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    EnergyRemove Energy →

    New research on energy from Harvard Business School faculty on issues including energy sources, energy conservation, and sustainable business practices.
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    • 09 Mar 2022
    • Research & Ideas

    War in Ukraine: Soaring Gas Prices and the Return of Stagflation?

    by Avery Forman

    With nothing left to lose, Russia's invasion of Ukraine will likely intensify, roiling energy markets further and raising questions about the future of globalization, says Rawi Abdelal. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 05 Jan 2021
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting

    by Lauren Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, and Quoc H. Nguyen

    Energy-producing firms are more likely to produce “blockbuster” green patents than other firms. Yet energy firms are excluded from many environmental, social, and governance (ESG) funds, and are the targets of divestiture campaigns whose stated aims often include green energy innovation.

    • 11 Feb 2019
    • Research & Ideas

    The Business of Saving the Planet

    by Sean Silverthorne

    The biggest challenge facing today's business leaders? Putting their operations in harmony with the environment. Read the latest research around building sustainability into business processes and management practices. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 04 Feb 2019
    • Book

    Green Businesses Are Incredibly Difficult to Make Profitable. Try It Anyway

    by Dina Gerdeman

    Making a business successful is a challenge in itself, but making a green business profitable is an even harder journey. For society's sake, entrepreneurs must be prepared to make that journey, says Geoffrey Jones. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 30 Nov 2018
    • What Do You Think?

    What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

    by James Heskett

    SUMMING UP: James Heskett's readers point to examples of complex environmental problems conquered through multinational cooperation. Can those serve as roadmaps for overcoming global warming? Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 04 Apr 2018
    • Op-Ed

    Op-Ed: Why Private Investors Must Fund 'New Nuclear' Power Right Now

    by Joseph Lassiter

    Joseph Lassiter has high hopes for “new nuclear” technology, which he believes can meet the world’s urgent demand for power. But its success requires big, immediate investments from the private sector. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 15 Mar 2017
    • Lessons from the Classroom

    More Than 900 Examples of How Climate Change Affects Business

    by Carmen Nobel

    MBA students participating in Harvard Business School’s Climate Change Challenge offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 29 Feb 2016
    • HBS Case

    Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

    by Michael Blanding

    Bigbelly wants to transform its solar-powered trash cans into digital hubs offering Wi-Fi access, advertising, and data-collecting sensors. (Oh, and garbage receptacles, too.) A new case study by Mitchell Weiss explores the challenges of a bold strategy pivot. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 03 Dec 2015
    • Op-Ed

    How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

    by Joseph Lassiter

    The barriers to rapid progress in next-generation nuclear power are certainly not technical and probably not even economic, argues Joseph Lassiter. The greatest barriers today are in outdated nuclear regulations. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 07 Aug 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?

    by Carmen Nobel

    Joe Lassiter believes the smart use of nuclear power is an essential ingredient in fighting the worldwide threat of coal-fired power plant emissions. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 17 Jun 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Michael Porter on America’s Historic Energy Opportunity

    Re: Michael E. Porter

    America is caught in a divisive debate over energy strategy, which threatens our nation's economic and environmental goals. "There is an urgent need for the US to get on a new path," according to a new report by Michael E. Porter, David S. Gee, and Gregory J. Pope. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 10 Jun 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

    Re: George Serafeim

    Professor George Serafeim looks at how standardizing the way companies report data on their social and environmental initiatives could effect revolutionary change in the stock market. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 11 May 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

    by Dina Gerdeman

    Why is America's transportation system so outdated, why should we care, and what can we do about it? Rosabeth Moss Kanter offers a road map to roadway recovery in her new book, Move: Putting America's Infrastructure Back in the Lead. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 13 Apr 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Implied Materiality and Material Disclosures of Credit Ratings

    by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

    Materiality—a concept at the core of financial, sustainability, and integrated reporting—means the "reportability" of economic, environmental, social, and governance (risk) issues. Using the lens of materiality, the authors of this paper examine principles underlying the methodologies and business models of credit reporting agencies (CRAs), finding that CRAs have potential governance shortcomings that need to be addressed by the boards of the CRAs themselves. The governance remedies recommended here aim to restore credit rating institutions to their historic role in the proper functioning of the global capital markets. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 13 Apr 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

    by Carmen Nobel

    Rebecca Henderson lays out three ways for firms to profit from investing in environmental sustainability: forestalling risk, increasing operational efficiency, and selling to the environmental niche. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 24 Mar 2015
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Corporate Sustainability: First Evidence on Materiality

    by Mozaffar Khan, George Serafeim & Aaron Yoon

    The relatively new class of corporate investments known as sustainability investments has attracted the attention of firms, institutional investors, academics, and societal advocacy groups. This paper examines in depth how such investments enhance value for shareholders. Results overall show that investments in material sustainability issues can be value-enhancing for shareholders while investments in immaterial sustainability issues have little positive or negative, if any, value implications. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 23 Jan 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

    Re: Richard H.K. Vietor

    Oil producers are in shock, and consumers are shockingly happy. Richard Vietor discusses the geopolitical changes around dropping oil prices—and how long this all might last. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 19 Dec 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature

    Re: William C. Kirby

    Bill Kirby discusses how a historic international accord on reducing environmental emissions might signal a greener future for the world's most populous nation. Open for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 24 Sep 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    The Business of Climate Change

    Re: Multiple Faculty

    What is the role of business and its leaders in creating positive climate change? In the middle of Climate Week, Six Harvard Business School faculty provide different perspectives. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

    • 24 Sep 2014
    • Op-Ed

    The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

    by John Macomber

    How can business leaders cut through the noise and actively address climate change from an economic perspective? John Macomber proposes a list of ABCs. Closed for comment; 0 Comments.

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