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      • December 2020
      • Case

      PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy

      By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
      In early 2020, the California-based utility PG&E filed a second amended plan of reorganization. PG&E had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the face of more than $30 billion of legal claims brought against it for its alleged role in causing California wildfires. The...  View Details
      Keywords: Chapter 11; utilities; Liabilities; Restructuring; Insolvency And Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Legal Liability; Climate Change; utilities industry; United States
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      Gilson, Stuart C., and Sarah L. Abbott. "PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 221-057, December 2020.
      • January 2020
      • Case

      Governing PG&E

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
      The five commissioners of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) listened intently at a public forum in April 2019 as PG&E Corporation’s out-going chairman Richard Kelly described the company’s proposed new board. PG&E, which provided electricity and natural...  View Details
      Keywords: Bankruptcy; Board Of Directors; Board Dynamics; Business Ethics; Business Model Innovation; Corporate Boards; Energy Efficiency; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Government And Business; Hedge Funds; Institutional Investors; Legal Aspects Of Business; Regulated Monopolies; Regulation; Shareholders; Stakeholder Management; Strategy And Execution; utilities; Insolvency And Bankruptcy; Governing And Advisory Boards; Ethics; Capital Structure; Climate Change; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Environmental Sustainability; Executive Compensation; Leadership; Management; Safety; Business And Government Relations; Energy industry; utilities industry; California; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Governing PG&E." Harvard Business School Case 320-024, January 2020.
      • December 2019 (Revised December 2019)
      • Case

      The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings

      By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
      This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the...  View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency And Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business And Shareholder Relations; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; utilities industry; Energy industry; Texas
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      Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "The Leveraged Buyout of TXU: (B) Energy Future Holdings." Harvard Business School Case 320-065, December 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
      • December 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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      TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History

      By: Trevor Fetter, Erik Snowberg and Rebecca M. Henderson
      This case is designed to support a lively discussion about the relative merits of shareholder vs. stakeholder perspectives in the context of a company that provides a vital public service that has important environmental implications. The 2007 purchase of TXU, the...  View Details
      Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Transformation; Insolvency And Bankruptcy; Environmental Sustainability; Business And Shareholder Relations; Business And Stakeholder Relations; Energy Generation; utilities industry; Energy industry; Texas
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      Fetter, Trevor, Erik Snowberg, and Rebecca M. Henderson. "TXU (A): Powering the Largest Leveraged Buyout in History." Harvard Business School Case 320-064, December 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
      • November 2019
      • Case

      Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In 2017, the global market for rechargeable lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries was 126 gigawatt-hours (GWh) valued at $37 billion, growing by $10 billion in two years. Once confined largely to consumer electronics and appliances, the rapid increase in demand was spurred by...  View Details
      Keywords: Batteries; Rechargeable Batteries; Lithium-ion; Lithium-ion Batteries; Electric Vehicle; Electric Vehicles; Energy Entrepreneurship; Energy Markets; Energy Storage; Battery; Demand Uncertainty; Demand Forecasting; Supply & Demand; Supply And Demand; Capacity Planning; Tesla; Technological And Scientific Innovation; Technological Change; Technology Change; Technology Commercialization; Policy; Policy Change; Subsidies; Power/energy; Power Grid; Energy Policy; Developing Markets; Alevo; Samsung; Lg Chem; Catl; Northvolt; General Motors; Energy; Entrepreneurship; Technological Innovation; Commercialization; Policy; Demand And Consumers; Forecasting And Prediction; Supply And industry; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; China
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "Rechargeable Batteries, 2017: Gigafactory Wars in the Offing?" Harvard Business School Case 720-371, November 2019.
      • 2019
      • Chapter

      Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective

      By: Asli M. Colpan and G. Jones
      This chapter offers a survey of the evolution of Turkish capitalism from the 19th century Ottoman Empire until the present day. It shows that Turkish business over the last century and a half was shaped in an institutional context similar to those in many developing...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Groups; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Government And Politics; History; Religion; Business History; Turkey; Central Asia; Middle East
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      Colpan, Asli M., and G. Jones. "Business, Ethics and Institutions. The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in a Comparative Perspective." Chap. 1 in Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution of Turkish Capitalism in Global Perspectives, edited by Asli M. Colpan and G. Jones, 3–22. New York: Routledge, 2019.
      • August 2019
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      Subscription Lines Dilemma

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Terrence Shu
      This case follows a fictional managing partner of a private equity firm, as she contemplates whether to utilize subscription lines of credit in her firm’s funds. Subscription lines are revolving lines of credit secured by commitments from a fund’s investors. Private...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Credit; Strategy
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Terrence Shu. "Subscription Lines Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 220-025, August 2019.
      • May 2019
      • Case

