Publications

March 2019 (Revised March 2019)
Teaching Note

Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations

By: Rafael Di Tella, Vincent Pons and Nathaniel Schwalb

Teaching Note for HBS No. 719-001. View Details

March 2005
Supplement

Ocean & Oil Holdings and the Leveraged Buyout of Agip Nigeria (B)

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

April 2011
Teaching Note

Filling the Empty Quarter: Saudi Aramco and the World Oil Market (TN)

By: Noel Maurer

Teaching Note for 708048. View Details

Keywords: Saudi Arabia

April 2006 (Revised March 2010)
Teaching Note

BP and the Consolidation of the Oil Industry, 1998-2002; and Supplement (TN)

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and David J Hanson

Keywords: Energy Industry

February 2019 (Revised March 2019)
Case

Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations

By: Vincent Pons, Rafael Di Tella and Annelena Lobb

May 2014
Talk

The Battle of the Oils: Competition in the Global Vegetable Oil Markets

By: Valeria Giacomin

September 1983
Case

National Dairy Development Board Oilseeds and Vegetable Oil Wing: Restructuring India's Oilseed Industry

By: Ray A. Goldberg

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Jun 2015
Conference Presentation

The Evolution of the Palm Oil Industry, 1900–1980s: Malaysia and Indonesia in Comparative Perspective

By: Valeria Giacomin

Fall 2013
Article

In Strange Company: The Puzzle of Private Investment in State-Controlled Firms

By: Mariana Pargendler, Aldo Musacchio and Sergio G. Lazzarini

A large legal and economic literature describes how state-owned enterprises (SOEs) suffer from a variety of agency and political problems. Less theory and evidence, however, have been generated about the reasons why state-owned enterprises listed in stock markets... View Details

Keywords: State-owned Enterprises; Oil Companies; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Energy Industry; Brazil; Mexico; Norway

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January 2015
Case

Chevron Under Fire

By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and Christine Snively

Oil giant, Chevron, faced numerous challenges on environmental, social and governance (ESG) grounds in the first decade of the 21st century, including some major lawsuits and actions by NGOs. The case describes those challenges and raises questions about what is the... View Details

Keywords: Carbon Tax; Oil And Gas; Environment; Drilling; Governance; Business or Company Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Corporate Strategy; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Sources; Mining Industry; Energy Industry

Jun 2015
Panel Discussion

The Evolution of the Palm Oil Industry in Malaysia and Indonesia in the 20th Century

By: Valeria Giacomin

December 2012 (Revised January 2013)
Case

Pemex (A): In a Free Fall?

By: Noel Maurer and Aldo Musacchio

Keywords: Turnarounds; Oil Prices; State-owned Enterprises; Oil Companies; National Oil Companies; Energy; Privatization; State Ownership; Corporate Governance; Energy Industry; Mexico; North America

October 2012 (Revised February 2014)
Case

Keystone XL Pipeline

By: Richard H. K. Vietor

On January 18, 2012, President Obama rejected TransCanada's application for a "national interest" determination to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Keystone XL was a 1,700 mile long, 36-inch diameter pipeline to transport 1.1 million barrels a day of... View Details

Keywords: Energy; Petroleum; Environmentalism; United States; Oil Prices; National Security; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Canada; United States