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William C. MacInnes
so doing, he secured a safe and reliable source of power and embarked on a successful vertical integration program that enabled TECO to be one of the best performing utilities in the United States. View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 02 Jan 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
and his cofounders saw an opportunity to create a new kind of energy company—a hybrid of a traditional utility and a financial entity. Guzman Energy, a subsidiary of Guzman & Company, would not be weighed down by the same legacy... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
long-distance oil and gas pipelines are guided by modern regulations and an infrastructure blueprint,” Skelly explains. “But existing US electric lines were erected by utility companies several decades ago, to connect local customers to... View Details
- 26 Aug 2020
- News
Empowering Rural Communities
cofounders saw an opportunity to create a new kind of energy company—a hybrid of a traditional utility and a financial entity. Guzman Energy, a subsidiary of Guzman & Company, would not be weighed down by the same legacy investments in... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)
The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details
- 06 Apr 2007
- What Do You Think?
Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?
constitute both a carrot (such as subsidies) and stick (taxes)? Just how should the free market be put to work on the challenge? Should limits be set and a market created for tradable "energy credits," as in cap-and-trade programs for View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
Forward Thinking
You can ask the internet anything, but getting an answer via generative artificial intelligence consumes about 10 times more electricity than a traditional Google search. Consequently, the data centers where AI tools are trained and run are guzzling more and more... View Details
- 04 Feb 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
The Long-Run Dynamics of Electricity Demand: Evidence from Municipal Aggregation
- 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
- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Faculty Books
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors edited by Rebecca M. Henderson and Richard G. Newell (University of Chicago Press for the National Bureau of Economic Research) Studies have suggested that significantly increasing the rate of innovation in... View Details
Keywords: Utilities
- 01 Apr 2021
Industry Spotlight Series: From Industrials to HBS
Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School students formerly working in the Industrials Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like, how they plan to utilize their MBA, and maybe... View Details
- 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
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Take a Trim Tab Approach to Climate Change
The "bully pulpit"—a term coined by Theodore Roosevelt back when the word "bully" meant terrific—originally referred to the US presidency and its tremendous potential for speaking out and influencing public opinion. Nowadays, the term describes any position with the... View Details
- 30 Jun 2010
- Working Paper Summaries
The Empire Struck Back: The Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 Reconsidered
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
Summing Up Do we even need a stringent climate change agreement? Judging from this month's comments, a question can be raised about the necessity of a climate change agreement, stringent or not, as a catalyst to foster innovation and the venture capital investment... View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest... View Details
- November 1983 (Revised September 1987)
- Case
Boston Edison: Overload
Vietor, Richard H.K. "Boston Edison: Overload." Harvard Business School Case 384-148, November 1983. (Revised September 1987.)
- November 2015 (Revised April 2017)
- Case
Streaming Over Broadband: Why Doesn't My Netflix Work?
By: Shane Greenstein and Michael Norris
In late 2013 and early 2014, Netflix service over the major U.S. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) suffered major slowdowns. What were the causes of these problems? What could Netflix do to solve them? View Details
Keywords: Digital Innovation; Internet; Broadband Service; Internet and the Web; Information Technology; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; United States
Greenstein, Shane, and Michael Norris. "Streaming Over Broadband: Why Doesn't My Netflix Work?" Harvard Business School Case 616-007, November 2015. (Revised April 2017.)