Utilities Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Press Books in Brief

offers a powerful alternative for identifying value-price gaps. The authors provide everything the reader needs to utilize the discounted cash flow model successfully. And they add an important twist: They suggest that rather than... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

04 May 2010
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First Look: May 4

We propose that firms' corporate governance and firms' strategic business activities within an industry are interlinked. By conducting a simultaneous economic analysis of business strategy and corporate governance, scholars can better... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2007
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First Look: March 27, 2007

microprocessor industry in new directions. However, in 2006 it was not clear whether Opteron's success in the server segment would translate into success in other microprocessor segments, notably corporate desktop and laptop, and whether... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2011
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First Look: Feb. 1

Abstract Existing performance metrics utilized by the PGA TOUR have biases towards specific styles of play, which make relative player comparisons challenging. Our goal is to evaluate golfers in a way that eliminates these biases and to... View Details

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

surprising given the disruptions in those fields. But other industries scored more dismally in this area; for example, only 13 percent of directors in energy and utilities ranked innovation to be of top... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

24 Oct 2013
News

Engineering a More Secure World

Shell and American Can Company. "All the guys who were making the decisions in the corner offices had advanced degrees," he recalls. "I wanted to call the shots." At HBS, Harris learned about leadership and motivating teams, citing courses such as View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

11 Jan 2000
Lessons from the Classroom

New Game, New Rules: Developing Managers for a Competitive World

The Program for Global Leadership assembles senior executives from organizations worldwide who participate and interact in a unique, multi-phased educational process. The program's unusual structure helps them to gain fresh insight about the forces of economic... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

07 Jul 2016
Blog Post

Can You Learn Finance through the Case Method?

Greetings from HBS! My name is Siri and I am a second-year student and a candidate for the joint MBA/MPP program between HBS and the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Before graduate school, I worked for three years as a management consultant specializing in the... View Details

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Private Equity Finance - Course Catalog

Educational Objectives This course has two objectives. First, it builds a rigorous approach and toolkit for sourcing, analyzing, negotiating, structuring and managing PE investments. The second goal of the course is to provide students with a deep understanding of the... View Details

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development

across industries and directly managed hundreds of employees who have grown their careers under her leadership. As part of her role, Fitzpatrick also regularly provides support to recruiting partners as they seek to recruit, hire, and... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

10 Nov 2015
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November 10, 2015

efficiently utilizing resources to do so; and (3) adapting to unforeseen, future challenges. This short note walks through the Congruence Model, a simple yet powerful tool for achieving alignment in an organization. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2010 (Revised January 2014)
Case

Water Shortage and Property Investing in Mexico City

By: John D. Macomber, Regina Garcia-Cuellar and Griffin James

A commercial property company evaluates water risks including the government's ability to remedy, the company's operating exposure and mitigation, and whether to relocate because of water risk. A real estate fund manager assesses investment prospects in Mexico City in... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Investment; Risk Management; Infrastructure; Privatization; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Utilities Industry; Mexico City

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01 Sep 2011
News

The City Solution

cities that are holistically improving their energy use to reduce their emissions and save money. Often these solutions involve submetering individualized utility measuring of city buildings, which allows for a closer monitoring of energy... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

20 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 20

anti-regulation movement that started in the 1970s, voluntary self-regulation programs have emerged in many regulatory agencies, seeking to increase cooperation between government and industry to achieve greater and more cost-effective... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Oct 2013
News

Pulling the Plug

Even now, Giler keeps his hand in cellular communications—"an industry ripe for substantial disruption"—by cofounding and chairing Scratch Wireless, which this year is slated to release the nation's first free cellphone service (it will... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

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Bringing the Next Pandemic Vaccine to Your Doorstep with MIMIX - Blog: Health Supplement

Key Advisory Board member for the Blavatnik Fellowship in Life Science Entrepreneurship and utilizing my experience to help the next generation of life science leaders making a difference in the world. About the author: Michael Schrader... View Details

01 Mar 2021
Blog Post

Best Practices for Creating a Successful Virtual Internship

across time zones.” You can also consider a rotational internship that will give students insight into various aspects of your business while not being on-site with your team. Keirsten Sires, remote internship consultant and founder and CEO of LRT Sports, has View Details

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