Oil Companies - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Oct 2020
Book

Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time

squid ink pasta in Venice, walking on beaches, and tasting olive oils in Tuscany, they realized they were glad they had gone, and regretted fretting about the hiccups and cost. “Thinking about the economic value of our leisure time can... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

19 Apr 2024
News

Alumni Host Energy CEO Summit in Houston; Austin Club Co-Hosts SXSW Reception

spectrum of the energy business, including EP, oil field service and electric power,” he says. In addition to the featured guests, all of the chats and panels included HBS alumni from the energy and finance industries. The club’s... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Oct 1998
News

Dinh Thi Hoa: Up from the Ashes of War

Today, 25 years later, Hoa is still living in Hanoi and doing her part to help her impoverished country establish a modern, productive economy. As managing director of Galaxy Company, a successful consulting firm, her advice on doing business in Vietnam is sought by... View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr. (MBA 1992)

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Info Amidst calls to increase consumerism in health care, large tech companies and retailers are making bold moves into the industry. These health care “entrants” aim to leverage their general skills in serving consumers to address... View Details

20 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

The Time is Right for Creative Capitalism

small number of rivals—for market power. (Indeed, at the Harvard Business School where I have taught business history to thousands of MBAs, students often compare the early growth of Standard Oil to that of Microsoft 100 years later. They... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy Koehn

12 Feb 2021
News

How Dunkin’ Donuts Took Over the World

300 shops. Earnings had grown from $100,000 pretax profits to $800,000 pre-tax profits. And in order to satisfy my dad, decided to have a public offering in 1968, which was quite successful. We were the third company to go public in the... View Details

Keywords: brands; leadership; management; strategy; operations; career; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

22 Mar 2024
Blog Post

Driving Impact in Emerging Markets with HBS Alum Nneka Chime (MBA 2015)

was interested in the oil and gas industry, and was drawn to engineering because of the challenge. “I always want to push myself,” she said, “and I saw engineering as an opportunity to stretch myself and take me out of my comfort... View Details

27 Oct 2015
News

Sweet Success

changes,” Turner notes. “The quality then is inferior, but some producers mix it in with their better grades to stretch yield. We decided not to do that.” Turner also links his brand’s flavor to a purification process inspired by his experience in the View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

12 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Climate Entrepreneurs Circle: Taking Climate Solutions from Idea to Action, Faster

and sales advice. He changed the structure of his company and figured out the manufacturing challenges (all in the midst of the pandemic – no small feat). Now Harvard is looking to install one of his chargers on the HBS campus. Here’s how... View Details

15 Dec 2003
Research & Ideas

Women Leaders and Organizational Change

for different groups, then the next big challenge is to garner support for experimenting with how people might do the work differently. Q: How can women create change in their organizations? A: Find allies—in other women, men, other "identity groups" in one's... View Details

Keywords: by Mallory Stark

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Global Business Course | HBS Online

have a solid business basis. Jennifer Moret Financial Analyst Develop distinctive approaches and frameworks that help you navigate complex industries, such as oil and gas, power, pharmaceuticals, and financial services. Today, I am... View Details

01 Jan 2011
News

Karen Gordon Mills, MBA 1977

Administrator, US Small Business Administration Download Mills profile (pdf) Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page TIMELINE 1953 Born, Boston, Massachusetts 1977 Joins General Foods 1981 Joins McKinsey & Company 1983 Joins E.S.... View Details

01 Aug 1998
News

High Honors

after it was reconfigured following a merger, Barford then took up the reins of Valleydene Corporation Limited, a family-run holding company that has a majority interest in GSW and also oversees warehouse facilities, View Details

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Electricity - Business & Environment

policy. Yet this is also one of the biggest opportunities and one where I’m committed to help by investing and growing companies that can help us transition to a cleaner and more sustainable future.” Rick Needham HBS MBA 2002, Partner,... View Details

Person Page

Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

many new cases arrive at the same time, companies could be much less well-served by the bankruptcy reorganization process.” What makes the current financial crisis unique is that the economic harm caused by forced shutdowns is being felt... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Banking

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Commercialization of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Collections Bibliography SITE CREDITS 15. Edwin H. Land, "Research by the Business Itself," a paper contributed by Edwin H. Land, President, Polaroid Corporation, on the general subject of "The Future of Industrial Research" at the Standard View Details

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

transition back to “normal” (whatever that means). Although we are still living in COVID-19’s grip, companies are starting to devise plans to bring their workforces back to the office in the coming weeks and months. In recent... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

30 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019

platform businesses. We have five major themes in the book: 1) The world’s most valuable companies are all platforms, in part because platforms have network effects, with the potential for a winner-take-all or winner-take-most outcome. 2)... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Mar 2011
First Look

First Look: March 8

companies devised political strategies that maneuvered a reluctant President Roosevelt into supporting their interests, and the Mexican government more than fully compensated them as a result. Neither wages for View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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