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2019 survey by Yale and George Mason University: 87 % of people surveyed supported investments in renewable energy (infrastructure and research) 82 % supported regulating GHG emissions (requiring companies to limit their pollution) 72 %... View Details

02 Feb 2023
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Can We Really Engineer a Climate Fix?

investments signal a real urgency. Jim Matheson: I think in the last 10 years, we've seen now not only the measurable rise of greenhouse gas emissions, we've seen the good work of the IPCC, the International Panel on Climate Change and... View Details

13 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 13, 2007

undertake. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-053.pdf Is Yours a Learning Organization? Authors:Amy Edmondson, David A. Garvin, and Francesca Gino No abstract available. Cases & Course MaterialsAmanco: Developing the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

same time, the nation sustained an expansive and brutal system of human bondage. This was no mere coincidence. Slavery's Capitalism argues for slavery's centrality to the emergence of American capitalism in the decades between the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Latest RISE Fellows

empowered and included. I’m excited to be part of elevating more BIPOC talent into senior leadership roles." Matthias Argenyi (MBA 2026)Matthias brings three years of experience from social finance, where he played a pivotal role in scaling an impact View Details

30 Nov 2018
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What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

September 2011 (Revised February 2013)
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Trucost: Valuing Corporate Environmental Impacts

By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice

Trucost provided corporate environmental performance data and analysis to institutional investors and corporate managers, but after operating for a decade had yet to achieve profitability. Trucost was struggling to effectively differentiate its high quality products... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Strategy; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Distribution Channels; Investment; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Information; Value; Environmental Sustainability; Financial Services Industry

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25 Mar 2021
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Alumni Honor Nitin Nohria and Support His Legacy

programs worldwide. Additionally, the School regularly convenes groups of leaders, including but not limited to its alumni, to build and deepen learning, spur action, and foster solutions to today’s—and tomorrow’s—challenges. “The best business leaders are committed to... View Details

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OWN: The Power of Company Ownership - Course Catalog

difference between management and ownership? What makes someone effective at ownership? How do you prepare to be an effective owner? By understanding these dynamics, students will be able to build long-term, sustainable strategies that... View Details

01 Jun 2025
News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Guide to Very Long-Term Investing By Charles D. Ellis (MBA 1963) Wiley In just 10 short, accessible, and inviting chapters, Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Book on Very... View Details

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers

Gerald Marwell and Ruth Ames. In their 1979 study, groups of high school students were given funds to invest. Participants could opt to invest individually, at a relatively low rate of return, or to add some or all of their funds to a... View Details

Keywords: Re: Gunnar Trumbull

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Where Does Apple Go From Here?

company's long-term success. And Job's track record is hit or miss, he says. Take Apple's return to investors. Yoffie says that if you invested a dollar in Apple in 1992, it would be worth $.79 today. The S&P 500 over that same time... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

to shareholders $7 trillion via buybacks and dividends, over 96% of their aggregate net income, prompting claims that "short-termism" is impairing firms' ability to invest and innovate. We show that, when taking into account both direct... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Jul 2021
News

Mentoring Fashion Startups in Singapore; Rising Star Accolades for Mid-Career Women

competition or another investing network. We took inspiration from our club’s mentorship program and came up with a shorter version, where we could advise startup founders.” Pundrik, Mansukhani, and Ventura lead the club’s New Ventures... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Dec 2008
News

Lesson from the Fall

question the wisdom of using its own stock to hedge merchant investments rather than contracts with bona fide counterparties. It failed to monitor the conflicts of interest that the board itself had approved involving Andrew Fastow’s dual... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster

terms, the team "throws it over the fence" to operational management, which is stuck with the unenviable job of forging a strong, positive social contract after the fact. Jerry Kaplan, Go Technologies' founder, was especially critical of the negotiation... View Details

Keywords: by Ron S. Fortgang, David A. Lax & James K. Sebenius

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Crafting Your Life: The First 10 Years Post MBA - Course Catalog

relationships that will sustain me – both at work and in life? How do I think about making a “difference” in the world? In what ways can I craft my life and my job in ways that will enable me to achieve my goals? With this in mind, LIFE... View Details

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

brands in a country where small, individual stores selling no-name goods have been the rule for decades. But success doesn't arrive overnight. Biyani cited a few factors to consider when launching a retail operation in India: Foreign View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

01 Dec 1998
News

Africa's Way

Development: The African Renaissance." The conference, to be held in Cape Town in March, will be a two-day intensive seminar on the economics, politics, and investment opportunities of southern Africa. It will also provide a chance to... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young and Garry Emmons

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

Abstract—Leaders face a multitude of strategic paradoxes—contradictory pressures that are too often viewed as “either/or” choices. There are innovation paradoxes, in which the pursuit of new offerings and processes conflicts with the mandate to View Details