Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 17, 2016

degrees Celsius, all countries — rich and poor — need to rapidly transition to a low-carbon economy powered by renewable energy. M-PESA is now enabling other disruptive business models in sectors like energy. Climate change is a clear and present danger to all of humanity. To keep the rise of global temperatures below 1.5

Cost 8

Cost Globalization Innovation Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2016

I’m talking about the superconsumers who are inside your organization, working at every level: the fashionista who works in the mail room at the headquarters of an apparel company, or the finance manager who works for a pork brand and who eats three pounds of bacon in any given week. Unlocking Energy.

Airlines 8

Airlines Energy Self-aware Learning Curve 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

In 2012, Congress gave the FAA until 2015 to develop rules for military, commercial, and privately-owned drones to operate in U.S. Well, 2015 has now arrived, and earlier this month, investors, entrepreneurs, and other drone supporters gave two cheers when the agency at last released a draft of its proposed regulations.

Transportation 8

Transportation Proposal Technology Press Release 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2016

But Vanguard’s robo-advisor platform hit the ground running in its May 2015 debut and by the end of the year had $31.1 The company’s 136-year journey has taken it from power through transportation, appliances, health care, finance, media, and industry leaps.

Innovation 8

Innovation Company Transportation Software 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

For further evidence of this, we examined the 2015 S&P 1500 Index , a mix of small-, medium-, and large-cap stocks, and separated the index based on industry sector according to FactSet’s industry classification. In the lower left are builders, which include industries such as utilities, energy, transportation, and retail.

Company 8

Company Intangible Assets Business Model Supply Chain 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 6, 2016

For example, in 2015, Maersk and MSC, the world’s two largest liner shipping companies, established 2M, a 10-year vessel sharing agreement covering 193 vessels. For example, the global energy player ENGIE and its local partners apply it in the independent power production business in the Middle East.

Co-Opetition 8

Co-Opetition Operations Cost Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 5, 2016

sanctions are delaying these projects being financed. of government revenue was derived from energy in the first half of FY 16. French automaker Renault has taken advantage of sanctions relief, assembling nearly 15,000 cars between January and April, a sevenfold increase from the same period in 2015. However, remaining U.S.

Tourism 8

Tourism Banking Due Diligence Hotels 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 28, 2015

A preview of this is the Enron email archive, containing about one-half million e-mails from 150 senior managers of Enron, which was made public by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during its investigations and subsequently cleaned and shared by researchers.

Management 8

Management Retail Construction Ethics 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 15, 2016

The wealthy can now install large high-power solar energy systems that produce enough energy to meet their needs for an entire year. Even families without the up-front capital can rely on zero-money-down financing programs , like those offered by Solar City and other solar lease providers. solar in 2015.

Technology 8

Technology Energy System Cost 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2017

We introduced the Digital Evolution Index in HBR in 2015 to trace the emergence of a “digital planet,” how physical interactions — in communications, social and political exchange, commerce, media and entertainment — are being displaced by digitally mediated ones. Today’s Digital Landscape. Innovation and change.

Innovation 8

Innovation Policies Technology Politics 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Although many past forecasts for electric-car adoption have missed the mark — China, for instance, will probably fall short of having 500,000 electric cars on the road by 2015 — Musk is betting heavily on the rapid rise of battery-powered vehicles. That’s four times the number of electric cars sold globally last year.

Short-term 8

Short-term Mass Marketing Long-term Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 27, 2015

The energy, finance, and technology sectors tend to tweet using a male-biased tone of voice. Active is defined as having made at least five tweets during the sampling periods, which were randomly selected multi-hour windows in March 2015. The algorithm is able to infer gender based on language.

Company 8

Company Airlines Brand Analysis 8

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 31, 2016

In 2013, Johnson Controls invited developers to help them build Panoptix, an energy efficiency platform for buildings and office space. But by early 2015 they stopped accepting new submissions to their open market and discontinued their API support for external developers.

Participative 8

Participative Software Market Penetration Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 20, 2017

In 2015 real GDP per capita was $56,000 in the United States. has a more developed system of equity finance than the countries of Europe, including angel investors willing to finance startups and a very active venture capital market that helps finance the growth of those firms. In short, the U.S. Although U.S.

Decentralization 15

Decentralization GDP Finance Incentives 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 19, 2014

Second, a new coalition representing many of the world’s largest companies launched in September under the name We Mean Business and issued its own powerful study , offering substantial evidence of the direct business value of investing in low-carbon tech and energy efficiency. Financing the clean economy. Unilever U.S.

Chemicals 13

Chemicals Short-term Energy Report 13

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 22, 2017

The fraction of global manufacturing done in Asia (measured by value added) jumped from 29% in 2000 to 45% in 2015. supply base: The United States suffered a net loss of nearly 19,000 manufacturing firms between 2001 and 2015, according to our analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau data.

Supply Chain 10

Supply Chain Chemicals Uncertainty Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 28, 2015

A compelling vision of a better future needs to be communicated in a way that creates energy and motivation. When I spoke to Glenn about his leadership style and what he learned as president and chief executive from 2000 to 2015, several things stood out. million people. First is staying power.

Health Care 8

Health Care System Telecommunications Quality 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 3, 2015

Also prominent in this sector are social movements, for example the Salt March that eventually led to Indian independence, and the social initiatives that are driving so many constructive changes these days, from the Grameen Bank for the micro-financing of the poor to the Khan Academy for the extension of free education.

Cooper 8

Cooper Politics Globalization Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 2, 2017

In 2015 and 2016, we witnessed dozens of CEOs speaking up against anti-LGBT laws in a handful of states such as Indiana , Georgia , and North Carolina. The finance sector has also been active in responding on all five occasions. Various energy sector CEOs (e.g., Most of these CEOs have been based in the U.S.,

CEO 8

CEO Travel Letter Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2015

Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens wrote in the Citizens United campaign finance decision that “Business corporations must engage the political process in instrumental terms if they are to maximize shareholder value.” Experts predict it will surge even more in 2015-2016. Consider what Aetna faced in 2012.

Politics 8

Politics Committee CPA Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2016

Boards of companies operating in the consumer discretionary industry have a disproportionately high representation of Democrats, while boards operating in the industrials and energy and utilities industries skew more Republican. Both Republicans and Democrats say the most effective board committee is audit/finance.

Politics 8

Politics Committee Telecommunications Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 6, 2017

However, by subsidizing the shift to green energy, richer blue states can make the eventual transition easier for fossil-fuel-dependent red states. greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2007, and by 2015 had declined by 10%. Together, such policies would encourage energy-efficient cars and buildings and cleaner power generation.

Energy 8

Energy Transportation Policies Politics 8