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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
New Urban Order
standardization has been a failure mode for innovation and productivity until recently,” he observes. Yang has spent much of his career in the cleantech industry and is founder and CEO of Liatris, an eco-friendly insulation startup. He...
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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
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
My interest in climate change grew during the RC year and after my summer internship at FirstElement Fuel, a hydrogen cleantech start-up in California. I wanted to know everything that was being discussed in the space. No better...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast MORE For a deeper dive, check out our three-part Skydeck podcast series on carbon capture. Skydeck podcast When the United States Congress passed the Inflation...
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- 01 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate
conversations with people at the company. Not every cleantech startup I talked to had opportunities that were a good fit for an early-career MBA like me; some were too far from commercialization and too focused on solving technical...
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Energy / Cleantech
- 02 Mar 2020
- Blog Post
Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Energy
on Where It Counts Most When discussing recruiting strategy with energy and cleantech companies, Amanda and Phillip find that conversations are generally geared towards informal recruiting. “Some companies may not have the time to be...
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Energy / Cleantech
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
York; and Washington, D.C. Cleantech venture capital Fabienne Herlaut (MBA 1984) Eco Mobilite Partners, SNCF Paris Transportation Craig Huff (MBA 1993) Reservoir Capital Group LLC New York Private equity Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982) General...
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- March 2012
- Case
1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, Ramana Nanda, Evan Richardson and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, Ramana Nanda, Evan Richardson, and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "1366 Technologies: Scaling the Venture (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 812-133, March 2012.
- April 2016
- Supplement
Mars, Inc.: From Candy to Renewable Energy? (B)
By: John Macomber and Sue Yang
Macomber, John, and Sue Yang. "Mars, Inc.: From Candy to Renewable Energy? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 216-073, April 2016.
- March 2024
- Teaching Note
Teaching Note: Transforming a Region: Gothenburg's path from Shipyards to E-Mobility
By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Orjan Solvell
This TN provides guidance on how to leverage the case on Gothenburg's economic evolution and the role of the regional economic development agency in this process. Gothenburg is an old industrial city that has been hit by a number of deep shocks in its history. Its core...
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- Career Coach
Oscar Mak
Prior to joining Toyota Tsusho, Oscar held various cleantech roles, including project development, renewable energy finance, and corporate development for a solar energy technology startup. He has additional experience as a consultant...
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Sustainability Resources for HBS MBAs
network Aspen Institute Business & Society Program Company lists Dow Jones Sustainability Index FTSE4Good Calvert Responsible Index Events/Conferences Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) Cleantech Group Forum...
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- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Earth. This book is an invitation to live in another story, the story of sustainable abundance. Cleantech Sell: The Essential Guide to Selling Resource Efficient Products in the B2B Market by Tony McDonald (MBA 1989) View Details
- March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
- Background Note
Government Policy and Clean-Energy Finance
By: Ramana Nanda, Sanjay Aggarwal and Nilam Ganenthiran
What leads to market failures in finance of clean energy startups? How do different governments approach this issue?
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Nanda, Ramana, Sanjay Aggarwal, and Nilam Ganenthiran. "Government Policy and Clean-Energy Finance." Harvard Business School Background Note 811-026, March 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
- 2015
- Chapter
Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy
By: Ramana Nanda, Ken Younge and Lee Fleming
We document three facts related to innovation and entrepreneurship in renewable energy. Using data from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, we first show that patenting in renewable energy remains highly concentrated in a few large energy firms. In 2009, the top 20...
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Entrepreneurial Finance;
Entrepreneurial Management;
Energy;
Finance;
Entrepreneurship;
Energy Industry
Nanda, Ramana, Ken Younge, and Lee Fleming. "Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy." Chap. 7 in The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy, edited by Adam Jaffe and Benjamin Jones, 199–232. University of Chicago Press, 2015.
- Career Coach
Kamya Jagadish
please send Kamya an email. Full-Time Employment Experience Presidential Innovation Fellow at US Department of Transportation, Lime (data science), Meta (product growth) Internships while at HBS: LA Cleantech Incubator (summer ’23),...
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Kamen Bliznashki
Why is getting a HBS MBA important to you? Coming from an investment banking background, I lacked deep understanding of the larger strategic challenges of clients. I see my HBS experience as an opportunity to broaden and deepen my skill set beyond finance. The focus on...
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- March 2024
- Case
Transforming a Region: Gothenburg’s path from Shipyards to E-Mobility
By: Christian H.M. Ketels and Orjan Solvell
The case profiles the economic development of the Gothenburg region in Western Sweden, and the efforts of the regional economic development agency. During this period the region’s traditionally strong automotive cluster started to transform towards e-mobility...
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Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, And Changes;
Cluster;
Economic Development;
Green Technology;
Economic Growth;
Government and Politics;
Change;
Auto Industry;
Sweden
Ketels, Christian H.M., and Orjan Solvell. "Transforming a Region: Gothenburg’s path from Shipyards to E-Mobility ." Harvard Business School Case 724-403, March 2024.
- 22 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability
I began my HBS admissions application essay with the following sentence: “I aspire to help build organizations that are advancing sustainability and addressing the issue of climate change.” For the past year and a half, I’ve been trying to figure out how to continue...
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Energy / Cleantech
- Career Coach
Joe Blair
Development at FlexEnergy, a venture-backed cleantech startup. Joe was also a participant in a 3-year Engineering Leadership Development Program with Ingersoll Rand, a Fortune 500 industrial technology conglomerate. Joe holds both a BS...
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