Electric Power Generation - Publications - Faculty & Research

20 Feb 2006
HBS Case

Oprah: A Case Study Comes Alive

The idea seemed feasible because Mends had once met Winfrey through a personal connection at college. "I thought it was a fabulous possibility for several reasons," Koehn explained. "One, based on intuition, was that there's something very View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

01 Jun 2006
News

HBS Professors Pearson, Thurston Remembered

he was “a businessman who became a teacher,” spent nine years at General Electric and also worked at Corning Glass and Sperry Gyroscope before coming to HBS. An authority on manufacturing and planning, he... View Details

19 Jul 2011
News

Brightening the Future

ecosystem that will improve access to electricity in off-grid communities across the globe. “It sounds complicated,” Ayala says, “but we set it up this way to have a globally scalable business model.” Stiftung Solarenergie Philippines,... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

their hybrid-fiber-coaxial (HFC) network lose out to the All Fiber Network (AFN) developed by the electric power companies in concert with RCN-inspired entrepreneurs. No, wait. It's 2010, and the channels... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

01 Feb 2000
News

The Future Is Now: 21st-Century Business Pondered at HBS Forum

generation of Internet-savvy consumers, and how today's CEOs can transform their own focus and that of their organizations from "dot-com" concerns to a more sweeping "dot-corp" vision. Next up was Microsoft president Steve Ballmer, who... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Lessons from a Megacity

capital by foot, subte (subway), bus, and bright yellow bike-share bicycles. Pedestrian-only Florida Street in Buenos Aires. (Photos courtesy of John Macomber) Professor Macomber and students at the new electric View Details

Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

01 Dec 2008
News

Green Talk at HBS

Before an overflow audience in September, Scott Nyquist (MBA ’84) and Thomas Seitz of McKinsey gave a talk on the “The Future of Energy: How Geopolitics, Environmental, and Supply Risks Are Shaping the Industry.” Drawing on the consulting firm’s research on greenhouse... View Details

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Andrew Dervan

operations in a General Electric jet engine facility. "I think of the operating room from the perspective of a doctor," Andrew says. "But wouldn't it be great if I could learn from GE, if I... View Details

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Tariro Goronga

engineering.” His first post-university assignment as an electrical engineer gave him the variety he sought. “I did pretty much everything: power supply and generation, motors, electronics.” But after two... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing/Energy

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

many infrastructure challenges as well. It is one of the rainiest lands in the world, making many of its roads impassable half of the year. There's little electricity generated, about enough to power a small... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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Faculty & Advisors | MBA

years progressing from a Sr. Mechanical Engineer to Vice President roles. Abe Murray MBA '07, Harvard University; MS, Electrical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; BS in Computer Engineering, University of Rhode Island Abe is a... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Running faster to compete

in 1978 and put the now $26 million company on the international map with Aquamesh. As the company expanded, Knott implemented innovative, money-saving measures, such as generating electricity via... View Details

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The Campus Emerges - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

question of how to supply energy to the new Business School campus. Rather than build a new power station in Allston, the University decided to transport heat and electricity from an existing facility. View Details

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

international negotiations, I've seen numerous promising deals fail because people ignored or underestimated the powerful differences in processes across cultures... . . . What are the informal influences that can make or break a deal?... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

24 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Meet the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Class of 2020

engineering and business." Jeff Chen BE & BBA, Mechanical Engineering and General Business Management, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology "I am most excited by the unique experiences that the MS/MBA:... View Details

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Stereograph Collections - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

HBS Quick Links MBA Executive Education Doctoral Programs Faculty and Research Alumni HBS Publishing Site Index HBS Home Contact Us Map/Directions Photography Collections Introduction Large Collections Automobile Industry Caterpillar Tractor Co. View Details

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Nicolas Weninger | MBA

Nicolas Weninger Electrical Engineering (SB) Kirkland 2020 Cohort 1 I am fascinated by not only engineering, but also its implementations in solving real world problems and creating viable solutions. The Undergraduate Technology... View Details

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

themselves, the scientific communities that covet the Prizes, the general public, and, finally, the media. "With the exception of awardees of the Peace Prize, who often are statesmen or celebrities who have their own renown, there is not... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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