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  • 18 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

and that they needed to commit themselves to the dual goal of producing benefits for society and their firms' bottom lines-to creating "shared value." But the specific actions they could take to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2020
  • Blog Post

Hiring a Career Switcher: The Value of the MS/MBA

MS/MBA program as an opportunity to make a career change. Adam felt it would supply the necessary venue to inform and test his specific career hypothesis. He explained, “I wanted to understand why we have View Details
Keywords: All Industries
  • 17 Dec 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2020

the large team of researchers looking at COVID-19’s impact on issues of work and organizational psychology, prompting changes for practitioners and human resources... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Oct 2024
  • Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

so,” Kempf says. “We see it in views of the economy or views of certain risks, like the risk posed by certain political events or climate change or by the pandemic. There’s even the growing importance of... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
  • 19 Jun 2018
  • Research Event

Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?

iPhoto For businesses and other organizations seeking to overcome roadblocks to sustainability over the last few decades, much can be learned from the debates I heard at the recent Harvard Business School conference, Understanding View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Energy
  • September 2024
  • Case

TechEnergy Ventures: Innovating Through Corporate Venture Capital

By: Rebecca Karp and Lena Duchene
This case examines TechEnergy Ventures, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of the Techint Group, and its role in scaling innovation within the energy sector. Founded in 2021, TechEnergy Ventures operates with a mandate to invest in disruptive technologies to... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Alternative Energy; Renewable Energy; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Growth and Development Strategy; Adaptation; Diversification; Innovation Strategy; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Italy; Europe; Latin America; Argentina
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  • July 2023 (Revised January 2025)
  • Teaching Note

Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea?

By: Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel
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  • 19 Jul 2016
  • First Look

July 19, 2016

probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a measure of the exchange rate. We examine the channels through which a sovereign default may affect the economy. Harvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Who Is the Chief Sustainability Officer?

sell," Serafeim says. "They're a good thing to do and the obvious thing to do." At this stage, more companies are likely to hire or appoint an official corporate sustainability officer, who works with the CEO. The CSO is... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Manufacturing
  • Web

Art Nature Business

ecological systems; innovation, industrialization, recycling, and natural resources; changing weather patterns; the resilience of nature; and the... View Details
  • January 2025
  • Teaching Note

Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service

By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-007. The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Business Model; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Profit; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
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  • 01 Sep 2011
  • News

Making a Difference in the World

The City Solution: Facts and Figures p. 32 “half the world’s people ” U.N. Habitat report (“Cities and Climate Change – Global Report on Human... View Details
Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

improvement in performance (PIP)-a proxy for quality and an important organizational climate antecedent for positive, discretionary behaviors of frontline staff. We compare View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 27 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 27

changes in financing constraints. Cases & Course Materials Avid Radiopharmaceuticals and Lighthouse Capital Partners Matthew Rhodes-Kropf and Ann LeamonHarvard Business... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • September 2023
  • Teaching Note

CMA CGM: Reducing the Carbon Footprint of Container Shipping

By: Willy Shih
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 623-006. Marine transport is the most cost-effective way to move large volumes over long distances, and container shipping is the backbone of international trade in goods. Yet shipping contributed 3% of worldwide greenhouse gas emissions,... View Details
Keywords: Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Ship Transportation; Environmental Sustainability; Environmental Regulation; Trade; Energy Conservation; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Europe
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  • 02 Sep 2008
  • First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/facpubs/workingpapers/papers0809.html#wp09-018 Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jan 2021
  • In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

more just, and greener society, and this entails reforming our economic system and the way businesses operate. Even though these changes that... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • Web

Europe’s green transition | Institute for Business in Global Society

, BMW , Inditex , Syensqo , and more , as they navigate the complexities of climate regulation and share their perspectives on transparency, View Details
  • 08 Jan 2008
  • First Look

First Look: January 8, 2008

Climate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special edition of Forethought takes a hard-nosed look at the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 12 Sep 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Broadband Explosion: Thinking About a Truly Interactive World

The world as we know it is about to change in many ways thanks to a "broadband explosion"—the coming together of real-time communication and rich media. Professors Robert Austin View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications