Publications

October 2015 (Revised January 2017)
Case

UPower Technologies Inc.

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and Liz Kind

The UPower founders, Jake DeWitte and Caroline Cochran, were recent graduates from MIT's Nuclear Science and Engineering Department. They chose to attend Palo Alto–based Y Combinator's accelerator program to focus on building a "mini" nuclear reactor that would produce... View Details

Keywords: Nuclear; Nuclear Energy; Nuclear Power; Energy Markets; New Nuclear; Entrepreneurial Finance; Entrepreneurial Marketing; Business ＆ Government Relations; Off-grid; Energy; Renewable Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Entrepreneurship; Marketing; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; United States

01 Mar 2009
News

Gazprom Goes Global

A Russian Giant Grows, Despite a Bad Rap THE BIG CHILL: Russia and Ukraine’s gas wars give Europe the shivers. In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia’s energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to Ukraine’s energy company in the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Utilities; Utilities

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3.6 VA Benefits | MBA

Enrollment prior to term start. Covered individuals will see the amount anticipated from the VA on their student account in the form of Anticipated Aid for Chapter 33 or a third-party deferment for Chapter 31. Harvard University will not impose a late fee on students... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Inside Out

was created and popularized by the global facilities management company JLL [Jones Lang Lasalle]. It’s intended to show a company’s relative per-square-foot costs across three factors—utilities, rent, and people. The rule goes like this: for every $3 a company spends... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

September 1981 (Revised October 1984)
Case

El Paso - PNW Merger (C)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry

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December 2020
Supplement

VIA Science (B)

By: Juan Alcácer, Rembrand Koning, Annelena Lobb and Kerry Herman

Via (a) captures the early days of the data analytics startup as founders Gounden and Ravanis considered which markets offer the right opportunities for their firm and what kinds of experiments will help them narrow their choice. Supplement Via (b) reveals the... View Details

Keywords: Data Analytics; Machine Learning; Artificial Intelligence; Strategy; Business Startups; AI and Machine Learning; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; United States; Japan

June 2012
Teaching Note

Harvest: Organic Waste Recycling with Energy Recovery (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Deishin Lee

This case describes the waste management industry and a clean technology solution for landfill diversion and renewable energy production. The (A) case focuses on the operational characteristics of organic waste recycling with energy recovery, and the characteristics of... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Waste Management; Sourcing; Operations Management; Environment; Wastes and Waste Processing; Renewable Energy; Operations; Supply Chain Management; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry

01 Mar 2017
News

Talent: The Best Employee Perk?

had a better business model than Blockbuster. It reached the top and has stayed there because it attracts, retains, and effectively utilizes many of the best people in the business. ‘The best thing you can do for employees—a perk better... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

White knight in the rye

want them returned. He may want me to destroy them. He may not care at all." Norton, who paid $169,411.25 for the letters, has never met Salinger. The founder of Peter Norton Computing, makers of Norton Utilities software programs, Norton... View Details

08 Jan 2015
Blog Post

Job Search Days at HBS

Search Days” on the academic calendar. On Job Search Days students are free from academic obligations and can devote their time to interviewing, networking, and applying to jobs. As you plan for interviews during the spring semester, we encourage you to View Details

05 Aug 2002
What Do You Think?

Is Platform Leadership Old Hat or the Wave of the Future?

parts to design complementary products that fitted together. Successful platform leaders exert a great deal of influence. At times, they must build trust among those that choose to utilize the platform as partners. At other times, they... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

17 Sep 2020
Blog Post

HBS Grads Launch Cybersecurity Nonprofit to Fight Infodemic

nurturing faculty members who utilize all their resources to see us succeed. Moving forward, humanID is tackling the identity issue from a grassroot perspective, continuously onboarding more clients and educating the public on the fight... View Details

01 Dec 1998
News

HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco

a panel of prominent African-American CEOs and executives. The conference included a session on navigating corporate environments, moderated by Associate Professor David A. Thomas, and a workshop led by Professor Linda A. Hill on techniques for building and View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

April 1999 (Revised March 2001)
Case

Be Our Guest, Inc.

By: Dwight B. Crane and Penny Joseph

Be Our Guest is a rapidly growing equipment rental company with substantial seasonality in its revenues and profits. In the spring of 1998, the senior management team is reviewing its financial plans in preparation for a meeting with the company's bank. The case... View Details

Keywords: Financial Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Banks and Banking; Revenue; Management Teams; Business Plan; Forecasting and Prediction; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry

September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
Teaching Note

Be Our Guest, Inc. TN

By: Dwight B. Crane

Teaching Note for (9-299-001). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry

September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
Case

Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; United States

February 1992 (Revised April 1993)
Case

Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

The Southern Co., an electric utility, is planning its compliance with the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The Act established a system of tradeable permits for sulfur dioxide emissions. The company must decide whether to install pollution control equipment and... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Management; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; United States