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- September 2018
- Case
ProdEng: Services for Oil & Gas Extraction
By: Frank V. Cespedes, Maria Fernanda Miguel and Mariana Cal
ProdEng is a venture created as part of a PE fund and provides oil field services in Argentina. In 2016, an industry-wide unforeseen oil and gas demand slump drove ProdEng’s average service rates down by more than 37%, with EBITDA margins falling from 50% to 24% in the... View Details
Cespedes, Frank V., Maria Fernanda Miguel, and Mariana Cal. "ProdEng: Services for Oil & Gas Extraction." Harvard Business School Case 819-003, September 2018.
- November 2013
- Article
The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico
By: John Beshears
I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico to measure how a corporate alliance—a group of firms that jointly develops an offshore tract—performs relative to a solo firm. I employ a regression discontinuity strategy based on bids in first-price sealed-bid... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Form; Corporate Alliances; Oil And Gas Production; Lease Auctions; Regression Discontinuity; Alliances; Organizational Structure; Auctions; Performance; Energy Sources; Leasing; Energy Industry
Beshears, John. "The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico." Journal of Financial Economics 110, no. 2 (November 2013): 324–346.
- June 1991 (Revised July 1992)
- Case
Standard Oil Co.: Combination, Consolidation, and Integration (Abridged) (A)
By: Thomas K. McCraw
The rise of Standard Oil and its relation to the development of the American oil industry and new form of business organization. View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business History; Industry Growth; Energy Sources; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States
McCraw, Thomas K. "Standard Oil Co.: Combination, Consolidation, and Integration (Abridged) (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-287, June 1991. (Revised July 1992.)
- June 1991 (Revised June 1993)
- Case
Standard Oil Co.: Combination, Consolidation, and Integration (Abridged) (B)
By: Thomas K. McCraw
The rise of Standard Oil and its relation to the development of the American oil industry and new form of business organization. View Details
Keywords: Business Organization; Business History; Industry Growth; Energy Sources; Mining Industry; Energy Industry; United States
McCraw, Thomas K. "Standard Oil Co.: Combination, Consolidation, and Integration (Abridged) (B)." Harvard Business School Case 391-244, June 1991. (Revised June 1993.)
- April 2025
- Case
Pouring Oil on Troubled Waters: Vickers Oils and Resolving Family Conflict over Generations
By: Lauren Cohen, Octavian Graf Pilati and Sophia Pan
Will Vickers, a seventh-generation (G7) member of the Vickers Family, grappled with a pressing challenge: how to re-integrate family members into the firm to recover lost talent. His father, Peter Vickers, was the lone leader of the Vickers Oils – despite having... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Family; Relationships; Shareholder; Conflict; Involvement; Family Office; Family Firms; Diversification; Family Business; Business Growth and Maturation; Experience and Expertise; Retention; Leadership Development; Business or Company Management; Management Succession; Organizational Structure; Family Ownership; Family and Family Relationships; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
- 10 Jul 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: The Coming World Oil Crisis
McAdam, Chief Executive Officer, Aquamarine Power LimitedMatthew Simmons, Chairman, Simmons & Company International The panelists offered sobering perspectives on the world's dwindling oil resources, assessing the ramifications and... View Details
- December 2004 (Revised February 2005)
- Case
Exporting Spanish Olive Oil to the U.S. Market
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Hal Hogan and Miguel Angel Llano Irusta
Spain is the largest olive oil producer, yet it sells much of its product to Italy, where it is repackaged as Italian olive oil. The decision maker in the case wants to develop Spain as the olive oil leader not just in production but in quality and value added. He... View Details
Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Goods and Commodities; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Brands and Branding; Decisions; Customization and Personalization; Product Design; Product Development; Marketing Strategy; Product Marketing; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Spain; United States; Italy
- March 2015
- Case
Sustainable Palm Oil and Self-Regulation
By: Rebecca Henderson and Amram Migdal
This case is designed to be used with HBS Note: Industry Self-Regulation: Sustaining the Commons in the 21st Century, HBS No. 315-074. View Details
Keywords: Governance Compliance
- March 1994
- Case
Report on International Oil (B)
Keywords: Energy Industry
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Report on International Oil (B)." Harvard Business School Case 794-117, March 1994.
- September 1985
- Case
U.S. Oil Co. Technical Center
Keywords: Energy Industry
Sahlman, William A. "U.S. Oil Co. Technical Center." Harvard Business School Case 286-007, September 1985.
- March 2020
- Teaching Plan
C16 Biosciences: Lab-Grown Palm Oil
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Olivia Hull and Mel Martin
Teaching Plan for HBS No. 820-008. View Details
- February 1987 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Oil and Democracy in Venezuela
Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Oil and Democracy in Venezuela." Harvard Business School Case 387-149, February 1987. (Revised February 1993.)
- December 1977
- Supplement
Mobil Oil Corp. (B)
Lovdal, Michael L. "Mobil Oil Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 378-131, December 1977.
- November 1977 (Revised December 1977)
- Case
Mobil Oil Corp. (A)
Keywords: Energy Industry
Porter, Michael E. "Mobil Oil Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 378-126, November 1977. (Revised December 1977.)
- June 2018
- Article
The Emergence of an Export Cluster: Traders and Palm Oil in Early Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia
By: Valeria Giacomin
Keywords: Clusters; Palm Oil; Rubber; Traders; Southeast Asia; Industry Clusters; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Southeast Asia
Giacomin, Valeria. "The Emergence of an Export Cluster: Traders and Palm Oil in Early Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia." Enterprise & Society 19, no. 2 (June 2018): 272–308.
- 2017
- Article
Negotiating Cluster Boundaries: Governance Shifts in the Palm Oil and Rubber Cluster in Malay(si)a (1945–1970 ca.)
By: Valeria Giacomin
Keywords: Cluster Governance; Institutional Change; Agency Houses; Palm Oil; Rubber; Malay(si)a; Decolonization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Southeast Asia
Giacomin, Valeria. "Negotiating Cluster Boundaries: Governance Shifts in the Palm Oil and Rubber Cluster in Malay(si)a (1945–1970 ca.)." Management & Organizational History 12, no. 1 (2017): 76–98.
- March 1982 (Revised October 1984)
- Case
Carter, OPEC, and Big Oil
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Carter, OPEC, and Big Oil." Harvard Business School Case 382-116, March 1982. (Revised October 1984.)