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- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
diversification. By studying the research that analysts produce about companies that have announced corporate spinoffs, we gain unique insights into how analysts portray diversified firms to the investment community. We find that while... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
discontent for many American families. Bundled up in chilly homes, they see their heating bills cutting deeply into the rest of their household budget. Lowering the thermostat, they wonder when keeping warm became a luxury in the wealthiest nation in the world.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Surviving Success
In the frenzied, early months of a new venture’s launch, few entrepreneurs anticipate a future beyond their role as company leader. In “Founder–CEO Succession at Wily Technology,” HBS assistant professor Noam Wasserman and former HBS... View Details
- 05 Jun 2018
- News
Fueling the Future
When Cecily Kovatch (MBA 2002) began her career working as a field engineer for Schlumberger, one of the world’s largest oilfield service companies, the all-male crews were often less than welcoming. Since those early engineering days, Kovatch has held multiple roles... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Insights from the Post-Macho Workplace
Reconstruction of Male Identity,” is based on a study she conducted while living among crew members on an offshore oil platform, 130 miles off the coast of southern Louisiana. “I interviewed men involved in all aspects of the platform’s... View Details
- Career Coach
Erika Osterling
services across different businesses and geographies, leading to a global P&L role. In her most recent role as Executive Director at Russell Reynolds, she advised CEO, C-Suite leaders and board of directors of public and private View Details
John H. Pew
John Pew, along with his younger brother Joseph Jr., took control of their father's company in 1912. The Pew brothers grew it from a small firm, with just a 0.9% share of the overall industrial production of oil, into the country's 15th... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Jean Paul Getty
After accumulating a one-third interest in Getty Oil Company, Getty negotiated for a controlling interest in the company after the death of his father. Getty went on to merge Tidewater View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Harry F. Sinclair
After ill-fated attempts to make money by buying and selling oil leases, Sinclair entered the refining business in 1906, acquiring several companies that were eventually consolidated into Sinclair Oil. Once... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
it. Oil companies, looking ahead to depleted petroleum reserves, are reinventing themselves as energy companies. Do you have to think about diversifying? I don’t believe oil View Details
John E. Swearingen
Swearingen took over the inefficient Standard Oil of Indiana in 1960. He streamlined its operations and aligned its business units while expanding Standard’s exploration of both domestic and foreign oil. By the end of his tenure, he had... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Haroldson L. Hunt
Hunt built the largest independent oil company in the U.S. During World War II, Hunt sold more oil to the Allies than the total German output, and supplied 85% of the natural... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Otto D. Donnell
When Donnell took over the presidency of Ohio Oil in 1927, the company had over $104 million in assets with $7 million in net profits. Donnell began a program of expansion in 1930, purchasing various View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Armand Hammer
Hammer expanded Occidental Oil from a tiny, near-bankrupt California oil firm into one of the “Big Oil” companies - turning it into a conglomerate, beginning with the... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Ross S. Sterling
Using proceeds from his feed store business, Sterling began investing in oil wells in 1909. Forming Humble Oil with several other astute oil businessmen, Sterling led his View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Frank Phillips
With his brother Lee, Frank Phillips built Phillips Petroleum into a diversified oil company whose businesses encompassed not only crude oil drilling, but also the operation of... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
An Unconventional Suggestion
minimize the local environmental impact of extraction, and speed the transition to cleaner, lower-carbon energy. The report’s analysis found “no inherent trade-off between environmental protection and company profitability” and found that... View Details
Monroe J. Rathbone
As CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Rathbone is credited for making Jersey Standard into an international company. Seeing problems with an ever increasing dependence on oil from the Middle East, Rathbone... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 15 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap
Review entitled “The Elusive Green Consumer” in fact describes findings suggesting that while “65% [of consumers] said they want to buy purpose-driven brands that advocate sustainability, only about 26% actually do so.” The authors proceed to argue that View Details
James C. Donnell
Donnell expanded Ohio Oil’s reach to include 16 states and Mexico. Donnell established the Illinois Pipeline Corporation, capitalized at $20 million, to operate the pipeline transportation company of Ohio Oil. In 1924, Donnell acquired... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy