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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

The Economic and Environmental Effects of Making Electricity Infrastructure Excludable

By: Husnain Fateh Ahmad, Ayesha Ali, Robyn C. Meeks, Zhenxuan Wang and Javed Younas
Electricity theft occurs when individuals cannot be excluded from accessing services. We study the impacts of an infrastructure upgrade in Karachi, Pakistan -- converting bare distribution wires to aerial bundled cables (ABCs) -- that was intended to prevent illegal... View Details
Keywords: Infrastructure; Energy; Environmental Sustainability; Utilities Industry; Pakistan
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  • 05 Sep 2012
  • First Look

First Look: September 5

unions against alternative ways to achieve those objectives. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/312131-PDF-ENG The Kaesong Industrial Complex (B) Dante Roscini, Eric D. Werker, and Han-koo YeoHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Feb 2007
  • First Look

First Look: February 6, 2007

depression, led to a crisis in the industry. Nonetheless, the pioneering group of forecasters shaped the core problems, and invented many of the techniques, that influenced the maturation of the industry in the decades that followed.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Sustainability Career Advice from the Career & Professional Development Office

Four years ago, I got involved with coaching and career education programs. This led me to working with students interested in industries such as consumer products, retail, sustainability, agribusiness, and hospitality. Living sustainably... View Details
  • 2009
  • Case

The North America Environmental Fund (NAEF)

By: Roberto Charvel, Fernando Fabre and T. Putimahtama
NAEF was the first VC fund created in Latin America. It was also the first fund to focus on green technologies. The fund and its managers confronted several issues regarding the under-developed governance and cultural structures required for succesful VC investments. View Details
Keywords: Clean Tech; Emerging Market; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Governance; Technology; Green Technology Industry; Green Technology Industry; Latin America; North and Central America
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  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-048.pdf Behavioral Decision Research, Legislation, and Society: Three Cases Author:Max H. Bazerman Abstract No abstract available. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-049.pdf Fashioning an Industry: The Emergence... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 May 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 9

a sovereign default may affect the economy. 2017 Green Capitalism? Business and the Environment in the Twentieth Century Entrepreneurship, Policy, and the Geography of Wind Energy By: Jones, G. Abstract—This study examines the geography... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Oct 1998
  • News

A Community Investment

energies to worthwhile causes beyond our jobs and our families. That is what's driving a lot of us to branch out into social and community activities beyond our business life. Jerry Ostrov: My impression is that there is a widely shared... View Details
  • 17 Jun 2019
  • Research & Ideas

What Hospitals Must Learn to Compete

is even harder to measure than price. But there’s a great amount of price variation that doesn’t seem to be correlated to quality (at least to quality that we can measure). Which brings us to the question of why: Why can an industry like... View Details
Keywords: by Alumni Bulletin Staff; Health
  • 05 Aug 2015
  • What Do You Think?

What Happened to the ‘Innovation, Disruption, Technology’ Dividend?

per unit of energy consumed.”  Dan Wallace asked whether or not we have “the wrong expectations.”  As an example, he cited the sharing economy, where we achieve “better asset utilization and customer experience, but not necessarily... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Computer; Technology
  • 15 Mar 2021
  • Blog Post

Be Unapologetically Yourself: Interview with Singer-Songwriter and Banking Strategist Andrea Mendoza

Be Just One Thing.” Growing up in Peru, Mendoza developed a love of music alongside the quantitative skills that made her succeed in the classroom. She completed her undergraduate degree in Industrial Engineering and found a fit for her... View Details
  • 17 Dec 2015
  • News

Applying Strategy Concepts In Innovative Ways Through Technology

brewery compares to the competition. Team members have one hour to digest the information and formulate a new strategy. At the end of eight rounds, industry winners are selected based on their overall performance throughout the game.... View Details
  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

they overcame huge obstacles to execute their strategies in industries as diverse as renewable energy, organic food, natural beauty, eco-tourism, recycling, architecture, and finance. The pioneering efforts to build certification schemes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Jun 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Analyzing Institutions to Solve Big Problems

does not do anything to destroy the underlying rigor." —Rosabeth Moss Kanter In his introductory remarks, Marquis cited the ever-changing health-care industry as an example of why institutional analysis is important. "It is a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel & Anna Secino
  • 22 Jul 2020
  • Blog Post

Why We Started the HBS Black Investment Club

Hedge funds are no different. Despite recent evidence showing hedge funds led by females or minorities performed better than their non-minority counterparts, the industry still suffers from a severe lack of diversity in ownership.... View Details
  • 24 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-414 Huaxia: Building a U.S.-Style Dairy in China In 2015, Charles Shao, chairman of Huaxia, considered the alternatives to ensure sustainable growth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Sep 2006
  • News

Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum

resilience in the face of difficult challenges. “However,” he added, “I think we should all be deeply troubled about the way our political system is functioning.” Rubin also urged the HBS audience, well known for its pro bono and volunteer efforts, to help correct the... View Details
  • 02 Nov 2021
  • News

Row On

Head of the Charles in 2019. Teammate Roger Borggaard recalled Hamlin as a quiet presence off the water with a fierce competitive streak in the heat of a race: “You’d be dog-tired and he’d scream: ‘Let’s go! Let it rip’” he said. “Just View Details
Keywords: rowing; obituary; sports; retirement; Alzheimer's Disease; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries
  • Web

Alumni Career Journey: Margot Zuckerman (MBA 2024) – Integrating Climate into Business (and Government) Priorities - Blog - Business & Environment

(IFC) “ Development while Decarbonizing: India’s Path to Net-Zero "; conducting research with Professor Rosabeth Kanter on climate action in cities; and participating in the Sustainability, Food & Agriculture, and Energy & Environment... View Details
  • 20 Feb 2019
  • News

Building an Ecosystem for African Entrepreneurs

the 21st century. “Africapitalism calls on the private sector to make long-term investment in industries that can create economic prosperity and social wealth.” The idea was inspired by Professor Michael Porter and his theories of... View Details
Keywords: April White