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  • 24 Apr 2014
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Powering on wireless electricity

fundamentally changes the world,” he says. "Anything with a cord or a disposable battery is a candidate for being replaced." The technology, which generates less radiation than Earth’s magnetic field, allows the user to beam View Details
  • January 1989 (Revised April 1991)
  • Case

General Electric: Valley Forge (A)

By: Robert L. Simons
A series of eight vignette cases designed to be taught in one classroom session. This case describes a potential problem in the way that General Electric has billed the government under a large defense contract. Designed to allow students to discuss what actions top... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; Contracts; Policy; Accounting; Management Teams; Business and Government Relations; Industrial Products Industry
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Simons, Robert L. "General Electric: Valley Forge (A)." Harvard Business School Case 189-009, January 1989. (Revised April 1991.)
  • October 1993 (Revised April 1994)
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Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary

By: Joseph L. Bower and Jay Dial
Describes the work of Jack Welch as CEO of General Electric from 1981 to 1992, focusing particularly on his transformation of the company's portfolio through extensive dispositions and acquisitions and the company's culture through a mandated process called "work out."... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Transformation; Investment Portfolio; Leadership Style; Management; Organizational Culture; Personal Development and Career
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Bower, Joseph L., and Jay Dial. "Jack Welch: General Electric's Revolutionary." Harvard Business School Case 394-065, October 1993. (Revised April 1994.)
  • March 2011 (Revised June 2011)
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Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market

By: Noel Maurer and Elisa Farri
Charles Beigbeder, the president and founder of Poweo, an alternative electricity and gas operator in France, needs to decide on the company's strategy in light of electricity deregulation and the dominant position of Électricité de France (EDF) in the French market.... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Competitive Strategy; Competition; Privatization; Monopoly; Market Entry and Exit; Energy Industry; France
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Maurer, Noel, and Elisa Farri. "Poweo: David and Goliath in the French Electricity Market." Harvard Business School Case 711-037, March 2011. (Revised June 2011.)
  • January 2018
  • Case

Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors

By: Nitin Nohria, Kerry Herman and Sarah Gulick
Library case detailing the career of Mary Barra, GM’s CEO from January 2014, and her handling of the GM ignitions scandal, GM’s move into electric and autonomous car development, and activist investors. View Details
Keywords: CEO; Female Ceo; Automobiles; Leadership; Crisis Management; Auto Industry; Michigan
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Nohria, Nitin, Kerry Herman, and Sarah Gulick. "Mary Barra, CEO, General Motors." Harvard Business School Case 418-042, January 2018.
  • October 1988 (Revised May 1989)
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General Electric: Consumer Electronics Group

By: David J. Collis and Nancy Donohue
Highlights the General Electric takeover of RCA and the consolidation of the two companies' consumer electronic groups. Starting first with a history of the television industry in the United States, Europe, and Japan, and then a brief discussion of the main competitors... View Details
Keywords: Competition; Markets; Business Strategy; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry
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Collis, David J., and Nancy Donohue. "General Electric: Consumer Electronics Group." Harvard Business School Case 389-048, October 1988. (Revised May 1989.)
  • March 2002 (Revised July 2004)
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RWE and the Proposal for a German Electricity Regulator

In April 2001, Dietmar Kuhnt, CEO of the German energy giant RWE, had to make a decision that would affect his company's future. Profits in the electricity sector depended heavily on regulatory rules that influenced industry structure and pricing. RWE had emerged... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Governance Compliance; Business Strategy; Energy Industry; Germany
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Dyck, Alexander, Jose Gomez-Ibanez, and Christoph Meier. "RWE and the Proposal for a German Electricity Regulator." Harvard Business School Case 702-053, March 2002. (Revised July 2004.)
  • December 2005 (Revised April 2011)
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General Electric's 20th Century CEOs

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Mark Benson
General Electric thrived in every decade of the 20th century. Since its founding in 1892, GE has placed a high value on picking and training the best people. Staff members worked with other scientists in the company's research lab to design and manufacture new and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style
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Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Mark Benson. "General Electric's 20th Century CEOs." Harvard Business School Case 406-048, December 2005. (Revised April 2011.)
  • September 1989 (Revised December 1989)
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Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) and (B) (Combined)

Explores how a cost system can help support a firm's decision to change strategies. In the process, students are exposed to a simple activity-based cost system. Also examines Siemens policy for transferring products between sales and manufacturing divisions. Transfer... View Details
Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Business Strategy; Technology Industry
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Cooper, Robin, and Karen Wruck. "Siemens Electric Motor Works (A) and (B) (Combined)." Harvard Business School Case 190-052, September 1989. (Revised December 1989.)
  • June 1991 (Revised April 1993)
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General Electric: Jack Welch's Second Wave (A)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett
By the mid 1980's Jack Welch had completely transformed General Electric with more than 300 divestitures and acquisitions since the beginning of the decade. Welch insisted that his business units be number one or number two in their markets, and have the strength of... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; Transformation; Employee Relationship Management; Planning; Corporate Strategy
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Bartlett, Christopher A. "General Electric: Jack Welch's Second Wave (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-248, June 1991. (Revised April 1993.)
  • 12 May 2023
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Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

they consume versus the most efficient furnaces at 95% efficiency. While furnaces generate energy by burning fuel, heat pumps simply move air between outside and inside your home with an electrical input.... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2005
  • News

Cultural Revolution at GE

Jeffrey Immelt (MBA ’82) had a tough act to follow when he took over as GE chairman and CEO in September 2001 from the legendary Jack Welch. Ever since, Immelt has been on a mission to transform the $152 billion industrial and finance behemoth from one famously... View Details
Keywords: GE; General Electric; Jack Welch; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing
  • May 2006 (Revised February 2012)
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General Electric's 20th Century CEOs (Abridged)

By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony J. Mayo and Mark Benson
General Electric thrived in every decade of the 20th century. Since its founding in 1892, GE has placed a high value on picking and training the best people. Staff members worked with other scientists in the company's research lab to design and manufacture new and... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Leadership Style; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Style
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Nohria, Nitin, Anthony J. Mayo, and Mark Benson. "General Electric's 20th Century CEOs (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 406-118, May 2006. (Revised February 2012.)
  • 10 Dec 2013
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Mary Barra and the New General Motors

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Raw materials entering into the production of General Electric distribution transformers - The Human Factor – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

Introduction Chapter Images The Production The Worker The Audience Bibliography previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 next Raw materials entering into the production of General Electric distribution transformers ca. 1933... View Details
  • 11 Jun 2007
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives

business model seems unbeatable: Revenues will be generated from trash collection as well as from the electricity it generates. And thanks to this alternative approach (which also solves the problem of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities
  • 01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

heat-trapping gases such as carbon dioxide that are released into the atmosphere when coal and petroleum products are burned. That same day, the Wall Street Journal reported that in California and Arizona, General Motors would this year... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb
  • March 2021
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The Variation in Capacity Remuneration Requirements in European Electricity Markets

By: Conor Hickey, Derek Bunn, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney and Brian O' Gallachoir
This paper provides the first EU wide analysis of the variation in Capacity Remuneration Requirements throughout Europe which aim to resolve the “missing money” problems in various member states. The findings of this analysis point to an asymmetric investment case for... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Regulation; Investment; Utilities Industry; Europe
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Hickey, Conor, Derek Bunn, Paul Deane, Celine McInerney, and Brian O' Gallachoir. "The Variation in Capacity Remuneration Requirements in European Electricity Markets." Energy Journal 42, no. 2 (March 2021): 135–164.
  • 2013
  • Supplement

Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited: Overseas Acquisitions (B)

By: F. Warren McFarlan, Yongjun Jin and Xiaohui Li
Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited (Yanzhou Coal) is a listed company controlled by Yankuang Group Co., Ltd. (Yankuang Group) which is affiliated to the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of Shandong Provincial Government, China.... View Details
Keywords: Mergers & Acquisitions; China; Electric Power Generation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Strategy; China
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McFarlan, F. Warren, Yongjun Jin, and Xiaohui Li. "Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited: Overseas Acquisitions (B)." Tsinghua University Supplement, 2013.
  • January 2013
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Luotang Power: Variances Explained

By: Robert Simons and Craig Chapman
The general manager of Luotang Power, a coal-fired power plant located in central China, reviews annual results before a meeting with the board of directors. He thought the company performed well during the year and both plant availability and fuel economy had improved... View Details
Keywords: China; Financial Statements; Management Accounting; Variance Analysis; Environmental Regulations; Incentives; Electric Power Generation; Contracts; Valuation; Energy Generation; Accounting; Performance Evaluation; Energy Industry; China
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Simons, Robert, and Craig Chapman. "Luotang Power: Variances Explained." Harvard Business School Brief Case 913-533, January 2013.
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