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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Farming for Fuel
What happens when a group of Missouri corn farmers gets into the energy business? With consumers paying more than double for gasoline than they did a year ago, turning crops into fuel, not food, seems like a good way to go — but not so... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
A Russian Giant Grows, Despite a Bad Rap THE BIG CHILL: Russia and Ukraine’s gas wars give Europe the shivers. In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia’s energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
Drilling Down
covers all aspects of the energy business. "One idea that I believe will be discredited is the mega-merger theory — that Texaco was too small to be relevant." "Fortunately, there are still strategies that allow a smaller operator to be... View Details
- February 2024 (Revised March 2024)
- Teaching Note
X: The Foghorn Decision
By: Kyle Myers and Walter Frick
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 618-060. View Details
Keywords: Alternative Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Climate Change; Green Technology; Selection and Staffing; Knowledge; Product Design; Product Development; Research and Development; Risk and Uncertainty; Science-Based Business; Innovation and Invention; Auto Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Chemical Industry; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Green Technology Industry; Technology Industry
- 18 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
agricultural pressures, and the effects those impacts have on business, society, and global food production. "Like all good cases it's a good story, and like all good cases it also tells you something more general about important... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Delivering the Power to Dream Big
Bart Howe (MBA 2011) envisions a time when tablet computers are self-charging and when buildings will generate their own power. Ubiquitous Energy, a company he cofounded that is creating a new generation of... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual
politics, working in the White House. He was a single man with energy and experience who saw an open congressional seat, an overcrowded GOP primary (with fourteen candidates), and an opportunity to put his skills to work for the people of... View Details
- August 2014 (Revised May 2016)
- Case
Husk Power
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
In late 2013, Husk Power Systems found itself falling further and further behind plan. The founding CEO had decided to resign. His co-founder is faced with the decision of quitting his corporate job in the US to head to India and help form a new management team. Husk... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Business Model; Business Startups; Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Social Entrepreneurship; Foreign Direct Investment; International Finance; Globalized Markets and Industries; Crime and Corruption; Employee Relationship Management; Independent Innovation and Invention; Employment; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Management Style; Management Succession; Management Skills; Emerging Markets; Social Psychology; Culture; Business Strategy; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Africa; India; United States
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Sid Misra. "Husk Power." Harvard Business School Case 815-023, August 2014. (Revised May 2016.)
- Career Coach
Bryant Warmate
General Motors/Honda. He pivoted to consulting with BCG to experience energy consulting and support with the energy transition. Bryant is also the Career Rep for the African... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
and a level playing field with other renewable energy resources for waste heat to power investment, development and deployment.” Unwilling to call herself a lobbyist, Janice sees her role as an educator, helping lawmakers as well as the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
Enterprise Initiative at HBS and oversees the Leadership Fellows Program. “I’m thrilled to help the next generation of leaders across the public, private, and non-profit sectors think deeply about how they can make a difference in the... View Details
- December 2007
- Article
Private Power in Indonesia
By: Louis T. Wells
The Asian Currency Crisis led to the collapse of agreements Indonesia had negotiated for private electric power only a few years earlier. The ensuing struggle meant bad publicity and several hundred million dollars in costs for Indonesia. As Indonesia in 2007 was... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Government Legislation; Knowledge Management; Knowledge Sharing; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Indonesia
Wells, Louis T. "Private Power in Indonesia." Bulletin of Indonesian Economic Studies 43, no. 3 (December 2007): 341–364.
- February 1997
- Case
Enron Development Corp.: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (C) (Abridged)
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
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
of the Case Research and Writing Group. “No one believed that you could create a brand in tomatoes—a commodity!” The case details how, during an economic downturn, a small business in its fourth generation of family ownership became one... View Details
- Career Coach
Eli Litchman
from engineering, VC, entrepreneurship, application and networking timelines, interview prep, and general life fulfillment. Work Experience: Raytheon Technologies, Pratt & Whitney, Clean Energy Ventures View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Jules Kortenhorst (MBA 1986) is CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute, a leading think tank focused on sustainability and energy use. It has become a go-to source of analysis... View Details
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
heavily on the sustainability of everything from energy sources to low-cost sources of products and services to security, it is not particularly surprising that for some of the most interesting thinking concerning sustainability we might... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
‘Green’ Trailblazers
and Santiago, Chile For-profit conservationists David Blood (MBA 1985) Generation Investment Management London, New York, and Sydney Investment management that integrates sustainability factors and traditional equity research Scott Bolick... View Details