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- February 2024
- Supplement
ReNew (B): A New Direction
By: Gunnar Trumbull and Malini Sen
The global renewables sector was in a slump, but the Indian market was booming. India’s largest renewable electricity generator, ReNew, faced a dilemma: it traded on the Nasdaq in New York, but saw huge opportunity in the Indian market. In response, CEO Sumant Sinha... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction; Trends; Transformation; Private Ownership; Environmental Sustainability; Mission and Purpose; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry; Asia; India
Trumbull, Gunnar, and Malini Sen. "ReNew (B): A New Direction." Harvard Business School Supplement 724-032, February 2024.
- October 2004 (Revised September 2005)
- Supplement
Sonoco Products Company (B): The Hybrid Model
By: David A. Thomas, Boris Groysberg and Cate Reavis
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Thomas, David A., Boris Groysberg, and Cate Reavis. "Sonoco Products Company (B): The Hybrid Model." Harvard Business School Supplement 405-010, October 2004. (Revised September 2005.)
- September 2012
- Background Note
Carbon Credits
By: Forest Reinhardt, Jost Hamschmidt and Mikell Hyman
- Article
The Electrification Accelerator: Understanding the Implications of Autonomous Vehicles for Electric Utilities
By: Jurgen Weiss, Ryan Hledik, Roger Lueken, Tony Lee and Will Gorman
The intersection of autonomous vehicles, ride sharing and transportation electrification could have significant implications for electric utilities. This paper analyses how the development of shared autonomous electric vehicles may make electrified transportation more... View Details
Keywords: Electrification; Autonomous Vehicle; Electric Vehicle; Electric Utility; Rate Design; Regulation; Energy; Transportation; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry
Weiss, Jurgen, Ryan Hledik, Roger Lueken, Tony Lee, and Will Gorman. "The Electrification Accelerator: Understanding the Implications of Autonomous Vehicles for Electric Utilities." Electricity Journal 30, no. 10 (December 2017): 50–57.
- April 1997
- Case
Restructuring in Transformers
By: Hugo Uyterhoeven
Uyterhoeven, Hugo. "Restructuring in Transformers." Harvard Business School Case 397-100, April 1997.
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (E)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-046, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (C)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-044, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- January 2007 (Revised June 2010)
- Teaching Note
Sonoco Products Company (TN) (A), (B), and (C), and Sonoco Products Company (A) (Abridged)
By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and David Lane
- January 2013
- Case
Luotang Power: Variances Explained
By: Robert Simons and Craig Chapman
The general manager of Luotang Power, a coal-fired power plant located in central China, reviews annual results before a meeting with the board of directors. He thought the company performed well during the year and both plant availability and fuel economy had improved... View Details
Keywords: China; Financial Statements; Management Accounting; Variance Analysis; Environmental Regulations; Incentives; Electric Power Generation; Contracts; Valuation; Energy Generation; Accounting; Performance Evaluation; Energy Industry; China
Simons, Robert, and Craig Chapman. "Luotang Power: Variances Explained." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-533, January 2013.
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. After local governments decided to pursue LEED certification for their own buildings, there was an uptick in the number of local architects, general contractors, and other... View Details
- September 2011
- Case
China Development Bank
By: Li Jin, Matthew Preble and Aldo Sesia
In May 2011, Chairman Chen Yuan of the China Development Bank (CDB) was thinking back on CDB's financing of a major project between Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-owned oil and gas producer and China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), one... View Details
Keywords: International Finance; Emerging Markets; Energy Sources; Banks and Banking; Energy Industry; Brazil; China
Jin, Li, Matthew Preble, and Aldo Sesia. "China Development Bank." Harvard Business School Case 212-001, September 2011.
- January 1990
- Case
Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (A)
This case series involves a crisis in business ethics and management decision making, when one of the company's diesel fuel storage tanks collapses, releasing nearly one million gallons of oil into the Monongahela and Ohio Rivers. Divided into four cases guiding the... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Crisis Management; Energy Sources; Energy Industry
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "Ashland Oil, Inc.: Trouble at Floreffe (A)." Harvard Business School Case 390-017, January 1990.
- September 2011
- Article
The Empire Struck Back: Sanctions and Compensation in the Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938
By: Noel Maurer
The Mexican expropriation of 1938 was the first large-scale non-Communist expropriation of foreign-owned natural resource assets. The literature makes three assertions: the U.S. did not fully back the companies, Mexico did not fully compensate them for the value of... View Details
Keywords: Natural Environment; Assets; Value; Motivation and Incentives; Government and Politics; Strategy; Interests; Revenue; Non-Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; Mexico; United States
Maurer, Noel. "The Empire Struck Back: Sanctions and Compensation in the Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938." Journal of Economic History 71, no. 3 (September 2011): 590 – 615.
- 2010
- Comment
'Urgency and Betrayal: Three Attempts to Foster Private Investment in Argentina's Oil Industry,' by Nicolas Gadano
By: Louis T. Wells
Keywords: Investment; Private Sector; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Non-Renewable Energy; Energy Industry; Argentina
Wells, Louis T. Comment on "'Urgency and Betrayal: Three Attempts to Foster Private Investment in Argentina's Oil Industry,' by Nicolas Gadano." The Natural Resources Trap: Private Investment without Public Commitment, edited by William Hogan and Federico Sturzenegger, 405–407. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2010.
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (D)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (D)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-045, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- September 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Supplement
Enman Oil, Inc. (B)
By: David F. Hawkins
Company pursues ways to reduce its debt to equity ratio by resorting to off balance sheet debt transactions. View Details
Keywords: Energy Sources; Capital Structure; Financial Statements; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States
Hawkins, David F. "Enman Oil, Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-043, September 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- February 2016 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands
Suncor, Canada's largest producer of "oil sands," faces a host of issues involving prices, costs, and the environment. The Government of Canada recently put an explicit limit on carbon emissions from oil sands and a price on carbon. Suncor, which produces more than... View Details
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Suncor and the Future of Oil Sands." Harvard Business School Case 716-065, February 2016. (Revised March 2019.)
- February 1999
- Case
PDVSA & Citgo (B): Fully Integrated?
By: Ashish Nanda
Concerned that Citgo investments are not yielding sufficient returns, PDVSA constrains Citgo management's autonomy, leading to Citgo senior management turnover. The case closes with Citgo's new CEO reflecting on what he needs to do to align Citgo's strategy and... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Mergers and Acquisitions; Alignment; Energy Sources; Energy Industry
Nanda, Ashish, and Leopoldo E. Lopez Mendoza. "PDVSA & Citgo (B): Fully Integrated?" Harvard Business School Case 899-221, February 1999.
- March 1994 (Revised September 1995)
- Case
Enron Gas Services
By: Peter Tufano
The CEO of Enron Gas Services (EGS), a subsidiary of the largest U.S. integrated natural gas firm, considers the risks and opportunities of selling a variety of natural gas derivatives, both embedded in gas delivery contracts and as free-standing financial contracts.... View Details
Tufano, Peter, and Sanjay Bhatnagar. "Enron Gas Services." Harvard Business School Case 294-076, March 1994. (Revised September 1995.)