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      • March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
      • Teaching Note

      Group Functions at the Maersk Group

      By: David J. Collis
      In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."...  View Details
      Keywords: Maersk; Business Units; Conglomerates; Decentralization; Core Business; Value Added; Synergy; Headquarters; Shipping; Petroleum; Oil And Gas; Drilling; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark
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      Collis, David J. "Group Functions at the Maersk Group." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 722-417, March 2022. (Revised April 2022.)
      • July 2021
      • Supplement

      Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp

      By: E. Scott Mayfield, Daniel Green and Benjamin C. Esty
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      Mayfield, E. Scott, Daniel Green, and Benjamin C. Esty. "Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 222-701, July 2021.
      • July 2021
      • Teaching Note

      Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

      By: Daniel Green, E. Scott Mayfield and Benjamin C. Esty
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 220-087.  View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits
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      Green, Daniel, E. Scott Mayfield, and Benjamin C. Esty. "Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 222-014, July 2021.
      • February 2021 (Revised September 2022)
      • Case

      Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy

      By: David J. Collis and Caeden Brynie
      This library case examines the rise of shareholder activism in recent years, particularly in the public eye, and analyzes its effects on corporate strategy, growth, and shareholder value. It looks at three contemporary targets of shareholder activism in particular—Bed...  View Details
      Keywords: Shareholder; Shareholder Activism; Board; Board Of Directors; Hedge Fund; Hedge Fund Activism; Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Investment Activism; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations
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      Collis, David J., and Caeden Brynie. "Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 721-437, February 2021. (Revised September 2022.)
      • May 2020 (Revised August 2021)
      • Case

      Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp

      By: E. Scott Mayfield, Daniel Green and Benjamin C. Esty
      On April 8, 2019, Occidental’s CEO Vicki Hollub made a private offer to buy Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for $72 in cash and stock. Anadarko's CEO Al Walker said he would consider the offer, yet three days later, on April 11, he signed a merger agreement with Chevron...  View Details
      Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits
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      Mayfield, E. Scott, Daniel Green, and Benjamin C. Esty. "Playing the Field: Competing Bids for Anadarko Petroleum Corp." Harvard Business School Case 220-087, May 2020. (Revised August 2021.)
      • August 2019
      • Case

      The United States and Russia: Gas Rivals in Europe?

      By: Rawi Abdelal, Galit Goldstein and Paul Apostolicas
      Though the shale revolution transformed the U.S. into the largest producer of petroleum products, it was unclear how much success American exporters would find selling liquefied natural gas on the European energy market. Gazprom, the state-controlled Russian energy...  View Details
      Keywords: Gas Pipelines; Natural Gas; LNG; Strategic Analysis; Strategic Behavior; Energy Markets; Entrepreneurial Financing; Entrepreneurial Risk; Entrepreneurial Ventures; Entrepreneurial Selling; Energy; Energy Sources; Entrepreneurship; Market Entry and Exit; Marketing Strategy; Price; Energy Industry; Russia; United States; Europe; European Union
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      Abdelal, Rawi, Galit Goldstein, and Paul Apostolicas. "The United States and Russia: Gas Rivals in Europe?" Harvard Business School Case 720-006, August 2019.
      • January 2017 (Revised August 2017)
      • Case

      Mexico's Energy Reform

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason
      Energy—both petroleum and electricity—had been terribly managed for decades in Mexico. The two national monopolies—PEMEX and CFE—were inefficient, overstaffed, corrupt, rife with subsidies, and losing money. Finally, in 2012, President Enrique Peña Nieto announced his...  View Details
      Keywords: Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Performance Improvement; Energy Industry; Mexico
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., and Haviland Sheldahl-Thomason. "Mexico's Energy Reform." Harvard Business School Case 717-027, January 2017. (Revised August 2017.)
      • December 2014 (Revised February 2016)
      • Case

