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In early 2019, Randell Johnson, Founder and Chief Executive of Acelerex, was reflecting on the company’s first year of rapid growth and the challenges of scaling the business that lay ahead.
- Topics on: Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy
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In early 2017, Judith Judson (Harvard Business School MBA, 2000), Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), was reflecting on the results of the initiative she had led to identify the contribution advanced electricity storage…
- Topics on: Business Analytics, Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Renewable Energy, Sustainability Reporting and Measurement
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This case describes the history of the United Kingdom’s domestic energy industry and the country’s efforts to create a more competitive, greener, and distributed power sector. On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom government and the industry regulator, the…
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Renewable Energy, Statistics
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Dai Wei and his co-founders grew Beijing-based ofo from a school-based startup to a bike-share behemoth in a matter of months, topped an all-out market-share battle fueled with almost $1 billion in venture capital, provided 2 billion bicycle rides, soaked…
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Operations, Statistics
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It is March 2017, and TPG, a global alternative investment firm with $74 billion assets under management, has recently launched its inaugural impact-investing fund—the $2 billion Rise Fund. In an effort to “take the religion out of impact investing,” Maya…
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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The American shale revolution has upended oil and gas markets for nearly a decade. Prices have risen then plunged, production has surged and then waned, LNG has boomed, and technology and productivity have improved. The U.S. energy policy, under the…
- Topics on: Behavioral Economics, Climate Policy, Climate Sustainability
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This case introduces CEO activism, a phenomenon in which business leaders engage in political or social issues that do not relate directly to their companies. The case uses several examples to describe why business leaders are engaging in CEO activism and…
- Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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Between late 2014 and late 2016, Tesla CEO Elon Musk undertook several major, and risky, initiatives that would dramatically expand the scale and scope of Tesla’s business. In late 2014, Tesla began construction on a $5 billion “gigafactory” that would…
- Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech
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This case asks students to take the perspective of a nuclear energy industry association whose objective is convincing politicians and the public about the merits of its industry. The association is considering whether to approach environmental nongovernmental…
- Topics on: Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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Environmental activist groups have traditionally opposed nuclear energy. However, the growing environmental problems associated with global climate change require major changes to reduce the carbon intensity of electricity generation. Should environmental…
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Renewable Energy, Statistics
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Aaron Jonnerson, vice president of marketing at the automotive division of Avellin, must make marketing mix decisions for the launch of Eco7, a new environmentally-friendly motor oil. The company’s performance has been mediocre, shareholder pressure…
- Topics on: Behavioral Economics, Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Renewable Energy, Statistics
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This case is designed to be used with HBS Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century, HBS No. 315-074.
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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Richard Lancaster, taking over from Andrew Brandler, was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CLP Holdings Ltd., one of the leading power companies in Asia, with operations in China, Southeast Asia, Taiwan, Australia, and India, and an energy portfolio…
- Topics on: Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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The sustainable investing market was a recent phenomenon in the first decade of the 21st century. However, an increasing number of investors began to integrated Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues in investment decisions. At Barclays Capital,…
- Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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John Davidson, a partner at Ware Street Capital (WSC) and a board member at Fast Ion Battery, had just received a phone call from Don Lerner at Bluelock Ventures telling him that Bluelock would not participate in the $5M bridge financing for Fast Ion Battery…
- Topics on: Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team…
- Topics on: Business Analytics, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Operations, Statistics
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Unilever’s new Global Brand VP must not only revitalize Lifebuoy soap’s sagging market performance, but simultaneously impact the health of one billion people worldwide. The latter challenge comes from Unilever’s new CEO who has introduced the Unilever…
- Topics on: Business Analytics, Climate Sustainability, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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The CEO of SafeBlend Technologies must set a price for the company’s environmentally friendly fracturing fluid additive. The firm is negotiating a new contract with its biggest client, Bristol Natural Gas. For the last two years, SafeBlend has been the sole provider…
- Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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The case relates to accounting quality analysis conducted by the leading research firm Center for Financial Research and Analysis (CFRA) on companies in the solar industry with a focus on First Solar Inc. In 2009, CFRA was concerned that First Solar, like much…
- Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics
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John Gilleland, CEO of TerraPower, returned to his office after a lengthy meeting with potential investors. It was October 2012, and TerraPower was in the process of raising a $200M Series C round to finance the ongoing development of its next-generation…
- Topics on: Climate Investing, Climate Tech, Corporate Sustainability Strategy, Statistics