Publications

September 1975 (Revised September 1977)
Case

Black Diamond Coal Co. (A)

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Mining Industry; Mining Industry

Find at Harvard

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/117006-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-414 Huaxia: Building a U.S.-Style Dairy in China In 2015, Charles Shao, chairman of Huaxia, considered the alternatives to ensure sustainable growth... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2021
News

Row On

Head of the Charles in 2019. Teammate Roger Borggaard recalled Hamlin as a quiet presence off the water with a fierce competitive streak in the heat of a race: “You’d be dog-tired and he’d scream: ‘Let’s go! Let it rip’” he said. “Just View Details

Keywords: rowing; obituary; sports; retirement; Alzheimer's Disease; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

30 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting

topics. I would encourage people to not get hung up on those words and think about how to work in industries that are important to impacting the future trajectory of the energy transition or the green... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Cure All

variation that doesn’t seem to be correlated to quality (at least to quality that we can measure). Which brings us to the question of why: Why can an industry like this that is so important and massive continue to function with these... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

12 Feb 2008
First Look

First Look: February 12, 2007

location of transactions and the boundaries of firms in a productive system. It proposes that systems of production can be viewed as networks, in which tasks-cum-agents are the nodes and transfers—of material, energy and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

October 1994
Case

Bankers Trust: Global Investment Bank

By: Andre F. Perold and Kuljot Singh

In October 1992, Eugene Shanks, president of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and Brian Walsh, head of the Global Investment Bank (GIB) business unit, are considering a proposal for a large and complex financing involving the North Sea Oil Co. (NSOC). The financing... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Risk Management; Value Creation; Business History; Capital Markets; Financing and Loans; Financial Markets; Corporate Finance; Banking Industry; Banking Industry

October 2019 (Revised February 2021)
Case

Myanmar: Special Economic Zones

By: Willy Shih and Dawn Lau

This case examines four Special Economic Zones in Myanmar. While the country's development had been hobbled by a complex history of military rule, ethnic conflict, and international sanctions, as it pursued liberalization it sought avenues to developing its economy.... View Details

Keywords: Economic Development; Emerging Economies; Special Economic Zones (SEZs); Development Economics; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Southeast Asia; Myanmar

October 1997
Teaching Note

Mobil USM&R Series TN

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Teaching Note for (9-197-025), (9-197-120), (9-197-121), (9-197-026), (9-197-027), and (9-197-028). View Details

Keywords: Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United States

October 1996 (Revised April 1998)
Case

Mobil USM&R (D): Gasoline Marketing

By: Robert S. Kaplan

Mobil US Marketing & Refining has shifted from a centralized staff-driven organization to decentralized business-units. Staff functions now must negotiate service agreements with a buyer's committee consisting of representatives from the profit-center business units.... View Details

Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Management Teams; Human Resources; Agreements and Arrangements; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Customers; Situation or Environment; Business Units; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States

March 2014
Case

Babcock International Plc

By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin

In 2013, Babcock International Plc (Babcock) was the largest engineering services provider in the UK with sales of over £3 billion. Under the leadership of CEO Peter Rogers, Babcock had grown revenues and profits nearly tenfold over the previous decade as it benefited... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Change; Strategy And Leadership; Diversification; United Kingdom; Military; Nuclear Power; Nuclear; Engineering And Construction; Conglomerates; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Global Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; United Kingdom

July 2012
Case

El Paso's Sale to Kinder Morgan

By: John Coates, Clayton Rose and David Lane

On October 16, 2011, El Paso agreed to sell itself to Kinder Morgan for just over $21 billion. Shareholders filed suit, arguing that the process was tainted by conflict and that a higher price could be obtained. Delaware Chancellor Leo Strine agreed with the plaintiffs... View Details

Keywords: El Paso; Kinder Morgan; Goldman Sachs; Leo Strine; Conflicts Of Interest; Corporate Governance; Relationships; Lawsuits and Litigation; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States