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- 09 Apr 2021
- Blog Post
Reflections on Student Conferences in 2020
changes that businesses across sectors will have to make in order to confront challenges from climate change. Energy & Environment Club: Energy and Environment in the New Economy Leading off the week was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Student Teams Take on Real-World Innovation
explains. At GE, students worked on developing a plan for shifting from large-scale energy generation projects to smaller-scale ones to take advantage of solar, wind, and other renewable View Details
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
ClimateCAP 2024
is one of the biggest challenges that our generation is facing, and witnessing the collective efforts of students and industry leaders from various sectors to address this issue was truly inspiring. The "Onshoring Clean View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
issues at all generally brush them off, believing that the problems can and will be solved by better governance and more political will, that states will take care of it. But the third troublesome phenomenon is that governments clearly... View Details
- 24 Oct 2023
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco
of 2003) Chief Operating Officer at Generate Capital The panelists discussed their views on the evolution of the climate investment landscape and how investments have changed from the first wave of investments in renewable View Details
- 19 Jun 2014
- News
Turning "Black Gold" to Green
calling for using city investments in energy efficiency to generate savings that would be reinvested in solar power. Inspired by their success, Dawe took an 80 percent pay cut and moved to Colorado to work... View Details
John K. Jamieson
Jamieson oversaw the creation of Exxon from the reorganized Standard Oil and other affiliates. During the Arab Oil Embargo in the early 1970’s, Exxon generated record-level profitability. View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
using the electrical power and illumination generated from 22,000 temporary light poles, and making their religious commitments as they bathed in the Ganges and Yamuna Rivers over the course of the day, many beginning in the darkness... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
Entrepreneurship group here at HBS, in pursuing a whole host of generous philanthropic activities from NPR to the environment to just plain helping those in need, Howard has been a nonstop ball of energy and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The Blue-Green Revolution
removed from fossil crude. As a result, algae could pull fossil-fuel generated CO2 out of the atmosphere and transform it into nearly carbon-neutral diesel or jet fuel with minimal environmental impact—a handy trick when demand for... View Details
- Career Coach
Marsha Faradina
Marsha has 8 years of experience in the energy industry (oil & gas/power generation) and was in consumer goods for her first job. She switched to consulting and moved from Asia to the US. Therefore, she enjoys assisting students... View Details
Jean Riboud
Riboud is credited with building the world’s leading oilfield testing company. During his tenure, he produced a 19-fold increase in revenue (to $6.4 billion) and a 44-fold increase in earnings (to $1.2 billion), often producing results that were the best in the world.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- May 2009 (Revised January 2011)
- Case
Enel: Power, Russia, and Global Markets
By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Richard H.K. Vietor and Sogomon Tarontsi
Although the global trend toward liberalization of electric utilities forced Enel, the largest power company in Italy, to give up some of its assets in its home base, it also opened up many opportunities abroad, including in Russia, one of the largest electricity... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Generation; Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Russia; Italy
Abdelal, Rawi E., Richard H.K. Vietor, and Sogomon Tarontsi. "Enel: Power, Russia, and Global Markets." Harvard Business School Case 709-046, May 2009. (Revised January 2011.)
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance. The trend of mandatory sustainability reporting picked up steam as consumers, investors, and civil society in general increasingly demonstrated that they value the social... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
first billionaire. Rockefeller was also known for his establishment of charitable foundations and academic institutions, including the University of Chicago, the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, the General Education Board and... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- Portrait Project
Hope Carlson
moving forward. To renew with fresh energy each second. To listen outside and inside yourself. To support yourself and to be aware. I want to sing my life. To let go of fear and worry. To delight in the melody of each sliver of grass and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Start It Up
MOOREHEAD: A green start-up designed to reduce the human and monetary costs of war. While serving in different parts of the world as a Navy SEAL, Doug Moorehead (MBA 2007) observed firsthand the human and material cost of energy... View Details
- 29 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Exploring Sustainable Energy: A Visit to Vestas Wind Turbine Manufacturing in Odense, Denmark
In January 2024, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led 45 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in the second year of... View Details
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Clean Slate
be able to plug right in. Massport will also use its facilities to generate as much renewable energy as possible on-site and invest in carbon offsets to make up the difference, among a host of other... View Details