Alternatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Sep 2000
Research & Ideas

More Than the Sum of Its Parts: The Impact of Modularity on the Computer Industry

rules, module designers still have a lot of choices. Their alternative designs will normally display different performance characteristics that customers care about. In a modular system, those alternatives... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Computer; Consumer Products; Technology

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

from solar and wind farms. Project development of major transmission lines to handle alternative sources must intently focus on stakeholder alignment across public and private sectors to speed project delivery. Both speakers touched on... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

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

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

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

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Andrew Kletzing

see an alternative point of view. In turn, they've impressed me by the quality of their thinking. My sectionmates force me to perform at a higher level." Continued service to country For his summer internship, Andrew will join... View Details

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54963 Investing Outside the Box: Evidence from Alternative Vehicles in Private Capital By: Lerner, Josh, Jason Mao, Antoinette Schoar, and Nan R. Zhang Abstract—This paper undertakes a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Sep 2012
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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

Keywords: Professor Kash Rangan; Professor Michael W. Toffel; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 29

culture of quantitative enthusiasm and are dedicated to risk measurement, others, with a culture of quantitative skepticism, take a different path, focusing instead on risk envisionment, aiming to provide top management with alternative... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

Fall 2017 Business History Review The Alternative Business History: Business in Emerging Markets By: Austin, Gareth, Carlos Davila, and Geoffrey Jones Abstract—This article suggests that the business history of emerging markets should be... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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

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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

06 Dec 2022
Blog Post

Meet the Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA) Club

appealing career alternative for a larger share of the HBS student population. Member Benefits ETA Club members enjoy benefits such as: Build relationships among fellow searchers, relevant professors/Entrepreneurs in Residence, and key... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment

pollutants that cause climate change. Transitioning to fossil-fuel free energy sources for these processes, improving efficiency and reducing waste, and bringing low-carbon alternatives to market could dramatically reduce greenhouse gas... 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

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Education

29 Jul 2021
News

A Clean Start

economic, we want to become economic by the scale of mass production.” Rather than scaling up the electrolyzers at OCO, Brix and his team hope to scale out. “Our long-term vision, really, is to dramatically reduce the cost of producing this electrofuel, to the point... 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

01 Sep 2016
News

The Big Business of Little Loans

the US Small Business Administration and now on the faculty at HBS. The situation worsened during the 2008 financial crisis, and lending to the sector has never really recovered. Armed with proprietary algorithms and can-do attitudes, though, View Details

Keywords: Nancy Miller

Jeno F. Paulucci

Paulucci founded Jeno’s Frozen Pizza to capitalize on the growing acceptance of frozen foods as alternatives for dinner. While there were many regional frozen pizza offerings, there was no national brand. Through low cost production... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

Fred DeLuca

expanded his operation. By the mid-nineties, there were tens of thousands of Subway shops in the world, far outpacing any competitor. DeLuca designed a new bread making machine to enable his franchises to offer fresh sandwiches everyday and successfully positioned... View Details