Publications

March 1994 (Revised October 1994)
Case

Reading Energy

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Reading Energy builds facilities that produce energy from nontraditional fuels. A privately held, entrepreneurial organization, it has spent six years developing a plan to build a waste-to-energy plant in the town of Robbins, Illinois. The plant would burn municipal... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Community Relations; Business Plan; Agreements and Arrangements; Contracts; Risk and Uncertainty; Government and Politics; Environmental Sustainability; Business Strategy; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Illinois

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

Keywords: Risk Management; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Energy Industry

Educators

January 1994 (Revised November 1995)
Case

Phillips 66: Transforming for the 1990s

By: Lynda M. Applegate

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Energy Industry

January 1994 (Revised October 1995)
Background Note

Renewable Energy in the United States

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

December 1993 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Hydro-Quebec: Developing Grande Baleine

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Canada

Article

Franklin D. Roosevelt, Electric Utilities, and the Power of Competition

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Government and Politics; Energy; Competition; Energy Industry

July 1993
Case

ABB Deutschland (Abridged)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett

Focuses in detail on implementing a corporate restructuring program in ABB's German subsidiary. Special attention is given to Germany's unique form of industrial governance. Two major problem areas--power plants and power transformers--are described in detail. ABB's... View Details

Keywords: Restructuring; Energy Generation; Corporate Governance; Factories, Labs, and Plants; Salesforce Management; Policy; Organizational Culture; Energy Industry; Germany

Educators

July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
Supplement

Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (B)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall

Presents a continuation of the (A) case. New legal and social issues arise. View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Energy Industry

July 1993 (Revised September 1995)
Supplement

Block 16: Conoco's "Green" Oil Strategy (D)

By: Malcolm S. Salter and Susan E.A. Hall

Presents a continuation of the (A), (B), and (C) cases. View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Energy Industry

March 1993 (Revised April 1995)
Case

Cabot Corporation's Liquefied Natural Gas Business

By: David J. Collis and Dianna Magnani

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry

1993
Article

Government Policy and Energy Markets: A Review Essay

By: R. H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Government and Politics; Policy; Markets

September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
Case

Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States

Educators

May 1992
Teaching Note

H. Ross Perot, Teaching Note

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Keywords: Energy Generation; Energy Industry

February 1992
Case

Westinghouse Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Energy Industry