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The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
Reputation and Its Risks
Public relations Magazine ArticleIdentify, quantify, and manage the risks to your company’s reputation long before a problem or crisis strikes. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Business communication Magazine ArticleIn many companies, sales forces and marketers feud like Capulets and Montagues—with disastrous results. Here’s how to get them to lay down their swords. -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleWe’re confusing output with impact. -
The CEO of Anglo American on Getting Serious About Safety
Operations strategy Magazine ArticlePhotography: Getty Images The Idea: Mining involves risk, and some executives believe fatalities are inevitable. But after nearly 200 on-the-job deaths in the five years prior to her arrival, Carroll decided to take a public stand to create safer working conditions. When I became the CEO of Anglo American, in 2007, I encountered plenty of […] -
Subsidies and the China Price
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleNew research suggests that Chinese companies' price advantage comes not from low-cost labor but from massive government subsidies. That finding has major... -
Oil and Troubled Waters
Power and influence Magazine ArticleWhen a crisis forces outside directors to navigate major changes, investors and directors must adopt new roles. The largest such case to date provides some useful lessons. The Royal Dutch/Shell Group was a 60/40 joint venture between Royal Dutch Petroleum and Shell Transport and Trading. It was run by a five-person committee of managing directors […] -
Is Rooftop Solar Finally Good Enough to Disrupt the Grid?
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Digital ArticleThe future looks bright, but not necessarily for utilities. -
Accounting for Climate Change
Accounting Magazine ArticleThe first rigorous approach to ESG reporting -
The Power of Unwitting Workers
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleOrganizations are tapping people's mental and physical energy on the sly and using it to power lights, digitize books, and do other work. Are they simply... -
Virtuoso Teams
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleHigh-stakes projects need all-star teams. But all-stars often play by their own rules—and fight like cats and dogs. -
The Problem with FEMA No One Is Talking About
Global Business Digital ArticleThe agency reduces our incentives to adapt to climate change, and that's a bad thing. -
When Good Teams Go Wrong
Organizational culture Magazine ArticleThey were hardworking, uncomplaining, and dedicated beyond the call of duty. Yet the extraordinary team that ran a vital wastewater treatment plant actually brought about disaster. How could such well-intentioned people produce such perverse results? They fell prey to an organizational pathology that can strike any business. -
Solar Is Being Held Back by Regulations, Not Technology
Government policy and regulation ResearchThe $70 billion opportunity in the U.S. market. -
Oil's Fall Is a Challenge for Gulf Economies, but Also an Opportunity
Global Business Digital ArticleIt's time to diversify. -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Growth strategy Magazine ArticleAiming to industrialize in a sustainable way -
"It Will Need to Be the Most Amazing Thing Humankind Has Ever Done"
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleClimate change is a pressing concern for Bill Gates, who has just published a new book on the subject. He spoke with HBR's editor-in-chief about the need... -
When Should a Leader Apologize—and When Not?
Business communication Magazine ArticleFor a leader, a public apology is always a high-risk move. Understanding what apologies can and cannot do will help you avoid both foolhardy stonewalling and unnecessary contrition. -
What’s at Stake in an Economy with Low Oil Prices
Strategy InterviewAn interview with Ian Bremmer. -
Climate Business/Business Climate
Global Business Magazine ArticleClimate change will affect everything businesses do, as government efforts to mitigate carbon emissions cause their prices to rise steeply. This special...
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VeeV on the Rocks?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world's first alcoholic... -
Mega Oil Corporation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Scoping the situation at the Mega Oil Corporation, a major management-consulting firm, had been the easy part. The firm is seriously behind its best competitors... -
Han Solar and the Green Supply Chain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study focuses on a sustainability corporate initiative that aims to strengthen a photovoltaic business and to understand consumer preferences.... -
The U.S. China Wind Power Dispute
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details In 2010, China's rapid development of wind energy, and specifically, its policies to promote wind turbine manufacturing, had resulted in significant loss... -
Environmental Defense Fund and the Leveraged Buyout of TXU
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In 2006, the regional director for Texas' Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) was on his way to a hearing about permits for new coal plants proposed by Texas... -
FJ Management Inc.
