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  • December 1992
  • Exercise

Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group C, Utility #1

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Describes the position of Utility #1 in negotiating Group C with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry
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  • December 1992
  • Exercise

Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group B, Utility #4

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Describes the position of Utility #4 in negotiating Group B with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry
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  • December 1992
  • Exercise

Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group A, Utility #4

By: Willis M. Emmons III
Describes the position of Utility #4 in negotiating Group A with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry
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  • Web

3 Technologies that Will Change the World - Course Catalog

well as specialized companies like Videa Health, Metaphysic and Instadeep that are applying AI to more specific problems (Dentistry, Movie/TV production, Route optimization etc.) We also look at the power of algorithms to shape consumer behavior (TikTok), the misuse of... View Details
  • 08 Mar 2013
  • News

The Accidental Innovator

that Khan finds himself turning to science fiction to try to make sense of it all. Meanwhile, financial backers such as the Gates Foundation, Google, and venture capital’s Ann and John Doerr (MBA 1976) are adding credibility and momentum... View Details
  • Profile

Sophia Virani

Even as she worked in investment banking and hedge funds, Sophia Virani felt drawn to science and medicine. "I really wanted to be in a career that was more service-oriented, that allowed me to interact with people," she says.... View Details
  • Web

Career Support & Exploration Funds | MBA

entrepreneurial ventures. Students who have received need-based HBS Scholarship are eligible to apply. Social Enterprise Loan Repayment Assistance Program (SELRAP) SELRAP provides need-based assistance to reduce the debt burden of alumni... View Details
  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Covering the Issues

standards and social responsibility, technology, globalization, the School's Soldiers Field campus, and the essential contributions that women are making in the business world. While a lot has changed at HBS in 75 years, it is remarkable... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons
  • 08 Apr 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?

Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
Keywords: by Dennis Fisher; Energy; Utilities
  • Article

Common Variants of the Oxytocin Receptor Gene Do Not Predict the Positive Mood Benefits of Prosocial Spending

By: Ashley V. Whillans, Lara B. Aknin, Colin Ross, Lihan Chen and Frances S. Chen
Who benefits most from helping others? Previous research suggests that common polymorphisms of the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) predict whether people behave generously and experience increases in positive mood in response to socially-focused experiences in daily... View Details
Keywords: Prosocial Behavior; Positivity; Behavior Genetics; Individual Differences; Behavior; Emotions; Genetics; Spending
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  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

The Way You See It

of course be Bill Gates, CEO of Microsoft, who put in just one year at Harvard College before retreating westward to lay the groundwork for the computer revolution. HBS alumni selected Gates, barely twenty years old and a business... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons. Data collection by Ericka Webb.
  • 2023
  • Working Paper

The Buy-In Effect: When Increasing Initial Effort Motivates Behavioral Follow-Through

By: Holly Dykstra, Shibeal O'Flaherty and A.V. Whillans
Behavioral interventions often focus on reducing friction to encourage behavior change. In contrast, we provide evidence that adding friction can promote long-term behavior change when behaviors involve repeated costly efforts over longer time horizons. In... View Details
Keywords: Friction; Behavior; Environmental Sustainability; Transportation; Outcome or Result
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  • Article

From Blood Diamonds to Dirty Gold: How to Buy Gold Less Tainted by Mercury

By: Kristin Sippl
This is a quick and easy news article on the link between poverty, mercury pollution, and gold mining. It explains the problems in the jewelry industry as well as public and civil society attempts to address them. View Details
Keywords: Mining; Pollutants; Poverty; Social Issues
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  • 01 Mar 2015
  • News

Providing an Environment for Ideas to Grow

2014 Management Science article, he examined the effect of a corporate culture of sustainability on corporate behavior and performance outcomes. Serafeim, a member of the Accounting and Management Unit, teaches across the School’s... View Details
Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • News

Making Progress on Strategic Priorities

school districts, and social enterprise) to explore how they can improve their regions’ competitiveness. The School’s nine Global Research Centers and four Research Offices deepen the faculty’s understanding of and contributions to global... View Details
  • Profile

Rawiah Abdallah

members administered health services, microfinance loans, and vocational training. They taught English and computer skills. "I became very passionate about development," says Rawiah. "But I saw a lot of inefficiencies in... View Details
  • May 1999
  • Article

A Mixed-Motive Perspective on the Economics versus Environment Debate

By: A. Hoffman, J. Gillespie, D. Moore, K. A. Wade-Benzoni, L. L. Thompson and M. H. Bazerman
Keywords: Perspective; Economics; Natural Environment
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  • 17 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

and social science research is specialist, peer-reviewed journals. Second, much research takes the form of case studies and is often qualitative rather than quantitative. In disciplines where standardized... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Harvard Business School

master's degree in computer science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences and a doctorate in management information systems and accounting from... View Details
  • 14 Oct 2002
  • Research & Ideas

The Widening Rift Between Corporations and Society

answers to issues of capitalism? A: Think of a Russian doll. Business is inside capitalism, but capitalism is inside society, and society is inside history. The forms that capitalism takes in different eras reflect the social changes that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace