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    Payout Taxes and the Allocation of Investment

    When corporate payout is taxed, internal equity (retained earnings) is cheaper than external equity (share issues). If there are no perfect substitutes for equity finance, payout taxes may therefore have an effect on the investment of firms. High taxes... View Details

    • July 2024 (Revised September 2024)
    • Case

    Shell’s Balancing Act: Resource Allocation and the Green Transition (Abridged)

    By: David Collis and Haisley Wert
    In mid-2023, amid pressure from climate change activists, shareholder activists, and confronting enormous uncertainty about the future demand for and price of fossil fuels, new Shell CEO Wael Sawan (Harvard MBA 2003) announced a change in strategy for the U.K. oil... View Details
    Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Renewables; Forecasting Demand; Strategy; Energy; Climate Change; Resource Allocation; Corporate Strategy; Investment Activism; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Energy Industry
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    • 03 Feb 2021
    • Blog Post

    Faculty Spotlight: Professor Jurgen Weiss

    course. His research and consulting work focus on the fundamental transformation of the energy industry in light of rapid technological change and climate change-related... View Details
    • 21 Jun 2017
    • Blog Post

    Agricultural Investing: Where Boots Meet Suits

    HBS Career & Professional Development (CPD) asked students to describe their career interests and what they are up to this summer. I hope to invest in assets that will be impacted by climate change, and subsequently, mitigate View Details
    Keywords: Manufacturing
    • 11 Jun 2024
    • In Practice

    The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024

    As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
    Keywords: by Avery Forman

      Forest L. Reinhardt

      Forest L. Reinhardt is the John D. Black Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, and HBS’s Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Promotions and Tenure.

      Professor Reinhardt is interested in the relationships between market and nonmarket... View Details

      Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; beverage; biotechnology; chemical; energy; federal government; food; food processing; forest products; nonprofit industry; oil ＆ gas; paper; petroleum; tourism; transportation
      • November 2021
      • Article

      Making Industrial Policy Work for Decarbonization

      By: Jonas Meckling
      Industrial policy has begun to move into the center of debates on climate policy. This represents a shift away from climate policy as we know it—as classic environmental policy. Industrial policy and environmental policy differ in their policy goals, policy... View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Policy; Government and Politics; Climate Change
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      • October 2022 (Revised February 2024)
      • Case

      Masdar City: Aiming for Sustainable and Profitable Real Estate

      By: Boris Vallee and Fares Khrais
      Masdar City broke ground in 2008 and was conceived by the Abu Dhabi government to be an international beacon of innovation in sustainable energy and real estate. It was also to be a profitable investment for the government. At first glance, the two goals pulled in... View Details
      Keywords: Analysis; Business Growth And Maturation; Decisions; Public Sector; Financial Crisis; Construction; Climate Change; Green Technology; Borrowing And Debt; Corporate Finance; Capital; Capital Budgeting; Capital Structure; Cost Of Capital; Equity; REIT; Financial Management; Financial Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Innovation; Growth And Development Strategy; Emerging Markets; Urban Development; Middle East; United Arab Emirates; Sustainable Cities; Green Building; Business and Government Relations; Decision Choices and Conditions; Financing and Loans; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; Abu Dhabi
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      • 2010
      • Chapter

      Breakthrough Inventions and the Growth of Innovation Clusters

      By: William R. Kerr
      This report provides a comprehensive look at the role of innovation in promoting economic and social development. It examines the impact of innovation on the economic growth of developing countries and the future role of technological innovation in international... View Details
      Keywords: Technological Innovation; Developing Countries and Economies; Society; Growth and Development; Climate Change; Social Issues; Industry Clusters; Business and Government Relations
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      • 2022
      • Article

      Sea Level Rise and Pacific Small Island Developing States: Implications and Pathways

      By: Srimayi Tenali
      Sea level rise poses severe consequences for the economic stability, habitability, and existence of Pacific Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Recent legal developments have offered conflicting interpretations of the 1982 'UN Law of the Sea Convention', but under... View Details
      Keywords: Natural Environment; Climate Change; Adaptation; Environmental Law; Oceania
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      • 30 Nov 2017
      • News

      Law, Management, and Strategy: Collapsing Boundaries and Managing the Interstices

      • Research Summary

      Corporate transparency and information disclosure strategies

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      This research focuses on transparency and information disclosure strategies, a topic of growing importance in environmental sustainability, corporate strategy, stakeholder relations, and public policy.  My prior research in this area explored why... View Details
      Keywords: Transparency; Disclosure Strategy; Disclosure; Environment; Environmental Performance; Regulation; Supply Chain; Environmental Sustainability; United States
      • 18 Apr 2023
      • Research & Ideas

      What Happens When Banks Ditch Coal: The Impact Is 'More Than Anyone Thought'

      Consumers who are eager to mitigate climate change can take many actions, such as reducing the number of airline flights they take or installing solar panels on their homes. But the planet is in a race against time, and individual action alone won’t help most countries... View Details
      Keywords: by Barbara DeLollis; Financial Services; Mining

        Lynn S. Paine

        Lynn Sharp Paine is a Baker Foundation Professor and John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration, Emerita, at Harvard Business School. A member and former chair of the General Management unit, she has served in numerous leadership positions including Senior... View Details

        • December 2019 (Revised March 2020)
        • Case

        Impossible Foods

        By: Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
        Impossible Foods founder and CEO Pat Brown started the company out of concern over livestock production’s impact on climate change. Impossible’s mission is to end consumption of animals by 2035, and its strategy is to develop and market plant-based foods so similar to... View Details
        Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Consumer Behavior; Behavior; Venture Capital; Technological Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Marketing Strategy; Distribution; Production; Product Development; Product Positioning; Growth Management; Global Strategy; Competition; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Technology Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; China; Asia; California; Hong Kong; Taiwan
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          Ray A. Goldberg

          A native of North Dakota, Dr. Goldberg received his A.B. from Harvard University in 1948, his MBA from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1950 and his Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1952.

          ... View Details

          Keywords: agribusiness; agriculture; fast food; food; food processing; forest products; grocery; high technology; information; restaurant; retailing; soft drink; textiles; tobacco; transportation; wholesale; wine
          • 31 Mar 2011
          • Research & Ideas

          From SpinPop to SpinBrush: Entrepreneurial Lessons from John Osher

          today's difficult economic climate was the subject of a panel discussion at Harvard Business School recently. The discussion, part of a one-night event called "Entrepreneurship During an Uncertain... View Details
          Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Consumer Products
          • 06 Apr 2007
          • What Do You Think?

          Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

          areas along coastlines, those attempting to grow crops in rapidly shifting climates, those living along the equator as opposed to temperate climes (being addressed by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on... View Details
          Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities
          • 11 Oct 2021
          • Blog Post

          Crafting a Nontraditional Path to Venture Capital and Private Equity with Morgan Sheil (MBA 2021)

          presented Sheil with an opportunity to reflect and then narrow her focus on what she wanted to be doing in the climate sustainability space. With her goals defined, it was time for HBS and a pivot into... View Details
          • 27 Mar 2007
          • First Look

          First Look: March 27, 2007

            Working PapersFrom Manufacturing to Design: An Essay on the Work of Kim B. Clark Authors:Sylvain Lenfle and Carliss Y. Baldwin Abstract Kim Clark occupies a unique place in management scholarship. As a member of the Technology and... View Details
          Keywords: Martha Lagace