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details In late 2015, Crystal Call Maggelet, president and CEO of FJ Management, is working with her investment committee to help set the company's strategic... -
Schneider Electric in Rural India: Integrating Social Responsibility with BOP Strategy
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Schneider Electric has focused primarily on urban customers in the energy management space. The question is the extent to which it should prioritise rural... -
BP's Office of the Chief Technology Officer: Driving Open Innovation through an Advocate Team
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The case describes the evolution between 1999 and 2005 of an unusual innovation team within the office of the Chief Information Officer of BP. The team... -
Should the Ethanol Blender's Credit Be Eliminated?
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In December 2010, one U.S. legislative action was largely overlooked in the popular press: the one-year extension of the 45-cent-per-gallon Volumetric... -
Board Process Simulation (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The case offers a role-play simulation in which a team of up to 13 participants acts as a board of directors of a privately-owned national energy company.... -
The Turnaround of General Electric
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details For almost forty years, the General Electric Company (GE) was considered to be one of the world's best-managed global firms. But by 2017, GE was in the... -
Waste Management Inc.: From Corporate Social Responsibility to Creating Shared Value (CSV)
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Waste Management Inc. (WM), a company listed on stocks-to-watch in 2018 in North America - is a top provider for integrated environmental solutions. The... -
Dominion Resources: Cove Point
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The treasurer for Dominion Resources Inc. (Dominion), a major U.S. diversified producer and distributor of energy, was heading to meet with the company's... -
Rivian Charging Ahead
Management Case Study8.95View Details In fall 2021, start-up Rivian was poised to begin delivery of its first electrical vehicles (EVs) to external customers after several delays. The company... -
EnerNOC: Turning Energy Savings into Sales
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details EnerNOC - a clean energy company -- sells energy-monitoring, management and efficiency services to utility customers, who agree to reduce consumption... -
ReNew Power: Leading the Energy Transition in India
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details Founder-CEO of one of India's largest clean energy companies, ReNew Power, which develops, builds, and operates utility-scale wind and solar energy projects,... -
Divesting Vetra S.L.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In late October 2012 the board of directors of Spanish industrial conglomerate Inveravante (IV) were set to have a meeting to examine the situation regarding... -
Environmental Technology Fund Partners and E-Leather
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details It is 2014 and Environmental Technologies Fund (ETF) Partners, a U.K.-based venture capital firm, has an opportunity to invest in a privately-held U.K.... -
Re-THINK-ing THINK: The Electric Car Company
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study15.05View Details On January 5, 2010, 48-year-old Richard Canny was on his way to meet the Governor of Indiana. He was reading his newly issued press release, announcing...
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The Dark Side of Solar Power
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAs interest in clean energy surges, used solar panels are going straight into landfill. -
Reputation and Its Risks
Public relations Magazine ArticleIdentify, quantify, and manage the risks to your company’s reputation long before a problem or crisis strikes. -
Ending the War Between Sales and Marketing
Business communication Magazine ArticleIn many companies, sales forces and marketers feud like Capulets and Montagues—with disastrous results. Here’s how to get them to lay down their swords. -
Overselling Sustainability Reporting
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleWe’re confusing output with impact. -
VeeV on the Rocks?
Organizational Development Case Study8.95View Details Three pressing challenges (equity split, extent of commitment to social responsibility, and product discoloration) confront VeeV, the world's first alcoholic... -
EnergyNow: Powering a New Market, Teaching Note
Management Digital ArticleTeaching note for case 723361. -
CNOOC: Building a World-class Energy Company
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleTeaching Note for 311-074. -
Mega Oil Corporation
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Scoping the situation at the Mega Oil Corporation, a major management-consulting firm, had been the easy part. The firm is seriously behind its best competitors... -
Han Solar and the Green Supply Chain
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study focuses on a sustainability corporate initiative that aims to strengthen a photovoltaic business and to understand consumer preferences.... -
The CEO of Anglo American on Getting Serious About Safety
Operations strategy Magazine ArticlePhotography: Getty Images The Idea: Mining involves risk, and some executives believe fatalities are inevitable. But after nearly 200 on-the-job deaths in the five years prior to her arrival, Carroll decided to take a public stand to create safer working conditions. When I became the CEO of Anglo American, in 2007, I encountered plenty of […]