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      • 19 Jan 2021
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Engaging Community to Create Proactive, Equitable Public Safety

      Saint Paul, Minnesota Mayor Melvin Carter swept into office in 2018 promising equity. He wanted a new public safety framework that would be rooted in community. Then, with the COVID-19 pandemic wiping out much of the city’s budget and the May 2020 killing of George Floyd by a police officer in neighboring Minneapolis sparking calls to defund the police, how would Mayor Carter make these changes happen? Professor Mitch Weiss discusses the challenges and rewards of “possibility government” in his case, "Community-First Public Safety."  Open for comment; 0 Comment(s) posted.

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      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; 2 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; 1 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; 5 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; 20 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; 2 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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; 4 Comment(s) posted.

      • 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 Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Sep 2014
      • Op-Ed

      We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

      by Joseph Lassiter

      New nuclear power technology could be the miracle we need to combat dangerous carbon emissions, says Joe Lassiter. Closed for comment; 5 Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Sep 2014
      • Op-Ed

      Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change

      by Amy C. Edmondson

      Often depicted as greedy and shortsighted, business leaders face a crucial opportunity on the issue of climate change to change that perception, says Amy Edmondson. Closed for comment; 1 Comment(s) posted.

      • 24 Sep 2014
      • Op-Ed

      The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

      by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler

      History will judge CEOs not just on their stewardship of firm growth, but also on whether they effectively used their clout to address one of the greatest societal challenges of our time, say Michael Toffel and Auden Schendler. Closed for comment; 3 Comment(s) posted.

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