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Accounting for Product Impact in the Airlines Industry
- 11 JAN 2021
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- Working Paper Summaries
A systematic methodology for measuring product impact can be applied across a range of industries. Examining two competitor companies in the airlines industry, this study finds that analyzing each dimension of product impact allows for deeper understanding of each company’s business strategies.
The ESG-Innovation Disconnect: Evidence from Green Patenting
- 05 JAN 2021
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- Working Paper Summaries
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.
PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy
- DECEMBER 2020
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- Case
In early 2020, the California-based utility PG&E filed a second amended plan of reorganization. PG&E had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the face of more than $30 billion of legal claims brought against it for its alleged role in causing California wildfires. The plan had the support of key creditors and shareholders and a court-appointed committee representing the wildfire victims. However, it faced strong opposition from California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, who was concerned that PG&E’s plan would leave it too highly leveraged, and unable to make necessary investments. Were Newsom’s concerns valid ones? Did the plan as currently envisioned leave the reorganized PG&E with too much debt to meet its obligations to the wildfire victims while still making the necessary investments to update its equipment? And was PG&E prepared for the new reality of climate change?
Accounting for Product Impact in the Consumer Finance Industry
- 24 NOV 2020
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- Working Paper Summaries
A framework and method for measuring and monetizing product impact across industries, applying it to two competitors in the consumer finance space.
Financial Regulation and Climate Risk Management
- 07 JUL 2020
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- Climate Rising
Explore different approaches to modeling and managing climate risk from the vantage
points of industry leaders Robert Litterman, a seasoned risk management expert; Nushin
Kormi, a specialist in sustainable finance; and Kevin Stiroh, a financial regulator.
The discussion, moderated by Professor Ramana Nanda, focuses on the concept of transition
risk—the potential consequences if climate regulations are imposed gradually or suddenly—and
investment strategies to prepare for and mitigate this risk. This is one of 4 new
episodes this summer based on live content from the Harvard Business School Climate
Risk conference held earlier in 2020.
Explore different approaches to modeling and managing climate risk from the vantage
points of industry leaders Robert Litterman, a seasoned risk management expert; Nushin
Kormi, a specialist in sustainable finance; and Kevin Stiroh, a financial regulator.
The discussion, moderated by Professor Ramana Nanda, focuses on the concept of transition
risk—the potential consequences if climate regulations are imposed gradually or suddenly—and
investment strategies to prepare for and mitigate this risk. This is one of 4 new
episodes this summer based on live content from the Harvard Business School Climate
Risk conference held earlier in 2020.
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US election: What it means for climate change and ESG
Re: Vikram Gandhi
- 18 Nov 2020
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- Financial Times
Building a Just and Climate-Ready Economy in a Post-COVID World
- 02 Oct 2020
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- Harvard Business School