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- January 2014 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good?
By: Rebecca Henderson, Raffaella Sadun, Aldo Sesia and Russell Eisenstat
Henry Schein Inc., a distributor of supplies to dentist, physician, and veterinary practices, had sales approaching $9 billion and employed nearly 16,000 people. The company had experienced impressive growth under the leadership of Stanley Bergman and his executive... View Details
Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Strategy Execution;
Performance Management;
Corporate Culture;
Social Responsibility;
Mergers & Acquisitions;
Joint Ventures;
Partnerships;
Health Care Industry;
Healthcare Logistics Industry;
Competitive Advantage;
Strategy;
Leadership;
Global Strategy;
Selection and Staffing;
Management Style;
Organizational Culture;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Health Industry;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry;
China;
Europe;
United States
Henderson, Rebecca, Raffaella Sadun, Aldo Sesia, and Russell Eisenstat. "Henry Schein: Doing Well by Doing Good?" Harvard Business School Case 714-450, January 2014. (Revised January 2014.)
- December 2013 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
Seeding Growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
By: Ray Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Djordjija Petkoski
By 2013, the agricultural sector in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) had long suffered from war, political instability, and dilapidated infrastructure. A country with 75 million inhabitants and the second lowest GDP per capita in the world in 2011, the DRC's...
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Keywords:
National Agricultural Investment Plan (PNIA);
Developing Agriculture;
World Bank;
Poverty Reduction;
Special Economic Zones (SEZs);
Small-scale Farmers;
Agricultural Business Parks;
Agriculture Reform;
Agribusiness;
Economic Growth;
Infrastructure;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Africa;
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
Goldberg, Ray, Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Djordjija Petkoski. "Seeding Growth in the Democratic Republic of the Congo." Harvard Business School Case 914-401, December 2013. (Revised April 2014.)
- 2013
- Working Paper
Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s
By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
This working paper examines the growth of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. German business has been regarded as pioneering corporate environmentalism after World War II. In contrast, this study reveals...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Green Business;
Pollution;
Environmental Sustainability;
Business History;
Chemical Industry;
Germany;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Christina Lubinski. "Historical Origins of Environmental Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s-1980s." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 14-018, August 2013.
- 2013
- Chapter
Beyond Platinum: Making the Case for Titanium Buildings
By: Jock Herron, Amy C. Edmondson and Robert G. Eccles
Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Energy;
Attitudes;
Environmental Sustainability;
Construction Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
United States
Herron, Jock, Amy C. Edmondson, and Robert G. Eccles. "Beyond Platinum: Making the Case for Titanium Buildings." Chap. 4 in Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability, by Rebecca L. Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman, 77–100. MIT Press, 2013.
- Summer 2013
- Article
A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call
By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
One of the challenges companies claim to face in making sustainability a core part of their strategy and operations is that the market does not care about sustainability, either in general or because the time frames in which it matters are too long. The response of...
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Keywords:
Sustainability;
Communication;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Investment;
Environmental Sustainability
Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim. "A Tale of Two Stories: Sustainability and the Quarterly Earnings Call." Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 25, no. 3 (Summer 2013): 66–77.
- July 2013
- Case
Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain
By: Willy Shih and Sen Chai
As the world's largest producer of industrial enzymes, Novozymes had invested heavily for many years to bio-engineer enzymes that could break down cellulose into fermentable sugar. In 2010, the company had launched what it thought would become a breakthrough product... View Details
Keywords:
System Complexity;
Industrial Enzymes;
Ethanol;
Collulosic Ethanol;
Fermentation;
Genomics;
Genetic Engineering;
Value Chain;
Assembling Value Chain;
Energy Sources;
Renewable Energy;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Strategy;
Technological Innovation;
Management;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Industry Growth;
Production;
Research;
Research and Development;
Science;
Genetics;
Natural Environment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Science-Based Business;
Business Strategy;
Commercialization;
Vertical Integration;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Biotechnology Industry;
Energy Industry;
Denmark;
United States
Shih, Willy, and Sen Chai. "Novozymes: Establishing the Cellulosic Ethanol Value Chain." Harvard Business School Case 614-001, July 2013.
- June 2013 (Revised June 2013)
- Teaching Note
Brazil's Enigma: Sustaining Long-Term Growth & Currency Wars
By: Laura Alfaro and Hilary White
Over the past decade, Brazil's future as a leading world economic power appeared certain. An expanding middle class and commodity boom had fueled economic growth, with GDP growth hitting a peak of 7.5% in 2010. However, the high cost of conducting business in Brazil,...
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Keywords:
Exchange Rate;
Inflation;
Inflation Targeting;
Industrialization;
Infrastructure;
Currency;
Capital Controls;
Stimulus;
Commodity Prices;
Manufacturing Costs;
Globalization;
Productivity Growth;
Economics;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Inflation and Deflation;
Macroeconomics;
Public Sector;
Brazil;
South America;
Latin America
- March 2013
- Other Article
Redesigning Primary Care: A Strategic Vision to Improve Value by Organizing Around Patients' Needs
By: Michael E. Porter, Erika A. Pabo and Thomas H. Lee
Primary care in the United States currently struggles to attract new physicians and to garner investments in infrastructure required to meet patients' needs. We believe that the absence of a robust overall strategy for the entire spectrum of primary care is a...
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Keywords:
Health
Porter, Michael E., Erika A. Pabo, and Thomas H. Lee. "Redesigning Primary Care: A Strategic Vision to Improve Value by Organizing Around Patients' Needs." Health Affairs 32, no. 3 (March 2013): 516–525.
- February 2013 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Phu My Hung
By: John Macomber and Dawn H. Lau
Privately held city development promoters decide whether to partner on next phase or go it alone in a 20-year, 4000-acre project. Set outside of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, this decades-long project led by two Taiwanese families reshaped and built the economic...
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Macomber, John, and Dawn H. Lau. "Phu My Hung." Harvard Business School Case 213-098, February 2013. (Revised February 2014.)
- January 8, 2013
- Other Article
Richest Universities Are Too Quiet on Sustainable Investing
By: Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
Eccles, Robert G., and George Serafeim. "Richest Universities Are Too Quiet on Sustainable Investing." Bloomberg.com (January 8, 2013).
- 2013
- Book
Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability
By: Rebecca Henn and Andrew J. Hoffman
Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and...
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Henn, Rebecca, and Andrew J. Hoffman, eds. Constructing Green: The Social Structures of Sustainability. MIT Press, 2013. (Honorable Mention for the 2014 Best Book Award, Organizations and Natural Environment Division, Academy of Management.)
- December 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Olam: On a New Course
By: David E. Bell, Forest Reinhardt and Mary Shelman
From modest beginnings as a cashew trader in Nigeria, Olam, founded by Indian nationals in 1989, has grown into a leading global agricultural trading company, with annual revenues of $14 billion. The company recently has begun investing in farms and in the production...
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Keywords:
Risk Management;
Leadership;
Customer Value and Value Chain;
Corporate Strategy;
Organizational Culture;
Environmental Sustainability;
Expansion;
Competitive Advantage;
Agribusiness;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
Nigeria
Bell, David E., Forest Reinhardt, and Mary Shelman. "Olam: On a New Course." Harvard Business School Case 513-044, December 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- November 30, 2012
- Article
Vast Pools of Money Still Ignore Sustainable Investing
By: Michael Baldinger, Robert G. Eccles and George Serafeim
Keywords:
Sustainability;
Sustainable Strategy;
Investing;
Investment Management;
Investments;
Capital Markets;
Investment
Baldinger, Michael, Robert G. Eccles, and George Serafeim. "Vast Pools of Money Still Ignore Sustainable Investing." Bloomberg.com (November 30, 2012).
- Article
Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco
By: Florencia Devoto, Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, William Pariente and Vincent Pons
Connecting private dwellings to the water main is expensive and typically cannot be publicly financed. We show that households' willingness to pay for a private connection is high when it can be purchased on credit, not because a connection improves health but because...
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Devoto, Florencia, Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, William Pariente, and Vincent Pons. "Happiness on Tap: Piped Water Adoption in Urban Morocco." American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 4, no. 4 (November 2012): 68–99.
- October 2012 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Brazil's Enigma: Sustaining Long-Term Growth
By: Laura Alfaro, Hilary White and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
Over the past decade, Brazil's future as a leading world economic power appeared certain. An expanding middle class and commodity boom had fueled economic growth, with GDP growth hitting a peak of 7.5% in 2010. However, the high cost of conducting business in Brazil,...
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Keywords:
Capital Controls;
Inflation;
Exchange Rates;
Stimulus;
Competitiveness;
Productivity Growth;
Foreign Investment;
Infrastructure;
Inflation and Deflation;
Currency Exchange Rate;
Brazil
Alfaro, Laura, Hilary White, and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason. "Brazil's Enigma: Sustaining Long-Term Growth." Harvard Business School Case 713-040, October 2012. (Revised April 2017.)
- July 2012
- Case
Generation Investment Management
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
Examines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Energy Generation;
Investment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Pollutants;
Welfare;
Financial Services Industry;
India;
United Kingdom
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "Generation Investment Management." Harvard Business School Case 613-002, July 2012.
- June 2012 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China
For the past seven years or so, the Chinese government has been powering ahead with industrial policies to promote low-carbon energy technologies—wind, solar, electric batteries and vehicles, nuclear power, and even carbon capture and sequestration. In 2009, the...
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Keywords:
Energy;
Renewables;
Carbon;
Environment;
Industrial Policy;
Competitiveness;
Environmental Sustainability;
Policy;
Renewable Energy;
Competition;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Energy Industry;
China
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Low-Carbon, Indigenous Innovation in China." Harvard Business School Case 712-061, June 2012. (Revised February 2014.)
- January 2012 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Mexico City Water Shortage
By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar, Griffin H. James and Frederik Nellemann
In this case, a property company, a water privatizer, and municipal engineers explore the causes of and solutions to a severe water shortage in Mexico City, a great global capital. The protagonist is a real estate investor doing due diligence on the magnitude of the...
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Macomber, John D., Regina Garcia-Cuellar, Griffin H. James, and Frederik Nellemann. "Mexico City Water Shortage." Harvard Business School Case 212-044, January 2012. (Revised January 2014.)
- December 2011 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Aviva Investors
By: George Serafeim
The Aviva Investors case describes the challenge of integrating sustainability considerations into the strategy and business practices of companies and into the decision making process of the investment community. Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at...
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Keywords:
Investing;
Investment Management;
Shareholder Activism;
Disclosure;
Stock Exchanges;
Sustainability;
Sustainable Development;
Sustainability Reporting;
ESG;
ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance;
Social Impact;
Activism;
Investment;
Management;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
United Kingdom
Serafeim, George, Robert G. Eccles, and Kyle Armbrester. "Aviva Investors." Harvard Business School Case 112-047, December 2011. (Revised May 2015.)
- September 2011 (Revised February 2013)
- Case
Trucost: Valuing Corporate Environmental Impacts
By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
Trucost provided corporate environmental performance data and analysis to institutional investors and corporate managers, but after operating for a decade had yet to achieve profitability. Trucost was struggling to effectively differentiate its high quality products...
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Keywords:
Competitive Strategy;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Distribution Channels;
Investment;
Measurement and Metrics;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Information;
Value;
Environmental Sustainability;
Financial Services Industry
Toffel, Michael W., and Stephanie van Sice. "Trucost: Valuing Corporate Environmental Impacts." Harvard Business School Case 612-025, September 2011. (Revised February 2013.)