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  • 09 Apr 2025
  • Video

We Mean Business Coalition | How business is accelerating the energy transition

  • October 7, 2022
  • Article

Why Nations Lead or Lag in Energy Transitions

By: Jonas Meckling, Phillip Lipscy, Jared Finnegan and Florence Metz
Keywords: Energy Sources; Global Range; Transition; Policy
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  • 2012
  • Chapter

Citizens' Perceptions and the Disconnect Between Economics and Regulatory Policy

By: Jonathan Baron, William T. McEnroe and Christopher Poliquin
Economic theory is clear about the advantages and disadvantages of various ways of regulating negative externalities, such as command and control, cap and trade, taxation, subsidies, and tort law. Yet public policy rarely follows the recommendations that follow from... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Decision Making; Government and Politics; United States
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  • 21 Nov 2017
  • News

Alumni Peer into the Future of Energy

Justin Dawe (MBA 2007), president, Scoot Networks (photo courtesy of Scoot Networks) What do you think the state of the energy industry will be in 2030? HBS students in the Energy and Environment Club asked... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley; solar power; wind power
  • May 1995 (Revised February 1996)
  • Case

Phillips Petroleum Co. and Norwegian Oil Policy

By: Willis M. Emmons III and Atte Almas
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Energy; Policy; Energy Industry; Norway
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  • Forthcoming
  • Article

The Institutional Sources of Economic Transformation: Explaining Variation in Energy Transitions

By: Jared Finnegan, Phillip Lipscy, Jonas Meckling and Florence Metz
Why are some governments more effective in promoting economic change than others? We develop a theory of the institutional sources of economic transformation. Institutions can facilitate transformation through two central mechanisms: insulation and compensation.... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Business and Government Relations; Supply and Industry; Demand and Consumers; Transformation; Economic Systems; Climate Change
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  • May 2022
  • Article

Strengthening Digital Infrastructure: A Policy Agenda for Free and Open Source Software

By: Frank Nagle
While there is little debate that digital forces are playing an increasingly crucial role in the economy, there is limited understanding of the importance of the digital infrastructure that underlies this role. Much of the discussion around digital infrastructure has... View Details
Keywords: Open Source; Applications and Software; Policy; Infrastructure; Open Source Distribution
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  • July 2022
  • Article

Busting the Myths Around Public Investment in Clean Energy

By: Jonas Meckling, Joseph Aldy, Matthew Kotchen, Sanya Carley, Daniel Esty, Peter Raymond, Bella Tonkonogy, Charles Harper, Gillian Sawyer and Julia Sweatman
Keywords: Energy Policy
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  • October 2014
  • Article

Industrial Policy and the Creation of New Industries: Evidence from Brazil's Bioethanol Industry

By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
Industrial policy programs are frequently used by governments to stimulate economic activity in particular sectors of the economy. This study explores how an industrial policy program can affect the creation and evolution of an industry and, ultimately, the long-term... View Details
Keywords: Economic Sectors; Policy; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Brazil
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  • 2009
  • Other Unpublished Work

When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry

By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Industry Growth; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Energy Industry; Brazil
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  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

along lines of race, class, and geography.”[2] Policy Summary The Inflation Reduction Act of 2022Contains about $40 billion in benefits for environmental justice.[3] Three main areas of effect (identified by Senate Democrats) [4]Reduce... View Details

    New nuclear power must pass the ‘Chindia test’ — this energy source should be built like modern aviation or shipping

    Synopsis

    "We should try to change radiophobia now — if we build new nuclear power plants at the scale required to fulfill global energy needs, there will be occasional failures, just as there are... View Details

    • 27 Sep 2018
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Ratcheting, Competition, and the Diffusion of Technological Change: The Case of Televisions Under an Energy Efficiency Program

    Keywords: by Tomomichi Amano and Hiroshi Ohashi; Telecommunications; Entertainment & Recreation
    • January 1996
    • Teaching Note

    Dividend Policy at FPL Group, Inc. (A) and (B) TN

    By: Benjamin C. Esty
    Teaching Note for (9-295-059) and (9-295-106). View Details
    Keywords: Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Florida
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    • March 2011 (Revised February 2014)
    • Case

    Cree, Inc.: Which Bright Future?

    By: David J. Collis, Mary Furey and Matthew Shaffer
    After its founding in the late 1980s, Cree Inc. quickly grew into a major player in the emerging LED market. By 2007, technological improvements in LEDs had made them suitable for TV, computer, and mobile "backlighting"; and concerns over global warning led to calls to... View Details
    Keywords: Cree; LEDs; Lighting Market; Clean Tech; Energy Policy; Semiconductors; North Carolina; Business Growth and Maturation; Forecasting and Prediction; Innovation and Management; Decision Choices and Conditions; Market Entry and Exit; Competitive Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Technology Adoption; Electronics Industry; Green Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; North Carolina; Raleigh
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    • November 2019 (Revised January 2025)
    • Case

    Russia: A Drama In Three Acts

    By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella, Galit Goldstein, Sogomon Tarontsi and Lavinia Teodorescu
    The collapse of central authority in the Soviet Union in 1991 ushered in a period of revolutionary transformations for the states that emerged in its wake. The leaders of Russia, the USSR's successor, struggled to reestablish central authority while also seeking to... View Details
    Keywords: Government Policy; Policy Change; Policy Making; Economic Systems; Economics; Globalization; Emerging Markets; Privatization; Non-Renewable Energy; Governance; Global Strategy; Corporate Governance; Policy; Business History; Lawfulness; Problems and Challenges; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategy; Change Management; Developing Countries and Economies; Russia; Moscow
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    • November 2019 (Revised April 2021)
    • Technical Note

    Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?

    By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
    In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by... View Details
    Keywords: Batteries; Rechargeable Batteries; Lithium-ion; Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Markets; Energy Storage; Battery; Demand Uncertainty; Demand Forecasting; Supply ＆ Demand; Supply And Demand; Capacity Planning; Tesla; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Change; Technology Change; Technology Commercialization; Policy Change; Subsidies; Power/Energy; Power Grid; Energy Policy; Developing Markets; Alevo; Samsung; LG Chem; CATL; Northvolt; General Motors; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Policy; Demand and Consumers; Forecasting and Prediction; Supply and Industry; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; China
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    • 21 Dec 2022
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy

    near the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory outside of Chicago, she dreamed of being a physicist. Instead, she has focused her career on executing “pro climate business solutions.” As the COO of Fermata Energy since March 2022, Claire... View Details
    • 19 Aug 2022
    • Blog Post

    Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future

    increase domestic manufacturing, which will make solar less susceptible to global supply disruptions. These and other policies within the Inflation Reduction Act will enable our industry to accelerate development of low-cost, clean View Details
    • November 2018 (Revised April 2019)
    • Technical Note

    Saudi Arabia: A Brief Background

    By: Kristin Fabbe, Natalie Kindred and Safwan Al-Amin
    This note provides a brief overview of the history of Saudi Arabia as well as the economic and political context in 2018. The note is an essential supplement to the case “Almarai Company: Milk and Modernization in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia,” HBS No. 719-020, but is... View Details
    Keywords: Kingdom Of Saudi Arabia; Public Policy; Economic Development; Monarchy; Islam; Gulf; GCC; Business And Government; Vision 2030; National Strategy; Economic Diversification; OPEC; Oil; Energy Policy; Strategy; Government and Politics; Policy; Diversification; Economy; Energy; History; Saudi Arabia; Middle East
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