Publications

26 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

How Humans Outshine AI in Adapting to Change

begin a task, pivoting your perspective of where you are and what you can do as your environment changes. Artificial intelligence can’t do that yet—and the machines may have a long way to go before they can truly replicate this... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

Web

Emerging Topics - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Oil and Gas and Mining Sectors’ Companies and Communities On Investors’ Role:... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Energy Sources: Daniel Yergin and the EP Team

Daniel Yergin is a founding partner of Cambridge Energy Research Associates and the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Prize, which chronicles oil’s rise and impact on the world. He was winding up a... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

03 Oct 2023
Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

it seriously. You can get that sense of the transcendent. Look, you've got to get small is the bottom line. Because if you're too big, well, that's not reality. That's not-- none of us is that big except for Oprah. View Details

Keywords: by HBS Staff

July 2011
Teaching Note

BP's Macondo: Spill and Response (TN)

By: Julio J. Rotemberg

Teaching Note for 711-021. View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; United States

2013
Working Paper

Entrepreneurs, Firms and Global Wealth since 1850

By: G. Jones

This working paper integrates the role of entrepreneurship and firms into debates on why Asia, Latin America and Africa were slow to catch up with the West following the Industrial Revolution and the advent of modern economic growth. It argues that the currently... View Details

SSRN

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Profile

Ben Faw

deep personal interest of mine to wean ourselves from oil. When you have friends and colleagues who have given their lives in conflicts related to oil interests, you’re... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Technology; Manufacturing

04 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

will likely launch competing programs and producer participation might be low but will likely skew South. This paper presents a case study of Southern responses to Northern certification of artisanal and... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

09 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

supply of ethically and environmentally sourced diamonds from artisanal and small-scale mines (ASM) in Sierra Leone. Whether this project would yield a meaningful supply of... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

Web

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 1) - MBA

Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year... View Details

February 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Freeport Mine, Irian Jaya, Indonesia, The: "Tailings & Failings" - Stakeholder Analysis

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Arthur McCaffrey

Chronicles the development of Freeport's nearly 30 years of mining operations in Indonesia. Building on a mining concession awarded by the country's government, headed by General Suharto, in 1973, Freeport steadily built its mining output to nearly 200,000 cubic... View Details

Keywords: History; Situation or Environment; Private Sector; Economic Growth; Power and Influence; Business and Government Relations; Growth and Development Strategy; Mining Industry; Indonesia

2022
Other Unpublished Work

Got 'Critical Minerals'? Hooray! But Be Careful

By: Louis T. Wells

When a country has “critical minerals,” certain issues require special attention in the country’s mining legislation or while negotiating contracts with potential mining investors. As well, to obtain maximum benefit the government should prepare for negotiations with... View Details

Keywords: Critical Minerals; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Mining Industry

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October 2001 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), The

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman

On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project. Although the project presented a unique opportunity to alleviate poverty in... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Negotiation; Ethics; Social Issues; Economic Sectors; Investment; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Finance; Mining Industry; Chad; Cameroon

24 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 24, 2018

mining and exporting raw phosphate rock—its traditional focus, which it performed at a relatively low cost—towards greater production of phosphoric acid and finished fertilizer... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Oct 2013
News

Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction; Oil and Gas Extraction

March 1996 (Revised January 2002)
Case

Freeport Indonesia

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

In 1996, PT Freeport Indonesia, the mining subsidiary of Freeport McMoRan, had just completed an expansion of its copper and gold mine in the western half of New Guinea. The mine, which had dealt with numerous environmental and sociocultural problems over the past... View Details

Keywords: Trade; Mining; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Expansion; Social Issues; Mining Industry; Indonesia

September 1996 (Revised April 1998)
Case

Mobil USM&R (B): New England Sales and Distribution

By: Robert S. Kaplan

The general manager of a local gasoline/distillate sales and distribution business unit must communicate a new strategy to the unit's 300 employees. An initial strategic planning exercise identified a high-priority list of opportunities that blended the parent... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Adoption; Strategic Planning; Customization and Personalization; Management Practices and Processes; Growth and Development Strategy; Measurement and Metrics; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Evaluation; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United States