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Haroldson L. Hunt
Hunt built the largest independent oil company in the U.S. During World War II, Hunt sold more oil to the Allies than the total German output, and supplied 85% of the natural... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 15 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Navigating the Future of Renewable Energy at Port Esbjerg
national CO2 taxes, voluntary carbon credits, or carbon dioxide removal credits as potential sources of revenue. Legacy Industries in a Sustainable Transition Our tour also included a visit to Total Energies, a View Details
- 15 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers
Vallée explains. To that end, he and Célérier set out to quantify talent. To do so, they capitalized on data from French engineering schools. Measuring Talent In France, students are selected for engineering programs based solely on their View Details
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
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
Initiation to Graduation By: Raisch, Sebastian, and Michael Tushman Abstract—Large companies initiate many new businesses, but few of them reach scale. The ambidexterity literature describes how companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
An Unconventional Suggestion
minimize the local environmental impact of extraction, and speed the transition to cleaner, lower-carbon energy. The report’s analysis found “no inherent trade-off between environmental protection and company profitability” and found that... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976
masterminded a unique way to provide Singapore's oil refineries and chemical companies with the land they desperately needed to keep growing. By joining seven of Singapore's southern islands with landfill to... View Details
- 15 Dec 2015
- News
Jacek Makowski (MBA 1960)
for Shell Oil until enrolling at HBS to broaden his skills and career options. “For me,” he says, “HBS was a step toward rebuilding the respect our family had enjoyed in Poland before the devastation of the war.” Makowski’s business... View Details
- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
different approach. But Iraq can still be fixed, if we change policy now: How to fix Iraq Restore the national police, army and even security services. If you’ve evidence of wrongdoing against individuals, prosecute the individuals. But... View Details
Charles B. (Tex) Thornton
After making a name for himself at Ford and later at Hughes, Thornton left to start an electronics company. Litton Industries had its roots in electronics but the company became a huge conglomerate, operating in a wide variety of... View Details
Keywords: Fabricated Goods
- 15 Feb 2023
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - Closing the ‘Intention-Action’ Gap
Review entitled “The Elusive Green Consumer” in fact describes findings suggesting that while “65% [of consumers] said they want to buy purpose-driven brands that advocate sustainability, only about 26% actually do so.” The authors proceed to argue that View Details
John W. Van Dyke
Taking over the debt-ridden firm after it was forcefully spun-off from Standard Oil by the United States Supreme Court, Van Dyke had minimal assets with which to work: only 3 refineries, no marketing structure, and no sales organization.... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 10 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 10, 2009
of natural gas. With the price of oil doubling every 10 years between 1970 and the 2000s, the state-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC)... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
W. Alton Jones
Jones, as president of Cities Service Company (a holding company controlling petroleum, natural gas, and power subsidiaries), was responsible for completing oil pipelines from... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
A Better World, One Idea at a Time
offering a brand of all-natural facial moisturizing oils derived from argan oil, obtained from southern Morocco’s argan tree. The company will work with the rural poor to build sustainable business around... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Perfection’s Price
MICHAEL KAPLAN (left, with brother and partner Nicholas) reflects on lessons learned and looks ahead to future growth. Michael Kaplan (MBA ’02) had a great idea for a start-up: a fashionable apparel company catering to plus-size women.... View Details
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
Abstract We use oil price fluctuations to construct a new instrument to test the impact of transfers from wealthy OPEC nations to their poorer Muslim allies. The instrument identifies plausibly exogenous... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
Monroe J. Rathbone
As CEO of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Rathbone is credited for making Jersey Standard into an international company. Seeing problems with an ever increasing dependence on oil from the Middle East, Rathbone... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 21 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Missing the Wave in Ship Transport
investors succeed in volatile, cyclical markets as far ranging as real estate, high technology, and truck transport. In Waves in Ship Prices and Investment, a National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, Professor Robin Greenwood... View Details