energy - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Nov 2016
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Wired for Innovation

challenges. In his latest role, as founder and president of Houston-based Clean Line Energy Partners, he hopes to push the United States closer to what he considers an attainable national goal: a 30 percent reliance on renewable energy.... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2008
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Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia

Energy Future’s timeliness underscores another key “energy” problem: America’s inability to get its energy act into gear. “Cognitive, organizational, and political barriers — which are all interconnected —... View Details

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Bloomberg | Baker Library

from the Bloomberg terminal. Terminals do not include access to Bloomberg NEF (New Energy Finance). Terminals do include access to Bloomberg Law. Remote Bloomberg access not available. Learn More Bloomberg Basics Financial databases:... View Details

12 May 2016
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What Ernest Shackleton has in common with Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk

world to move on from its modern energy sources the way that it once moved on from whale oil. Entrepreneurs like Bezos and Musk, whom I admire for their creativity and initiative, want to profit from launching satellites and providing... View Details

01 Apr 2001
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The Natural Advantage

result is Heeks’s new book, The Natural Advantage, which lays out seven organic farming-derived principles that visiting executives learn during stays at Magdalen Farm. Lessons include the importance of drawing energy from “clean... View Details

Keywords: Crop Production; Agriculture; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

26 Dec 2012
Working Paper Summaries

Reinforcing Regulatory Regimes: How States, Civil Society, and Codes of Conduct Promote Adherence to Global Labor Standards

Keywords: by Michael W. Toffel, Jodi L. Short & Melissa Ouellet

March 2024
Article

Establishing the Foundation for Carbon Trading Markets

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Karthik Ramanna and Marc Roston

Poor measurement practices and inadequate controls have led to extensive trading of carbon offset instruments that do not materially reduce the supply of atmospheric GHG. We introduce five carbon offset accounting principles, built from fundamental financial-accounting... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Offsetting; Accounting; Carbon Accounting; E-liabilities; Measurement; Trading; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Sustainability

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Portrait Project

Deena Bahri

Energy is my currency of choice. When I was 17, I read a quote by Sarah Bernhardt: "Life begets life. Energy creates energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich." It has taken me the... View Details

Brittany Davis

receive investment and development resources. Previously, she was a Manager at Village Capital where she analyzed opportunities and created investment recommendations in the fintech, education, health, food/agriculture, and energy... View Details

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Joe Nagae

want to deploy my talents and energy to build a life where success is not measured by financial gains but intellectual flexibility, meaningful work, caring family, and sustained friendships ...that's Joe. View Details

05 Sep 2024
Blog Post

District Heating in Denmark: How Fjernvarme Fyn fuels an integrated and sustainable future

In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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Fast Forward

change. Energy Professor Michael Porter and BCG have partnered on research into how the country can maximize the opportunity presented by America’s unconventional oil and gas resources in a responsible way. In March, an HBS View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2014
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Helping high achievers achieve even more

venture capital firm that has invested in, and provided strategic guidance to, more than 365 businesses across North America, Europe, and Asia. Stamps passed the torch to his management team in 2001 so that he could focus his considerable View Details

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Doug Marsan

detailed design, and construction) at ExxonMobil and is working at Clean Energy Ventures, an early-stage climate tech VC fund, this summer. He can share insights on pivoting, researching various industries, application and networking... View Details

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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

identified unconventional energy as one of the eight strategic priorities that would be transformative for America. The Project’s research on unconventional energy recommends a strategy for government and... View Details

12 Feb 2025
Blog Post

How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)

long-duration energy storage, and greywater recycling. Low-carbon cement can drastically reduce the carbon footprint of construction, long-duration energy storage will enable more reliable renewable View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

Spencer Stuart, directed by Julie Hembrock Daum; and independent researcher and management consultant Deborah Bell. The team worked for over a year before that to identify board members from more than 60 countries, in industries including consumer staples, View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”

role as Product Manager Intern with responsibilities he describes as “a mix of technology development and business analysis. I work with a team focused on developing products aimed at lowering energy usage in commercial and residential... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Entrepreneurship

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The new industrial state? | Institute for Business in Global Society

these policies seek to address. Together, they explored strategies for reshoring supply chains, revitalizing critical infrastructure, bolstering manufacturing capabilities, creating jobs, and advancing the clean energy transition. For... View Details

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Valentina Zarya

long time for me to understand that my fight against appearing average was the wrong battle. Instead of focusing on being remarkable, I should have spent my energy being myself. Today, nearly twenty years later, I’m finally happy as a... View Details

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