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- January 2025
- Technical Note
Get Cool: Air Conditioning Industry Background
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
The “air conditioning paradox” is tied to climate change: the more the planet warms, the greater the need for cooling (due to the dangers of extreme heat as well as comfort within buildings), but the use of electricity-powered AC contributes to further warming. There... View Details
Keywords: Appliances; Global Warming; Energy Efficiency; Climate Change; Venture Capital; Demand and Consumers; Distribution Channels; Green Technology; United States; Asia
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jacob A. Small. "Get Cool: Air Conditioning Industry Background." Harvard Business School Technical Note 325-077, January 2025.
- October 2024
- Teaching Note
Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (B): Breakdown and (C): Recovery and Progress
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 325-054 and 325-055. View Details
- March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
- Case
Miami’s Climate Tech Potential (A): The State of Play
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
Miami-Dade County led the work to get South Florida designated a national climate resilience tech hub, the only one of 31 focused on climate change, an urgent major issue for the region in light of global warming and sea level rise. Venture capitalists saw the... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Climate; Entrepreneur; Development; Startup; Climate Change; Venture Capital; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Government Administration; City; Miami
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone. "Miami's Climate Tech Potential (A): The State of Play." Harvard Business School Case 324-119, March 2024. (Revised June 2024.)
- March 2024 (Revised September 2024)
- Case
Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning: Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
To activate the first wind turbines in the ocean off Martha’s Vineyard eventually supplying clean energy to 400,000 households, Vineyard Wind’s leaders had to navigate the permitting process, numerous delays, and objections from stakeholders in three communities:... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Renewable Energy; Joint Ventures; Green Technology; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Massachusetts; Martha's Vineyard; New Bedford; New England
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Jacob A. Small. "Vineyard Wind Starts Spinning (A): Overcoming Onshore Challenges to Offshore Wind." Harvard Business School Case 324-113, March 2024. (Revised September 2024.)
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
your non-tangible assets to show appreciation, which might be as mundane as providing staff with recreational opportunities to relieve stress. Showing that you care can sometimes make a critical difference in the organization’s ability to keep going. View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- February 10, 2023
- Article
The Case for Having a Boring CEO
CEOs who avoid the cameras and minimize drama offer valuable leadership lessons. Their lifestyles aren’t splashed on the pages of magazines. They don’t speak out on every public issue, and their pronouncements are balanced and cautious. Sometimes when I name them as my... View Details
Keywords: CEO; Leadership; Company Management; Personal Brand; Reliability; Humility; Public Opinion
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Case for Having a Boring CEO." Wall Street Journal (online) (February 10, 2023).
- November 1, 2019
- Article
Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It
Leaders say that they want more innovation. But then they trap themselves and their associates inside the structures that keep them stuck–inside the building, so to speak, where ideas get stale fast. That’s dangerous in a world of disruption and change. View Details
Keywords: Silos; Community; Innovation and Invention; Leadership; Change; Perspective; Learning; Attitudes
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Companies Think They Want New Ideas. But They Don’t Act Like It." Wall Street Journal (online) (November 1, 2019).
- June 3, 2020
- Article
Business Leaders Have to Create the Change Needed to End Racism
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Business Leaders Have to Create the Change Needed to End Racism." CNN.com (June 3, 2020).
- April 2018
- Case
Miami's Tech Future (Abridged): Entrepreneurial Ecosystems and Leadership Challenges
By the middle of the 1990s, Miami’s reputation was changing. An influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants and major investments in the airport and seaport had changed the image of a sleepy southern city to the de facto business center of Latin America, a center for... View Details
- November 2017 (Revised September 2020)
- Case
Miami's Tech Future (A): Twenty-first Century Changes and Challenges
In the decade starting in 2000, a new mayor focused on infrastructure and leadership from a foundation investing in arts and culture helped the Miami region transform and attract younger people to a newly vibrant central city and arts district. In 2011, the Knight... View Details
Keywords: Change; Leadership; Business and Community Relations; Strategic Planning; Technology Industry; Miami; Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Miami's Tech Future (A): Twenty-first Century Changes and Challenges." Harvard Business School Case 318-033, November 2017. (Revised September 2020.)
- May 15, 2015
- Article
America's Leaders Need to Tell a New Story About Infrastructure
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "America's Leaders Need to Tell a New Story About Infrastructure." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 15, 2015).
- 2015
- Chapter
How Purpose-based Companies Master Change for Sustainability: A Systemic Approach to Global Social Change
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "How Purpose-based Companies Master Change for Sustainability: A Systemic Approach to Global Social Change." Chap. 5 in Leading Sustainable Change: An Organizational Perspective, edited by Rebecca Henderson, Ranjay Gulati, and Michael Tushman. Oxford University Press, 2015.
- October 31, 2017
- Article
In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers
The Harvey Weinstein horror show has brought attention to previously unspoken abuses of male power to sexually harass and suppress women. Prominent women are joining the #MeToo moment, feeling safety in numbers as they reveal facing egregious bullying. Businesses are... View Details
Keywords: Sexual Harassment; Gender Inequality; Gender; Equality and Inequality; Change; Safety; Corporate Governance
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "In Tackling #MeToo, Don’t Ignore Micro-Insults That Harm Women’s Careers." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (October 31, 2017). (Op-ed.)
- September 19, 2019
- Article
Walmart CEO’s Decision on Guns Is the Kind of Corporate Courage We Need
Corporate courage is in short supply. CEOs generally avoid controversial public issues lest disgruntled groups strike back. That’s why Walmart’s actions to limit ammunition sales and advocate for new gun safety legislation mark a significant milestone. CEO Doug... View Details
Keywords: Gun Policy; Gun Violence; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Leadership; Change; Policy
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Walmart CEO’s Decision on Guns Is the Kind of Corporate Courage We Need." CNN.com (September 19, 2019).
- March 2, 2020
- Article
The Antidote to Our National Malaise
Keywords: National Culture
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "The Antidote to Our National Malaise." Boston Globe (March 2, 2020).
- November 12, 2020
- Article
What We Can Learn About Unity from Hostile Takeovers
In the wake of the recent election, the United States faces a fraught, difficult transfer of power. What we know about hostile takeovers in business can provide help in finding a path forward. Leaders on the winning side of the more successful acquisitions emphasized... View Details
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "What We Can Learn About Unity from Hostile Takeovers." Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (November 12, 2020).
- June 3, 2020
- Other Article
Business Leaders Have To Create the Change Needed To End Racism
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Business Leaders Have To Create the Change Needed To End Racism." CNN.com (June 3, 2020).
- November 2017 (Revised September 2020)
- Supplement
Miami's Tech Future (C): Reaching Another Miami
The effects of Miami’s startup scene have not reached many “left-behind” lower-income Black communities, which are disproportionately affected by problems such as segregation and racial discrimination, lack of transportation access, crime, education quality, government... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Change; Transformation; Progress; Scaling; Startup; Community Engagement; Community Impact; Community Relations; Future; Income Inequality; Business; Change Management; Business Startups; Information Technology; Diversity; Race; Equality and Inequality; Social Issues; Business and Community Relations; Miami; Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Miami's Tech Future (C): Reaching Another Miami." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-035, November 2017. (Revised September 2020.)
- October 28, 2015
- Article
Why Millennials Are the C-Suite's Secret Weapon for Innovation
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Why Millennials Are the C-Suite's Secret Weapon for Innovation." Wall Street Journal (online) (October 28, 2015).
- May 11, 2015
- Article
What It Will Take to Fix America's Crumbling Infrastructure
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "What It Will Take to Fix America's Crumbling Infrastructure." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 11, 2015).