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  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

https://archive.harvardbusiness.org/cla/web/pl/product.seam?c=33313&i=33315&cs=0fce70d96a0fde28d25d9feec060c2e7 August 2013 Business History Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

substitutability is preserved under economically important transformations such as trade endowments, mergers, and limited liability. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54957 Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 10 May 2016
  • First Look

May 10, 2016

Harvard Business Review Planned Opportunism: Using Weak Signals to Spur Innovations By: Govindarajan, Vijay Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51052 forthcoming Strategic... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 05 Dec 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017

sustainably differentiated the company from its competitors. For instance, the adoption of fleet management resulted in customer loyalty levels five times higher than under the dominant business model Hilti... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 11 Mar 2009
  • HBS Case

The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine

innocent. Case closed? Nyet. "The Western notion that Russia uses energy as a weapon is a media oversimplification of very complicated politics," says HBS professor Rawi Abdelal. Abdelal, who recently produced a three-part case on Gazprom, says the 2006... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Energy; Utilities
  • Web

2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

History, and Faculty Chair of the School's Business History Initiative), Bryn Austin (Professor of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health), Carin Isabel Knoop (Executive Director of HBS Case Research &... View Details
  • June 12, 2023
  • Article

How AI Will Accelerate the Circular Economy

By: Shirley Lu and George Serafeim
Despite living on a planet with finite resources, our economy remains largely linear and full of single-use products. The shift toward a circular economy, where companies recover or recycle resources, has hit roadblocks, including low value of used products and high... View Details
Keywords: Recycling; Materials Management; Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; AI and Machine Learning; Operations; Industrial Products Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Technology Industry
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  • May 2022
  • Teaching Note

Climate Action in Miami

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Catarina Martinez
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 322-101. The Miami metropolitan area is a global epicenter of climate risk from heat and sea level rise, but leaders have only recently mobilized for action to respond to this systemic challenge. Resilient 305 began a collaboration across... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Climate Impact; Change; Leadership; Cross-sector Collaboration; Coalition; Ecosystem; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Cities; Environmental Sustainability; Infrastructure; Green Technology; Environmental Management; Miami
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  • December 2007 (Revised February 2017)
  • Case

Vegpro Group: Growing in Harmony

By: David E. Bell, Brian Milder and Mary Shelman
Vegpro, a horticulture company, is Kenya's largest exporter of fresh vegetables and flowers to top supermarkets in the U.K. and Europe. In 2007, Vegpro's business is threatened by growing consumer concern about the environmental impact of food production and transport,... View Details
Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Developing Countries and Economies; Ethics; Food; Growth and Development Strategy; Operations; Environmental Sustainability; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Kenya; Europe; United Kingdom
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  • 30 Jun 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Rethinking Retirement Planning

know we should be saving for retirement, but how much should we be squirreling away? And of the funds our company's plan offers, which should we choose? According to Harvard Business School professor Robert C. Merton, the defined... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services
  • 22 May 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018

Safaris find a sustainable growth path that will allow it to profitably expand its business and meet its shareholders’ interests while still achieving its priority purposes of protecting and investing in the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 20 Nov 2012
  • First Look

First Look: November 20

demand for land for urban development? How could it ensure the sustainability of local government finances? Was the growing number of land protests the harbinger of major changes in China's political institutions? How would the challenges... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • January 2025
  • Teaching Note

Vytal: Packaging-as-a-Service

By: George Serafeim, Michael W. Toffel and Stacy Straaberg
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 124-007. The Germany-based startup Vytal operated the largest digital-native reusable packaging-as-a-service network globally, having raised nearly €15 million, established a large network of restaurant partners, and prevented the use of... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Innovation and Invention; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Business Startups; Resource Allocation; Risk Management; Adoption; Strategy; Performance Productivity; Service Delivery; Service Operations; Supply Chain; Distribution; Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Business Model; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Profit; Financing and Loans; Expansion; Green Technology Industry; Service Industry; Retail Industry; Germany; Europe
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  • February 2021
  • Teaching Plan

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Amy Klopfenstein
This teaching plan serves as a supplement to the case “Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?” HBS 820-098. The case explores the tension between two different financing and expansion plans for a startup, and explores issues related to business model pivots and industry... View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Model; Business Plan; Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Decision Making; Decisions; Judgments; Ethics; Geography; Geopolitical Units; Finance; Investment; Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Demand and Consumers; Media; Society; Urban Development; Sustainable Cities; Information Technology; Information Infrastructure; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Business Strategy; Expansion; Relationships; Capital; Venture Capital; Advertising Industry; Technology Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; North and Central America; United States; Massachusetts; Cambridge
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  • 10 Apr 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018

benefit from mimicking the showroom concepts started by online-first retailers and why online-first retailers can benefit from opening more traditional stores. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54316 March 29, 2018 Harvard View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 12

acres of land in southern Chile and run a variety of sustainable businesses to generate annual returns for investors. Patagonia Sur planned to derive various streams of revenue from the land—including... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 17 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

P&G Harvard Business School Case 706-435 In 2000, Procter & Gamble Co. introduced Crest Whitestrips, a new, revolutionary product that allowed consumers to whiten their teeth at home. With Whitestrips, P&G created an entire... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • February 2010
  • Case

Amyris Biotechnologies: Commercializing Biofuel

By: Gary P. Pisano and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
In 2009, Amyris Biotechnologies was building a plant in Brazil that used synthetic biology to convert sugarcane into both renewable fuels and renewable chemicals. The Amyris' marketing team was investigating the commercial interest for both types of products, while the... View Details
Keywords: Renewable Energy; Chemicals; Risk Management; Product Marketing; Product Development; Production; Environmental Sustainability; Commercialization; Biotechnology Industry; Brazil
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  • 29 Mar 2016
  • First Look

March 29, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50648 2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: Quelch, John A.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Aug 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

point in time. But when you're Budweiser and you've run 132 ads, not all of those ads are great, but they've been able to sort of sustain themselves. So, some of it has to do with the size of the brand. [The impact can be different] when... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting