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Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage
By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein
In the transition to decarbonized energy systems, Power-to-Gas (PtG) processes have the potential to connect the existing markets for electricity and hydrogen. Specifically, reversible PtG systems can convert electricity to hydrogen at times of ample power supply, yet... View Details
Keywords: Decarbonization; Energy Storage; Renewable Energy; Batteries; Carbon Emissions; Green Hydrogen; Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Energy; Environmental Accounting; Environmental Management; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology; Decision Making; Investment; Operations; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Europe; North America; South America; Africa; Asia
Glenk, Gunther, and Stefan Reichelstein. "Reversible Power-to-Gas Systems for Energy Conversion and Storage." Art. 2010. Nature Communications 13 (2022).
- 01 Jul 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Lesson for Startups? Success Takes More Than Technology
These companies need to maximize the utilization rate of their assets. Airbnb doesn't have any of these assets. By the nature of its platform, the company can go into new aspects of the customer value chain without putting much money up... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should More Transparency Extend to Education for Management?
. . Before revealing grades, academics should reveal the utility of grades!" Deepak Alse commented: "Accountability and transparency have no areas for exceptions. Real learning cannot happen in the absence of these two factors.... View Details
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
Do Super Stretch Goals Require More Commitment Than a Large Organization Can Muster? Youth of an organization or its members is not the primary determinant of whether an organization successfully utilizes super stretch goals. The majority... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 11 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Paradoxical Quest to Make Food Look 'Natural' With Artificial Dyes
of dye When synthetic dyes first hit the market, there was not yet any federal or state regulation of food coloring techniques in the United States. As a result, more than 80 substances were utilized to dye food, and some of those... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 14, 2015
include various types of the most frequently utilized marketing instruments: two forms of advertising-candidate's own and outside advertising, and two forms of personal selling-retail campaigning and field operations. Although... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17
Harvard Business School Case 914-011 Progress Energy and Duke Energy (A) Just as Duke Energy and Progress Energy announce their merger-forming the largest utility company in the United States, to be led by the current Progress CEO-a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Jan 2014
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First Look: January 21
provide. The provision and disclosure of information presents tradeoffs for all market participants. Consumers benefit from providing information to the firm, as this increases the utility they derive from the service, but they incur... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2013
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First Look: April 23
this increases the utility they derive from the service, but they incur disutility from information disclosure. This, in turn, benefits the firm providing an additional source of revenue but reduces consumer demand for the service. We... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- 30 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
Use the Psychology of Pricing To Keep Customers Returning
decrease, allowing the club to increase the number of memberships it offers. Q: What do you think of price-optimization software? Can software effectively gauge the market and maximize profit margins? What would you recommend to business managers who are considering... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney
- 05 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017
creating opportunities for norm reinforcement. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52457 Strategy-Proofness of Worker-Optimal Matching with Continuously Transferable Utility By: Jagadeesan, Ravi, Scott Duke... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2011
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First Look: August 9
have been creatively implemented in the U.S. and elsewhere to transplant paired donors, each method uniquely contributing to the success of KPD. As the paired donor pool grows, the problem of determining allocation strategies that maximize equity and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
Similarly, senior management in any type of firm can consciously or unconsciously fail to utilize the formal mechanisms that facilitate speaking up. In fact, much of our research has been conducted in settings that don't fit the... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
XTV: Xerox’s Attempted Recovery From “Fumbling the Future”
in the book, were overwhelmed by Xerox's mismanagement of the computer applications for its technology. In response to the criticism set forth by the two authors, who were consultants for McKinsey, Xerox decided to improve its ability to profit from technology that was... View Details
Keywords: by Henry Chesbrough
- 01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1
that can be performed. We argue that Natural Language Processing (NLP) can be used to improve the effectiveness of inspections by allowing cities to target restaurants that are most likely to have a hygiene violation. In this work, we report the first empirical study... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20
number that maximizes joint utility); (ii) an equilibrium selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Dec 2012
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First Look: December 4
selection problem (consumption complementarities often lead to multiple equilibria, which result in different utility levels for the users); and (iii) a coordination problem (lacking perfect foresight, it is unlikely that users will end... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
Today we might point to Heinz and Noble's skill in exploiting economies of scope, in developing additional goods that utilized existing inputs and organizational capabilities. 48 But neither man thought in theoretical terms about what he... View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 22 Mar 2016
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March 22, 2016
Prashant Srivastava, Evive's Chief Operating Officer, and Jennifer Lindner, Evive's Creative Director, as they design a messaging strategy for promoting influenza vaccination at the free workplace clinics of a large utility company.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne