Publications

January 2001 (Revised May 2010)
Case

BP Amoco (B): Financing Development of the Caspian Oil Fields

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane

British Petroleum and Amoco were the two largest members of the Azerbaijan International Oil Consortium (AIOC), an 11-firm consortium that was spending $10 billion to develop oil fields in the Caspian Sea. As of March 1999, AIOC had completed a $1.9 billion development... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Policy; Capital Budgeting; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financing and Loans; Financial Strategy; Mining Industry; Mining Industry; United Kingdom; Europe

May 2000 (Revised July 2000)
Case

U.S. Export-Import Bank and the Three Gorges Dam (A), The

By: George C. Lodge and Cate Reavis

Describes the dilemma Martin Kamarck faced as president of the Export-Import Bank in whether to provide U.S. companies financing for China's Three Gorges Dam project. View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Risk and Uncertainty; Financing and Loans; International Finance; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; China; United States

November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
Case

Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Regional Data

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Europe

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November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
Case

Restructuring European Petrochemicals: The Dow Chemical Co.

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Europe

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November 1984 (Revised March 1985)
Case

Restructuring European Petrochemicals: Exxon Chemical

By: Francis Aguilar, Joseph L. Bower and Benjamin Gomes-Casseres

Keywords: Restructuring; Corporate Strategy; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Europe

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01 Dec 2017
News

The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

climate change, ocean acidification, or depleting the topsoil, because business as a whole is going to suffer from the results of environmental degradation. There is a very strong collective case for business action, but from a show-me-the-money perspective, it depends... View Details

October 2023 (Revised November 2023)
Case

Recycle & Re-Match: The Future of Soccer Turfs

By: George Serafeim, Lena Duchene and Carlota Moniz

By August 2023, Re-Match, an artificial turf waste-to-value company, had operations in Denmark and the Netherlands and had recycled over 160,000 tons of waste and plastic fiber. With recent capital injection from the VC firm Verdane and a dual revenue business model,... View Details

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Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship

EducationWeek- National coverage of K-12 education news and information. The 74 - a non-profit, non-partisan news site covering education in America. Business Insider - Premium stories and market-moving news about technology, politics, education, global... View Details

01 Dec 2015
News

Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check

and ways in which the brewery compares to the competition. Team members then have an hour to digest the information and formulate a new strategy. At the end of eight rounds, industry winners are selected based on their overall... View Details

02 Apr 2019
News

Remembering William Wilder

Gundy, becoming executive vice president/EVP in 1961 at the age of 38, and six years later president and chief executive. Under his leadership, the firm played a dominant role in financing Canada’s big energy companies and their projects.... View Details

12 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Private Sector, Public Good

feasible or desirable to think about changing firms themselves. Can firms create shared value? Can industries regulate themselves? What are the responsibilities of managers? Does "purpose" matter? If academics chose to focus on... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

February 2010 (Revised June 2012)
Case

"Plugging In" the Consumer: The Adoption of Electrically Powered Vehicles in the U.S.

By: Elie Ofek and Polly Ribatt

How will U.S. consumers respond to the proliferation of alternative-fuel vehicles, such as cars powered partially or completely by electricity, in the coming decade? After a century in which fossil fuel-powered vehicles dominated the market, it appeared consumers would... View Details

Keywords: Energy Sources; Policy; Marketing; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Adoption; Auto Industry; United States