#AsktheProfessor, questions about the future of the planet

#AsktheProfessor

Answers to the most important challenges for the future of the planet from professors at some of the world’s top universities

What does ‘energy transition’ mean? Why is the circular economy important? What is ‘Open Innovation’? There are many questions being asked about the most important challenges of our time. These questions about the future of our planet often have complex and very intricate answers. In this series of videos, we interviewed professors at some of the world’s top universities. Their answers? Simple, brief and understandable to everyone.

Michael A. Mehling

Deputy Director Center for Energy and Enviromental Policy Research

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States of America

01:20

What role can international multilateral negotiations play in lowering greenhouse gas emissions?

01:07

How does Article 6 relate to carbon market mechanisms?

01:10

Can you briefly summarize the paper’s main messages?

For more information, download the case study by MIT (the Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and the Enel Foundation.

Nicolò Sartori

Senior Researcher

Enel Foundation, Italy

01:04

Robert G Eccles

Visiting Professor of Management Practice

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

01:18

Colin Mayer CBE

Peter Moores Professor of Management Studies

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

00:30

How can a company convert a goal into a strategy?

00:57

How can we create the Economics of Mutuality?

For more information, download the University of Oxford Saïd Business School case study.

Judith Stroehle

Senior Research Fellow

University of Oxford, United Kingdom

00:53

Mark Kramer

Senior Lecturer of Business Administration

Harvard Business School, United States of America

00:43

What’s an example of how energy consumers are becoming energy producers?

01:07

Shaping a better future for the planet. What is the role of utilities?

For more information, download the Harvard Business School case study.

Julian Birkinshaw

Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, Faculty Director for Executive Education

London Business School, United Kingdom

00:35

What is a Circular Economy, in one sentence?

00:41

What effects can an Open Innovation approach have on business?

For more information, download the London Business School case study.

Henry Chesbrough

Adjunct Professor and Faculty Director, Garwood Center for Corporate Innovation

Haas School of Business at the University of California, Berkeley, United States of America

00:54

What’s an example of how energy consumers are becoming energy producers?

01:12

What lessons can be learnt from Enel’s digital transformation?

For more information, download the Haas School of Business at the University of California case studies on Enel and Enel X.

Felipe Monteiro

Senior Affiliate Professor of Strategy

INSEAD, France

00:43