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- March 2015 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Turkey and the Southern Corridor
By: Rawi Abdelal, Esel Çekin and Cigdem Çelik
In December 2014, Russia cancelled the South Stream pipeline that was envisaged to deliver natural gas through the Black Sea basin on to Europe and replaced it with a new pipeline through Turkey. The Turkish Stream was a great opportunity for Turkey to turn itself into... View Details
Keywords: Business & Government Relations; Energy; Energy Security; Energy Corridor; Hub; Turkey; European Union; Eurasia; Politics; International Relations; Trade; Energy Sources; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; European Union; Turkey; Russia
Abdelal, Rawi, Esel Çekin, and Cigdem Çelik. "Turkey and the Southern Corridor." Harvard Business School Case 715-042, March 2015. (Revised May 2015.)
- August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Born at Scale
This case study chronicles the journey of Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) on its ambitious mission to commercialize fusion energy and become the world’s leading provider of fusion power plants. Emerging from a “special arrangement” with MIT's Plasma Science and... View Details
Keywords: Nuclear Energy; Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurial Finance; Energy Generation; Commercialization; Science-Based Business; Technological Innovation; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry
Krieger, Joshua Lev, Jim Matheson, Kyle Myers, Gunnar Trumbull, and Richard Vietor. "Commonwealth Fusion Systems: Born at Scale." Harvard Business School Case 825-061, August 2024. (Revised November 2024.)
- 2009
- Case
Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital: Brief Case No. 4129.
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin
The senior vice president of project finance for a global oil and gas company must determine the weighted average cost of capital for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. The case uses comparable companies to... View Details
- 06 Sep 2022
- Podcast
97. Fueling The Energy Transition: A Conversation With Frank Mycroft
One of the items you’ll find on Booster Co-Founder & CEO Frank Mycroft’s desk is a BSSE placemat, highlighting the frameworks that are covered in the course, which Frank took at Harvard Business School in 2012. Since its founding in 2015, Booster has built an... View Details
- 04 Jan 2023
- News
Why Are Energy Prices So High? Some Experts Blame Deregulation.
- 31 Jul 2019
- Podcast
The energy industry’s cooperative approach to expanding the talent pipeline
The Center for Energy Workforce Development was created in 2006 to help the industry prepare for a generational wave of retirements and to diversify its workforce. Utilities are the proverbial canary in the coalmine, as U.S. organizations across the board struggle with... View Details
- 1979
- Chapter
Builders as Consumers: Their Role in Residential Sector Energy Conservation
By: J. Quelch and P. Thirkell
Quelch, J., and P. Thirkell. "Builders as Consumers: Their Role in Residential Sector Energy Conservation." In Changing Energy Use Futures, edited by R. Fazzolare and C. Smith, 1412–1419. New York: Pergamon Press, 1979.
- 27 Jul 2022
- Podcast
How RMI Collaborates with Companies to Accelerate the Energy Transition
Jules Kortnenhorst, CEO of RMI, shares how RMI works with companies in the transportation, cement, and steel sectors to encourage the rapid energy transition necessary to mitigate climate change. He also talks about RMI’s global partnerships, innovative energy... View Details
- Nov 2011
- Panel Discussion
The Buck Starts Here: Venture Capital's Role in Scaling Energy Innovation
By: Ramana Nanda
- November 2012 (Revised April 2013)
- Case
Colbún and the Future of Chile's Power
By: Forest Reinhardt and Shon R. Hiatt
This case is about Colbún, Chile's second largest electricity generator, which is facing significant uncertainty regarding the cost and availability of alternative energy sources. Problems with the contracted supply of natural gas and the volatility of oil prices,... View Details
Keywords: Energy; Chile; Environmental Protection; Energy Generation; Energy Industry; South America; Chile
Reinhardt, Forest, and Shon R. Hiatt. "Colbún and the Future of Chile's Power ." Harvard Business School Case 713-047, November 2012. (Revised April 2013.)
- 14 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: SELCO - Last Mile Solar Powered Energy for Rural India
across the country. India stands at a critical juncture in its pursuit of sustainable development, grappling with the dual challenges of rapid economic growth and decarbonization. Decentralized Renewable Energy (DRE) serves to address... View Details
- Aug 2012
- Conference Presentation
Business and Environment: How Institutions Drive Technological Development in Sustainable Energy
By: Shon R. Hiatt
- Forthcoming
- Article
The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions
By: Jared Finnegan, Phillip Lipscy, Jonas Meckling and Florence Metz
Why are some governments more effective in promoting economic change than others?
We develop a theory of the institutional sources of economic transformation. Institutions can
facilitate transformation through two central mechanisms: insulation and compensation.... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Business and Government Relations; Supply and Industry; Demand and Consumers; Transformation; Economic Systems; Climate Change
Finnegan, Jared, Phillip Lipscy, Jonas Meckling, and Florence Metz. "The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions." Journal of Politics (forthcoming).
- 1980
- Chapter
The Builder and Energy Conservation: A New Target for Public Policymakers
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "The Builder and Energy Conservation: A New Target for Public Policymakers." In Advances in Consumer Research, Volume 7, edited by Jerry C. Olson, 290–295. Ann Arbor, MI: Association for Consumer Research, 1980.
- 10 May 2023
- Podcast
How OPower Uses Behavioral Science & AI to Reduce Energy Demand
In this sixth episode in our series on climate change and artificial intelligence (AI), Paul McDonald, Senior Director, Opower Product Strategy & Marketing at Oracle Energy and Water, discusses how OPower uses behavioral science and AI to help utility customers reduce... View Details
- June 2009
- Supplement
Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital, Instructors Spreadsheet (Brief Case)
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin
- 1981
- Other Unpublished Work
Comet Energy (C) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and Louis B. Smith
- July 1987
- Article
Charging Energy and Phase Delocalization in Single Very Small Josphson Tunnel Junctions
By: Marco Iansiti, A. T. Johnson, W. F. Smith, H. Rogalla, C. J. Lobb and M. Tinkham
Keywords: Energy
Iansiti, Marco, A. T. Johnson, W. F. Smith, H. Rogalla, C. J. Lobb, and M. Tinkham. "Charging Energy and Phase Delocalization in Single Very Small Josphson Tunnel Junctions." Physical Review Letters 59, no. 4 (July 1987): 489–92.
- 11 Jul 2023
- News