Natural Resources - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Aug 2011
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From Human Nature to Human Resources

01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business

Mark Tercek Mark Tercek likes a challenge. As CEO of The Nature Conservancy (TNC), he has led the global nonprofit to fearlessly take on conservation projects that no one else would. "We are trying to tackle those global challenges that... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

19 Mar 2014
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Canada Names New Finance Minister

Keywords: Canada; finance minister; natural resources; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Dec 2012
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Reimagining Capitalism In a World of Limited Resources

digitization. Today, natural resources and waste are no longer negligible concerns but urgent issues every business leader must understand. How do we celebrate what makes capitalism so amazing—its power as a... View Details

Keywords: Dalai Lama

06 Nov 2023
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Best Buy: Fostering a Future Where Tech Coexists with Humanity & Nature

07 Oct 2010
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Innovation & Economic Comeback

09 Oct 2013
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What Do 'Sustainability' Executives Do? Let Us Know: Survey

28 Sep 2010
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Aspen Skiing Co. Kleenex boycott intrigues Harvard

15 Nov 2013
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Getting the green light

15 May 2013
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Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green

05 Jul 2012
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Interview with Rebecca Henderson

20 Apr 2011
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HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

01 Sep 2023
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Solving for Z

With nearly 20 years of experience as a senior human resources executive, Matthew Breitfelder (MBA 2002) has seen a lot of change in the corporate talent space. But what’s happening now looks like a tectonic generational shift. From his... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; Illustrations by Doug Chayka; Administration of Human Resource Programs; Administration of Human Resource Programs

01 Dec 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Plugged In

a continuation of my efforts at National Grid Partners with private capital backing that gives me the resources to have an impact beyond the mandate of a single company. It’s perfect timing as companies and governments are ramping their... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Jun 2000
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Going Public: Margaret M. Crotty

year after graduating from Princeton with a degree in history. As a consultant, she evaluated community development programs throughout Indonesia and helped rural women build microenterprises. The resourcefulness of the women impressed... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

06 Jul 2023
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Home Economics

donors—“you don’t naturally have a feedback loop”—and you have to build strategic alliances. “No nonprofit is going to achieve big objectives alone,” Laidler-Kylander explains. Trickle Up invested in 41,000 women living in extreme poverty... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2023
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Curb Appeal

Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Sep 2023
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In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

organizations such as the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions, the Wilderness Society, and the American Museum of Natural History, increasingly became an asset in his banking career. In 2007, Roosevelt was tapped to chair the Council... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax

01 Sep 2023
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Research Brief: Making Way for Moonshots

pretty similar to what the company would normally fund,” Krieger observes. He and Nanda captured their findings in the working paper, “Are Transformational Ideas Harder to Fund? Resource Allocation to R&D Projects at a Global... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

expected to grow. Those combined forces present an existential challenge—and a megalopolis-sized opportunity—for entrepreneurs. “As population growth and weather-related pressures increase, the necessity of using our existing resources... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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