Utilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2020
News

Staying the Course

lifted. Although the onus for education—and therefore, the biggest opportunity for ed tech sales—will largely shift back to the schools, she expects caretakers will remain more engaged in the process. “Blended learning”—software that supplements in-person education and... View Details

Keywords: April White; online education

01 Mar 2009
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My Real Career

Madeline. I took great solace in talking to other classmates with disabled children, and cried with another who had lost his daughter. It certainly doesn’t mean our time at HBS was wasted. I still employ TOM skills while building with Legos. I View Details

Keywords: Liesl Pike Moldow; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Field Course: Business of the Arts - Course Catalog

The course utilizes three approaches to learning—traditional case-based classes, talks by key arts leaders, and consulting assignments with Boston-area arts organizations. Cases: Cases and required background reading cover leadership... View Details

01 Apr 1996
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Stewards of the Seventh Generation

energy and make a profit." "The challenge was to find ways to conserve energy and make a profit." Few industries would seem to be more at odds with resource conservation issues than the electric utility business, where profitability has... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

14 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom

public-private partnerships for water filtration and distribution. Ayala's public utility subsidiary, Manila Water Company, was awarded the operation of the privatized water system for the East Zone of metro Manila. He said it wasn't... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

02 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges

Water and Power, the largest public utility in the United States with more than $6 billion in revenue, some 12,000 employees, and, arguably, the most complex water system in the world. She left that position in March 2024 and continues to... View Details

25 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

An Organization Your Customers Understand

constituents, managers must choose their primary customer—and organize accordingly. A constituent is a person or group that receives utility from the value creation process of the organization and transacts routinely with the organization... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

27 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 27, 2009

O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2009 No abstract is available at this time. Purchase the book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0596527489/benedelmanhom-20 Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-039.pdf Expertise Utilization... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2019
News

Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene

reason is last-mile delivery challenges in a region where people often lack formal street addresses, a problem solved by UAE-based startup Fetchr, which utilizes smartphone GPS coordinates for delivery. Vitoria Ivashina, Lovett-Learned... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

An American Story

helped edit his dissertation, “World War II Manpower Mobilization and Utilization in a Local Labor Market.” “His sentences sometimes ran on and on in the Germanic way, so I would tighten them up a bit,” she remembers. In a tough job... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 1998
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HBS Club of Ireland Puts Management Skills to Work

a way to help the communities in this region. In considering what they could do in this volatile area, club members decided to focus on what they do best: business management. And they decided to utilize a format with which they were all... View Details

31 Oct 2018
News

Preaching with a Choir

to take it to more places in the world. The mission of the choir is to be an ambassador for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, who's our sponsor, and we wanted to be able to fully utilize all the resources that were... View Details

21 Jul 2023
Blog Post

Malcolm McClain (MBA/MPP 2023) Named First RISE Career Fellow

utilizes their MBA skills to bring significant value and capacity to both the business and its community. Leading into his first year at HBS, McClain was a Summer Fellow with the Harlem Children’s Zone, an education non-profit that aims... View Details

12 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 12

PublicationsOne-Switch Conditions for Multiattribute Utility Functions Authors:Abbas, Ali E., and David E. Bell Publication:Operations Research Abstract We introduce a variety of new independence conditions for multiattribute View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2024
Blog Post

2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

have led to their trajectory of becoming the largest utility by market cap in the U.S., underscoring their influence and leadership in the energy sector. Ines's role prior to HBS was Corporate Business Strategy at Mercado Libre... View Details

March 2008
Article

Market Reactions to Export Subsidies

By: M. A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.

This paper analyzes the economic impact of export subsidies by investigating stock price reactions to a critical event in 1997. On November 18, 1997, the European Union announced its intention to file a complaint before the World Trade Organization (WTO), arguing that... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Trade; Development Economics; Financial Markets; Profit; Taxation; Volume; Value Creation; Market Design; Business Subsidiaries; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Europe; North and Central America

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February 2013 (Revised December 2015)
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Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency

By: Michael W. Toffel, Kira R. Fabrizio and Stephanie van Sice

Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term financial and environmental benefits. With early success serving customers in the cold storage and industrial... View Details

Keywords: Groom Energy Solutions; Jon Guerster; Salem, MA; Energy Management; Energy Efficiency Paradox; Sustainability Management; Manufacturing; Cold Storage; Commercial Real Estate; Enterprise Smart Grid; Carbon Accounting; LED Lighting; Sustainability Research; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Entrepreneurship; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Services; Electricity; Startup; Expansion; Growth; Sustainability; Business Startups; Forecasting and Prediction; Energy Conservation; Revenue; Geographic Location; Human Resources; Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Operations; Service Delivery; Strategic Planning; Science; Environmental Sustainability; Climate Change; Society; Social Issues; Technology Adoption; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; United States; Boston

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21 Feb 2012
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Sustainability Is Good Business

The recent uproar over the Sierra Club’s acceptance of $26 million in undisclosed donations from an energy company prompted some environmentalists to warn against “sleeping with the enemy.” This sort of us-against-them rhetoric is all too common when it comes to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

08 Jan 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience - Recruiting HBS Students for Private Equity

utilized by earlier stage investors.” There are also numerous PE firms with well-known brands that attract large numbers of students to campus events and into their applicant pool. In terms of location, students tend to focus on major... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital / Private Equity

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Field Course: Public Markets Investing Seminar - Course Catalog

portfolio and risk management. Students will develop and refine their investment process organization, creating a framework for investing. This should allow them to better utilize and develop pattern recognition and allow them to ponder:... View Details

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