Faculty & Research
Faculty & Research
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- February 2022
- Teaching Material
Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Michael Norris
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- February 2021
- Cases with Notes
Yellow Digital Retailers: Providing Solar Electricity to Transform Rural Africa
By: Lynda M. Applegate, Frank V. Cespedes and Michael Norris
In 2020, Mike Heyink and Maya Stewart, co-founders of the Pay-as-you-Go Solar company Yellow were considering how to grow their startup. They had achieved some success in their first market, Malawi, and had recently entered Uganda, where business was slower. What did...
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- August 2020
- Case
Chesapeake Conservancy: Democratizing Data to Protect 30% of the Planet by 2030
By: Lynda M. Applegate and Ankita Panda
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- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
by Danielle Kost
Millions of people have been harmed by cigarettes, defective merchandise, pollution, addiction and other business by-products. now, pioneering companies are exploring healthier ways to operate, say Amy C. Edmondson and Dr. Howard K. Koh.
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- 19 Jun 2018
- Research Event
Has Environmental Sustainability Lost its Relevance?
by Geoffrey G. Jones
Companies have thought for decades about business-focused solutions to fix the deteriorating environment. But judging by continually rising waters and temperatures, we may need a rethink about what sustainability means, suggest participants at a recent conference at...
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- January 2016
- Cases with Notes
Open Innovation at Fujitsu (A)
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
This case study examines the open innovation journey at Fujitsu, a global information and communication technology company. The case ends with the location decision between Tokyo, Japan, downtown San Francisco or Sunnyvale, California, regarding establishing a small...
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- January 2016
- Case
Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain
By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey
This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the...
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- 2015
- Book Chapter
The Role of Multiplier Firms and Megaprojects in Leading Change for Sustainability
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...
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- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
by Amy C. Edmondson
Often depicted as greedy and shortsighted, business leaders face a crucial opportunity on the issue of climate change to change that perception, says Amy Edmondson.
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- 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.
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- 2013
- Book Chapter
Beyond Platinum: Making the Case for Titanium Buildings
By: Jock Herron, Amy C. Edmondson and Robert G. Eccles
Buildings are the nation's greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all our energy is used for heating, cooling, lighting, and powering machines and devices in buildings. And despite decades of investment in green construction technologies, residential and...
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