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  • 2012
  • Chapter

Sustainable Cities: Oxymoron or the Shape of the Future?

By: Robert G. Eccles, Annissa Alusi, Amy C. Edmondson and Tiona Zuzul
Two trends are likely to define the 21st century: threats to the sustainability of the natural environment and dramatic increases in urbanization. This paper reviews the goals, business models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; City; Urban Development; Infrastructure; Housing; Urban Scope; Business Ventures; Business Model; Green Technology Industry
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  • 22 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 23

agglomeration economies, including capital-good market externality and technology diffusion, play a particularly important role in multinationals' economic geography. These findings remain robust when we use alternative measures of trade... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jul 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Will Global Demand for Oil Peak This Decade?

Is the globe’s thirst for oil finally topping out? A major international energy watcher says yes, predicting last month that demand for global oil for transport will peak around 2026, plateau for all uses by 2028, and possibly hit a zenith by the end of the decade.... View Details
Keywords: by Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette; Energy; Industrial Products; Auto; Green Technology
  • 29 Apr 2016
  • HBS Seminar

Richard Freeman, Harvard University & NBER

  • 2008
  • Book

On Competition

By: M. E. Porter
Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Practice; Competitive Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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  • August 2000 (Revised February 2002)
  • Case

Arepa

By: Jay O. Light and Daniel J. Green
This case illustrates the importance of structuring negotiations with large companies and investors that are critical to a start-up's success. It depicts a firm with innovative technology that contracts with giant companies in order to survive. It also demonstrates how... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Organizational Structure; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Business or Company Management; Business Model; Partners and Partnerships; Business Startups
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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

1912–1967 Amos L. Beaty Texaco, 1920–1926 Howard O. Beaver, Jr. Carpenter Technology Corporation, 1971–1983 Hans W. Becherer Deere & Company, 1989–2000 Stephen D. Bechtel Betchel Corporation, 1935–1960 Garner A. Beckett American Cement... View Details

    Michael A. Wheeler

    Mike Wheeler joined the HBS faculty in 1993 and has taught extensively in its MBA, Executive, and distance learning programs. His highly interactive 8-week/40-hour HBS Online Negotiation... View Details

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    • 03 May 2016
    • First Look

    First Look, May 3, 2016

    ambitious goal of creating a showcase high-tech city from scratch. The collaboration brought together software entrepreneurs, real estate developers, city government officials, architects, builders, and technology corporations. Taking a... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • August 2009 (Revised August 2011)
    • Case

    Nanosolar, Inc.

    Nanosolar is a start-up company in the clean tech sector. It expects to be one of the first manufacturers to produce thin-film solar panels using copper indium gallium (di)selenide (CIGS) technology. Although this technology is less efficient in producing electricity... View Details
    Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Marketing Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; Europe; United States
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    • 14 Aug 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: August 14

    Case provides confidential information for students assuming the role of senior executives of Keurig, a startup that has developed an innovative "portion pack" coffee brewing solution, in a negotiation to license technology to... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 17 Jun 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: June 17

    Highway: Technology and Mobility Trends and Opportunities Technological innovation is considered a competitive strength for America, but the nation does not score as high in deploying its technology. U.S.... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • Web

    Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

    David E. Bell Marketing 25 results Joseph L. Bower 12 results Shawn A. Cole Finance 36 results Amy C. Edmondson Technology and Operations Management 25 results Vikram Gandhi General Management 41 results Daniel W. View Details

      Nitin Nohria

      Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

      As Dean, building on... View Details

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      • Web

      About - Business & Environment

      Asia. As Faculty Chair of the Business and Environment Initiative, Mike provides the overall vision and strategic direction for the Initiative. Mike is a faculty member in the HBS Technology and Operations Management unit, and his... View Details
      • 06 Mar 2012
      • First Look

      First Look: March 6

      while respecting its unique hybrid business model that combined a collaborative open source community with more traditional strategic research services. The case follows CGTI from its initial goal of establishing a road map for the Chinese View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 15 Nov 2011
      • First Look

      First Look: November 15

      duopoly rather than to remain a monopolist. Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response Author:Benjamin Edelman Publication:The Indian Journal of Law and Technology 7 (2011) Abstract I explore allegations of search engine bias,... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • 11 Nov 2014
      • First Look

      First Look: November 11

      implementing a national evaluation system of green GDP, and before forming the system complexity model, the easiest issues first can be taken to establish the evaluation system of economic, environmental, and social responsibility... View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
      • March 2021 (Revised December 2021)
      • Case

      Cedar Environmental: Innovation vs. Corruption in Lebanon?

      By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Youssef Abdel Aal
      The case follows Ziad Abi Chaker, founder and CEO of Cedar Environmental, as he weighs options for how to grow the company in the face of growing economic and political instability in Lebanon in 2019.

      Founded after the Lebanese civil war, Cedar... View Details
      Keywords: Waste Management; Recycling; Corruption; Leadership & Corporate Accountability; Business And Government; Social Entrepreneurship; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Pollution; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Technological Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Strategy; Expansion; Corporate Accountability; Green Technology Industry; Middle East; Lebanon
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      Europe - Global

      investor relations, consumer marketing, to policy-making issues and the impact of new technologies on business. Privacy Statement (English) Privacy Statement (French) Location Europe Research Center Paris, France News & Highlights March... View Details