Publications

Publications

Filter Results: (1,806) Arrow Down
Filter Results: (1,806) Arrow Down Arrow Up

Show Results For

Show Results For

← Page 50 of 1,806 Results →
  • 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
  • Web

Shlomo Zach Cahlon | MBA

into theory of computation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). In addition, over my sophomore summer, I utilized my technological background at Microsoft. At Microsoft, I was exposed to innovative ways of applying... View Details

    Floyd L. Carlisle

    Carlisle purchased Northern New York Utilities with a group of paper manufacturers, which allowed St. Regis Paper and the other involved paper mills to control their own supply of electric power. Acquiring Hanna Paper Corporation in 1921,... View Details
    Keywords: Wood, Paper & Forestry
    • Web

    3.6 VA Benefits | MBA

    Enrollment prior to term start. Covered individuals will see the amount anticipated from the VA on their student account in the form of Anticipated Aid for Chapter 33 or a third-party deferment for Chapter 31. Harvard University will not impose a late fee on students... View Details
    • Web

    Fabrizio Serafini | MBA

    efficiency and improve output through technological advancements was a revelation. Later, as an analyst in the energy commodities industry, I delved into the world of predictive modeling. This experience taught me the importance of View Details

      John R. Simplot

      utilized government funding to build a fertilizer empire, gaining 15% of the market in 1968. Simplot’s other achievements included the creation of processes to de-hydrate potatoes and freeze dry french fries, the latter of which earned... View Details
      Keywords: Food & Tobacco

        Albert H. Gordon

        Gordon, with the financial assistance of Stone and Webster, acquired the venerable investment firm in 1931 when it was on the brink of collapse. Gordon helped rebuild the firm by focusing on specific niche markets including utility... View Details
        Keywords: Finance
        • April 1999 (Revised March 2001)
        • Case

        Be Our Guest, Inc.

        By: Dwight B. Crane and Penny Joseph
        Be Our Guest is a rapidly growing equipment rental company with substantial seasonality in its revenues and profits. In the spring of 1998, the senior management team is reviewing its financial plans in preparation for a meeting with the company's bank. The case... View Details
        Keywords: Financial Strategy; Borrowing and Debt; Banks and Banking; Revenue; Management Teams; Business Plan; Forecasting and Prediction; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry
        Related
        • September 2000 (Revised March 2001)
        • Teaching Note

        Be Our Guest, Inc. TN

        By: Dwight B. Crane
        Teaching Note for (9-299-001). View Details
        Keywords: Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry
        Related
        • September 1992 (Revised October 1992)
        • Case

        Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (B)

        By: Forest L. Reinhardt
        In addition to the issues of expected cost minimization elucidated in Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A), problems involving regulatory uncertainty are critical to the firm's Clean Air Act compliance strategy. The regulatory uncertainty affects, and is affected by, the... View Details
        Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Risk and Uncertainty; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; United States
        Related
        • February 1992 (Revised April 1993)
        • Case

        Acid Rain: The Southern Co. (A)

        By: Forest L. Reinhardt
        The Southern Co., an electric utility, is planning its compliance with the 1990 amendments to the Clean Air Act. The Act established a system of tradeable permits for sulfur dioxide emissions. The company must decide whether to install pollution control equipment and... View Details
        Keywords: Energy Generation; Business Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Management; Strategic Planning; Investment Return; Government Legislation; Wastes and Waste Processing; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; United States
        Related
        • 18 Oct 2010
        • Lessons from the Classroom

        Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech

        MBA students often fall into one of two categories—those hungry to rush into careers as venture capitalists, and those eager to found a venture-funded start-up. For all of them, Harvard Business School professor Joseph Lassiter has some intriguing advice: Spend a few... View Details
        Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

          Lyman Stewart

          Prior to starting the Hardison and Stewart Oil Company, the entity that later became Union Oil, Stewart engaged in several unsuccessful business ventures in the oil industry. At Union Oil, however, Stewart thrived as president, investing heavily in new wells throughout... View Details
          Keywords: Utilities & Energy

            Frank Phillips

            With his brother Lee, Frank Phillips built Phillips Petroleum into a diversified oil company whose businesses encompassed not only crude oil drilling, but also the operation of consumer filling stations and the production of such innovative oil industry equipment as... View Details
            Keywords: Utilities & Energy

              Joseph N. Pew

              Having begun investing in oil while working in real estate, Pew eventually entered the industry full time, organizing several smaller entities into what became the Sun Oil Company. An innovator himself, Pew developed and patented the first mechanical gas-pumping... View Details
              Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                Lucio A. Noto

                Noto first concentrated on consolidating and improving efficiency in Mobil's oil, gas and chemical businesses, including trimming bureaucracy at the corporate level. Noto also revamped Mobil's retail gasoline business, being one of the first companies to install such... View Details
                Keywords: Utilities & Energy

                  Joseph S. Cullinan

                  In 1913, when Cullinan resigned his presidency, Texaco controlled over 4% of the nation’s oil production. Cullinan had grown Texaco from an initial capitalization of $3 million to one of $30 million with assets of approximately $60 million. A successful risk-taker,... View Details
                  Keywords: Utilities & Energy
                  • 01 Jun 2020
                  • News

                  Inside Out

                  was created and popularized by the global facilities management company JLL [Jones Lang Lasalle]. It’s intended to show a company’s relative per-square-foot costs across three factors—utilities, rent, and people. The rule goes like this: for every $3 a company spends... View Details
                  Keywords: Dan Morrell; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management
                  • 08 Jan 2015
                  • Blog Post

                  Job Search Days at HBS

                  Search Days” on the academic calendar. On Job Search Days students are free from academic obligations and can devote their time to interviewing, networking, and applying to jobs. As you plan for interviews during the spring semester, we encourage you to View Details