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Schwartz Common & Pavilion | About
has provided HBS with philanthropic support to expand its collection of contemporary art. The Schwartz Collection is prominently displayed throughout campus, bringing an artistic energy that helps make the HBS experience truly unique.... View Details
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McCollum Center | About
renamed Conoco, was a multinational energy conglomerate with assets of $2.3 billion. Conoco’s growth stemmed largely from McCollum’s innovative and expansive business strategy, which led to exploration of foreign View Details
- October 2012
- Case
Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Elena Corsi
Royal Dutch Shell has been among the early players to implement diversity and inclusion policies in the 1990s, first in the U.S. and then globally. In May 2009, Peter Voser, CFO and soon-to-be CEO, wants to adjust the company's business, headcount, and cost levels to... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Managerial Roles; Restructuring; Resignation and Termination; Diversity; Financial Crisis; Energy Industry; Netherlands
Sucher, Sandra J., and Elena Corsi. "Global Diversity and Inclusion at Royal Dutch Shell (A)." Harvard Business School Case 613-063, October 2012.
- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
risk considered plausible. It assigned a probability of 11 percent to such a pandemic (against, for instance, a 19 percent assigned to global energy shortage or a 17 percent assigned to shortage of labor), making it not really that rare... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Taking Advantage of Life’s (Few and Far Between) Inflection Points
right," he said. "How's this? Latent motivational energy is another way of describing a situation's potential to spur you into action, when you wouldn't have acted before." "In even plainer English," I suggested, "it's a much-needed kick... View Details
Keywords: Re: Howard H. Stevenson
- 04 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Maersk’s Journey to Decarbonize Shipping
In January 2023, Professors Willy Shih and Mike Toffel led more than 40 HBS MBA students on site visits to witness the energy transition and innovative sustainable production activities throughout Denmark and the Netherlands, in their new... View Details
- 09 Feb 2021
- News
Investing in Entrepreneurship
has served as a director of more than 50 nonprofit and corporate boards. He has devoted significant energy and support to advancing medicine, an area of deep personal interest since he was 12 years old, when his 13-year-old brother... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 16 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Competition Make Us More Creative?
the low-performing bids and limiting the competition to only a few high-quality contenders—fortunately, that’s what we often see in practice.” While we may never be able to completely understand the kind of creative energy that goes into... View Details
- 15 Sep 2022
- Blog Post
6 Things to Know About Sustainability at HBS
interested in sustainability and the environment will find plenty of company on campus. In addition to becoming Student Sustainability Associates, students can join three clubs (the Energy and Environment Club; the Food and Agriculture... View Details
- 04 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Web Surfing Distracting Your Workers?
the energy spent resisting temptation takes attention away from other tasks, but no one had ever investigated it in the context of a work environment. "Our idea was to investigate this theory that says when we resist temptation we... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- March 2021
- Case
Yale Investments Office: November 2020
By: Josh Lerner, Jo Tango and Alys Ferragamo
David Swensen and the Investments Office staff must decide whether to continue to allocate the bulk of the university's endowment to illiquid investments—hedge funds, private equity, venture capital, real estate, natural resources—given the impact of the COVID-19... View Details
Keywords: University Endowment; Asset Allocation; Real Estate; Equities; Fixed Income; COVID-19; Asset Management; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Natural Resources; Resource Allocation; Investment; Investment Portfolio; Health Pandemics; Financial Crisis; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Connecticut
Lerner, Josh, Jo Tango, and Alys Ferragamo. "Yale Investments Office: November 2020." Harvard Business School Case 821-074, March 2021.
- 28 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: RMZ EcoWorld
we had the opportunity to see many of the innovative ways that EcoWorld leverages nature to optimize energy efficiency. Massive sliding doors that integrate indoor and outdoor spaces and leverage natural cooling were prevalent throughout... View Details
- December 2022
- Case
To Feed the Planet: Juan Luciano at ADM
By: Joshua D. Margolis, David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin, Stacy Straaberg and James Weber
In December 2022, Juan Luciano, Chairman and CEO of agribusiness and nutrition giant ADM, considered the next phase of the historic company’s future. Beginning in 2011 when he joined as COO and moving into his tenure as CEO in 2015, Luciano led a transformation of ADM... View Details
Keywords: Agriculture; Leadership; Agribusiness; Acquisition; Business Units; Customer Focus and Relationships; Customer Value and Value Chain; Forecasting and Prediction; Capital; Cash; Cost of Capital; Cost Management; Profit; Food; Global Range; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Development; Leadership Style; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Risk Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Vertical Integration; Value Creation; Transformation; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Chicago
Margolis, Joshua D., David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin, Stacy Straaberg, and James Weber. "To Feed the Planet: Juan Luciano at ADM." Harvard Business School Case 423-060, December 2022.
- 30 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
The Life and Role of a CEO
giving my best every single day, and that’s the only way I work.” This does not mean that doing your best is enough. CEOs also talked about the importance of expectation management, as well as the discipline to manage their energy and... View Details
- 16 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Simple Economics of Open Source
projects. Their strategies for capturing some of this energy usually fall into one of two strategies, say Lerner and Tirole. In what they call the "reactive" strategy, commercial firms try to bundle paid services and products... View Details
- 29 Aug 2023
- News
Helping Consumers Decarbonize their Purchases
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In this episode, we’re going to be highlighting an episode of another HBS podcast: Climate Rising, which focuses on what businesses are doing, can do, and should do... View Details
- 27 Oct 2015
- News
Sweet Success
spent much of his post-HBS career in energy finance, corporate finance, and public and private equity investment. In 2001, he cofounded ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, a private equity firm focused on the North American View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 27 Feb 2017
- Research & Ideas
Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets
characterized quite often by turbulent situations. When you are negotiating in a turbulent environment, you feel reassured if the entity you are transacting with is likely to be around tomorrow. Otherwise, what’s the point of investing time and View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 May 2023
- Research & Ideas
Lessons on Life, Graffiti, and Value: 'It's in That Darkness That You Can Actually Develop and Evolve'
Riley’s crew, he said, “had this incredible energy and charisma and was doing things that were really inspirational. It started by changing the whole course of LA graffiti, but ultimately, led to really changing the way graffiti is... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- February 2007 (Revised March 2012)
- Compilation
John D. Rockefeller and the Creation of Standard Oil
By: Nancy F. Koehn and Katherine Miller
Reconstructs the entrepreneurial journey of John D. Rockefeller, founder of Standard Oil and one of the most famous business figures in history. Traces his early career as a retailer in Cleveland through his decision to enter the oil industry in the early 1860s to his... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Business History; Innovation and Invention; Growth and Development Strategy; Personal Development and Career; Competitive Strategy; Energy Industry
Koehn, Nancy F., and Katherine Miller. "John D. Rockefeller and the Creation of Standard Oil." Harvard Business School Compilation 807-110, February 2007. (Revised March 2012.)