Publications

November 2003 (Revised September 2016)
Case

Creating Global Oil, 1900-1935

By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Daniel Wadhwani

Taught in the elective MBA course entitled The Evolution of Global Business. Examines the development of an international cartel in the oil industry in the 1920s and 1930s. Focuses on the decisions and actions of the leading multinational oil companies—particularly... View Details

Keywords: History; Competition; Multinational Firms and Management; Alliances; Cooperation; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry

Educators

October 2003 (Revised April 2005)
Case

Innovation Corrupted: The Rise and Fall of Enron

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Presents an historical overview of Enron's rise and fall and summarizes what is currently known about (1) the evolution of Enron's business model, (2) the organizational processes Enron officials relied on to drive and monitor the business, (3) emergent behavior... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Behavior; Governing and Advisory Boards; Success; Transformation; Failure; Business Processes; Energy Industry; United States

May 2001 (Revised January 2003)
Teaching Note

Calpine Corporation: The Evolution From Project to Corporate Finance TN

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane

Teaching Note for (9-201-098). View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; United States

November 2000 (Revised November 2002)
Case

Activity-Based Management at W.S. Industries (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan and Sanjay Pothen

W.S. Industries undertakes the design and implementation of an activity based costing (ABC) system, and the ABC information empowers workers to make process improvement decisions. Workers' incentive pay is tied to cost savings from process improvements. View Details

Keywords: Activity Based Costing and Management; Motivation and Incentives; Performance Evaluation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Knowledge Management; Energy Industry; India

Educators

December 1994 (Revised February 1995)
Case

Controlling International Oil (A): The Seven Sisters

By: Debora L. Spar and Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry

March 1994
Case

Report on International Oil (B)

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

Keywords: Energy Industry

Article

Implications of Ownership, Regulation, and Market Structure for Performance: Evidence from the U.S. Electric Utility Industry Before and After the New Deal

By: Willis Emmons

Keywords: Markets; Performance; Ownership; Energy Industry

March 2003
Article

When the Law Does Not Matter: The Rise and Decline of the Mexican Oil Industry

By: Stephen Haber, Noel Maurer and Armando Razo

Keywords: Law; Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Energy Industry

May 1998
Case

Corpoven, S.A.

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Daniel P. Erikson

Keywords: Energy Industry

October 1967 (Revised August 1982)
Case

Texana Petroleum Corp.

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Energy Industry

February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
Supplement

Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (B)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Energy Industry; Nigeria

January 1992 (Revised March 1994)
Case

Texaco, Inc.

By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell

Keywords: Energy Industry

March 1979
Case

Delta Oil Refinery (A)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Keywords: Energy Industry

April 1985 (Revised July 1987)
Teaching Note

British Petroleum Co. p.l.c., Teaching Note

By: Francis Aguilar

Keywords: Energy Industry

October 1984 (Revised January 1987)
Case

British Petroleum Co. p.l.c.

By: Francis Aguilar

Keywords: Energy Industry

20 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Lessons Learned from My HBS Career Journey in Environmental Sustainability

first semester, I joined the Energy and Environment Club and the Sustainability Club to meet fellow classmates with similar interests and deepen my involvement in helping advance the climate change conversation at HBS. As an active member... View Details

01 Sep 2007
News

Paulson Speaks on China at HBS

Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson (MBA 1970) told an HBS audience in May that in addition to China’s economic influence, its energy and environmental policies will have a far-reaching global impact for years to come. He also spoke of... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

October 2010 (Revised July 2013)
Case

AEP: Carbon Capture and Storage

By: Richard H.K. Vietor

By October 2010, American Electric Power, the largest coal-fired, electric utility in the United States, had been operating a carbon capture and sequestration pilot plant for one year. Using a proprietary, Alstom chilled ammonia technology, AEP was capturing and... View Details

Keywords: Energy Generation; Government Legislation; Technological Innovation; Partners and Partnerships; Projects; Decision Choices and Conditions; Environmental Sustainability; Problems and Challenges; Utilities Industry; United States

Educators