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01 Oct 2022
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Startup Chemistry and the Coworking Environment

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Industry Spotlight: Business and Environment Initiative

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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment

Confronting Climate Change Effects of Climate Change The time to drive innovation is now The Climate Crisis is Here Climate change is affecting many economic sectors: The time to drive innovation is now Altering the value of real estate , causing some areas to... View Details

28 Mar 2023
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BMW’s Decarbonization Strategy: Sustainable for the Environment and the Bottom Line

Keywords: Re: Shirley Lu; Transportation; Auto; Battery

01 Dec 2019
News

Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment

Michael Toffel, the Senator John Heinz Professor of Environmental Management and chair of the Business and Environment Initiative Five years ago, as George Serafeim recalls, if he had walked into the classroom on the first day and... View Details

Keywords: April White

Network Centralization and Collective Adaptability to a Shifting Environment

Previous research has shown that network centralization—the degree to which communication flows disproportionately through one or more members—interferes with collective problem-solving by obstructing the integration of ideas, information, and solutions. But this... View Details

13 Dec 2018
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Working at the Intersection of Business and Environment

student clubs—the Energy and Environment club and the Food, Agriculture and Water club—to co-host various speakers on campus, career treks across the country, and receptions for students and alumni, just to name a few. We strive to amplify student leadership on the... View Details

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Innovation in Business, Energy and the Environment

By: John D. Macomber

This MBA Elective is offered as a half credit classroom course and as a full credit classroom plus project course. Students investigate industries and interventions in a wide range of topics ranging from hydraulic fracturing to nutrition in urban school districts;... View Details

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Sustainability, Real Estate and the Built Environment

By: John D. Macomber

Research interests include:

Real estate development, design, and construction, notably how design creates value;
Sustainable cities, in particular entrepreneurship and project finance in light of global trends in urbanization and resource... View Details

Keywords: Infrastructure Finance; Sustainability; Urban Development; City Growth

November 2008 (Revised March 2018)
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Transformation of COFCO in a Changing Environment

By: Ray A. Goldberg and Kefei Yang

China's COFCO, the country's leading edible oil and food importer and exporter and its largest food manufacturer, had in its 50-plus years of operation undergone four stages of transformation and was about to embark on a fifth. The global agriculture system was... View Details

Keywords: Food; Leadership; Change Management; Transformation; Globalization; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Food and Beverage Industry; China

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November 2005 (Revised November 2006)
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Pine Ridge Winery, LLC Global Environment (B)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Lauren Barley

Keywords: Food and Beverage Industry

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15 Nov 2022
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Creating an Inclusive Learning Environment (:30 clip)

10 Jun 2022
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New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

combines true mission-driven investing with education. Empowering clients through friendly / easy-to-follow educational animations including on how to measure the investments impact on environment and society. Food & Agriculture... View Details