      State of Charge: The Massachusetts Energy Storage Initiative

      By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
      In early 2017, Judith Judson (Harvard Business School MBA, 2000), Commissioner of the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER), was reflecting on the results of the initiative she had led to identify the contribution advanced electricity storage could make...  View Details
      Keywords: Energy Storage; Energy Generation; Programs; Policy; Strategy; Energy industry; utilities industry; Massachusetts
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      Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "State of Charge: The Massachusetts Energy Storage Initiative." Harvard Business School Case 719-448, May 2019.
      • February 2019 (Revised July 2019)
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      Sales Force Management at Nobel Ilac

      By: Doug J. Chung and Gamze Yucaoglu
      Nobel Ilac was a Turkish generic pharmaceutical company marketing more than 100 drugs in 20 countries and, as of 2017, had over 2,500 employees worldwide. Nobel had implemented a transformation strategy—more specifically, a customer segmentation plan—whereby the sales...  View Details
      Keywords: Sales Strategy; Compensation; Employee Retention; Recruiting; Pharmaceuticals; Salesforce Management; Strategy; Organizational Design; Human Resources; Compensation And Benefits; Employees; Retention; Recruitment; Pharmaceutical industry; Turkey
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      Chung, Doug J., and Gamze Yucaoglu. "Sales Force Management at Nobel Ilac." Harvard Business School Case 519-067, February 2019. (Revised July 2019.)
      • January 2019 (Revised December 2019)
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      CrossBoundary Energy

      By: John Macomber
      Almost 500 million people are without electricity in sub-Saharan Africa. Governments and public utilities are challenged to bring generation and distribution to most of them. Considerable promise exists in “off-grid” or “mini-grid” technologies, notably using renewable...  View Details
      Keywords: Energy Investing; Economic Development; Renewable Energy; Business Growth And Maturation; Developing Countries And Economies; Project Finance; Emerging Markets; industry Structures; Infrastructure; Segmentation; Private Equity; Decision Choices And Conditions; Energy industry; utilities industry; Africa; Tanzania; Ghana
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      Macomber, John. "CrossBoundary Energy." Harvard Business School Case 219-089, January 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
      • November 2018
      • Case

      Swissgrid: Enterprise Risk Management in a Digital Age

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and Anette Mikes
      Kurt Meyer, chief risk officer of Swissgrid, the Swiss national electricity transmission system operator, reflects on the risk management system he installed after the deregulation and liberalization of the European energy market. With 41 connections to other European...  View Details
      Keywords: Enterprise Risk Management; Energy Transmission; Risk And Uncertainty; Risk Management; Energy; Energy industry; utilities industry; Switzerland
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      Kaplan, Robert S., and Anette Mikes. "Swissgrid: Enterprise Risk Management in a Digital Age." Harvard Business School Case 119-045, November 2018.
      • July 2018 (Revised July 2018)
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      Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina

      By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
      Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-041. This case concerns a complex potential energy infrastructure investment in Argentina by a global conglomerate shortly after Mauricio Macri (“Macri”) became President of Argentina in 2015. The central issues are (i) why was a country...  View Details
      Keywords: Argentina; Argentine Exceptionalism; Finance; Infrastructure Finance; Investing; Finance; Inflation And Deflation; Government And Politics; Energy Generation; Infrastructure; utilities industry; Energy industry; Financial Services industry; Argentina; South America
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      Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Argentina Power—Don’t Cry for Me Argentina." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 219-010, July 2018. (Revised July 2018.)
      • May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
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      Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina

      By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
      In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate...  View Details
      Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government And Politics; Demand And Consumers; Infrastructure; utilities industry; Energy industry; Financial Services industry; Argentina; Latin America
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      Lietz, Nori Gerardo, and Sayiddah Fatima McCree. "Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 218-041, May 2018. (Revised October 2018.)
      • February 2018 (Revised May 2019)
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      CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap

      By: William Kerr, Michael Norris and Manjari Raman
      In 2018, Ann Randazzo, executive director of the Center for Energy Workforce Development (CEWD) is assessing the organization’s performance since its 2006 founding. Founded to address an imminent retirement bubble of middle skills workers in the utilities industry,...  View Details
      Keywords: Workforce Development; Industry Cooperation; Skills Gap; Middle Skills; Training; Strategic Planning; Competency And Skills; utilities industry; United States
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      Kerr, William, Michael Norris, and Manjari Raman. "CEWD: Closing the Skills Gap." Harvard Business School Case 818-081, February 2018. (Revised May 2019.)
      • December 2017 (Revised December 2018)
      • Case

      OCP Group

      By: Kristin Fabbe, Forest Reinhardt, Natalie Kindred and Alpana Thapar
      This case explores the strategy of OCP Group, the 95% state-owned Moroccan firm charged with managing the North African country’s vast reserves of phosphate. Phosphate was one of the most vital macronutrients for plant health, along with nitrogen and potassium, and...  View Details
      Keywords: Ocp; Ocp Group; Casablanca; Chemicals; Chemicals; Operations; Transformation; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Chemical industry; Morocco
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      Fabbe, Kristin, Forest Reinhardt, Natalie Kindred, and Alpana Thapar. "OCP Group." Harvard Business School Case 718-002, December 2017. (Revised December 2018.)
      • May 2017
      • Case

