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- February 2024
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Can Cities Beat the Heat? (A): A Comparative Analysis of Climate Actions and Change Enablers in 14 U.S. Cities
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Throughout the early 2000's, emphasis was placed on initiatives to adapt to and mitigate climate action in cities. This series presents overviews (snapshots) of 14 U.S. metropolitan regions to help identify similarities, differences, and opportunities for developing... View Details
Keywords: Climate; Climate Impact; Innovation; Mitigation Policies; Carbon Footprint; Investing; Climate Finance; Renewable; Mobility; City; Climate Change; Adaptation; Renewable Energy; Weather; Problems and Challenges; United States; Boston; Detroit; Miami; Minneapolis; St. Paul; Pittsburgh; Seattle; San Jose
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Effects of Climate Change - Business & Environment
Presenting new financial risks , disclosure requirements , and insurance considerations Posing operating challenges for businesses and their supply chains As climate change continues, businesses, governments, and citizens will have an... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the U.S.
By: Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new outgroup change the ingroup's perceptions of other outgroups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to recategorization of... View Details
Keywords: In-group-out-group Relations; Immigration; Race; Attitudes; Boundaries; Prejudice and Bias
Fouka, Vasiliki, and Marco Tabellini. "Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the U.S." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-100, March 2020. (Accepted at American Political Science Review. Revised June 2021.)
- 14 Feb 2019
- News
Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change
and Chief Investment Strategist of GMO, LLC, who has pledged $1 billion of his own wealth to fighting climate change through the Grantham Foundation. “Time is not on our side. We should act as if we are desperate,” he said. “We are... View Details
- 2007
- Book
Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Carbon Strategies describes specific steps any business can take to implement sound, practical, climate-related corporate policies. Based on Andrew J. Hoffman’s widely praised report from the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, and significantly revised in light of... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. Carbon Strategies: How Leading Companies Are Reducing Their Climate Change Footprint. University of Michigan Press, 2007. (Korean Edition: 십년 후 기업의 순위를 뒤바꿀 탄소전략, Tendedero, 2009.)
- 19 May 2023
- Blog Post
Choosing To Be Optimistic about Climate Change
that, which is virtually impossible, according to Jayant Sinha, Member of the Indian Parliament. This discussion underscored the tension between optimism and foreboding that characterizes our current situation. Climate Policy Prof. Gunnar... View Details
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
global warming or its causes. Carrying the hypothesis one step further, to the extent that climate change agreements change the rules governing national policies and actions... View Details
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Business and Climate Change Course | HBS Online
Understand the science, economic impact, and policy implications of climate change Identify and communicate the risks and opportunities posed by climate change across... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
resulting in more consumers and market share, or both. And, for companies that provide these technologies mentioned above to other companies that consume products, they too must deal with the basic economics, utility, and acceptability. View Details
- 01 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond
From the RC’s Finance I discussion on international carbon finance and EcoSecurities, to electives such as Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure, to cases such as “Climate change: Paris, and the road ahead,” Harvard Business School is infusing climate View Details
- December 8, 2022
- Article
The New China Shock: How Beijing’s Party-State Capitalism Is Changing the Global Economy
By: Margaret M. Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee S. Tsai
In the wake of the global financial crisis of 2008, China began to move away from the market-based approach that had shaped its economic policies for three decades, and toward something that might be termed “party-state capitalism,” which involves a high degree of... View Details
Pearson, Margaret M., Meg Rithmire, and Kellee S. Tsai. "The New China Shock: How Beijing’s Party-State Capitalism Is Changing the Global Economy." ForeignAffairs.com (December 8, 2022).
- 27 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Remote Work Changes What We Think About Onboarding
Are those steps even possible to do remotely? What should the protocol be for disinfecting equipment as it changes hands? If such a solution is not possible, can the employee access important company resources from their personal devices,... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg
- August, 2022
- Article
Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the United States
By: Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new outgroup change the ingroup's perceptions of other outgroups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to recategorization of... View Details
Keywords: In-group-out-group Relations; Ingroup-outgroup Relations; Immigration; Race; Relationships; United States
Fouka, Vasiliki, and Marco Tabellini. "Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the United States." American Political Science Review 116, no. 3 (August, 2022): 968–984. (Featured in the Boston Globe, Washington Post, and HBS Working Knowledge.)
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Hurry or Wait: The Pros and Cons of Going Fast or Slow on Climate Change
By: Eleanor Denny and Jurgen Weiss
Climate change risk will likely force the de-carbonization of our electricity sector and thus involve massive investments in long-lived assets using many new and emerging technologies. Since technological progress (independent or dependent on deployment) will likely... View Details
Keywords: Electricity Sector; Environmental Risks; Fat Tails; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Climate Change; Information Technology; Investment; Technological Innovation; Cost vs Benefits
Denny, Eleanor, and Jurgen Weiss. "Hurry or Wait: The Pros and Cons of Going Fast or Slow on Climate Change." Economists' Voice 12, no. 1 (August 2015): 19–24.
- 21 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
People Trust Business, But Expect CEOs to Drive Social Change
Public trust in business remains relatively unshaken amid economic turbulence and a lingering pandemic, even as faith in the media and government falters, but leaders could do more to address social issues, a new global opinion survey shows. However, not everyone... View Details
Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
a problem, as Superstorm Sandy demonstrated. So despite perceptions that "sustainable business" is up and running, the environment reminds us we're failing to deal with the problem at anywhere near sufficient scale. Because climate View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
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Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change Course Number 1581 Lecturer Gerald Chertavian Senior Lecturer Brian Trelstad Fall; Q1Q2; 3.0 credits 28 Sessions Paper Career Focus SESC is tailored for individuals aiming to... View Details