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    Ross S. Sterling

    Using proceeds from his feed store business, Sterling began investing in oil wells in 1909. Forming Humble Oil with several other astute oil businessmen, Sterling led his company through a strong expansion period, during which the company’s capitalization grew... View Details
    Keywords: Utilities & Energy

      William L. Mellon

      Under Mellon’s management, the firm became a pioneer on several fronts. He opened the nation’s first service stations in 1913 became and expanded into international oil exploration. By the mid-1920s, Gulf’s refinery at Port Arthur, Texas, was the largest in the world.... View Details
      Keywords: Utilities & Energy

        Kenneth S. Adams

        Adams climbed the ranks at Phillips Petroleum, beginning as a clerk in the warehouse division. In 1938, when Adams became president, Phillips Petroleum had a gross income of $78 million with 8,000 employees. When Adams retired from that office, Phillips had become the... View Details
        Keywords: Utilities & Energy

          Armand Hammer

          Hammer expanded Occidental Oil from a tiny, near-bankrupt California oil firm into one of the “Big Oil” companies - turning it into a conglomerate, beginning with the acquisition of an oil concession from Libya. Hammer was also instrumental in initiating trade between... View Details
          Keywords: Utilities & Energy

            Jean Paul Getty

            After accumulating a one-third interest in Getty Oil Company, Getty negotiated for a controlling interest in the company after the death of his father. Getty went on to merge Tidewater Oil Company, Skelly Oil Company, and the Missouri Oil Company into Getty Oil, which... View Details
            Keywords: Utilities & Energy

              Otto D. Donnell

              When Donnell took over the presidency of Ohio Oil in 1927, the company had over $104 million in assets with $7 million in net profits. Donnell began a program of expansion in 1930, purchasing various oil companies and service stations. By 1948, Donnell had nearly... View Details
              Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                Joshua S. Cosden

                Known as the “prince of petroleum,” Cosden is credited with establishing Oklahoma as a major oil producing state. Starting with a small parcel of land, he built a $35 million oil business in ten short years. Through his oil discoveries and exploration, he almost... View Details
                Keywords: Utilities & Energy
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                Global Industry Bubble Watch - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

                Data Global Industry Bubble Watch Download Data Set in Excel View Sector: Consumer Discretionary Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials Healthcare Industrials Information Technology Materials Real Estate Telecommunication Services View Details
                • 23 Aug 2022

                From Travel & Hospitality to HBS

                Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the Travel & Hospitality Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they plan to utilize... View Details
                • Fast Answer

                Hospitals: statistics (US)

                Prevention: Hospital Utilization Statista - quick statistics and articles on the topic Additional resources: National Center for Health Statistics website provides list of surveys.  ahd.com - Provides links to some free... View Details
                • January 1996
                • Teaching Note

                Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A) and (B) TN

                By: Benjamin C. Esty
                Teaching Note for (9-295-059) and (9-295-106). View Details
                Keywords: Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Florida
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                • Working Paper

                Electrification to Grow Manufacturing? Evidence from Mini-Grids in Nepal

                By: Robyn C. Meeks, Hope F. Thompson and Zhenxuan Wang
                Firms in developing countries often identify electricity as a major constraint to operations. Decentralized renewable energy sources could help alleviate these constraints. We investigate whether electrification in Nepal -- via microhydro plants and their mini-grids --... View Details
                Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Renewable Energy; Infrastructure; Economic Growth; Employment; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry
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                • December 2010
                • Supplement

                Urban Water Partners (A) Spreadsheet Solutions (CW)

                By: Karthik Ramanna and George Serafeim
                Teaching Note for Spreadsheet (111701). View Details
                Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Dar es Salaam
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                • December 1993 (Revised April 1995)
                • Case

                Hydro-Quebec: Developing Grande Baleine

                By: Richard H.K. Vietor
                Keywords: Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Canada
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                • September 2022 (Revised February 2023)
                • Case

                EnergyNow: Powering a New Market

                By: Alexander MacKay and James Barnett
                In August 2022, EnergyNow co-founder and CEO Stuart MacWilliam (MBA 2015) considers the company strategy for building solar panels to provide power in South Africa’s recently deregulated energy market. View Details
                Keywords: Business Ventures; Development Economics; Energy; Alternative Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Management; Ethics; Geography; Government and Politics; Energy Policy; Law; Management; Markets; Market Timing; Operations; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; South Africa
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                • February 2015 (Revised March 2016)
                • Case

                China Shenhua Energy Company

                By: Forest L. Reinhardt, G. A. Donovan and Keith Chi-ho Wong
                A leading Chinese energy firm, active in coal mining and electric power generation, analyzes coal-to-liquids technology in light of energy security and environmental concerns. View Details
                Keywords: Environment; China; CO2; Coal Mining; Electricity; Sustainability; Energy; Strategy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Environmental Sustainability; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; China; Asia
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                • 01 Sep 2015
                • News

                An Unconventional Suggestion

                © Alexandra Hootnick/zumapress.com The United States needs to find a “rational middle” ground on the topic of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, says Professor Michael Porter. In a report released this summer, America’s Unconventional Energy Opportunity, Porter and his... View Details
                Keywords: April White; Utilities; Utilities
                • 01 Jun 2001
                • News

                But It's All Right Now (In Fact, It's a Gas)

                In 1978, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal in Boston Harbor was unceremoniously shut down because of contract disputes with its Algerian suppliers. In 1987, the terminal’s owner, Cabot Corp., tapped Gordon Shearer (MBA ’78), “a determined geophysicist... View Details
                Keywords: Utilities; Utilities
                • 26 Apr 2022

                From Retail to Harvard Business School

                Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the Retail Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they plan to utilize their MBA! If... View Details
                • 16 May 2016
                • Blog Post

                Career Resources for International Students

                they are going to utilize different approaches to the job search. At HBS, there are two primary types of searches. One, the “formal” recruiting process, involves interviewing with organizations that come to campus during our dedicated... View Details