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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
Image by Digital Art/Corbis Related Links Listen to a podcast of Professors Rawi Abdelal, Forest Reinhardt, and Richard Vietor discussing the future of energy The catch-all “green” category covers a range of industries, from wind and solar View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership
Corporations are facing great uncertainty. For the world to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the United States eventually will have to put a price on carbon dioxide emissions, as has been done by Europe, parts of Canada, and California. To plan for the...
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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment
instead, emitting fewer GHGs. [45] Water Consumption Industry accounts for about 20% of global water usage, the second highest usage after agriculture. [46] Except when powered by renewable or nuclear...
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3 Technologies that Will Change the World in the Next Decade - Course Catalog
as electricity, nuclear power and computing? What commercial opportunities and risks will they create for business leaders? What ethical choices will they force business leaders to confront? In November...
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- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
panelists were collectively bullish on solar energy, electric drive technology that powers hybrid and electric cars, and biofuels (including ethanol). By contrast, they were cautiously optimistic about clean coal, View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
HBS Faculty Explore Ideas Around the World
Professor Geoffrey Jones, a passionate advocate of the power of history to inform the next generation of business leaders, has answered this challenge with the Creating Emerging Markets project. Jones, the Isidor Straus Professor of...
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- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
global CO2 emissions. They also remain the hubs and engines for the world’s economic, political, cultural, and social development. Fortunately, because of their legislative power to regulate buildings, density, energy use, and...
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- 01 Oct 2021
- News
Marking 10-Year Connection with Japanese Earthquake Region
service-oriented learning trip to Tōhoku, a region devastated by the 2011 Great East Japan earthquake, tsunami, and Fukushima nuclear explosion. It launched what would become an annual Immersive Field Course (IFC) in Japan. When the...
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- 14 Dec 2015
- News
A Leader’s Call to Action
leadership has become a personal and professional mission for Nick, who was coaxed out of retirement last year to take a new post as president and CEO of Dairyland Power Cooperative, a multisource energy provider made up of 25 local...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A U.S. Turnaround?
from fossil fuels to alternative sources of energy. We will need to finance research in technology innovation and biotechnology, including stem cell research. We will need to generate most of our electricity using nuclear fuel. We will...
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- 10 May 2017
- Research & Ideas
Amazon Web Services Changed the Way VCs Fund Startups
editing in biotech, 3D printing has allowed for rapid prototyping for hardware startups, and reusable rockets have brought down the cost to build and launch a small satellite to under a million dollars. “And we often see advances in one area View Details
- 28 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day Reflections
growing, but not fast enough. Nuclear power should be part of the answer, although these facilities are very expensive to build—$6-8 billion for a thousand megawatt plant—and the disposal of View Details
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- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
that of rigorous enforcer of management-science principles, could coexist with a more personable side, softened by the glow of Camelot. Decisions and policies had to be made regarding history-shaping issues such as the nuclear arms race,...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2017
tells her full story for the first time. Where Past Meets Present: The Amazing People, Places & Stories of Southern Oregon by Dennis Powers (MBA 1969) (Hellgate Press) Powers has collected 140 stories about...
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- 14 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 14
partner with a government and/or form a joint venture with an existing nuclear power player. Reliance Industries as an investor in TerraPower could provide an entry point into the fast growing Indian market....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
can TV advertising remain an effective means of promoting and selling products and services? In this article, the author draws upon his research to argue that TV advertising remains a powerful vehicle for capturing people's attention,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
- First Look
First Look: December 4
to expressing powerful insights simply, concisely, and memorably led to the remarkable influence of Getting to Yes, which has sold over eight million copies and has spawned endless academic and popular offshoots. While the most familiar...
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Carmen Nobel
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
contends that policy makers more often reacted to political motives and pressure from business interests, while couching their actions in green language. In fact, government activities such as electrification of rural America and large-scale investment in View Details
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
develop 25 gigawatts of solar power by 2025. “It takes empathy to do this work, to work with different stakeholders and make sure they are heard. The work is very challenging, complicated and sometimes frustrating. But the tangible...
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- 25 Jun 2014
- News
A Man on a Mission
the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and in 1968, his entry to NASA, which early on sent him to the University of Michigan for a doctorate in radiation physics. Even as he rose through the ranks at the space agency, Earls' scientific...
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