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- 06 Oct 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
18 Tips Managers Can Use to Lead Through COVID's Rising Waters
large reallocation of modern information technology, with particular links to communications. Some of it broke. The best organizations have had the ability to expand existing capacity because the technology did not break under the strain.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Mar 2023
- Blog Post
Career Journey: Karan Khimji, Co-Founder of 44.01
worked in consulting between Dubai and Paris where I helped utilities and infrastructure funds on their energy transition. I got to experience the evolution of Europe towards clean energy. After a few years, I decided it was time for a... View Details
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Organizational Leadership Course | HBS Online
change in response to external shifts or internal challenges, and utilize the CHANGE model to implement organizational change successfully. Highlights Leader as Catalyst Role Stepping into a Messy Situation The CHANGE Model Show Hide... View Details
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Electricity - Business & Environment
economy for current and future generations.” Moses Esema MBA 2014 Vice President, Renewable Energy Finance, Bank of America Merrill Lynch Molly Middaugh HBS MBA 2018 Product Development Manager, Puget Sound Energy “I’m helping to lead the largest View Details
- 25 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #15: Hilton Augustine III on Financing Climate Ventures
graduation, Hilton’s experiences combined to lead him to Energy Impact Partners, where he perfected his skills as a venture investor. “I focused on early-stage startups that aim to displace or sequester a significant portion of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. I... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
lower emissions) is becoming the focus of operators. Consumers are shifting their product preferences and investors are incorporating these in their asset allocations and specific investment decisions. There will be large changes in the electric grid, as View Details
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Harvard Business School
Wilkins began his career as a finance and management consultant before becoming president of Syndicated Communications in 1977. Wilkins served in that capacity through 1989, then took posts as managing general partner of Syncom Capital... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
a software company that encourages households to reduce their energy consumption. From Opower's earliest days, its managers utilized experiments to amplify their environmental impact and enhance customer value. We will revisit some of... View Details
- 08 Mar 2012
- Research & Ideas
Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?
two decades, according to the 2010 case The Smart Grid, prepared by Henderson, Associate Professor Noel Maurer, and former research associate Catherine Ross. When demand peaks beyond the capacity of the base system, View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
ultimate goal of selling transmission capacity to generators of renewable-energy seeking to get their product to market; or to utilities looking to access the lowest-cost clean power in the country. To make... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
Summing Up Debate on this month's questions occurred on at least three levels. Is global warming occurring? Do humans (primarily through CO2 emissions) have much to do with it? Should we rely on market forces to provide appropriate responses, or will this require... View Details
Harry F. Sinclair
mid-west, building almost 900 miles of line in just two years. By 1929, Sinclair Oil refineries had a production capacity of 80,000 barrels a day, 12,000 acres of coal land, and many other holdings that made it a profitable oil... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 23 Jan 2015
- Research & Ideas
Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?
The last six years have proved just how fluid the international oil market is. And if recent support of the Keystone Pipeline by the U.S. House of Representatives and the Nebraska Supreme Court (which approved the pipeline's path through that state) are any indication,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
What I Do: Keith Cerny (MBA 1991)
“We want to serve the surrounding community in the most diverse way possible.” “Needless to say, an orchestra is not a factory. But thinking about fixed and variable costs and capacity utilization is... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
Energy: How Innovators Are Using Local-scale Solar and Batteries to Disrupt the Global Energy Industry from the Outside In. Many data center owners have already cemented deals with utilities to get more of their electricity from sources... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
(Photo courtesy of KDC Solar) Launched in 2011, QE solar is an operations and maintenance company focused on servicing large-scale, commercial solar energy structures—the kind typically owned by large utility companies. The company is... View Details
- 24 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Why Small Businesses Deserve More Credit
companies have room to grow—and yet will still maintain slack in their total borrowing capacity. “I knew that [small] firms have to be cautious in the way they finance,” Kim says. “I was just surprised by how much. The level of View Details
- 08 Apr 2011
- Research & Ideas
Will the Japan Disaster Remake the Landscape for Green Energy in Asia?
Even before the recent earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear meltdown in Japan, many parts of Asia had already begun investing in "green" energy. But the disaster has certainly upped the urgency of the discussions. “It's driven a lot of people to have a bit of a... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
part of Gazprom's long-term strategy is "to build up its LNG capacity so it can export to regions it cannot reach by pipeline." Despite these moves, Abdelal downplays fears of Russian expansionism. "Energy can be a tool for... View Details