Publications

Educators

February 1990 (Revised April 1991)
Case

Central Maine Power Co.: Goals and Objectives Program (A)

By: Robert L. Simons

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Utilities Industry; Maine

March 2002
Teaching Note

Strategy of the Firm Under Regulatory Review: The Case of Chilectra TN

By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Alexander Dyck

Teaching Note for (9-702-025). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Chile

March 1987 (Revised August 1988)
Case

Public Service Co. of Oklahoma (A)

By: Michael Beer

Keywords: Utilities Industry

February 1982 (Revised June 1994)
Case

Boston Gas Co.: Winter 1980-81

By: Arthur Schleifer Jr.

Keywords: Negotiation; Forecasting and Prediction; Utilities Industry

21 Mar 2024

The Value of an MBA: Driving Impact at HBS

Interested in utilizing an MBA to create a lasting societal impact? Hear from the HBS Impact Initiatives as they reflect on how the MBA Program is inspiring innovation at the intersection of business and social change. Hear from current... View Details

Career Coach

Rich Schneider

term career objectives, and tactics relating to individual firm recruiting and interviewing. For alumni, he utilizes his considerable professional and life experience to help individuals work through major transitions such as moving to a... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products; Health Care; Manufacturing; Sports

Mary Kay Ash

Ash created a successful cosmetics company by and for women by utilizing a direct sales force and creative motivational sales techniques. At the end of its first year, Mary Kay Cosmetics boasted $198,514 in sales and 318 salespeople. By... View Details

Keywords: Personal Care & Home Products

01 Mar 2003
News

Visionary of the Year

HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter was named the Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year in 2002 by the Intelligent Community Forum. The award recognizes an individual or group that has taken a leadership role in promoting broadband technology as an essential View Details

Keywords: Intelligent Community Visionary of the Year; Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services; Information

Profile

Fola Folowosele

developing a business skill set. Given my interest in utilizing business to drive social impact, HBS stood out to me because it is an institution that focuses on multiple bottom lines. I was also drawn to HBS because I knew that I would... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Consumer Products

29 Feb 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel and Cement and the Quest to Capture Carbon in Hard to Abate Sectors

the whole production process, some technologies emerge as the main avenues for tackling this problem, such as green hydrogen, top gas recovery, scrap based EAF and Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage (CCUS). Carbon Capture, View Details

30 Jun 2010
Working Paper Summaries

The Empire Struck Back: The Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 Reconsidered

Keywords: by Noel Maurer; Utilities; Utilities

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

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Utilities; Utilities

November 1983 (Revised September 1987)
Case

Boston Edison: Overload

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Massachusetts

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

Educators

January 2012
Supplement

Mexico City Water Shortage (CW)

By: John D. Macomber and Frederik Nellemann

Keywords: Utilities Industry; Mexico City

April 1987 (Revised May 1995)
Teaching Note

Harnischfeger Corp., Teaching Note

By: Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for (9-186-160). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry

September 1993 (Revised October 1993)
Teaching Note

Acid Rain: The Southern Company (A) and (B) TN

By: Forest L. Reinhardt

Teaching Note for (9-792-060) and (9-793-040). View Details

Keywords: Pollutants; Utilities Industry

March 1993
Teaching Note

Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances TN

By: Willis M. Emmons III

Teaching Note for (9-793-072--084). View Details

Keywords: Utilities Industry

December 1987 (Revised August 1990)
Case

Florida Power & Light's Quality Improvement Program

Describes a major electric utility's highly successful effort to institute a comprehensive quality improvement program throughout the organization. Designed to be used in a comparative analysis of the quality improvement effort described in Paul Revere Insurance Co.... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Quality; Performance Productivity; Utilities Industry; Florida

Educators