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Have a Real Impact; Keep Your Day Job

Harvard Business Review

The men and women who choose this path have diverse expertise and job responsibilities: marketing, leadership development, communications, operations, new business development, purchasing. James is using his expertise as a chemical engineer to develop new business models for base-of-the-pyramid consumers.

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Top 10 Green Business Stories of 2011

Harvard Business Review

The extreme weather seriously disrupted coal production , one of the most important economic engines in the country. In a similar vein, Dow Chemical launched a 5-year, $10 million partnership with The Nature Conservancy to "value nature" (so called "ecosystem services") as an input into their businesses.