Energy Services - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 1

stimulate private-sector demand for similar products and the supply of complementary inputs. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

After the 'Crypto Crash,' What's Next for Digital Currencies?

attention and especially energy around speculation and trading—this gives an entrepreneur more time to focus and actually develop their product carefully without constantly having to face the market. Gazette: In November, the global... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Financial Services; Financial Services

16 May 2000
Research & Ideas

The Simple Economics of Open Source

projects. Their strategies for capturing some of this energy usually fall into one of two strategies, say Lerner and Tirole. In what they call the "reactive" strategy, commercial firms try to bundle paid View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

18 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

How New Managers Become Great Managers

socialization (personal integrity, high energy level, and a drive to lead), much of leadership is learned.2 Management is primarily learned from on-the-job experiences—by doing, observing, and interacting with others. As unsettling as it... View Details

Keywords: by Linda Hill

28 May 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'

the alternative is liquidation. In other words, Chapter 11 assumes, at least initially, that a live business—one that sells products and services to customers, employs people, invests and grows and innovates—is worth more than a dead... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Financial Services; Financial Services

06 Mar 2020
Book

A Great Teacher's Lessons for Leading

they have no emotional skin in the game. They are only focused on individual objectives. They possess a survival mentality, assuming they are in the service of self. They may very well feel that they are marking time until something... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

18 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Looking in the Mirror: Questions Every Leader Must Ask

an organization where employees are expending their energies in a number of divergent and uncoordinated directions." Leaders need to ask whether they articulate a clear vision and, just as importantly, whether their key employees can... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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The Information Age has introduced well recieved opportunities to track performance. Fitbits and Fuelbands show individuals their own performance; service companies including Uber and leading hospitals help pick from drivers or doctors based on how others rate them;... View Details

Keywords: Management Accounting; Performance Measurement; Incentives; Control; Healthcare Industry; Education; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; Energy Industry; United States; Japan; India

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

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

14 Jul 2003
Research & Ideas

Understaffed and Overworked: What Now?

energy for it?" If you can't bring all three to the table, you're not going to achieve a high return on your efforts. — "Do we have the resources?" Is there sufficient time, money, and any other necessary resources to... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Michelman

18 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

The Internet of Things Needs a Business Model. Here It Is

a subscription-based service may require more hands-on participation on behalf of the company to ensure customer success. “You have to deliver customer success all the time,” Lal says. “If the customer does not realize the promised... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Computer

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

published dozens of cases on energy policy. Of late, he's taken a keen interest in how the shifting energy market is influencing geopolitics, particularly as the shale revolution turns the US into a hotbed... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Energy

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Do You Have Change Fatigue?

creating an environment in which employees don't even know that they're changing." Ricardo Semler, president of Semco, a privately held manufacturing and services company in São Paulo, Brazil, heartily agrees: by giving up the need... View Details

Keywords: by Nick Morgan

21 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now

matters at hand, and demonstrating their willingness to listen. Leadership experts Frances Frei, the UPS Foundation Professor of Service Management at HBS, and Anne Morriss note that trust has three factors: authenticity, logic, and... View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg, Robin Abrahams, and Katherine Connolly Baden

15 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: November 15

in achieving greater energy efficiency and reduced carbon emissions, the firm is looking for other ways to expand its sustainability initiatives, such as in its supply chain and incorporating sustainability into its due diligence and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Mar 2012
Research & Ideas

Unplugged: What Happened to the Smart Grid?

in Business, Energy and Environment, held in Harvard's Innovation Lab. "It's a question of who will make money and which business models are effective." Although the definitive answer to that question remains to be seen,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Energy; Energy

September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
Background Note

Leadership and Teaming

By: Ethan Bernstein

Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail... View Details

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13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

saved money by saving energy or reducing waste. For example, IBM reduced its electricity consumption by 6.4 billion kilowatt-hours between 1990 and 2013, during which time it saved $513 million through View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Energy

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

of which is wastewater production. Again, Lassiter points to a market-based solution: Select Energy Services in Houston is among many companies turning their attention toward fracking water management. The... View Details