Publications

January 2018
Case

Ørsted Goes Global

By: Joseph L. Bower and Elena Corsi

The European leader in offshore wind, the Danish Ørsted is building a global position and entering markets where offshore wind is nascent. The case examines the transformations in strategy leading to Ørsted’s success and the challenges of adopting that strategy in... View Details

Keywords: Off-shore Wind; Managing Global Expansion; Business Strategy; Renewable Energy; Expansion; Global Range; Market Entry and Exit

18 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 18

environmentally beneficial functions: it diverts waste from landfill and it produces renewable energy. At the same time, the waste-to-energy firm serves and collects revenue from two types of customers: waste generators who pay for waste... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Transportation - Business & Environment

such as electricity from renewables and sustainably produced biofuels. Well-designed public transit and freight rail infrastructure—alongside policies and technologies to discourage the use of private automobiles, short-haul aviation, and... View Details

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Entrepreneurial Sales 101: Founder Selling - Course Catalog

outside of the classroom, in parallel with the classroom sessions. You will learn how to book appointments, run the first sales meeting, demonstrate your product and service, close large complex deals, and run renewal and expansion calls.... View Details

27 May 2021
News

History’s Future

environmental sustainability and inclusive growth. “This is a cultural landscape. We don’t want to get ahead of ourselves in development and ruin all this heritage,” he says. For AlMadani, that means a commitment to preserving the region’s natural landscape and... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

December 2018 (Revised May 2021)
Background Note

Making UK Energy Smarter

By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock

This case describes the history of the United Kingdom's domestic energy industry and the country's efforts to create a more competitive, greener, and distributed power sector. On July 24, 2017, the United Kingdom government and the industry regulator, the Office of Gas... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019

and business, as well as his full career as a professor, drilling engineer, and energy executive. Renewable Energy: A Primer for the Twenty-First Century (Columbia University Earth Institute Sustainability Primers) by Bruce Usher (MBA... View Details

Profile

Dominic Mensah

HBS was preparing me to make those decisions effectively. I will be leaving with a renewed Me—transformed with knowledge, strength, and the commitment to give my dreams my all. While I can't control every outcome, I have classmates,... View Details

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Industrial Production & Materials - Business & Environment

instead, emitting fewer GHGs. [45] Water Consumption Industry accounts for about 20% of global water usage , the second highest usage after agriculture. [46] Except when powered by renewable or nuclear energy, pumping and treating water... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Charged Up

Maurer, and this November in the Executive Education Global Energy Seminar. The course takes a global view of fossil fuel, nuclear power, and renewable energy, considering all three through the lens of competitive strategy and the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; batteries; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Jun 2024
News

Outside Voices

academia, Deon Policy Institute focuses on four priorities: increasing entrepreneurial opportunities, making Greece a leading producer of renewable energy, strengthening ties between the diaspora and the home country to fuel economic... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Pete Ryan; immigration; repatriation; innovation; public policy; Greece

14 Aug 2019
News

Leading from Within

look at business development and values, management practices and ethics, and their roles. And that’s all well and good, says Lim, in that CEOs typically walk away renewed and clear-headed about their next steps within their... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Jun 2010
News

Alumni Books

numbers one never thinks about, even though they play a crucial role in most aspects of life. Seizing the White Space: Business Model Innovation for Growth and Renewal by Mark W. Johnson (MBA ’96) (Harvard Business Press) Johnson... View Details

Keywords: mathematics; statistics; Finance

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

the effects of rapid climate change. Less typically, he's more bullish on nuclear power and hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking," than he is on solar energy or wind power for addressing the worldwide carbon emissions problem. It's not that he has anything against View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

September 2010 (Revised November 2010)
Case

Ze-gen: Commercializing Clean Tech

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Kaitlyn Lyons and Scott Prozeller

The Ze-gen case covers the first five years in the life of a clean-tech start-up. Ze-gen had developed an innovative technology that converted solid waste into synthesis gas (called syngas). This technology was in testing at the company's pilot plant, built next to the... View Details

Keywords: Business Startups; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Environmental Sustainability; Commercialization; Green Technology Industry; New Bedford