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- March 1988 (Revised September 1988)
- Case
Friendly Competitors: The Amalgamated Aluminum Succession
Shapiro, Benson P. "Friendly Competitors: The Amalgamated Aluminum Succession." Harvard Business School Case 588-064, March 1988. (Revised September 1988.)
- Profile
Vivian Scalfi
how to improvise. A friend of mine said about HBS, ‘If you want to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, this is the place for you.’" "There is a mix of excitement and intimidation here," she says. "My first cold... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- Profile
Joe Stenger
a lot, but that woman is the most heroic person I know. What’s the best thing about your home town? Fast cars, backroads, and freedom. I grew up in a really small mining town nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Growing... View Details
- 18 Sep 2017
- News
Chronicling a Legacy of Alumni Social Impact
see is that there is no one path,” says Stevenson. The team’s research has been mined for a book for the HBS community that was released in 2019. The book—titled Problem Solving: HBS Alumni Making a Difference in the World—describes the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Faculty Books
offerings, and fatter profit margins. Featuring case studies from around the world, this book shows how to mine sales data to identify “home-run” products, reinvent forecasting and pricing strategies, and extract maximum value from... View Details
- Profile
Ben Seipel
industry you can think of, everything from finance and consulting to mining in Africa or pursuing a social enterprise." The combination of personal and professional insight has been exceptionally useful. "I came to HBS with the... View Details
Keywords: Tech
- June 1997 (Revised May 1998)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A2)
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Second of a two-part case on the development and use of a Balanced Scorecard (BSC) at Mobil's US Marketing and Refining Division. This case describes the completed BSC, and how this was linked to the BSCs of the independent business units and the internal service... View Details
Keywords: Balanced Scorecard; Performance Evaluation; Management Teams; Management Practices and Processes; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United States
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A2)." Harvard Business School Case 197-121, June 1997. (Revised May 1998.)
- September 1996 (Revised September 1999)
- Case
Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard
By: Robert S. Kaplan
The CEO of the marketing and refining division of a major oil company is in the midst of implementing a profit turnaround. He transforms the strongly centralized, functionally-organized division into 17 independent business units and 14 internal service companies. The... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Measurement and Metrics; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Design; Balanced Scorecard; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Mining Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "Mobil USM&R (A): Linking the Balanced Scorecard." Harvard Business School Case 197-025, September 1996. (Revised September 1999.)
- September 2012
- Case
Natural Gas
By: Rawi Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi
In an overview of natural gas as a fossil fuel and traded commodity, the case describes various regional markets of natural gas, highlighting diversity of price formation mechanisms across and within those markets. Recent changes in the economics of unconventional... View Details
Abdelal, Rawi, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Natural Gas." Harvard Business School Case 713-020, September 2012.
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
BP's Macondo: Spill and Response (TN)
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Teaching Note for 711-021. View Details
- February 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Supplement
Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (B)
By: David F. Hawkins and Aldo Sesia
The BP Mexican Gulf Oil spill requires BP to recognize or at least disclose investor-relevant information. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Accounting; Natural Disasters; Pollutants; Energy Sources; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; North America
Hawkins, David F., and Aldo Sesia. "Accounting for Catastrophes: BP PLC and Union Carbide Corporation (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-074, February 2011. (Revised August 2011.)
- July 1987 (Revised October 1995)
- Case
Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis
The downstream operations subsidiary of a major U.S. petroleum company is faced with major restructuring decisions and responds by developing an Executive Information System (EIS) which allows for increased responsiveness, wider span of control, and higher levels of... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Information Management; Governance Controls; Organizational Design; Crisis Management; Communication; Management Teams; Growth Management; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United States
Applegate, Lynda M. "Phillips 66: Controlling a Company Through Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 189-006, July 1987. (Revised October 1995.)
- October 2001 (Revised January 2003)
- Teaching Note
Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (A) and (B), The TN
By: Benjamin C. Esty
Teaching Note for (9-202-010) and (9-202-012). View Details
- September 1975 (Revised September 1977)
- Case
Black Diamond Coal Co. (A)
Wheelwright, Steven C. "Black Diamond Coal Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 676-056, September 1975. (Revised September 1977.)
- Web
The Art of American Advertising: 1865 - 1910
“Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “Advertising is a distinct art, as much so as the art of coal mining or of engine building,” noted copywriter and author Nathaniel C. Fowler wrote in 1889. 1 Fowler was referring to... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
at home.” Futures market: “Australia is in its 24th year of consecutive economic growth; over the next 10 years I believe the country will achieve even more due not only to our mining and energy assets, but also to our capacity to harness... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
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Films & TV | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
U.S. Steel. Full film available at: https://archive.org/details/EmpiresOfSteel Steel, Man’s Servant (1938) Produced in 35 mm technicolor and highly praised for its production quality, this documentary served as a major informational piece for U.S. Steel. The film... View Details
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
Utah’s coal country, where three generations of Rileys have mined and where his family still lives. But Riley thinks Guzman Energy has a role to play in that transition. “I’m trying to cultivate a culture inside the reusable-energy sector... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ink
not nearly enough are aiming to be market leaders in 2025. Foresight is a muscle that can be developed.” —Alison Sander (MBA 1986), director of Boston Consulting Group’s Center for Sensing & Mining the Future, from her October 2014... View Details
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Kira Epler
the community he had lived in and how it was affected by a copper mine nearby. After hearing his story, I could see the broader impact of a company's decisions, the larger consequences for communities." Giving back Kira has taken an... View Details