Utilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

Monroe J. Rathbone

As CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Rathbone is credited for making Jersey Standard into an international company. Seeing problems with an ever increasing dependence on oil from the Middle East, Rathbone had the foresight to push his company to search for alternative... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Alden J. Laborde

One year after founding the Ocean Drilling and Exploration Company, Laborde had produced the world’s first offshore mobile drilling rig, quickly setting a new standard in the industry. This was followed by a series of new oil drilling innovations including the first... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

Leon Hess

Starting with his father’s little, struggling fuel firm, Hess created a $10 billion oil refinery company, the worlds 13th largest, Amerada Hess. During the Arab oil embargo in 1973, with 68 million barrels of mainland storage capacity, Hess was among the few operators... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

William S. Farish

Farish, who had established himself as one of the leading independent oilmen in Texas, joined with Standard Oil becoming head of the firm in 1937. Farish was one of Standard Oil’s leading authorities on new production concepts and methods, as well as a spokesman for... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

James C. Donnell

Donnell expanded Ohio Oil’s reach to include 16 states and Mexico. Donnell established the Illinois Pipeline Corporation, capitalized at $20 million, to operate the pipeline transportation company of Ohio Oil. In 1924, Donnell acquired Lincoln Oil Refining of Illinois.... View Details

Keywords: Utilities & Energy

14 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

New Agenda for Corporate Accountability Reporting

How do you measure corporate accountability? And can you do it credibly? Since the financial crisis of 2008-2009, for-profit corporations are facing greater demand to disclose more than revenues and expenses on annual financial reports. In response, some are pointing... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

01 Apr 2000
News

Help in the Vicinity

bricks-and-mortar location that offers it. Vicinity's services are currently utilized by more than 250 diverse companies, including Barnes & Noble, McDonald's, and Nike. In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News (January 17, 2000),... View Details

16 Mar 2021

Industry Spotlight Series: From Food & Beverage CPG to HBS

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School students formerly working in the Food & Beverage CPG Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like, how they plan to utilize their MBA,... View Details

25 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #18: Tom Ferguson (MBA 2014) Venture Capitalist and Water Evangelist

opportunities are wide ranging including sanitation, water pipe repair and replacement, wastewater treatment, increasing access to and efficiency of irrigation, utility control and monitoring software. The list is very long indeed. Tom is... View Details

15 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 15, 2008

neo-classical economics view that behavior is driven by—and reflective of—hedonic utility is challenged by psychologists' demonstrations of cases in which actions do not merely reveal preferences but rather create them. In this view,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Cyrus H. K. Curtis

Curtis pioneered many tactics that are hallmarks of modern magazine publishing including securing large-scale advertising revenue by building mass circulation through low subscription prices, introducing market research for target advertising, and View Details

Keywords: Publishing & Print Media

18 Nov 2014
News

Giving women more control over their biological clocks

Reproductive technology pioneer Christy Jones (MBA 2004) founded Extend Fertility in 2004 to enable women to freeze their eggs and then utilize them when the time is right. (Published November 2014) View Details

13 Apr 2016
Blog Post

3 Reasons Why Company Conversations Might Be Right For Your Organization

to learn more about the current priorities of your organization and where an MBA skill set would be especially useful in assisting with your strategy. Flexibility: Organizations can utilize this time in a format that works best for them.... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

Web

Olivia Staffon Archives | Social Enterprise

of utilizing business practices for land management issues. Scouring... INITIATIVES focus on societal challenges that are too complex for any one discipline or industry to solve alone. View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Rent Out Your Ride

CLARK: A bright idea for utilizing untold idle capacity, America’s privately owned autos. It’s estimated that a privately owned midsize car costs about $8,000 a year to own and operate. In cities, it also spends most of its time parked... View Details

Keywords: car sharing; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

29 Jun 2021

From Quick-service Restaurants (QSRs) to HBS

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the Quick-service Restaurant (QSR) Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they plan to View Details

23 Jun 2021

From Travel & Hospitality to HBS

Please join us for a virtual panel discussion highlighting Harvard Business School (HBS) students formerly working in the Travel & Hospitality Industry. Hear what a day in the life of an HBS student is like and how they plan to utilize... View Details

01 Apr 2014
Research & Ideas

When Do Alliances Make Sense?

To answer one of the oldest business quandaries—is it better to partner or go solo on a project—John Beshears looked for answers in an unusual place: the oil and gas drilling industry in the Gulf of Mexico. But instead of mining for energy sources, Beshears dug for... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Utilities; Utilities