      Group Functions at the Maersk Group

      By: David Collis and Matthew Shaffer
      In 2014, seven years after he was appointed CEO of the Danish shipping and oil conglomerate A.P. Møller Maersk (the Maersk Group), Nils Andersen was reexamining the size and role of corporate headquarters in the company he had reshaped as a "premium conglomerate."...  View Details
      Keywords: Maersk; Business Units; Conglomerates; Decentralization; Core Business; Value Added; Synergy; Headquarters; Shipping; Petroleum; Oil And Gas; Drilling; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Transportation Industry; Shipping Industry; Denmark
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      Collis, David, and Matthew Shaffer. "Group Functions at the Maersk Group." Harvard Business School Case 715-432, December 2014. (Revised February 2016.)
      • June 2014
      • Teaching Note

      Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication

      By: Boris Groysberg, Sarah L. Abbott and Robin Abrahams
      Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL), confronted in 2003 with an urgent need to change how it operated externally, adopted a highly innovative approach to communicating internally. This case, set in 2010, presents an overview of the new, more interactive model of employee...  View Details
      Keywords: Communication Strategy; Change Management; Communication; Change; Leadership; Management; Energy Industry; India
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      Groysberg, Boris, Sarah L. Abbott, and Robin Abrahams. "Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 414-006, June 2014.
      • May 2014
      • Case

      Sasol: U.S. Growth Program

      By: Richard H. K. Vietor
      Sasol, the world's largest producer of synthetic oil from coal and gas, has announced plans to build a huge Catalytic cracker and gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles, Louisiana. This $21 billion venture will be the single largest foreign direct investment in US...  View Details
      Keywords: Oil & Gas; Risk; Risk And Uncertainty; Petroleum; Synthesis; Diesel; Foreign Direct Investment; Chemicals; Strategy; Energy Industry; United States
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      Vietor, Richard H. K. "Sasol: U.S. Growth Program." Harvard Business School Case 714-034, May 2014.
      • June 2013
      • Teaching Plan

      The K-Dow Petrochemicals Joint Venture

      By: Guhan Subramanian and Charlotte Krontiris
      This case follows a two-part deal involving Dow Chemicals: Dow's ill-fated joint venture with the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation, the failure of which nearly scuttled Dow's simultaneous acquisition of Rohm & Haas. Focusing on Dow CEO Andrew Liveris, this case examines...  View Details
      Keywords: Dow Chemicals; Kuwait; Financial Crisis; Negotiation Process; Joint Ventures; Corporate Disclosure; Acquisition; Chemical Industry; Kuwait
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      Subramanian, Guhan, and Charlotte Krontiris. "The K-Dow Petrochemicals Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Teaching Plan 913-047, June 2013.
      • June 2013 (Revised June 2014)
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      Valero Energy Corporation and Tight Oil

      By: Richard H.K. Vietor, Eric Adamson, Aaron Byrd, Ned Chiverton, Mariko Meier and Rob Rain
      Valero Energy, an incredibly successful US refiner, needs to make some decisions about tight oil. As production of light tight oil increases—from Eagle Ford, Bakken and elsewhere—Valero considers whether to add topping capacity to handle it, on top of its recent...  View Details
      Keywords: Petroleum; Oil & Gas; Energy; Environment; Refining; Globalization; Tight Oil; Strategy; Natural Environment; Demand and Consumers; Supply and Industry; Policy; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; United States
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      Vietor, Richard H.K., Eric Adamson, Aaron Byrd, Ned Chiverton, Mariko Meier, and Rob Rain. "Valero Energy Corporation and Tight Oil." Harvard Business School Case 713-083, June 2013. (Revised June 2014.)
      • October 2012 (Revised February 2014)
      • Case

      Keystone XL Pipeline

      By: Richard H. K. Vietor
      On January 18, 2012, President Obama rejected TransCanada's application for a "national interest" determination to approve construction of the Keystone XL Pipeline. Keystone XL was a 1,700 mile long, 36-inch diameter pipeline to transport 1.1 million barrels a day of...  View Details
      Keywords: Energy; Petroleum; Environmentalism; United States; Oil Prices; National Security; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Sources; Energy Industry; Canada; United States
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      Vietor, Richard H. K. "Keystone XL Pipeline." Harvard Business School Case 713-039, October 2012. (Revised February 2014.)
      • June 2012
      • Supplement

