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  • 2022
  • Other Unpublished Work

Got 'Critical Minerals'? Hooray! But Be Careful

By: Louis T. Wells
When a country has “critical minerals,” certain issues require special attention in the country’s mining legislation or while negotiating contracts with potential mining investors. As well, to obtain maximum benefit the government should prepare for negotiations with... View Details
Keywords: Critical Minerals; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Mining Industry
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  • 1980
  • Chapter

Negotiating and Implementing Mineral Agreements with Multinationals: Some Critical Tax Development Issues

By: L. T. Wells Jr. and Malcolm Gillis
Keywords: Agreements and Arrangements; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Taxation; Mining Industry
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  • 16 Sep 2014
  • First Look

First Look: September 16

institutional environment may be especially critical to an organization's performance and long-term survival. Our review reveals that organizations engage in three specific and identifiable sets of institutional strategies, which we term... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • March 2010 (Revised May 2013)
  • Case

Chile's Copper Surplus: The Road Not Taken (A)

By: Laura Alfaro, Dante Roscini and Renee Kim
In 2008, Andres Velasco, Chile's Finance Minister, was under mounting criticisms over his fiscal policy. As the world's largest copper producer, Chile was benefiting from the rise in copper prices, which had more than tripled since 2003. Copper revenues translated into... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Metals and Minerals; Investment Funds; Policy; State Ownership; Wealth; Chile
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  • 13 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 13

collapse buried 33 miners at a depth almost twice the height of the Empire State Building-over 600 meters (2,000 feet) below ground. Never had a recovery been attempted at such depths, let alone in the face of challenges like those posed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2024
  • Case

TechEnergy Ventures: Innovating Through Corporate Venture Capital

By: Rebecca Karp and Lena Duchene
This case examines TechEnergy Ventures, the corporate venture capital (CVC) arm of the Techint Group, and its role in scaling innovation within the energy sector. Founded in 2021, TechEnergy Ventures operates with a mandate to invest in disruptive technologies to... View Details
Keywords: Transition; Alternative Energy; Renewable Energy; Metals and Minerals; Mining; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Corporate Finance; Venture Capital; Financial Strategy; Investment Portfolio; Growth and Development Strategy; Adaptation; Diversification; Innovation Strategy; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Italy; Europe; Latin America; Argentina
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  • 29 Jan 2018
  • Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

Workers test the NASA-engineered capsule used to lift trapped miners to the surface. Hugo Infante/Government of Chile via Wikimedia Commons (Editor's Note: Amy Edmondson advises managers to think of teams as a verb, "teaming," which means... View Details
Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining
  • 04 Sep 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

In "You Can't Enlarge the Pie," the authors argue that barriers to effective government decision making result in poor decisions about critical issues like the environment, organ transplants, and energy policy. Why? Because... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
  • 29 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 06 Apr 2010
  • First Look

First Look: April 6

Khaire Publication: Business History Review (forthcoming) Abstract Identity is an important resource for firms, since it is a critical precursor of an important strategic resource—legitimacy. However, identities of new firms in new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 19 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

inadequate in the wake of a large negative shock to the system. Following an adverse shock, it becomes critical to emphasize dynamic resilience, which involves forcing banks to actively recapitalize—i.e., regulation needs to focus on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

case:http://hbr.org/search/912017-PDF-ENG First Quantum Minerals vs. Eurasian Natural Resources George Serafeim and Andrew KnauerHarvard Business School Case 112-083 The case describes the battle between First Quantum View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

critical role in university admissions across the world. A key question is whether imposing penalties for wrong answers on these exams deters guessing from women more than men, disadvantaging female test takers. We consider data from a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 03 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 3

continue growing in the company's core business: equipment for the steel production. The second option offered growth in a related, but nearly new business for Tenova: the equipment for mining, mineral processing, and extractive... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

In the first wave of globalization, MNEs sought access to resources, and governments frequently gave them exclusive contracts and favorable deals in order to build businesses. The major management challenge was to overcome logistical challenges to enable View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019

and simultaneously improve both the working conditions in mines and the prices received by local miners remained to be seen. This case is intended to be used in conjunction with and to follow another HBS case: “The De Beers Group:... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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