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- March 2012 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Foro Energy (A)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III, William A. Sahlman and James McQuade
Foro Energy developed proprietary and patent-pending fiber-laser technologies that could disrupt existing processes and services for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. These breakthrough laser technologies were protected by a strong intellectual... View Details
- February 2012
- Case
Hyperion Power Module: Downsizing the Nuclear Renaissance?
By: Dennis Yao and Britta Kelley
Keywords: Energy Industry
- February 2012 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Schneider Electric: Becoming the Global Specialist in Energy Management
By: John D. Macomber and Rachna Tahilyani
Global electrical products company assesses growth and market demands in India. Company must decide between a products acquisition or developing a service business. Students need to be aware of different country conditions, demands on implementation of different... View Details
- February 2012 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Edward Lundberg and the Rockville Building: Energy Efficiency Finance in Commercial Real Estate
By: John D. Macomber and Frederik Nellemann
A commercial landlord analyzes options for funding and accomplishing energy efficiency retrofit. The situation is complicated by lease terms and uncertain effectiveness of the intervention. Students must grapple with obstacles including changing energy prices,... View Details
- February 2012 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Maxum Petroleum, Inc.
By: W. Carl Kester
Keywords: Energy Industry
- January 2012
- Background Note
The Market for Energy: Scale, Cost, Security and the Environment (A)
By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris
- January 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Tough Decisions at Marks and Spencer
By: George Serafeim
In 2007, under the leadership of CEO Stuart Rose, the iconic British retailer Marks and Spencer, with great fanfare, announced its "Plan A" initiative. Based on the five essential pillars of climate change, waste, sustainable materials, fair partnership, and health,... View Details
- November 2011
- Teaching Note
AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage (TN)
- November 2011
- Teaching Note
Cape Wind: Offshore Wind Energy in the USA (TN)
- November 2011
- Teaching Note
Supergrid (TN)
- October 2011
- Teaching Note
CNOOC: Building a World-class Energy Company (TN)
By: Joseph L. Bower
Teaching Note for 311-074. View Details
- October 2011 (Revised November 2011)
- Case
Verengo Solar Plus!
By: William A. Sahlman, Joseph B. Lassiter III and Liz Kind
In the three years since Bishop and Button purchased Verengo in a leveraged buyout (LBO), the company had gone through dramatic changes. Initially a residential windows and insulation firm, after the economic recession of 2008 the company switched gears and began... View Details
- September 2011 (Revised February 2014)
- Case
Duke Energy and the Nuclear Renaissance
Duke Energy, an American investor-owned electric utility, confronts multibillion dollar decisions about its future fuel mix. In particular, its leaders are considering building new nuclear capacity. Whether this is sensible depends, among other things, on demand... View Details
- August 2011 (Revised February 2015)
- Teaching Note
Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A) and (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher
Teaching Note for 610-056 and 611-051. View Details
- July 2011 (Revised September 2011)
- Case
CEO Compensation at GE: A Decade with Jeff Immelt
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
When ISS, a large shareholder advisory group, recommended a "no" vote on Jeff Immelt's award of 2 million stock options in April 2011, GE's compensation committee had to decide whether to rescind or amend the award or ignore the ISS recommendation. Was Immelt's 2010... View Details
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Suntech Power (TN)
Teaching Note for 712001. View Details
- June 2011
- Teaching Note
The Suzlon Edge (TN)
Teaching Note for 708051. View Details
- 2011
- Book
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors
By: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell
Accelerating energy innovation could be an important part of an effective response to the threat of climate change. Written by a stellar group of experts in the field, this book complements existing research on the subject with an exploration of the role that public... View Details
- May 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
The Offshore Drilling Industry in 2011
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kenneth Corts and Joseph McElroy
After booming in 2007 and early 2008, the offshore drilling industry slumps in 2009. Lower oil prices lead oil companies to reduce drilling budgets, and rig utilization falls from essentially 100% to 70% in some markets. Day rates--the prices paid for a rig's... View Details