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- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
cost-cutting; in fact, cutting infrastructure, supply chain costs, and excess expenses should be done all the time, in good times and bad. This is the approach used by ExxonMobil as it has been one of the greatest value creators in the last 100 years. Even as the price... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
building a ship, scrambled to build new ones. That led to a glut of ships competing in the market a few years later, accompanied by a decline in fees going into the hands of owners and, at the end, the scrapping of ships. When the study begins in 1976, the shipping... View Details
- 04 Oct 2006
- Lessons from the Classroom
Surviving Success: When Founders Must Go
development. After the initial shock, Cirne agreed, realizing that "the world's best speedboat captain isn't able to pilot an oil tanker." But he asked to participate in the search for his successor, and requested the right to... View Details
- 26 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019
Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/919412-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 819-003 ProdEng: Services for Oil & Gas Extraction ProdEng is a venture created as part of a PE fund and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
and increases the chance that governments will under-invest. Policy suggestions that may alleviate this problem are discussed. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-040.pdf A Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Feb 2007
- Op-Ed
Tata-Corus: India’s New Steel Giant
awarded a French accolade, Officer de La Legion D'Honneur, the highest honor France had yet bestowed upon a Chinese entrepreneur, but his shareholders don't have much to show for the deal. TCL had to write off much of its investment. The CNOOC-Unocal deal, in the... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
companies in times of trouble. In this paper, we test the view that CSR provides protection from public ire by analyzing the media's response to corporate crises. Our application is spills in the oil industry. We find the media far more... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Regional Slice of Your Global Strategy
continental perspective. My goal is not to be elusive but to avoid restricting the strategies to a particular geographic scale. Particularly with large countries, the logic of the strategies can apply to intranational as well as international regions. View Details
Keywords: by Pankaj Ghemawat
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
political stability. Liberia's economic strategy sees higher-level growth over the next five years coming from investments in mining, agriculture, and oil. That optimism may be warranted, according to Werker's analysis. "If multiple iron ore mines come on stream,... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 30 Jan 2018
- First Look
January 30, 2018
Flying J. Flying J owned and operated hundreds of truck stops—which it called Travel Plazas—nationwide and was a growing multi-billion dollar business, but broader problems in the oil and credit markets in late 2008 forced it to declare... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
behavior and ways to counter it with information on why to give. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50771 Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign... View Details
- 31 Oct 2007
- HBS Case
Climate Change Puts Heat on GMs
for example, it's much bigger news (and a much bigger problem) for a company that has made a point of publicizing its commitment to protecting the planet than it would be for a company like ExxonMobil, which is still contending with fallout from the Exxon Valdez View Details
- 16 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 16
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/111062-PDF-ENG Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (B) David F. Hawkins and Aldo SesiaHarvard Business School Supplement 111-074 The BP Mexican gulf oil spill... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Jun 2000
- What Do You Think?
What’s Happening to Our Patience?
encourage Shell Oil to test Smart-Pump, an automated device providing a two-minute fill while allowing the driver to remain in the car. It appears that we are well on our way to "drive through" refueling without stopping, a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 21 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
From Tigers to Kaleidoscopes: Thinking About Future Leadership
confides HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter in the introduction to her essay in Management 21C called "Kaleidoscope Thinking." "I was sitting in a Singapore ballroom when the British head of a global oil company told his top managers... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 21 Jun 2011
- First Look
First Look: June 21
case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/211080-PDF-ENG Drilling Safety at BP: The Deepwater Horizon Accident Stephen P. Kaufman and Laura WinigHarvard Business School Case 611-017 Following the 2010 Gulf of Mexico explosion and oil... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
a zero-carbon emissions alternative." Coal combustion emits nearly twice as much carbon dioxide per energy unit than natural gas, with crude oil combustion falling between the two, according to the Energy Information Administration. But... View Details
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
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
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
different. State-owned corporations in BRIC countries have managed to reform their corporate governance and become relatively efficient. Think about oil and banking: Among the 10 or 20 largest companies in the world, there are 8 or so... View Details
- 12 Apr 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Great American Leaders Teach Us
what others thought was possible. For example, in the 1910s, Frank Phillips—who founded Phillips Petroleum—was a typical Mold-Maker. He took advantage of the burgeoning automobile industry and especially the need for both natural gas and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne