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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 Internet Shouldn’t Run on Dirty Energy
Sustainable business practices Digital ArticleWhy the time is right to invest in renewables. -
Oil's Fall Is a Challenge for Gulf Economies, but Also an Opportunity
Global Business Digital ArticleIt's time to diversify. -
World Oil and Cold Reality
Strategic planning Magazine ArticleOPEC’s oil supply now conforms to ‘producer logic,’ and the consuming nations must take positive steps to adjust to the situation -
The Limits of the "Sustainable" Economy
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleGreen production cannot replace green consumption. -
Can America’s Blue States Tackle Climate Change on Their Own?
Government Digital ArticleThere’s a certain logic to wealthier, more liberal states leading the way. -
Handling the Fall-out from a Failing Leader
Managing conflicts Digital ArticleThere must have been an enormous sigh of relief among BP employees — from the front line to the boardroom — on Tuesday, when their CEO Tony Hayward’s finally resigned. However he was perceived — as villain, incompetent or, scapegoat — what’s clear is that Hayward was failing spectacularly as their leader almost from the […] -
I’m Thinking About BP’s Employees
Motivating people Digital ArticleImagine you’re a BP employee. Most people, especially in the US, now hate the company for which you work. Talkshow hosts constantly make fun of your CEO, Tony Hayward. Some consumers even boycott your employer’s gas stations. In fact, when you meet people, you no longer want to admit you work for BP. Around 80,000 […] -
Solar Is Being Held Back by Regulations, Not Technology
Global Business ResearchThe $70 billion opportunity in the U.S. market. -
On the Horizon: Six Sources of Limitless Energy?
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleTrying to keep up with the world's insatiable appetite for energy, scientists and entrepreneurs are exploring six innovative concepts: high-altitude wind... -
Outsourcing Integration
Mergers and acquisitions Magazine ArticlePostmerger integrations are tough. Generally, the acquirer puts the target’s distinctive capabilities under its own management and then struggles to pull the two companies’ operations together. Managers often end up plugging holes in dikes instead of focusing on the core business, and, when they finally emerge from this distraction, they often find that their customers […] -
How I Turned a Critical Public into Useful Consultants
Business communication Magazine ArticleI made the commitment to public involvement. Then I had to make it work. -
Coastal Cities Are Increasingly Vulnerable, and So Is the Economy that Relies on Them
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleMiami is a perfect example. -
What If All U.S. Coal Workers Were Retrained to Work in Solar?
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleA study quantifies the costs and identifies four ways to pay for it. -
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. -
The Founder of UBI Group on Leading a Transition to Renewable Energy in Africa
Innovation & Leadership Magazine ArticleAfter building the oil and gas distribution company UBI Group in her native Ghana and then selling a majority stake to an international investor, Salma... -
Breakthrough ideas for 2006
Intellectual property Magazine ArticleOur annual survey of emerging ideas considers the single most important trait of future leaders, the marketing potential of digitally split personalities, a challenge tougher than managing risk, and the best hope for oil-importing countries.
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Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions... -
Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement... -
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term... -
Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Venture capitalists Bill Campbell and Kipp Baratoff have a decision to make. They can either invest their hard-earned capital in one of two existing energy... -
A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in North America, is producing and selling batteries for electric vehicles in China and... -
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Causes, Consequences, and Implications
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study discusses the causes, consequences and implications of the nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO's) Fukushima Dai-ichi... -
Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets, Spanish Version
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details In 2007, Bunge, an agribusiness company, had over $26 billion in worldwide sales and was considered, along with Cargill and Archer Daniels Midland (ADM),... -
General Electric--Thermocouple Manufacturing (A)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details GE is considering introducing a "just-in-time" production system to reduce inventory in its thermocouple manufacturing area. The case presents students... -
Rural Electrification in Nicaragua (Abridged)
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details In the fall of 2001, officials of the National Energy Commission of Nicaragua were reviewing a pilot study of the options for electrification in three... -
CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Fu Chengyu is the fifth CEO to lead China National Offshore Oil Company - an SOE founded in 1982 to exploit Chinese offshore deposits. In 2010 he is trying... -
SGFE Cambodia (A): High-energy Char Briquettes for the Bottom of the Pyramid
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The case tells the story of SGFE Cambodia and its CEO, Carlo Figa Talamanca, in the period 2011-14. Talamanca has the opportunity to take over the struggling... -
The Real Green IT Machine (B): Sensitivity Analysis of a Proposed Capital Investment
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details This case is a follow-up to UVA-C-2295. The analysis of the proposed new data center suggested that the project's net present value was negative-not by... -
Nashton Partners II
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case follows the story of Jay Davis and Jason Pananos, classmates from Harvard Business School who started a search fund, Nashton Partners. The case... -
Duke Energy and the Nuclear Renaissance, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study14.00View Details Duke Energy, an American investor-owned electric utility, confronts multibillion dollar decisions about its future fuel mix. In particular, its leaders... -
Haiti: Energizing Socio-Economic Reform
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details The minister of Haiti's Department of Energy Security needed to prepare a presentation for the country's prime minister that proposed a solution for transforming... -
Privatization of the Power Sector in Nigeria (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Supplement for case 713042 -
The Absheron Project: BP's Production Sharing Agreement in Azerbaijan
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details This case is used in a Darden second-year elective in corporate finance, "Corporate Financial Policies." It asks students to analyze the cash flows estimated... -
Making Impact Investing Markets: IFC (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details In 2018, Thailand's Bank of Ayudhya (known as Krungsri), was considering whether to participate in the first issue of a new financial instrument from... -
Mid-Missouri Energy: Ethanol from Corn
Global Business Case Study8.95View Details MME is a farmer-owned cooperative that produces ethanol from corn. The cooperative has performed well in comparison to other producers but margins in...
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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. -
Building Innovation at Terrapin Bright Green
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details Describes Terrapin Bright Green, an environmental consulting and strategic planning firm, and its approach for creating integrative, systematic solutions... -
Acumen Fund: Measurement in Impact Investing (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details As Acumen Fund, a global venture philanthropy firm, moves forward with an investment portfolio exceeding $22 million, it runs into two critical measurement... -
Groom Energy Solutions: Selling Efficiency
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Groom Energy Solutions helps organizations reduce their energy use and costs through the implementation of energy efficiency measures, which create long-term... -
Equilibrium Capital Group: Investing in Energy Efficiency
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Venture capitalists Bill Campbell and Kipp Baratoff have a decision to make. They can either invest their hard-earned capital in one of two existing energy... -
A123 Systems: Power. Safety. Life.
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details A123 Systems, the largest manufacturer of lithium ion batteries in North America, is producing and selling batteries for electric vehicles in China and... -
The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster: Causes, Consequences, and Implications
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case study discusses the causes, consequences and implications of the nuclear disaster at Tokyo Electric Power Company's (TEPCO's) Fukushima Dai-ichi...