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- 15 May 2020
- News
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find and support the entrepreneurs positioned to mitigate the effects of climate change and help the world adapt to the realities of a warming planet. The firm's first fund is the New Protein Fund, dedicated to growing companies producing meat, seafood, and dairy View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
energy industry come away with a quite different perspective on the strategic and management challenges confronting energy executives today. As demand continues to soar, where will new oil reserves be found? What bets are to be placed by industry leaders on View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Faculty Research Online
A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy Many companies preach and practice corporate social responsibility, but their efforts often lack an overall strategy that dilutes their effectiveness.... View Details
- Profile
Rye Barcott
in a sustainable way." Innovation for solving problems Sustainability is at the core of Rye's upcoming summer internship with Amyris, a "green tech" alternative energy company in California. "They started as a... View Details
- 22 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panel on Pedagogical Innovations in MBA Courses
School. These innovations include subject matter innovations such as courses that focus on globalization and green businesses. They also include innovations in how courses are structured and taught, including greater integration between courses and View Details
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2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Game: Ultimate Truth or Enduring Myth? Negotiation is a Man’s Game: Ultimate Truth or Enduring Myth? Organizational Change William Bielby Speaks at the 2013 Gender & Work Symposium Interventions That Work: Alternative Paths to Minimizing... View Details
Larissa Bifano
strategy to address the client's needs in whatever situation or forum. Larissa works with numerous clients in the following industries and technologies: clean technologies, including battery systems, solar, alternative energy, wind power;... View Details
- March 2025
- Case
Hurtigruten: Sea Zero
By: Christian Kaps and Michael W. Toffel
Hurtigruten was deciding whether the next ship they built should be fully electric. But such a vessel's battery, the size of electric cars, needed to be charged on the ship's multi-day voyage along the Norwegian coast. Before making such a $250 million investment, the... View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Alternative Energy; Ship Transportation; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Management; Green Technology; Investment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Shipping Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Battery Industry; Norway; Europe
Kaps, Christian, and Michael W. Toffel. "Hurtigruten: Sea Zero." Harvard Business School Case 625-100, March 2025.
- Jul 2014
- Report
International Tax Reform
Recent merger transactions highlight long-simmering problems in the U.S. corporate tax, particularly with respect to its international provisions. Desai's comments outline briefly the origins of these transactions, the range of View Details
- 03 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
Business of Animal Protection Club
about animals? What about exploring Boston’s vegetarian food scene? This is the place for you. Introduce HBS students to industry leaders, ranging from the alternative protein industry, to leading non-profits, to policymakers, to thought... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Fueling a sustainable enterprise in Brazil
almost entirely fossil fuel independent, relying primarily on hydroelectric energy for its grid electricity and sugarcane ethanol to fuel its cars. Diniz, formerly a high-level executive at retail giant Companhia Brasileira de Distribuição, supports her country’s focus... View Details
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
When Product Variety Backfires
example would be laptop computers that vary in configuration, with one having a CD-ROM and another having a wireless modem. Entrees in a restaurant would be another example. In these cases, choosing one alternative provides you with some... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
community engagement, design, and affordability as the key elements of improving housing conditions for the poor. It provides an alternative to traditional models of mass-housing developments that lead to social exclusion. “We envisioned... View Details
- 21 Jan 2021
- News
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producing meat, seafood, and dairy alternatives through plant-based or cell-based technology. The fund received support from some surprising places: the country of Singapore’s investment company, Temasek, and Tyson Foods, the world’s... View Details
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Maria Brewer
& long term career? HBS prepares you by changing the way you think and approach a problem. HBS did this by broadening my business horizons, reinforcing the importance of the customer, exposing me to many alternative business models,... View Details
- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
regarding the advancement of next-generation nuclear power systems. "The one thing that is holding us back is the NRC," he says. At the 21-minute mark, Lassiter reiterates the urgent need to present an immediate alternative to coal. "The... View Details
Monroe J. Rathbone
As CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Rathbone is credited for making Jersey Standard into an international company. Seeing problems with an ever increasing dependence on oil from the Middle East, Rathbone had the foresight to push his company to search for View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
international provisions. My comments attempt to outline briefly the origins of these transactions, the range of alternative solutions, guidelines for evaluating alternative reforms and some reforms that... View Details
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Transportation - Business & Environment
changes to all transportation modes will reduce greenhouse gases that cause climate change: Airplanes Alternative fuels and technologies to increase aircraft efficiency Cars & Electric Vehicles Hybrid cars, battery and plug-in vehicles... View Details
Larissa Bifano
to address the client's needs in whatever situation or forum. Larissa works with numerous clients in the following industries and technologies: clean technologies, including battery systems, solar, alternative energy, wind power; computer... View Details
Keywords: Legal