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- June 2011
- Article
The BP Oil Spill as a Cultural Anomaly?: Institutional Context, Conflict, and Change
By: Andrew J. Hoffman and P. Devereaux Jennings
This article argues that the BP Oil Spill is, potentially, a “cultural anomaly” for institutional changes in environmental management and fossil fuel production. The problem as defined by the spill’s context, the potential solutions provided by the competing logics in... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J., and P. Devereaux Jennings. "The BP Oil Spill as a Cultural Anomaly? Institutional Context, Conflict, and Change." Journal of Management Inquiry 20, no. 2 (June 2011): 100–112. (Winner of the 2011 Journal of Management Inquiry, Breaking the Frame Best Paper Award.)
- September 2015
- Teaching Note
Eco7: Launching a New Motor Oil (Brief Case)
By: John A. Quelch and Sunru Yong
- March 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
Ocean & Oil Holdings and the Leveraged Buyout of Agip Nigeria (A)
In 2001, a Nigerian holding company was deciding how much to pay for a major Nigerian oil marketing firm. Explores the challenges facing a fast-growing, leveraged buyout firm operating in a global economy but constrained by imperfect local financial and legal... View Details
Hecht, Peter A., and Onche Ugbabe. "Ocean & Oil Holdings and the Leveraged Buyout of Agip Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 205-043, March 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- March 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Golden Agri-Resources and the Challenge of Sustainable Palm Oil
By: Mattias Fibiger and Adina Wong
Fibiger, Mattias, and Adina Wong. "Golden Agri-Resources and the Challenge of Sustainable Palm Oil." Harvard Business School Case 723-059, March 2023. (Revised March 2024.)
- March 2023
- Teaching Note
Mossadeq’s Gambit: The US, UK, and Iranian Oil Nationalization
By: Jeremy Friedman
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 722-065. View Details
- 10 Mar 2025
- News
Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry
- 2010
- Working Paper
The Empire Struck Back: The Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 Reconsidered
By: Noel Maurer
The Mexican expropriation of 1938 was the first large-scale non-Communist expropriation of foreign-owned natural resource assets. The literature generally makes three assertions: the U.S. government did not fully back the companies, Mexico did not fully compensate them... View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Governance Controls; Business History; Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Energy Industry; Mexico; United States
Maurer, Noel. "The Empire Struck Back: The Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 Reconsidered." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-108, June 2010.
- 21 Mar 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign Governments
- December 1983
- Case
Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil Leases (A)
Lander, Eric S. "Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil Leases (A)." Harvard Business School Case 184-069, December 1983.
- 02 Aug 2010
- News
Could better corporate ethics have prevented BP oil spill?
- February 1979
- Case
Gulf Oil Corp. and the United States Government (B)
By: J. Ronald Fox
Fox, J. Ronald. "Gulf Oil Corp. and the United States Government (B)." Harvard Business School Case 379-114, February 1979.
- December 2005 (Revised May 2008)
- Supplement
BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry: Supplement
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Nazli Uludere
Keywords: Energy Industry
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Nazli Uludere. "BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry: Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 706-032, December 2005. (Revised May 2008.)
- December 1983
- Supplement
Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil Leases (B)
Lander, Eric S. "Gulf of Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil Leases (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 184-070, December 1983.
- April 1984 (Revised August 1995)
- Teaching Note
Standard Oil Co.: Combination, Consolidation, and Integration, Teaching Note
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
Oil Plunge Sends Energy Workers Back to Business School
- June 1987
- Case
Shell Brasil S.A.: Performance Evaluation in the Oil Products Division
Merchant, Kenneth A. "Shell Brasil S.A.: Performance Evaluation in the Oil Products Division." Harvard Business School Case 187-126, June 1987.
- 2025
- Working Paper
Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and Synthesis
By: Joseph E. Aldy, Forest Reinhardt and Robert N. Stavins
There is growing recognition of the relative importance of anthropogenic emissions of methane as a contributor to global climate change. An important source of such emissions in some countries, including the United States, is the oil and gas (O&G) sector. This points... View Details
Keywords: Emission Reduction; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Pollutants; Energy Industry
Aldy, Joseph E., Forest Reinhardt, and Robert N. Stavins. "Methane Abatement Costs in the Oil and Gas Industry: Survey and Synthesis." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33564, March 2025.
- February 1979 (Revised September 1980)
- Case
Gulf Oil Corp. and the United States Government (A)
By: J. Ronald Fox and Allan Grey
Fox, J. Ronald, and Allan Grey. "Gulf Oil Corp. and the United States Government (A)." Harvard Business School Case 379-048, February 1979. (Revised September 1980.)
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Asian Agri and the Future of Palm Oil (TN)
By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
Teaching Note for 511015. View Details
- March 2002 (Revised June 2002)
- Teaching Note
Saudi Arabia: Getting the House in Order/World Oil Markets, TN
Teaching Note for (9-702-031) and (9-702-030). View Details
Keywords: Saudi Arabia