      Foro Energy (B)

      By: Joseph B. Lassiter, William A. Sahlman and James McQuade
      Foro Energy developed proprietary and patent-pending fiber-laser technologies that could disrupt existing processes and services for the exploration and production of oil and natural gas. These breakthrough laser technologies were protected by a strong intellectual...  View Details
      Keywords: Disruptive Technologies; Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Development Stage Enterprises; Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Petroleum; Natural Gas; High Technology; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Disruptive Innovation; Technological Innovation; Intellectual Property; Energy Industry
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      Lassiter, Joseph B., William A. Sahlman, and James McQuade. "Foro Energy (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 812-163, June 2012.
      • September 2011 (Revised September 2013)
      • Case

      The K-Dow Petrochemicals Joint Venture

      By: Guhan Subramanian, James K. Sebenius, Phillip Andrews, Rhea Ghosh and Charlotte Krontiris
      In 2007, the Dow Chemical Company and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation announced plans to launch a multibillion-dollar joint venture. Later known as K-Dow Petrochemicals, it would be one of the largest manufacturers of chemicals and plastics in the world. Analysts...  View Details
      Keywords: Announcements; Joint Ventures; Chemical Industry; Kuwait; United States
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      Subramanian, Guhan, James K. Sebenius, Phillip Andrews, Rhea Ghosh, and Charlotte Krontiris. "The K-Dow Petrochemicals Joint Venture." Harvard Business School Case 912-002, September 2011. (Revised September 2013.)
      • April 2011 (Revised July 2014)
      • Case

      Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication

      By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
      Hindustan Petroleum (HPCL), confronted in 2003 with an urgent need to change how it operated externally, adopted a highly innovative approach to communicating internally. This case, set in 2010, presents an overview of the new, more interactive model of employee...  View Details
      Keywords: Communication Strategy; Interpersonal Communication; Employee Relationship Management; Innovation and Management; Leading Change; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Corporate Strategy; India
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Michael Slind. "Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.: Driving Change Through Internal Communication." Harvard Business School Case 411-077, April 2011. (Revised July 2014.)
      • November 2010 (Revised January 2012)
      • Case

      CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company

      By: Joseph L. Bower, Nancy Hua Dai and Michael Shih-ta Chen
      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 to decide how to drive further growth in a company that has grown 556 times in less than 30 years, with profits...  View Details
      Keywords: Talent and Talent Management; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Resource Allocation; Organizational Culture; State Ownership; Competitive Strategy; Energy Industry; China
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      Bower, Joseph L., Nancy Hua Dai, and Michael Shih-ta Chen. "CNOOC: Building a World-Class Energy Company." Harvard Business School Case 311-074, November 2010. (Revised January 2012.)
      • November 2010 (Revised December 2010)
      • Case

      Mid-Missouri Energy: Ethanol from Corn

      By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Noel Michele Holbrook, James Weber and Karla Sartor
      Mid-Missouri Energy (MME) is a farmer-owned cooperative that produces ethanol from corn. The cooperative has performed well in comparison to other producers, but margins in the industry had declined as industry production levels neared market demand limits. MME farmers...  View Details
      Keywords: Agribusiness; Renewable Energy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Cooperative Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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      Reinhardt, Forest L., Noel Michele Holbrook, James Weber, and Karla Sartor. "Mid-Missouri Energy: Ethanol from Corn." Harvard Business School Case 711-004, November 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
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      The Promise and Peril of Russia's Resurgent State

      By: Rawi Abdelal
      The article discusses the effect of the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 on the outlook for Russia's economic growth. The discussion focuses on the status of capitalism in Russia and the government's central role in business. A brief history of Russia's economic...  View Details
      Keywords: Economic Growth; Economic Systems; Financial Crisis; Investment; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Russia
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      Abdelal, Rawi. "The Promise and Peril of Russia's Resurgent State." Harvard Business Review 88, nos. 1/2 (January–February 2010): 125–129.
      • January 2009
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      The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (E)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
      Keywords: Energy Industry; Mining Industry; Chad
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      Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 209-082, January 2009.
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