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  • 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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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • July 2023 (Revised January 2025)
  • Teaching Note

Sian Flowers: Fresher by Sea?

By: Willy Shih and Michael W. Toffel
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  • 10 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Counting Up the Effects of Sarbanes-Oxley

Widely deemed the most important piece of security legislation since formation of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1934, the landmark Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 was born into a climate still reeling... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Accounting; Banking
  • 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
  • 14 Dec 2011
  • Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

multiple stakeholders, including funders, boards, and clients—all while staying true to a core mission and values. In today's climate of scarce economic resources, the pressure... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • March 2011
  • Teaching Note

The Political Economy of Carbon Trading (TN)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt and J. Gunnar Trumbull
Teaching Note for 710056. View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Globalization; International Relations; Problems and Challenges; Agreements and Arrangements; Risk Management; Developing Countries and Economies; System; United States; China
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  • 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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  • 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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  • January 2024
  • Case

President Biden's Industrial Policy

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard Ruback, Justin Katz and Robert Ialenti
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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
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Batteries Included

economy.” Globally, shipping transports more than 10 billion metric tons of cargo each year. According to Yale Climate Connections, almost all of these ships run on fossil fuels and emit carbon pollution.... View Details
Keywords: Catherine O’Neill Grace; Water Transportation; Transportation
  • 07 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

through a few months, when normalcy would resume. The Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)—government-funded forgivable loans designed to help businesses pay their employees—would help them weather the storm. Six months later, there’s still... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

companies batten down the hatches, we need leaders who don't compromise on standards and values that are essential in flush times. Fortunately, such leaders do exist. Their insights can help other organizations View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 08 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 8, 2007

Business School Supplement 707-020 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=707020 Global Climate Change View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

on this issue for the first time. After all, if the US and China are not part of a solution, there will be no solution." The shift for China won't be an easy one. It will require drastic changes in... View Details
Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby; Manufacturing
  • 04 Jun 2024
  • Blog Post

ClimateCAP 2024

ClimateCAP: The Global MBA Summit on Climate, Capital, & Business brings together MBA students, business leaders, and experts from around the world to assess the implications of climate View Details