Utilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2010
News

Wind Shift

HBS professor George P. Baker, a finance expert, has in recent years become an alternative-energy change agent as well, spearheading community wind projects in Maine. Now on leave from HBS, Baker is the CEO of Fox Islands Wind LLC, which last November unveiled three... View Details

Keywords: Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

21 Oct 2019
Blog Post

Know Your Audience: Recruiting HBS Students for Consumer Products

Lauren and Katja results in a customized approach to recruiting that is highly effective and efficient. Getting the Word Out When meeting with Consumer Products companies, two recommendations that Lauren and Katja will often offer are 1) engage with student clubs and... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail

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Case Writing & Industry | Baker Library

Accounting, Finance, Foreign Trade, Industrial Management, Advertising and Publicity.” (3) The memorandum noted the cases would also be of value to General Electric for employee training and to those working in public utility fields.... View Details

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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

and through triumphs of engineering and optics to develop, produce, patent, protect, market, and adapt aspiring products of superior design and utility that served human needs and expression. His unifying vision of Polaroid took form... View Details

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

something about this problem and utilize sports for societal change,” says Reynolds. The pair ran a pilot program for five of the nation’s top high school football players on Chicago’s South Side during Feickert’s second year. In the fall... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jan 2008
News

James D. Wolfensohn, MBA 1959

explains Wolfensohn, who speaks with quiet authority and more than a trace of his native accent. At the World Bank, Wolfensohn acted decisively to decentralize operations, root out corruption, utilize technology to improve communication,... View Details

16 Sep 2020
Blog Post

Turning a Moment into a Movement: How the Anti-Racism Fund Co-Founders are Fighting Racism and Encouraging Other Companies to Do Their Part

In the spring of 2020, Kenneth Chenault (MBA 2019), Kevin Chenault (MBA 2021), Carter Lewis (MBA 2023), Lindsey Ferguson, Nicolle Mora, and Sesana Allen were each pursuing their own careers, utilizing their skills and interests to make an... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

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Drone Policy | About

buildings at all times. The aircraft must maintain a distance of 50 feet from all above-ground utility lines. The aircraft must not be flown at an altitude greater than 400 feet. Aircraft must avoid loitering directly over people and... View Details

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

dominance, with income. Given familiar functional form assumptions on utility and the distributions of ability and preferences, a simple statistic for the effect of preference heterogeneity on marginal tax rates is derived. Numerical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Jun 2021
Blog Post

How I Sourced My Internship Outside of the US: Abena Nyantekyi-Owusu

take chances and try new things as I refined my short- and long-term goals,” she said. With that mind, Nyantekyi-Owusu set foot in Boston ready to explore and take advantage of all HBS had to offer. Coaching, Learning, and Intuition As an RC, Nyantekyi-Owusu began... View Details

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Oliver Bladek

to in your career? The opportunity to give back and utilize the tools I've crafted in b-school to help others achieve their goals, dreams, and ambitions, personally and professionally. What did you learn during the job search process? I... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Consulting

Research Summary

Overview

Jurgen's research focuses on the challenges and opportunites to the energy sector created by technological change and externalities, in particular those associated with greenhouse gas emissons. Specific areas of interest include the development of potential pathways to... View Details

Keywords: Alternative Energy; Energy Conservation; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Non-Renewable Energy; Renewable Energy; Disruptive Innovation; Market Design; Strategic Planning; Risk and Uncertainty; Technology Adoption; Sustainable Cities; Business Strategy; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry

12 Sep 2024
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: I Like This Waste Incinerator in My Backyard!

and only incinerating non-recyclable combustible waste. Flue gas cleaning systems are used to limit emissions from the combustion process, and continuous emissions monitoring and a high-tech control room enable close oversight of environmental performance. The leftover... View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Case Study: A Good Fit

solution is more robust? How they answered the question: “Being flexible proved to be the most effective path forward for us,” Jurist-Rosner says. Wellthy offers a range of pricing models—all informed by utilization data. The PEPM pricing... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

24 May 2010
Research & Ideas

Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends

and capacity utilization is high. But we suspect that a third and potentially quite strong effect is the uncertainty that is created by government involvement. Q: These findings present something of a dilemma for public policymakers who... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

02 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Need a Say on Pay

when it comes to those much-maligned golden parachutes. Ferri sees say on pay as a tool utilized "quite judiciously" in the past. "There's no evidence that the process was hijacked by special interests. And it works quite... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

02 May 2005
What Do You Think?

Where is Consumer Generated Marketing Taking Us?

of a study cited in the column that associated companies utilizing mechanisms for paying attention to "emerging customers" with the fostering of "disruptive technologies" raised some eyebrows. As Christophe Meili put... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

18 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces Its 2024-2025 Blavatnik Fellows

and CEO of KiraGen Bio, a biotech company that utilizes machine learning-driven multiplex gene editing to engineer CAR-T cells that can resist the immunosuppressive effects of solid tumor microenvironments. With extensive experience in... View Details

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Video Management Policy | About

business units to support their specific business needs. Organizations that utilize the video management infrastructure include: Campus Services – Provide visibility to dining services operations including front and back of house spaces.... View Details

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) via a vote of the public. The RPS requires utilities to produce a specific percentage of power from renewable sources, and because of the ballot measure's popularity and success, the legislature... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

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