Publications

06 Sep 2004
What Do You Think?

How Do We Prepare for a World Without Cheap Oil?

if nothing else, has fostered a sense of entrepreneurship and opportunity in the renewable energy sectors." And Chip Levy suggests that "This is a great time to leap into a growth industry ...We... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

September 2009 (Revised January 2012)
Case

Suntech Power

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Suntech, a Chinese manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels, is the third largest solar company in the world. About 90 percent of its sales have been in Europe—especially Germany and Spain. But with its new "pluto" technology, and with new governmental... View Details

Keywords: Solar Power; Renewable Energy; Globalized Markets and Industries; Competition; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Expansion; Strategy; Energy Industry; Green Technology Industry; China

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

1987
Other Unpublished Work

Testimony on Evaluating the Management of the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Project

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Energy; Management; Energy Industry; California

January 2007
Supplement

Sonoco Products Company (C)

By: Boris Groysberg, David A. Thomas and David Lane

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry

February 2012
Case

Hyperion Power Module: Downsizing the Nuclear Renaissance?

By: Dennis Yao and Britta Kelley

Keywords: Energy Industry

April 2006 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Endesa Chile: Raising the Ralco Dam (B)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Paula J. Laschober and Dina Pradel

Keywords: Energy Generation; Projects; Energy Industry; Chile

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

March 2011
Teaching Note

Areva and the Nuclear Renaissance (TN)

By: Noel Maurer

Teaching Note for 709061. View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; Europe; China; United States

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

Keywords: Business Model; Non-Renewable Energy; Energy Industry

01 Feb 2001
News

Drilling Down

the energy industry is far more important than the ups and downs of the Internet." Oil Lingo 3-D Seismic: A technique to acquire a three-dimensional image of the earth's interior by projecting sound waves... View Details

Keywords: Hanna, Julia; Matthew R. Simmons; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

1996
Other Unpublished Work

Testimony on Managing the Trans Alaska Pipeline System

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Energy; Management; Energy Industry; United States

01 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Alumni Spotlight: Career Advice from Alums Working in Climate

innovators alike grapple with both the impacts of climate change and how to build a more sustainable system for the future. Right now there is enormous opportunity (and need!) for strategic thinkers and do-ers to bring fresh energy and... View Details

Keywords: Energy / Cleantech

March 2007 (Revised April 2010)
Teaching Note

Lincoln Electric (TN)

By: Jordan I. Siegel

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry

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

Keywords: Energy; Energy Industry

February 1982
Supplement

El Paso Natural Gas Co. and the FPC, Supplement

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Energy Generation; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry