Energy Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 16

and exit from the U.S. energy sector. The model's quantitative implications match a range of moments not targeted in the estimation quite well. We then characterize the optimal policy path implied by the model and our estimates. Optimal... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Aug 2018
News

The Value of Valleys

entrepreneurs precisely because I know the risks. I think you should not do it precipitously. There's an aphorism in our industry that CEO is the new analyst, because a lot of young people want to be startup CEOs as opposed to taking... View Details

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

economic growth.” Blagg: What were your first impressions of China in the late 1970s? McFarlan: We were seeing a country that had missed the industrial revolution that happened in many other countries in the nineteenth century, and then... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

01 Dec 2001
News

Navigating Success in Volatile Times

conference theme. On Saturday morning, Lloyd Trotter, president and CEO of GE Industrial Systems, gave an insider's view of GE's legendary operating principles and culture. "The adage by which we do business is, If it's not broken, break... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Finance

01 Dec 2002
News

GE's Jeff Immelt

times like these,” he quipped. “Don't even try to look for clues. For the next two or three years, what you're going to see is more of the same — dramatically slow economic growth.” Health care is one bright spot on the horizon, Immelt noted, as are the View Details

2015
Book

The Impact of Globalization on Argentina and Chile: Business Enterprises and Entrepreneurship

By: Geoffrey Jones and Andrea Lluch

This book compares the effects of globalization on two Latin American countries, Argentina and Chile, over time. The chapters examine the impact of multinationals, the growth of business groups, and the conflicted relations between business and government. The book... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurs; Business Groups; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Globalization; Growth and Development; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; Argentina; Chile

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11 May 2011
Research & Ideas

Building a Better Board

disgruntled subordinates, or disengaged employees. "I can give great PowerPoint presentations, but that doesn't tell people whether I'm Attila the Hun or a New Age Leader, or if I create a culture of fear, a culture that accepts and respects dissent, or a culture... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Sep 2001
Lessons from the Classroom

Getting Back on Course

achievement. "It's possible to have both family satisfaction and professional success," Hart asserts. "However, you may focus your energy more intensively on one of these goals at a time. Some of the women in the program... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

activity. Moreover, CDVC is likely to be in earlier-stage investments and in industries outside the venture capital mainstream that have lower probabilities of successful exit. Even after we control for this unattractive transaction mix,... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

12 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 12

platform for the energy and idealism of young people, a beacon for pilgrims and peace-builders, as well as a focus for seemingly endless media inquiries from reporters, documentary filmmakers, and writers keen on telling its story to... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance

Similarly, in the case of an energy company like Enron, this model would call on directors to be concerned not just with shareholder value when deciding whether to manipulate the trading of natural gas contracts in California, but also... View Details

Keywords: by Carla Tishler

30 Jun 2015
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First Look: June 30, 2015

underlying the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Courses by Faculty Unit - Course Catalog

Benjamin N. Roth Natalia Rigol Spring 2026 Q3Q4 3.0 Business Solutions for the Poor (Global and Local) (also listed under General Management and Marketing) Kash Rangan Benjamin N. Roth Natalia Rigol Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0 Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

High Honors

we did,” says Stamps, who holds a BS and an MS in industrial engineering from Georgia Tech. Since passing the Summit torch to his partners in 2001, Stamps has focused his considerable energy on the family... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Finance; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management; Mining; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services; Miscellaneous Store Retailers; Retail Trade

25 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 25, 2008

b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408128 Lehman Brothers and Peabody Coal Harvard Business School Case 209-009 When Texas Utilities Company (TXU) wanted to acquire The Energy Group, the latter needed to spin-off its coal mining assets,... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

Dividends from Schumpeter’s Noble Failure

graduates and undergraduates, and taught a heavy load of courses. He also devoted considerable energy to a second big project—a book on money—but decided to defer (and ultimately to abandon) that effort. By the time he neared completion... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw

01 Mar 2013
News

Bringing It Back Home

Chicago, the British Library, Catholic Charities USA, Fundación Paraguaya, Goodwill Industries International, the Humane Society of the United States, and Musica Viva Australia. In any given year, about half of SPNM participants represent... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman; SPNM; Strategic Perspectives in Nonprofit Management; Roadtrip Nation; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Mar 2010
News

Lords of Strategy

Company; and HBS professor Michael Porter (MBA ’71). In addition to the pioneering roles played by this innovative quartet, there is another leitmotif — a fifth key player — that runs throughout the book: The industry would not exist as... View Details