As an MBA student at HBS, you will prepare yourself for leadership in a rapidly changing world in which natural resources are increasingly scarce and the threat of climate change ever more urgent.
Disrupting the Waste Industry with Technology
- 06 APR 2021
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- Cold Call Podcast
Rubicon began with a bold idea: create a cloud-based, full-service waste management platform, providing efficient service anywhere in the US. Their mobile app did for waste management what Uber had done for taxi service. Five years after the case’s publication, Harvard Business School Associate Professor Shai Bernstein and Rubicon founder and CEO Nate Morris discuss how the software startup leveraged technology to disrupt the waste industry and other enduring lessons of professor Bill Sahlman’s case about Rubicon.
Accounting for Product Impact in the Telecommunications Industry
- 2021
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- Working Paper
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the telecommunications industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of network efficiency, rural service provision, and connectivity, among other factors. Our results indicate substantial differences in the impact that competitors have through their products. These differences demonstrate how impact reflects corporate strategy and informs decision-making on industry-specific areas, including service provision geographies.
Accounting for Product Impact in the Water Utilities Industry
- 2021
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- Working Paper
We apply the product impact measurement framework of the Impact-Weighted Accounts Initiative (IWAI) in two competitor companies within the water utilities industry. We design a monetization methodology that allows us to calculate monetary impact estimates of water leakages and disruptions and contaminants, among other factors. Our results indicate substantial differences in the impact that competitors have through their products. These differences demonstrate how impact reflects corporate strategy and informs decision-making on industry-specific areas, including infrastructure investment choices.
Deregulation, Market Power, and Prices: Evidence from the Electricity Sector
- 2021
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- Working Paper
When deciding whether to introduce market-based prices into a regulated market, a regulator faces the following tradeoff: profit incentives may reduce costs through the more efficient allocation of resources, but the presence of market power may lead to increased markups. We use a detailed dataset on electricity transactions to investigate the impact of market-based deregulation in the context of the U.S. electricity sector. We find that the increase in markups dominates despite modest efficiency gains, leading to higher prices to consumers. Deregulation does not necessarily lead to lower prices to consumers. A consumer-oriented regulator may prefer to regulate rates to be consumer friendly, rather than let prices be subject to market power.
Bringing Scale Capital to Climate Game-Changers: David Crane, Climate Real Impact Solutions SPAC
- 08 APR 2021
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- Climate Rising
David Crane tried to lead the NRG utility to transition from fossil fuel energy sources,
but was ousted in 2015. He shares his lessons learned, reflects on what’s changed
since then, and describes his newest venture raising funds for a climate-tech SPAC.
David Crane tried to lead the NRG utility to transition from fossil fuel energy sources,
but was ousted in 2015. He shares his lessons learned, reflects on what’s changed
since then, and describes his newest venture raising funds for a climate-tech SPAC.
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Disrupting the Waste Management Industry with Technology
- 06 Apr 2021
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- Cold Call
Celebrate Earth Day all April with HBS Earthfest 2021!—Green Team Newsletter
- 06 Apr 2021
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- Harvard Business School
