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Michel C. Bergerac
Bergerac devoted his energies to increasing the distribution of the company’s core cosmetics lines, which were suffering at the hands of fierce competition. Marketing and advertising schemes became more elaborate but paid off for Revlon,... View Details
Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
Case 613-036 EnerNOC is an energy company with an innovative business model: it serves as an intermediary between electric utilities and electricity users. It contracts with electricity users willing to reduce demand during periods of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
New Associate Director: Courtney Fairbrother
engagement to help reach the University sustainability goals (you can read about the HU Sustainability Plan here). Prior to working at Harvard, I worked for a number of different entities on renewable energy policy, analysis, and... View Details
- 31 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Career Advice from the Guests of the HBS Climate Rising Podcast
outside of our direct industry to address it. Paul McDonald, Senior Director, Opower Product Strategy & Marketing at Oracle (How OPower Uses Behavioral Science & AI to Reduce Energy Demand): “There's nothing that quite replaces... View Details
- 2017
- Book
Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship
By: Geoffrey Jones
This book explores whether profits and environmental sustainability are compatible through the lens of a global history of green entrepreneurship between the nineteenth century and today. It tells the story of the extraordinary and often eccentric men and women who... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Entrepreneurship; Green Business; Sustainability; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Business History; Religion; Environmental Sustainability; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Alternative Energy Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; Oceania
Jones, Geoffrey. Profits and Sustainability: A History of Green Entrepreneurship. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in the Transportation Industry
Mobility which was a collaboration between Bloomberg New Energy Finance and McKinsey, seeks to answer that question. To do so, it explores how a number of existing social, economic, and technological trends will work together to disrupt... View Details
- 28 May 2017
- Blog Post
HBS on the Road: Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire
first time, and we checked in with him to learn more about the trip. 1. What was it like to visit Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire? This trip was my first time to Africa, so I’ve really been looking forward to it. I was impressed by the people and the 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. “There’s a lot of View Details
- 27 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
Dan McGinn on How to Ace Your Presentation
advice for alumni who are intimidated before a big career presentation? Think about managing three things: your confidence (more is better), anxiety (less is better), and your energy level (the optimal point depends on the context of your... View Details
- 27 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Building Businesses in Turbulent Times
opportunities. And while oil prices continue to rise and fall, energy services firms are seeing rapid growth—especially those firms that provide services to both traditional and emerging clean technology View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Apr 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
Environmental Federalism in the European Union and the United States
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Start Me Up
business or a social enterprise track, the fledgling companies pitched everything from early-stage Alzheimer's diagnosis technology to environmentally friendly lodging. Below, the four that the competition's alumni judges—plucked from the start-up and nonprofit... View Details
- 11 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #2: Sam Steyer, Greenwork
evolution: “We’re not a training company anymore. We are a hiring company, connecting trade schools with clean energy companies.” Currently, Greenwork has some 500 job seekers on its platform and “tens of companies recruiting for more... View Details
- 24 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco
of 2003) Chief Operating Officer at Generate Capital The panelists discussed their views on the evolution of the climate investment landscape and how investments have changed from the first wave of investments in renewable energy in the... View Details
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
Water and Power, the largest public utility in the United States with more than $6 billion in revenue, some 12,000 employees, and, arguably, the most complex water system in the world. She left that position in March 2024 and continues to focus on sustainable water and... View Details
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
Foreign investment in developing countries has always involved an element of risk. Just ask Verizon Communications, which could lose hundreds of millions of dollars in Venezuela should President Hugo Chávez follow through with plans announced in January to nationalize... View Details
- March 1981
- Case
Comet Energy, Inc. (C)
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: Energy Industry
Fox, J. Ronald. "Comet Energy, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 381-137, March 1981.
- December 1970 (Revised October 1980)
- Case
Distrigas Corp.
By: James L. Heskett
Keywords: Energy Industry
Heskett, James L. "Distrigas Corp." Harvard Business School Case 371-280, December 1970. (Revised October 1980.)
- December 1988 (Revised December 1991)
- Case
Compagnie Generale D'Electricite
By: W. Carl Kester and Richard P. Melnick
Keywords: Energy Industry
Kester, W. Carl, and Richard P. Melnick. "Compagnie Generale D'Electricite." Harvard Business School Case 289-002, December 1988. (Revised December 1991.)
- April 1988 (Revised May 1992)
- Case
Gaz de France
By: W. Carl Kester
The treasurer of Gaz de France is an aggressive, proactive manager of his company's liability structure, running one of the largest swap books of any non-financial corporation in the world. Currency futures, interbank forwards, and currency options are also frequently... View Details
Keywords: Decisions; Borrowing and Debt; Currency Exchange Rate; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Policy; Management; Organizational Structure; Energy Industry; Europe
Kester, W. Carl. "Gaz de France." Harvard Business School Case 288-030, April 1988. (Revised May 1992.)