Utilities - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas, April 18

trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line businesses. This article discusses the water industry as an example, and the organizational changes and levers relevant to extracting... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

26 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

What Neuroscience Tells Us About Consumer Desire

between the goals of academia and the goals of a corporation in utilizing neuroscience. For Karmarkar, her work falls into the category of decision neuroscience, which is the study of what our brains do as we make choices. She harbors no... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Consumer Products

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utilize the equipment and submit the resulting photographs to a newly formed Collections Committee.” (1) Water pitcher, test photograph by Paul Caponigro, Type 55 P/N, 1962. Polaroid Corporation Records, Photographs of Polaroid Consultant... View Details

22 Aug 2018
Blog Post

MBA Students Reflect on Their Summer Internships

with the goal of utilizing business practices for land management issues. Scouring for applicable insights, I attempted filtering my coursework through the lens of a natural resource specialist. However, even with that perspective, the... View Details

20 Dec 2016
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December 20, 2016

governments. Using proprietary data, we show that politicians strategically use these products to increase chances of being re-elected. Consistent with greater incentives to hide the cost of debt, toxic loans are utilized significantly... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

Teaching Interest

Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks

By: John D. Macomber

This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.

The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Climate Finance; Migration; Climate Change; Adaptation; Urban Development; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry; Utilities Industry

March 2020
Article

Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details

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01 Mar 2018
What Do You Think?

Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?

second of these books, Exponential Organizations (“ExOs”), explores the impact of new technologies on organizations. These are organizations driven by such things as AI, robotics, biotech and bioinformatics, data science, and 3D printing. Among other things, they staff... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Sep 2016
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September 27, 2016

increased resource utilization (i.e., longer average length of stay) for both minor and major teaching hospitals, relative to a control group of non-teaching hospitals. We find limited evidence of negative effects on quality as measured... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2016
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March 8, 2016

Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/316135-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 315-127 2012 Obama Campaign: Learning in the Field The development and utilization of an intentional Field learning strategy... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Jun 2010
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First Look: June 2

over consensus forecasts would be large in the next fiscal year. Our results show that historical inventory and gross margin contain information useful to forecast sales, and that equity analysts do not fully utilize this information in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Sep 2009
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First Look: September 9

company, utilizing the extensive resources of the Baker Library, as well as other widely available databases. Exhibits provide detailed information on key resources and instructions for accessing prominent databases. Purchase this note:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

How to Support Your Employees’ Career Development

will ultimately help further the career development of your whole team. Another option is a customized executive education program held on-site or at a university, like the programs offered through Harvard Business School. Or encourage employees to View Details

Keywords: All Industries

14 Sep 2021
Blog Post

How to Support Your Employees' Career Development

further the career development of your whole team. Another option is a customized Executive Education program held on-site or at a university, like the programs offered through Harvard Business School. Or encourage employees to utilize... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

energy and make a profit." "The challenge was to find ways to conserve energy and make a profit." Few industries would seem to be more at odds with resource conservation issues than the electric utility business, where profitability has... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

11 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

assemblers in Germany and Turkey with many of their parts suppliers, but it had also developed key links in fast-fashion supply chains. It used combinations of land, short-sea, and rail routes to provide different levels of service. The challenge was maximizing View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

10 Jun 2022
Blog Post

New Venture Competition 2022: Business and Environment Ventures

more sustainability into their core products. We help their procurement departments and suppliers integrate our certified materials with cost-efficiency and minimal supply chain interruptions. This allows companies to utilize a high... View Details

02 Dec 2018
News

An Investor’s Guide to Climate Change: Risks and Opportunities

On the 50th floor of a global law firm, overlooking a cold and rainy Manhattan skyline in November, more than 70 Harvard Business School alumni gathered to learn from each other and confront the business implications of climate change together. Hosted by the HBS... View Details

Keywords: Allison Webster; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

14 Nov 2011
News

Pinstripe Greens

Keywords: Utilities; Utilities; Utilities; Utilities

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