      CNS Worldwide

      By: Robert J. Dolan and Karthik Easwar
      CNS Worldwide has long been the market share leader in the IaaS cloud server market, yet it has remained unprofitable for years. Industry capacity utilization is low, and prices have declined over 70% over the last decade. CNS is considering withdrawing from the market...  View Details
      Keywords: Price; Marketing; Performance Capacity; Bids And Bidding; Analysis; Web Services industry
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      Dolan, Robert J., and Karthik Easwar. "CNS Worldwide." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-531, May 2017.
      • May 2017
      • Case

      Promontory, Inc.

      By: Frank V. Cespedes and Amy Handlin
      Promontory, Inc. is a small, privately owned firm in the promotional products (specialty advertising) industry. After starting the firm two years ago with the intention of pursuing a high-quality/high-price strategy, the CEO is seeking methods of increasing sales...  View Details
      Keywords: Salesforce Management; Marketing Strategy; Customization And Personalization; Business Model; Sales; Advertising industry
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      Cespedes, Frank V., and Amy Handlin. "Promontory, Inc." Harvard Business School Brief Case 917-535, May 2017.
      • March 27, 2017
      • Article

      How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data

      By: Frank V. Cespedes and Amir Peleg
      Most current talk about “big data” seems to assume the disintermediation or replacement of physical assets by digital technologies. But a bigger and more impactful trend is the use of online tools to improve physical asset utilization in many traditional off-line...  View Details
      Keywords: Information Technology; Data And Data Sets; Organizational Change And Adaptation; utilities industry
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      Cespedes, Frank V., and Amir Peleg. "How the Water Industry Learned to Embrace Data." Harvard Business Review (website) (March 27, 2017).
      • February 2017
      • Article

      How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics

      By: Doug J. Chung
      Intercollegiate athletics in the United States have become a multibillion-dollar industry over the past several decades. In this study, we investigate the short- and long-term direct monetary effects of operating a winning athletics program for an academic institution...  View Details
      Keywords: Dynamic Panel Data; Heterogeneity; Instrumental Variables; Intercollegiate Athletics; Educational Finance; Entertainment Marketing; Higher Education; Marketing; Sports; Revenue; Education industry; United States
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      Chung, Doug J. "How Much Is a Win Worth? An Application to Intercollegiate Athletics." Management Science 63, no. 2 (February 2017): 548–565.
      • January 2017
      • Case

      Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017

      By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
      On July 2, 2016, Danaher Corporation completed the spinoff of Fortive Corporation. The previous day, Danaher’s stock price had reached an all-time high. In 2015, Danaher had decided to split off its test and measurement, fuel and fleet management, and automation...  View Details
      Keywords: Danaher; Fortive; Larry Culp; Beckman Coulter; Pall; Life Sciences; Diagnostics; Environmental Operations; Water Management; Dental; Testing; Measurement; Fuel; Fleet Management; Automation; Toolmaking; Tools; Disease Management; Continuous Improvement; Toyota Production System; Divestiture; Spinoffs; Spin-off; Networks; Acquisition; Mergers And Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Subsidiaries; Business Units; Business Growth And Maturation; Business Model; For-profit Firms; Joint Ventures; Restructuring; Engineering; Chemicals; Construction; Machinery And Machining; Profit; Revenue; Globalized Firms And Management; Multinational Firms And Management; Health; Health Care And Treatment; Health Disorders; Medical Specialties; Business History; Job Cuts And Outsourcing; Business Or Company Management; Growth And Development Strategy; Management Analysis, Tools, And Techniques; Management Practices And Processes; Management Succession; Management Systems; Resource Allocation; Market Entry And Exit; Measurement And Metrics; Logistics; Business Processes; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Public Ownership; Problems And Challenges; Science; Genetics; Natural Environment; Wastes And Waste Processing; Science-based Business; Opportunities; Strategy; Adaptation; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Technology; Software; Technology Networks; Technology Platform; Value; Valuation; Aerospace industry; Auto industry; Biotechnology industry; Chemical industry; Computer industry; Construction industry; Consumer Products industry; Distribution industry; Electronics industry; Food And Beverage industry; Health industry; industrial Products industry; Information Technology industry; Manufacturing industry; Medical Devices And Supplies industry; Pharmaceutical industry; Retail industry; Rubber industry; Semiconductor industry; Shipping industry; Technology industry; Telecommunications industry; utilities industry; United States; District Of Columbia
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      Wells, John R., and Gabriel Ellsworth. "Danaher Corporation, 2007–2017." Harvard Business School Case 717-464, January 2017.
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