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• Article | Journal of Modern History

  Northern Lights: Political Economy and the Terroir of the Norwegian Enlightenment

  Sophus A. Reinert

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  Reinert, Sophus A. "Northern Lights: Political Economy and the Terroir of the Norwegian Enlightenment." Journal of Modern History 92, no. 1 (March 2020): 76–115.  View Details

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• Background Note | HBS Case Collection | January 2020

  Climate Change in 2020: Implications for Business

  Rebecca M. Henderson, Sophus A. Reinert and Mariana Oseguera

  This note provides general information about climate change and its implications for business. Included is an overview of climate change science and a number of its impacts, including rising sea levels, changing weather patterns and extreme weather, pressure on water and food, political and security risks, human health risks, and impact on wildlife and ecosystems. Next, responses to climate change are outlined, including improvements in energy efficiency, moving away from fossil fuels, changes in land use and agriculture practices, and geoengineering. The note concludes with the debate over how much should be spent to mitigate and adapt to climate change, who should pay, and the implications for the private sector.

  Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Accounting; Agribusiness; Economic Growth; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Globalized Markets and Industries; National Security; Government Legislation; Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Natural Disasters; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Science-Based Business; Weather; Society; Technology;

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  Henderson, Rebecca M., Sophus A. Reinert, and Mariana Oseguera. "Climate Change in 2020: Implications for Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 320-087, January 2020. (Click here for a complimentary copy on the Business & Environment Initiative’s site.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2015 (Revised October 2019)

  The Great Divergence: Europe and Modern Economic Growth

  Sophus A. Reinert

  The continent of Europe seemed in the spring of 2015 to be in a weaker position relative to other world regions than it had in centuries. Though comparatively small, it had long played a disproportionate role in world history, to the extent that the modern world system of states itself in large parts had been created in the wake of European imperialism. This case examines the deep history of Europe’s so-called “Great Divergence,” the means by which it achieved “modern economic growth” and conquered large parts of the known world, and the consequences of this moment for the past, present, and future of capitalism.

  Keywords: The Great Divergence; Modern Economic Growth; globalization; Empire; Disruption; Economic Growth; Values and Beliefs; History; Globalization; Europe;

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  Reinert, Sophus A. "The Great Divergence: Europe and Modern Economic Growth." Harvard Business School Case 715-039, April 2015. (Revised October 2019.)  View Details

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