Utility - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 1998
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Tech Trekker

the first firm to sell household utilities to homes and small businesses over the Internet. With her break clearly over, this tech trekker is back out blazing trails. View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Dec 2013
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To break through this glass ceiling, women must learn to take bold steps when opportunities arise. Blalock, who rose to become CIO in the traditionally male utility industry, offers her advice and that of 28 top female executives to show... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Professional Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Dec 2015
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Leading Boston and Beyond

management tools for the city. He stayed on as an advisor to Menino, rebuilding the city’s 24-hour hotline and exploring how mobile apps could be utilized to make reporting issues more convenient for residents. In 2010, Osgood and Nigel... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Mar 2009
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Gazprom Goes Global

A Russian Giant Grows, Despite a Bad Rap THE BIG CHILL: Russia and Ukraine’s gas wars give Europe the shivers. In a virtual replay of events this past January, in 2006 Russia’s energy giant Gazprom cut off its supply of natural gas to Ukraine’s energy company in the... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Utilities; Utilities

01 Dec 2008
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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

Keywords: Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

15 Dec 2024
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Kelp Is on the Way

Petrochemicals are all around us—from ubiquitous plastic packaging to the inconspicuous lining of your takeaway coffee cup, and in everyday products like soaps, deodorants, and toothpaste. But that will change, according to Matthew Perkins (MBA 2009). When industries... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Illustration by Melinda Beck; Utilities; Utilities

01 Sep 2012
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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 inefficiency. In Iraq, where he spent... View Details

Keywords: Utilities; Utilities

27 Sep 2010
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Managing Water as Scarcity Looms

Keywords: Utilities; Utilities

01 Mar 2016
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Off Script

are following their own business models—whether they are for-profit or not-for-profit. The additional spend on health care is due to increased utilization of health-care services as the population gets older. Costlier innovations and... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

25 Aug 2022
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The Exchange: The Road Ahead for Crypto

So you need some people treating the currency as a store of value as well. And, incidentally, these sorts of dynamics don’t just play out with general-use cryptocurrencies. They also show up in individual tokens, like NFT projects. If a View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

01 Dec 1998
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HBSAAAA Convenes in San Francisco

a panel of prominent African-American CEOs and executives. The conference included a session on navigating corporate environments, moderated by Associate Professor David A. Thomas, and a workshop led by Professor Linda A. Hill on techniques for building and View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner

01 Sep 2015
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Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities

Founded under the guidance of Mihir Desai, HBS Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance, PRIMO is in its fifth year. The program enrolls 15-18 Harvard undergraduates who live in College dorms but spend their days immersed in the scholarly community at HBS, View Details

03 Dec 2024
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From One to Many

awakening I had was that people effectively working together, utilizing simple, elegant, and consistent practice can change the nature of work and its outcomes. At business school, I continued to explore that idea. Later, Len would push... View Details

01 Sep 2017
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Inbox: From Das’s Desk

local HBS club, a webinar, or an HBX Live discussion led by a professor. The following year, you volunteer to join other alumni for a daylong mentoring exercise with first-year MBA students. Then, a year or two later, you take part in a three-day immersion program that... View Details

Keywords: Das Narayandas; HBX; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2001
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Faculty News

HBS faculty in 1965. Specializing in general management, he also has published widely in the areas of financial risk management, negotiation, operations research, and utility theory. He taught in the MBA and Doctoral Programs and for many... View Details

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

01 Dec 2017
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Ask the Expert: Human Intelligence

(AI) technology but a recent McKinsey survey of senior executives shows that financial services, utilities and media firms are now testing the AI waters. On the R&D side, CB Insights research shows that there have been over 3000 VC deals... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 1999
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

their discussion by confirming the following central assumption: in order for clubs to remain viable, they will need to streamline their "back office" procedures, utilize technology to enhance their operations, and find ways to attract... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Ads Improve Consumer Decisions

in fact we believe consumers are generally ill-informed about products, there's a utility cost to the individual of not receiving ads,” says Anand. “Imagine a world where there's no advertising — essentially we'd be making some very... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

27 Aug 2019
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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