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- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
across a variety of countries and sectors. The results of this exploration show that managers are trying to ensure safety and maintain profitability with tremendous energy and creativity. While specific tactics vary by company, they share... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.
ocean acidification. The EIA/IEA forecasts are not preordained. I hope the world's leaders come to agreement on ways to price carbon emissions and to calm the energy security fears of nations. I fully expect... View Details
- 26 Jun 2009
- Research Event
Business Summit: Business and the Environment
States, climate change is becoming a priority. Sustainability will drive business in the next 25 years. The transition to a low-carbon economy will bring about significant investment opportunities. It is a perfect storm: climate change, View Details
- 10 May 2020
- Blog Post
Let’s Hear it For the Moms – The Incredible Balancing Act of Student Mothers
tasks. Aligning our prioritization and constantly talking to each other whenever there is an issue has been key for us to enjoy our campus life while securing enough family time. We couldn’t go out at night but we had many dinners at our... View Details
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details
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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
a software company that encourages households to reduce their energy consumption. From Opower's earliest days, its managers utilized experiments to amplify their environmental impact and enhance customer value. We will revisit some of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Mosul. We supported the infantry soldiers who were securing the smaller towns on the roads leading to Baghdad from Kuwait. I didn’t get to fly, but I was given a leadership role. There was a lot of gratification in knowing that I was able... View Details
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Globalization and Emerging Markets (Elective Course)
The world order has changed significantly in the last two decades. The influence of western-style varieties of capitalism has been challenged by new forms of capitalism that rely less on private enterprise and on the... View Details
Keywords: Globalization; Strategy; Macroeconomics; State Capitalism; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Multinational Firms and Management; Global Strategy; Economics; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; China; Africa; Dubai; Pakistan; India; Brazil; Russia; Cuba; Argentina
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 06 Jan 2010
- What Do You Think?
Is a Stringent Climate Change Agreement a Pot of Gold?
causing global warming and turn that energy and resources into actually improving our way of life with limited impact on our world." Tom Dolembo questioned whether agreements are necessary. He believes that change driven by... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
Compounding the challenge of supporting this population shift, governments from developing to industrialized countries are limited in their capacity and political will to devise solutions to accommodate expanding urban populations. Finally, View Details
William C. MacInnes
MacInnes was instrumental in orchestrating the growth of TECO Energy from a small $17 million operation with 700 employees to an $860 million enterprise with 3,500 employees. While ridiculed at the time, MacInnes converted TECO’s power... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
Oscar S. Wyatt, Jr.
Using his Ford automobile as collateral, Wyatt entered the gas distribution and energy pipeline business with $800 in 1955. His tenacity and determination quickly secured gas contracts throughout Texas, and... View Details
Keywords: Utilities & Energy
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
Three decades ago, Energy Future, a bestseller written at HBS, declared that American energy independence and sustainability were critical to the country’s well-being. Today, the book’s analysis is still... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
running the market research firm Geosegment Systems Corporation, which he founded in 1991. In addition to its advocacy before the NRC, Popik’s group has become a regular at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the obscure... View Details
- 02 Apr 2019
- News
Remembering William Wilder
prestigious securities firms (now CIBC Wood Gundy), and of Consumers Gas, at the time the country’s largest natural gas distributor. In addition, he served on the boards of Royal Bank of Canada, Canada Life Assurance, Noranda Mines, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Gazprom Goes Global
says participants were surprised at the facts behind the Ukraine confrontation and responded to the case’s rich array of issues. His colleague, HBS professor Forest Reinhardt, reports that the case challenged MBA students in his Energy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Start It Up
MOOREHEAD: A green start-up designed to reduce the human and monetary costs of war. While serving in different parts of the world as a Navy SEAL, Doug Moorehead (MBA 2007) observed firsthand the human and material cost of energy... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- Research & Ideas
'Green Bonds' May Be Our Best Bet for Environmental Damage Control
Municipalities have been selling bonds to pay for public works projects—fire stations, parking garages,sewage treatment systems—for 200 years. It’s only in the past decade or so, however, that they’ve been selling them with an extra perk: helping the environment. In... View Details
- 12 Apr 2011
- News
Twelve Global Finalists Compete at HBS
'03 David Merle, MBA '03 Superdome building integrated photovoltaics India HBS Club of India Vikram Sharma, MBA '06 Crossover Energy sustainable energy services Latin America HBS Club of Brazil Thomaz... View Details
Keywords: Multiple alumni