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  • 26 Jan 2024
  • Blog Post

Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective

market map focus area, as long as it is aligned to Emerson’s mission and objectives,” Lichter said. “Examples include the intersection of A.I. and climate tech and sustainable construction.” Past interns have also helped portfolio... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • Fast Answer

Confronting Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

risks and strategies for addressing climate change. American City Business Journals - Find articles from local business journals. OECD iLibrary - Find books, papers, reports, and statistics on climate change related topics. Select... View Details
  • 12 Nov 2013
  • First Look

First Look: November 12

http://hbr.org/search/314050-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-026 Sustainability at Siemens Describes sustainability efforts at Siemens since arrival of Chief View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2024
  • Case

Iogen: Decarbonizing Hard-to-Abate Sectors

By: George Serafeim, Charlotte Foody and John Mulliken
Brian Foody, CEO of Iogen Corporation, was an early leader in advanced biofuels, developing a range of technologies to transform agricultural waste into transportation fuel. With $100 million in revenue and 350 patents across various biofuel technologies, Iogen was... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Biofuel; Market Attractiveness; Decarbonization; Technological Innovation; Climate Change; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Transformation; Market Entry and Exit; Strategy; Energy Industry; United States; United Kingdom
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  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

sustainability strategy and integrating it across all of its business units. The case provides a deep dive into the challenges and successes of trying to integrate impact, sustainability, and ESG across the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • August 2009 (Revised September 2011)
  • Case

Whole Foods: Balancing Social Mission and Growth

By: Christopher Marquis, Marya Besharov and Bobbi Thomason
In 2009, Whole Foods stands at a crossroads. Their incredible growth over the past 25 years has vaulted them into the ranks of the largest US supermarkets and they have arguably led to the widespread acceptance of natural and organic foods in the United States. Yet... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Leadership; Growth and Development Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; United States
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  • May 2010
  • Article

Modern Management: Good for the Environment or Just Hot Air?

By: Nicholas Bloom, Christos Genakos, Ralf Martin and Raffaella Sadun
We use an innovative methodology to measure management practices in over 300 manufacturing firms in the U.K. We then match this management data to production and energy usage information for establishments owned by these firms. We find that establishments in better... View Details
Keywords: Energy Conservation; Management Practices and Processes; Performance Productivity; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Manufacturing Industry; United Kingdom
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  • 23 Jun 2020
  • Book

Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System

Katherine M. Gehl, founder of Institute for Political Innovation, and Harvard Business School strategy expert Michael E. Porter. Among the reforms put forward by Gehl and Porter is a nonpartisan congressional legislative system that rises... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Nov 2017
  • Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

2016 Echoing Green Fellow Christine Su is co-founder and CEO of PastureMap. The for-profit software company helps sustainable ranchers record their grazing practices on mobile devices.  (Photo courtesy of Echoing Green.) A division of... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Jun 2003
  • News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

Fitzhugh Conference Redefining Wealth: Claim It, Grow It, Sustain It January 31–February 2, 2003 Sponsor: HBS African-American Student Union Keynote speaker: Benaree Pratt Wiley (MBA 1972), president & CEO, The Partnership, Inc. Bert King... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 28 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 28

Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612048-PDF-ENG Aviva Investors George Serafeim, Robert G. Eccles, and Kyle ArmbresterHarvard Business School Case 112-047 The case describes Aviva Investors' engagement strategy... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2010 (Revised November 2010)
  • Case

Ze-gen: Commercializing Clean Tech

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Kaitlyn Lyons and Scott Prozeller
The Ze-gen case covers the first five years in the life of a clean-tech start-up. Ze-gen had developed an innovative technology that converted solid waste into synthesis gas (called syngas). This technology was in testing at the company's pilot plant, built next to the... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Environmental Sustainability; Commercialization; Green Technology Industry; New Bedford
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  • December 2021
  • Case

Grapery

By: Forest Reinhardt and Natalie Kindred
Keywords: Agribusiness; Change; Transformation; Transition; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Goods and Commodities; Leading Change; Business or Company Management; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Commercialization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States; Latin America; North America; Asia
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  • 10 Apr 2006
  • Research & Ideas

American Auto’s Troubled Road

"creative destruction" is evident as never before to many Americans, as is the fear that the country may no longer be able to sustain an economically secure working class (even with government-funded pensions and health... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Manufacturing; Transportation; Auto
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits

ALL IN: The bigger the bet Hollywood makes, the better. Photo courtesy of Anita Elberse Offstage at a Lady Gaga concert seems an unlikely place for academic fieldwork. But that's exactly the kind of environment that allows Anita Elberse to examine firsthand the nuances... View Details
Keywords: Patrick Kirchner; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
  • 07 Apr 2023
  • Blog Post

Career Advice: Pursuing a Dual Degree

after HBS? I spent the summer at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) working on an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) project on how a company was going to achieve their net zero targets while also growing as a business, and how to use this as a View Details
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Ink

brand values (the employees’ work environment embodies the organization—beanbag chairs in the conference room and walls full of Post-its); and environment and sustainability (a less-is-more mentality and environmentally conscious... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2013
  • News

School of Hard Knocks

Collegiate Research Services, designed to help all students, including disadvantaged minorities and the first-generation college bound. Over time, my initial focus on students has evolved into a larger mission: helping organizations build true and View Details
Keywords: discrimination; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 04 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

engineering for sustainable development.” The program at the University of Cambridge presented Sheil with an opportunity to reflect and then narrow her focus on what she wanted to be doing in the climate View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital
  • 13 Sep 2011
  • First Look

First Look: September 13

competitive. Purchase this note:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/711110-PDF-ENG The Clorox Company: Leveraging Green for Growth Elie Ofek and Lauren BarleyHarvard Business School Case 512-009 The Clorox Company needs to decide on the marketing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne