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- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a... View Details
Eugene Holman
Holman’s greatest contribution to the company came soon after his election as chairman, when he began negotiating for 30% of the stock of the Arabian-American Oil Company, enjoying special concessions for crude oil, production, View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Jean Paul Getty
After accumulating a one-third interest in Getty Oil Company, Getty negotiated for a controlling interest in the company after the death of his father. Getty went on to merge Tidewater Oil Company, Skelly... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 29 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 29, 2008
Working PapersTraveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to examine how politicians with short-term electoral... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Life of Ted
TURNER AND BURKE: Capturing the boss in print. Courtesy Bill Burke Immediately after graduating from HBS, Bill Burke (MBA ’92) went south, where he helped start Turner Classic Movies and later became... View Details
- 26 Feb 2013
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 26
some of these problems. We then use three detailed case studies of state-owned oil companies-Brazil's Petrobras, Norway's Statoil, and Mexico's Pemex-to examine how our theory fares in practice. Overall, we... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2014
- News
Creating career paths for underserved young adults in Atlanta
Belinda Stubblefield (MBA 1989) is executive director of Year Up Atlanta, a nonprofit program founded by Gerald Chertavian (MBA 1992) that prepares students for success in professional careers and higher education. “We’re turning lives... View Details
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
Publications Behaviorial Ethics: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Moral Judgment and Dishonesty Authors: Max Bazerman and Francesca Gino Publication: Annual Review of Law and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 12, 2008
greenhouse gas emissions. Purchase the case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=608055 Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One Harvard Business School Case 109-001 An early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
disruption. Download the paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=43906 Cases & Course MaterialsRomney vs. Obama and U.S. Energy Policy Abdelal, Rawi, and Kaitlyn TuthillHarvard Business School Case... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
How to Speed Up Energy Innovation
Is there a special sauce for stimulating innovation in the energy sector, a concoction to spur cost-effective developments toward solving the climate change problem? HBS professor Rebecca Henderson doesn't claim to know all the ingredients for that special sauce. But... View Details
- 23 Mar 2021
- Blog Post
A Lifelong Friendship: From Classmates in Cameroon to Roommates at HBS
chair of my section at HBS. I grew up with two working parents. My dad is a civil servant and my mom is an entrepreneur and small business owner. One of her businesses is a vegetable View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Detection devices that outsmart the criminally minded
wrong path is quite fulfilling.” CSECO makes the Fiberscope, a fiber-optic device resembling a plumber’s snake that can be fed into hard-to-reach places such as a gas tank. As Harris explains, agents often find guns, drugs, View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
forthcoming Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Managing Perceptions of Distress at Work: Reframing Emotion as Passion By: Wolf, Elizabeth Baily, Jooa Julia Lee, Sunita Sah, and Alison Wood... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
The company Rockefeller started at age 23, Standard Oil, came to hold a virtual monopoly on the American oil industry. He maintained control of Standard Oil until its eventual break-up by the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
Howard B. Keck
Assuming leadership of his father’s company at the age of 50, Keck focused his energies on growing the independent oil firm. He invested heavily in energy exploration and production, allowing Superior to... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Robert O. Anderson
Anderson parlayed a small oil business in New Mexico into one of the largest and most successful oil businesses in the United States. From 1966 to 1982, through acquisitions... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Walter C. Teagle
international arena, acquiring operations in Iran and Venezuela. He was also instrumental in expanding the company’s presence in the petrochemistry field. All of these endeavors led Standard Oil’s market share to grow from 2% to 11.5%,... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 23 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The First Five Years: '30 under 30' Edition
processes while executing deals and implementing value creation plans.” What is your favorite HBS case and why? Pradhan: “I don’t know if it is my favorite, but a case that comes to mind that I really... View Details