Skip to Main Content
HBS Home
  • About
  • Academic Programs
  • Alumni
  • Faculty & Research
  • Baker Library
  • Giving
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Initiatives
  • News
  • Recruit
  • Map / Directions
Business & Environment
  • Blog
  • For Organizations
  • ExEd
  • Videos
  • Other Initiatives
    • Other Initiatives
      • Business History
      • Digital
      • Entrepreneurship
      • Gender
      • Health Care
      • Leadership
      • Social Enterprise
  • About
  • Faculty & Research
  • MBA Experience
  • Alumni
  • Climate Change
  • Podcast
  • …→
  • Harvard Business School→
  • Business & Environment→
  • Faculty & Research→

Faculty & Research

Faculty & Research

Filter Results: (24) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (24) Arrow Down Arrow Up
24 Results
  • 2020
  • Book Chapter

Climate Change Is Going to Transform Where and How We Build

By: John D. Macomber
As fires, floods, and droughts increasingly threaten homes, businesses, and other institutions, climate risk has become financial risk. This implies that homeowners and investors have been making location decisions without properly pricing the cost of potential peril,...
  • 01 May 2020
  • In Practice

COVID-19’s Hard Lessons Might Prepare Business for Climate Change

by Danielle Kost
We asked experts from the HBS Business and Environment Initiative how the coronavirus crisis might change the way companies think about sustainability.
  • 28 Apr 2020
  • Cold Call Podcast

Is the Healthiest Building in the World Worth the Rent?

Re: John D. Macomber
Some people call 425 Park Avenue, New York, the healthiest building in the world. But will tenants pay a premium for better air and environmental friendliness? John Macomber and Joseph Allen discuss their recent case study and new book.
  • 04 Apr 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

by John Macomber
When governments take on a smart city project, it's often the private sector that's left to execute the vision—sometimes at the expense of good public policy. John Macomber proposes a roadmap that considers situation, solution, and sovereignty.
  • April 2016
  • Case

Mars, Inc.: From Candy to Renewable Energy? (A)

By: John Macomber and Sue Yang
  • April 2016
  • Teaching Material

Mars, Inc.: From Candy to Renewable Energy? (B)

By: John Macomber and Sue Yang
  • 2015
  • Book Chapter

Government and the Minimalist Platform: Business at the Kumbh Mela

By: John D. Macomber and Tarun Khanna
India's Kumbh Mela, a religious festival occurring once every 12 years at the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, attracts over 80 million pilgrims to a temporary "pop-up megacity" over the course of two months. A team of faculty and students from five Harvard...
  • 2015
  • Book Chapter

The Role of Multiplier Firms and Megaprojects in Leading Change for Sustainability

By: Amy C. Edmondson, Martine Haas, John D. Macomber and Tiona Zuzul
In both the private and public sectors, organizations around the world face increasingly pressing questions about how to stimulate and manage change for long-term environmental, social, and economic sustainability. The purpose of this chapter is to highlight the roles...
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Research & Ideas

The Business of Climate Change

Re: Multiple Faculty
What is the role of business and its leaders in creating positive climate change? In the middle of Climate Week, Six Harvard Business School faculty provide different perspectives.
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

by John Macomber
How can business leaders cut through the noise and actively address climate change from an economic perspective? John Macomber proposes a list of ABCs.
  • July 2014 (Revised December 2016)
  • Case

EcoMotors International

By: John D. Macomber and Hermes Alvarez
Eco-Motors, funded in part by Khosla Ventures, has to decide how to go to market with a new technology for internal combustion engines for automotive and industrial use. The OPOC engine has opposed pistons and is a two-stroke engine, as compared to a more traditional...
  • January 2014
  • Case

Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor: India's Road to Prosperity?

By: John Macomber and Vidhya Muthuram
The Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) was an ambitious $90 billion infrastructure project covering the 1483-km distance between Delhi and Mumbai. The project would create new industrial townships, high speed freight lines, six-lane expressways, airports, ports...
Load More
Related Faculty
Jose B. Alvarez
Jose B. Alvarez
Marketing
14 results
Tomomichi Amano
Tomomichi Amano
Marketing
2 results
Lynda M. Applegate
Lynda M. Applegate
Entrepreneurial Management, General Management
2 results
Max H. Bazerman
Max H. Bazerman
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
6 results
David E. Bell
David E. Bell
Marketing
15 results
Joseph L. Bower
Joseph L. Bower
3 results
Shawn A. Cole
Shawn A. Cole
Finance
16 results
Amy C. Edmondson
Amy C. Edmondson
Technology and Operations Management
12 results
Vikram Gandhi
Vikram Gandhi
Entrepreneurial Management
18 results
Francesca Gino
Francesca Gino
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
6 results
Ranjay Gulati
Ranjay Gulati
Organizational Behavior, Entrepreneurial Management
2 results
Paul M. Healy
Paul M. Healy
Accounting and Management
3 results
Rebecca M. Henderson
Rebecca M. Henderson
General Management, Strategy
44 results
Nien-he Hsieh
Nien-he Hsieh
General Management
2 results
Geoffrey G. Jones
Geoffrey G. Jones
General Management
23 results
Elizabeth A. Keenan
Elizabeth A. Keenan
Marketing
4 results
Joseph B. Lassiter
Joseph B. Lassiter
36 results
Dutch Leonard
Dutch Leonard
General Management
2 results
John D. Macomber
John D. Macomber
Finance
24 results
Ramana Nanda
Ramana Nanda
Entrepreneurial Management
25 results
Lynn S. Paine
Lynn S. Paine
General Management
10 results
V. Kasturi Rangan
V. Kasturi Rangan
Marketing
5 results
Sophus A. Reinert
Sophus A. Reinert
Business, Government and the International Economy
1 result
Forest L. Reinhardt
Forest L. Reinhardt
Business, Government and the International Economy
47 results
William A. Sahlman
William A. Sahlman
Entrepreneurial Management
9 results
Arthur I Segel
Arthur I Segel
Finance, Entrepreneurial Management
4 results
George Serafeim
George Serafeim
Accounting and Management
102 results
Sandra J. Sucher
Sandra J. Sucher
General Management
1 result
Michael W. Toffel
Michael W. Toffel
Technology and Operations Management
95 results
Brian L. Trelstad
Brian L. Trelstad
General Management
8 results
Richard H.K. Vietor
Richard H.K. Vietor
Business, Government and the International Economy
29 results
Jurgen R. Weiss
Jurgen R. Weiss
Business, Government and the International Economy
13 results
John R. Wells
John R. Wells
Strategy
5 results
Ashley V. Whillans
Ashley V. Whillans
Negotiation, Organizations & Markets
6 results
ǁ
Campus Map
Business & Environment
Harvard Business School
Cotting House 211
Boston, MA 02163
Phone: 1.617.495.6886
Fax: 1.617.495.6791
Email: bei@hbs.edu
→Map & Directions
→More Contact Information
  • Make a Gift
  • Site Map
  • Jobs
  • Harvard University
  • Trademarks
  • Policies
  • Digital Accessibility
Copyright © President & Fellows of Harvard College