (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 612-107, June 2012.
  • 16 Jul 2021
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Staying Under the 1.5°C Threshold: The Role of Government, Business, and Society

On Earth Day 2021, the HBS Business and Environment Initiative and the AMP199 Energy Circle co-hosted a conversation between Joan MacNaughton, Chair of the Climate Group and of... View Details
  • August 1984
  • Case

Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)

By: Joseph L. Bower
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pollutants; Public Administration Industry
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Bower, Joseph L. "Work of a Regulatory Agency: The EPA and Toxic Substances (Condensed)." Harvard Business School Case 385-063, August 1984.
  • 07 Oct 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

seen evidence that renewable energy sources will get cheap enough, fast enough to slow global carbon emissions, particularly those from coal-fired power plants in China and India. "The Chinese and Indians... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities
  • 2021
  • Chapter

Sostenibilidad y negocios verdes en América Latina

By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter in the first-ever business history textbook on Latin America examines the impact of modern business enterprise on the natural environment of the region between the 19th century and the present day. It argues that although global capitalism created much... View Details
Keywords: Environment; Business History; Environmental Sustainability; Latin America; North and Central America
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Jones, Geoffrey. "Sostenibilidad y negocios verdes en América Latina." Chap. 7 in Historia empresarial en América Latina: temas, debates y problemas, edited by Andrea Lluch, Martín Monsalve Zanatti, and Marcelo Bucheli, 171–194. Bogotá, Colombia: Universidad de los Andes, 2021, Spanish ed.
  • March 2022 (Revised July 2022)
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Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things

By: Frank Nagle
In 2019, a decade after co-founding Nexleaf Analytics, CEO Nithya Ramanathan faced an important decision that would impact the ability of the small, but growing, not-for-profit organization to thrive for another decade. Their sensor technologies and big data analytics... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Nonprofit Organizations; Competitive Strategy; Patents; Expansion; Information Technology; Health Industry; Information Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry
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Nagle, Frank. "Nexleaf Analytics: Saving the World Using the Internet of Things." Harvard Business School Case 722-414, March 2022. (Revised July 2022.)
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