Renewable - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Apr 2009
Research & Ideas

Cheers to the American Consumer

electronic gizmos dominate Christmas gift sales, and senior citizens find renewed connectivity with far-flung families by going online. Americans know technology adds value to daily life. These traits apply equally to consumers and... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

22 Jan 2008
Research & Ideas

New Challenges in Leading Professional Services

small ways and acknowledge the contribution of the largest portion of their workforce. Solid citizens don't demand much but the return will be enormous in terms of renewed commitment, output, and overall firm performance. View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Consulting; Accounting; Legal Services

19 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Rupert Murdoch’s fledgling Fox Network unexpectedly displaced longtime incumbent CBS as the host of the National Football League’s flagship programming. Fox’s negotiating success seemed most unlikely given that CBS had regularly renewed... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

21 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 21

renewed support, Wilson pondered on what else he might do to ward off the challenges from GEICO and Progressive. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/715426-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-702 BOLT: Seed... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel & Sean Silverthorne

01 Jul 2008
First Look

First Look: July 1, 2008

Benefits Fund (PBF) enacted by the state legislature. With renewed effort by activists in 2006 to expand AE's role, there was a possibility of the PBF swelling to $50 to $80 million. Naturally, this put AE at conflict with electric... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

29 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 29, 2008

people-oriented industry, attrition has special import. DeLong and Gabarro, of Harvard Business School, along with former Morgan Stanley and Ernst & Young executive Lees, argue that a PSF can gain a much-needed competitive edge by View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

surprising given the disruptions in those fields. But other industries scored more dismally in this area; for example, only 13 percent of directors in energy and utilities ranked innovation to be of top importance. Groysberg finds that complacency disturbing. “With the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Oct 2016
First Look

October 18, 2016

an overall sponsorship deal with the NBA. With his Stance deal coming up for renewal in October 2016, what kind of deal should Wade and Joseph-Metelus propose to Stance? And how would a newly structured partnership fit into Wade’s overall... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

July 2011
Teaching Note

Suntech Power (TN)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Teaching Note for 712001. View Details

Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Sales; Information Technology; Business Subsidiaries; System; Competition; Renewable Energy; Semiconductor Industry; Germany; Spain; United States; China; Japan

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February 2011
Supplement

The Fox Islands Wind Project (B)

By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Evan Richardson

Fox Island Wind Cooperative faces criticism from local residents. View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Cooperative Ownership; Business and Community Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Environmental Sustainability; Green Technology Industry; Maine

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12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Competitive Advantage Through Operations

introduced in its current form in 1994, superseding Manufacturing and Corporate Strategy. EE: Has it changed much recently? Upton: The course is perpetually renewed through new cases and teaching material. The next session, for example,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

05 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?

suited to analyze these developments and initiate a discussion. As Michael Sandel recently remarked, the decision when to use markets is "a political question" that requires debate (Sandel 2009). He added, "The hope for moral and civic View Details

Keywords: by Michel Anteby; Health

13 Nov 2007
Research & Ideas

Six Steps for Reinvigorating America

of opportunity, America could instead be closing it down—unless we create a positive agenda to renew the American spirit," she writes in the book's introduction. Kanter believes America at the start of the 21st century has lost its... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2020
Research & Ideas

Transitions of Power Are Difficult. What Joe Biden and Other Incoming Leaders Need to Know.

out in a way that is consistent with how the new leader plans to govern, illustrates his or her values, and signals some of his or her later moves. It’s pretty demoralizing to live inside a situation needing a turnaround. To renew... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

10 Jul 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018

Abstract—Executive development programs have entered a period of disruption catalyzed by the digitalization of content, connectivity, and communication and are driven by renewed demand for high-level executive and managerial skills.... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

US could make rapid improvements. It's going to take time, but we believe America is eminently capable of renewing its competitiveness. We are discovering an increasing awareness in the business community: they have a role in American... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

10 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 10

first-in-the-nation smart grid plan aimed at reducing energy use in the central business district. With worries about a renewed downturn in the financial sector, Rogers and the other leaders in attendance hoped that rallying around a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

07 Dec 2010
First Look

First Look: Dec. 7

on renewable energy, clean technology, waste management, water and sanitation, food and agribusiness, affordable housing, healthcare, and education and livelihood creation? Is the board ready to incorporate development banking into the... View Details