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- 18 Mar 2022
- Blog Post
Career Advice: Transforming the Energy Industry
Tell us about what you were doing before HBS and what brought you to HBS. Prior to HBS, I spent six years in the oil and gas industry working primarily on taking technologies in the energy space from the lab to the field. Being exposed to... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
Working PapersA Resource Belief-Curse: Oil and Individualism Authors:Rafael Di Tella, Juan Dubra, and Robert MacCulloch Abstract We study the correlation between a belief concerning individualism and a measure of luck in the US during... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Nov 2017
- News
Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy
generation. When you have an oil company saying that, by 2030, one-third of all car sales are going to be electric vehicles [EVs]—an oil company actually admitting that to themselves and to the public—then... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
Partners, a midstream oil and natural gas pipeline company, have joined forces to turn waste heat to power (WHP) at four sites in the United States. Construction on the projects—three in Ohio and one in Indiana—is expected to start early... View Details
- Fast Answer
Sustainability in the Transportation Industry
Europe's dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050. The complete white paper may downloaded here. The European Commission is working on a comprehensive Strategy for a Sustainable and Smart... View Details
- 04 Feb 2025
- Blog Post
Leadership with Purpose: Redefining Success & Impact with Satpal Singh (SELP—India 4, 2019)
Transformation at Legrand India and had spent years gaining diverse industry experience across the manufacturing, oil and gas, and energy sectors. My goal wasn’t just to refine my skills—I wanted to broaden my perspective on strategy,... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Learning from the Past
led it back to profitability during the oil boom of the 1970s. By 1983, however, boom had turned to bust. After restructuring the company to a more suitable size, Strassler cashed out and helped his brother launch a family-run investment... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
change. Energy Professor Michael Porter and BCG have partnered on research into how the country can maximize the opportunity presented by America’s unconventional oil and gas resources in a responsible way. In March, an HBS energy summit... View Details
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
that is abundant in India. In fact, Tata Power has already demonstrated their ability to address changing market trends within this plant. The Trombay plant began as an oil thermal plant but switched to coal around 70s-80s to mitigate... View Details
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
important state-run companies, such as oil and telecom firms, has remained steady. Moreover, while private companies may work well in countries with well-developed capital markets, countries without a robust sector for private investment... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 20 Sep 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Consumers Value Global Brands
Bhopal gas tragedy in 1984, the Exxon Valdez spill in 1989, the outcry over Shell's plan to sink its Brent Spar oil rig and the protests at its Nigerian facilities in 1995—people have become convinced that global brands have a special... View Details
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 18, 2006
labor-management trust, product liability, foreign child labor, business e-ethics, the oil industry and climate control, and more. A new appendix, "Corporate Self-Assessment and Improvement," provides a corporate self-assessment... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
First, there appear to be no “green” native energy projects that are economical without government subsidy. Second, US natural gas reserves can be produced for far less than any alternative source, and US crude oil reserves are on the way... View Details
- Profile
Vivian Scalfi
market research stint and five years with General Electric, where she progressed through the commercial leadership rotational program in health care, oil and gas, and power, Vivian shifted into consumer goods with a role at Diageo... View Details
Keywords: CPG
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Action Plan: Net Proceeds
from used vegetable oil and sugars. The polymer can be used to replace plastic, is fully home compostable, and doesn’t create microplastics when it breaks down. Goodwin is proud of OceanCycle’s contribution but knows the issue is too big... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development
improve the economic and social well-being of low-income people by helping them create sustainable businesses. The diverse microenterprises she worked with included oil seed extraction, a sewing school, farming activities, dairy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
company and biggest taxpayer,” Abdelal explains. Russia, he adds, also views Gazprom revenues as a means to make its economy less dependent on the energy sector in the long term. Abdelal notes that because natural gas is much cleaner than View Details
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation In 2016, a trial began to determine the future of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation’s $3 billion chapter 11 reorganization plan. The plan called for first- and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 30
http://hbr.org/search/613083-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-027 Société Internationale de Plantations et de Finance (SIPEF) Management of a company with extensive palm oil tree plantations questions the usefulness to management... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne