Publications

May/June 2002
Article

A Modest Proposal for Dealing with the Enron Crisis

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Martin Lipton

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Crisis Management

December 2004 (Revised October 2005)
Case

Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (A)

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Presents a brief historical overview of Enron's rise, its strategic successes and failures, the evolution of its business model, and the organizational processes relied upon by Enron's management to drive and monitor the business. A rewritten version of an earlier... View Details

Keywords: Adaptation; Success; Business Model; Business History; Growth Management; Governance Controls; Innovation and Management; Failure; Business Processes; Energy Industry; United States

October 2004 (Revised February 2006)
Case

Consulting by Auditors (C): Aftermath of the Enron Collapse

By: Ashish Nanda

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

02 Feb 2002
What Do You Think?

Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?

Summing Up The question of the relative societal effects of the Enron case and the September 11 attacks elicited some of the most heated responses received to date. But where there was heat, there was not necessarily fire—that is, if... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

May 2000 (Revised April 2003)
Case

Contractual Innovation in the UK Energy Markets: Enron Europe, The Eastern Group, and the Sutton Bridge Project

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Peter Tufano

In December 1996, Enron Europe and The Eastern Group were on the verge of signing an innovative transaction in the utility industry. Eastern was going to buy a long-term option to convert natural gas into electricity from Enron, thereby giving it the economic right to... View Details

Keywords: Project Finance; Infrastructure; Supply and Industry; Corporate Finance; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry

May 1996 (Revised July 1998)
Case

Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A)

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Krishna G. Palepu, Ahu Bhasin, Mihir A. Desai and Sarayu Srinivasan

A large, lucrative power plant is negotiated for construction/operation by an American power company in India's evolving privatized power sector. The process of incorporating the project is captured in this case. The American company will own and operate the plant in... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Forecasting and Prediction; Private Sector; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Agreements and Arrangements; Private Ownership; Projects; Energy Industry; India; United States

May 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B)

By: Krishna G. Palepu, V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarayu Srinivasan

A new administration/government takes power in a state in India and cancels a power project agreed upon/created by the previous state government and an American-based energy company. The project cancellation is based on allegations of irregularities, exorbitant costs,... View Details

Keywords: Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Conflict Management; Energy Industry; India; United States

February 1997
Case

Enron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (B) (Abridged)

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

A new administration takes power in a state in India and cancels a power project agreed upon by the previous state government and a U.S.-based energy company. The project cancellation is based on allegations of irregularities, exorbitant costs, and political pressures. View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Fairness; Cost; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Government and Politics; Contracts; Market Entry and Exit; Negotiation Process; Conflict Management; Energy Industry

February 1997
Case

Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A) (Abridged)

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

A large, lucrative power plant is negotiated for construction/operation by an American power company in India's evolving privatized power sector. The process of incorporating the project is captured in this case. The American company will own and operate the plant in... View Details

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Transition; Energy Generation; Construction; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Emerging Markets; Negotiation Process; Production; Privatization; Energy Industry

September 2006
Teaching Note

Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron (TN) (A) and (B)

By: Allen S. Grossman and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Energy Industry

January 15, 2002
Editorial

Enron failures show U.S. auditing system is in dire need of big change

By: G. Loewenstein, D. A. Moore and M. H. Bazerman

Keywords: Accounting Audits

01 Jun 2002
News

Faculty Debates Lessons from Enron's Collapse

to “explore together and learn from this watershed issue.” “The fall of Enron is an event with ramifications not only for how business will be conducted in the future, but for how business should be taught at institutions such as ours. I... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Enron; faculty; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

February 1997
Case

Enron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (C) (Abridged)

By: Louis T. Wells Jr.

Discusses the resolution of the canceled power project in Maharashtra. The contract between the American gas giant and Indian state government is renegotiated. View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Conflict and Resolution

June 1998 (Revised July 1998)
Teaching Note

Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A,B,& C) TN

By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for (9-596-099), (9-596-100), and (9-596-101). View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; India

01 Dec 2006
News

Enron’s Legacy

If Enron had been owned and controlled by a small group of private-equity investors, could the monitoring and control practices of a professionally run buyout shop have protected Enron’s shareholders and employees from the problems that... View Details

Keywords: Malcolm S. Salter; Enron; Finance

2002
Book

Buy, Lie, and Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble

By: D. Quinn Mills

Keywords: Sales; Crime and Corruption; Online Technology

2002
Book

Buy, Lie, and Sell High: How Investors Lost Out on Enron and the Internet Bubble

By: D. Quinn Mills and Dirk Seifert

Keywords: Sales; Crime and Corruption; Online Technology

June 2003
Teaching Note

Contractual Innovation in the U.K. Energy Markets: Enron Europe, The Eastern Group, and the Sutton Bridge Project (TN)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

Teaching Note for (9-200-051). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; United Kingdom