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- October 2001 (Revised March 2006)
- Case
Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), The
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Carrie Ferman
On June 6, 2000, the World Bank's and IFC's board of directors was scheduled to vote on whether to approve funding for the $4 billion Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline project. Although the project presented a unique opportunity to alleviate poverty in... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Negotiation; Ethics; Social Issues; Economic Sectors; Investment; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Developing Countries and Economies; Corporate Finance; Mining Industry; Chad; Cameroon
Esty, Benjamin C., and Carrie Ferman. "Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 202-010, October 2001. (Revised March 2006.)
- July 1998 (Revised April 2000)
- Teaching Note
Freeport Indonesia TN
Teaching Note for (9-796-124). View Details
- April 1998
- Case
Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)
By: H. Kent Bowen and Barbara Feinberg
Jim Sharpe, president of Extrusion Technology, describes the first five years at the aluminum extrusion company he purchased. He begins with day one as he introduced himself to the employees in 1987 and assured them of the company's continuity. Over the next two years,... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Cost Management; Profit; Innovation Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Problems and Challenges; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mining Industry
Bowen, H. Kent, and Barbara Feinberg. "Jim Sharpe: Extrusion Technology, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Case 698-096, April 1998.
- April 1997 (Revised October 2005)
- Teaching Note
Workplace Safety at Alcoa (A) (TN)
By: H. Kent Bowen
Teaching Note for (9-692-042). View Details
Keywords: Mining Industry
- July 1979 (Revised December 1984)
- Case
Coal Strike of 1977-78 (C)
By: D. Quinn Mills and Richard O. von Werssowetz
Mills, D. Quinn, and Richard O. von Werssowetz. "Coal Strike of 1977-78 (C)." Harvard Business School Case 679-133, July 1979. (Revised December 1984.)
- June 1990
- Teaching Note
Ashamu Holdings Ltd. (B) (Abridged), Teaching Note
By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
- February 1998
- Case
Lyondell Petrochemical Company
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson
In August 1994, Lyondell Petrochemical Co.'s corporate parent and largest single shareholder effectively shed its stock, resulting in the resignation of 5 of its 11 directors. The remaining outside directors immediately acted to overhaul the executive compensation plan... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Design; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Mining Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Daniel P. Erikson. "Lyondell Petrochemical Company." Harvard Business School Case 498-028, February 1998.
- February 1979
- Supplement
Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (B)
By: William J. Bruns Jr. and Julie H. Hertenstein
Keywords: Mining Industry
Bruns, William J., Jr., and Julie H. Hertenstein. "Alcan Aluminium Ltd. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 179-216, February 1979.
- Fast Answer
Patent search: The use of component in Espacenet and Patentscope databases
analysis and network analysis Description Targeted problem, prior art, inventive idea, and embodiments Obtaining technical disclosure, conducting a keyword search and/or text mining to determining semantic concepts and similarity... View Details
- 26 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Where will Pokémon Go with Your Personal Information?
the things they cleverly do is ask users to sign in using their Google account (or by establishing a new account). When you use something like Google Maps, Google keeps records and can mine that data to see where you’ve been and what... View Details
- Portrait Project
Abhi Sharma
privilege, not a right. I recognize that meaningful change will have to be organic, evolutionary. I came to HBS with the intent of creating for others the opportunities that were granted to me. I also know that this passion to shape a better future is not View Details
- Web
Industrial Life Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
1920s to the early 1940s—from hardhats operating rail trucks in the depths of the International Salt Company mines to uniformed women of the California Fruit Growers Exchange packing produce in cavernous factory spaces. Detroit, Michigan... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Making Big Data Fashionable
get designs to consumers in as little as four weeks—and at an affordable price. In 2012, Moon—who has a background in fashion design, investment banking, corporate strategy, and social commerce startups—launched Trendalytics, a visual analytics platform that View Details
- Portrait Project
Tanveer Abbas
opportunities not open to the overwhelming majority of my countrymen. I also think about family and the impact I'll have on mine one day. In both areas, I want desperately to make a difference and be remembered for that. In short, I think... View Details
- Portrait Project
Stephanie Parker
considerable power and influence? Apparently not, or at least not me. Mine will be a life of service. You won't find me padding around on the soft carpet, sipping coffee in an ivory tower, engaging with others in ways which are long on... View Details
- Portrait Project
Monica Haugen
everyone is lucky enough to begin down such a path. I can only hope to change someone else's life in the way that mine was changed. Consequently, my master plan is to expose new options to all those around me. I will tell my children and... View Details
- Portrait Project
Martin Vasev
grew tired of protesting. I don’t blame her. She was the only one in my family to stay and fight. My mom’s desire to fight waned, but mine grew stronger. At twelve, I began following the news. At nineteen, I majored in Politics. At... View Details
- Web
Partners - Managing the Future of Work
technologies to build detailed awareness of what is happening in the labor market in real time. Burning Glass collects and analyzes job postings from close to 30,000 online sources and then deploys advanced proprietary text mining to... View Details
- Alumni WDYDWYD
Brooke Borgen
zoo on a sunny Friday. More importantly, no one said "and that would be great." Many of us experience a moment that causes us to change course. Mine was at midnight, frantically working on a presentation in my windowless home... View Details