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- August 2017 (Revised December 2017)
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Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE
By: Paul Healy and Jonas Heese
In early 2016, RWE, a utility that operates nuclear power plants in Germany, came under scrutiny from regulators and the media over the adequacy of its provisions for costs of decommissioning and dismantling (D&D) its nuclear power plants. Accounting standards required... View Details
Keywords: Liabilities; Provisions For Long-term Obligations; Discounting; Accounting; Energy Generation; Energy Industry; Germany
Healy, Paul, and Jonas Heese. "Accounting for Nuclear Power Provisions at RWE." Harvard Business School Case 118-013, August 2017. (Revised December 2017.)
- 23 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Power of Conversational Leadership
Instead, they are adopting a conversational approach. In their new book, Talk, Inc.: How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations, Groysberg and communication professional Michael Slind... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- Mar 2012
- Article
Fixing What's Wrong with U.S. Politics
In America today there's a growing sense that the political system is broken and that its ineffectiveness is a major threat to U.S. competitiveness. Why do so many think the View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Unlocking the Power of Community
When Tara Fung (MBA 2016) explains Co:Create, the company she cofounded in 2022 and now leads as CEO, she doesn’t mention Web3 first. “We help innovative brands and creators unlock the View Details
Keywords: April White
- September 1998 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
Power Across Latin America: Endesa de Chile
Endesa, a privatized Chilean electricity generator, has made significant investments in the privatization of Argentina's electricity sector and is now contemplating an even larger privatization opportunity in Peru. In deciding how much to bid in Peru, Endesa must... View Details
Keywords: Expansion; Energy Generation; Privatization; Government and Politics; Utilities Industry; Peru; Chile
Ghemawat, Pankaj, and Patricio del Sol. "Power Across Latin America: Endesa de Chile." Harvard Business School Case 799-015, September 1998. (Revised July 2009.)
- October 10, 2005
- Article
How Soft Power Is Winning Hearts, Minds and Influence
By: John A. Quelch
Quelch, John A. "How Soft Power Is Winning Hearts, Minds and Influence." Financial Times (October 10, 2005), 17.
- 11 Feb 2015
- News
Politicians Received Political Benefit From Supporting Toxic Loans
- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
The Health Care Conference and the Convening Power of HBS
other business leaders who were eager to support the Health Care Club and Conference team. I chose to come to HBS partly because of its convening power—its ability to bring incredibly smart, successful, kind, View Details
- 16 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990
- 22 Mar 2006
- Lecture
Political Control and Operational Command: Building a Balanced Disaster Control System
By: Dutch Leonard and Arnold M. Howitt
Leonard, Dutch, and Arnold M. Howitt. "Political Control and Operational Command: Building a Balanced Disaster Control System." Lecture at the U.S. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, United States Senate, Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, March 22, 2006.
- 07 Nov 2016
- News
How Wikipedia Keeps Political Discourse from Turning Ugly
- 2020
- Working Paper
Incentive Power and Knowledge Sharing Among Employees: Evidence from the Field
By: Wei Cai, Susanna Gallani and Jee-Eun Shin
There is consensus, both in the literature and in practice, about knowledge sharing within organizations being a key determinant of success. However, organizations struggle to sustain employees’ engagement in knowledge sharing. One challenge lies in the fact that,... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Knowledge Sharing; Employee Driven Innovation; Innovation Appropriability; Contract Design; High-powered Incentives; Low-powered Incentives; Incentives; Pay-for-Performance; Rank-and-file; Employees; Knowledge Sharing; Innovation and Invention; Motivation and Incentives; Creativity; Performance
Cai, Wei, Susanna Gallani, and Jee-Eun Shin. "Incentive Power and Knowledge Sharing Among Employees: Evidence from the Field." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-015, August 2018. (Revised April 2020.)
- 09 Feb 2016
- News
Powering into the Future
professor, where they have invented a new way to move power without wires. The company’s called WiTricity—wireless electricity—and it couldn’t be more exciting. “We have so many new electronic devices in our lives that we are all... View Details
- Article
Northern Lights: Political Economy and the Terroir of the Norwegian Enlightenment
Reinert, Sophus A. "Northern Lights: Political Economy and the Terroir of the Norwegian Enlightenment." Journal of Modern History 92, no. 1 (March 2020): 76–115.
- February 2013
- Teaching Note
Negotiating Trust: Borrowers, Lenders, and the Politics of Household Debt (TN)
By: Catherine S. M. Duggan
- 14 Sep 2017
- News
Harvard Business School dissects the problems with U.S. politics
- 26 Mar 2014
- News
The Power of Education
had to make two trips from our home in New Jersey, but we didn’t want to miss either event.” The couple’s belief in the power of a Harvard education has inspired their generous and thoughtful support of both... View Details
- 19 Mar 2020
- News