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- 16 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
To Fight Climate Change, Should Green Investors Reconsider Big Oil?
Should eco-conscious investors support a company that’s developing innovative solutions to climate change—even if that company is also a major polluter? The market’s answer to this question has been a...
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- Research Summary
Book in progress
Expanding on my work on BP, I am starting a new book on the transformation of the major international oil companies since the 1970s. Prior to that, the oil majors largely controlled the international flow of oil, which was channelled through their vertically... View Details
- October 2021 (Revised May 2023)
- Case
Engine No.1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil
By: Mark Kramer, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi and T. Robert Zochowski
ExxonMobil, the world's fifth largest source of carbon emissions, remained committed to aggressively expanding its oil & gas business despite global warming. During the COVID pandemic this strategy resulted in massive losses as the price and demand for oil declined. ...
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Keywords:
Carbon Emissions;
Global Warming;
Impact Investment Funds;
Hedge Fund Activism;
Leadership Development;
Business Model;
Renewable Energy;
Resource Allocation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Governing and Advisory Boards
Kramer, Mark, Shawn Cole, Vikram S. Gandhi, and T. Robert Zochowski. "Engine No. 1: An Impact Investing Firm Engages with ExxonMobil." Harvard Business School Case 222-028, October 2021. (Revised May 2023.)
- March 2008
- Supplement
Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (C)
By: Felda Hardymon and Ann Leamon
Alok Patel, the founder and chairman of a Gujarat-based, privately held edible oils processor, is considering long-term liquidity opportunities for the company and its investors. He could list the company on one of the Indian exchanges, opt for a trade sale, or acquire...
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Keywords:
Financial Liquidity;
Financial Management;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Going Public;
Opportunities;
Chemical Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Gujarat
Hardymon, Felda, and Ann Leamon. "Patel Food and Chemicals Private Limited (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 808-144, March 2008.
- Research Summary
Papers in progress
- “The ‘Carbon Club’: Oil Companies, Climate Change & the Shaping of Public Policy”. Conspiracy theories abound, but the roles of the major oil companies in influencing public policy on climate change remain largely obscure. This... View Details
- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in Argentina
By: Rawi Abdelal, Amy C. Edmondson, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Gustavo A. Herrero and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
An imaginary oil company is invited to participate in a potentially lucrative investment in a large oil field just as the Argentine government is taking actions that seem to jeopardize private property rights within its borders. This case highlights the risks and...
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- 09 Jul 2020
- Video
Sylvia Escovar
Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, discusses how the firm met the challenge of creating a dynamic corporate culture after seven regional companies were...
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- 09 Jul 2020
- Video
Sylvia Escovar
Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, discusses how the firm responded to the major cultural differences between countries in Latin America
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- June 2009
- Case
Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Joel L. Heilprin
The senior vice president of project finance for a global oil and gas company must determine the weighted average cost of capital for the company as a whole and each of its divisions as part of the annual capital budgeting process. The case uses comparable companies to...
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Keywords:
Risk Assessment;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Risk Management;
Cost of Capital;
Cash Flow;
Capital Structure;
Valuation;
Capital Budgeting;
Energy Industry
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Joel L. Heilprin. "Midland Energy Resources, Inc.: Cost of Capital." Harvard Business School Brief Case 094-129, June 2009.
- 09 Jul 2020
- Video
Sylvia Escovar
Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, discusses the challenges she faced as a female executive, and how gender diversity is a huge asset for companies.
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- Video
Mohammed Al Barwani
Mohammed Al Barwani, founder of the Oman-based diversified group MB Holding Company, discusses the diversification of his oil production and services companies into other industries ranging from biotechnology...
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- 13 Jul 2012
- News
Focus on Research: Something for the weekend
- October 1999
- Case
Argentina's YFP Sociedad Anonima (E): A New Era
By: Michael Y. Yoshino, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Cate Reavis
In June 1999, Spain's former state-owned oil giant Repsol, acquired 97% of YPF, despite opposition from YPF management. The case describes the status of the two companies at the time of the acquisition and highlights concerns expressed by industry analysts on the deal.
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Keywords:
Non-Renewable Energy;
State Ownership;
Acquisition;
Decisions;
Profit;
Privatization;
Corporate Strategy;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry;
Argentina;
Spain
Yoshino, Michael Y., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Cate Reavis. "Argentina's YFP Sociedad Anonima (E): A New Era." Harvard Business School Case 300-028, October 1999.
- April 2009
- Article
Sovereign Wealth in Abu Dhabi
By: Rawi Abdelal
By the turn of the century, oil had already made the tiny emirate of Abu Dhabi rich beyond anyone's wildest dreams. A sovereign wealth fund, the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), has invested extra oil revenues abroad for more than thirty years and amassed a...
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Keywords:
Development Economics;
Financial Management;
Investment Funds;
Sovereign Finance;
Wealth;
Diversification;
Abu Dhabi
Abdelal, Rawi. "Sovereign Wealth in Abu Dhabi." Geopolitics 14, no. 2 (April 2009): 317–327.
- 09 Jul 2020
- Video
Sylvia Escovar
Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, discusses the challenge of income inequality in Colombia, the role of Fundación Terpel in demonstrating that business...
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- April 2009 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Petrobras in Ecuador (A)
By: Aldo Musacchio, Lena G. Goldberg and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho
On October 18, 2007, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced his intention to migrate Petrobras' existing participation contracts to exploit oil reserves in Ecuador's Blocks 18 and 31 to servicing agreements under which Petrobras would be paid a production fee and...
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Keywords:
Metals and Minerals;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Corporate Governance;
Government Administration;
Taxation;
Contracts;
Negotiation Process;
Negotiation Tactics;
Public Ownership;
Business and Government Relations;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Brazil;
Ecuador
Musacchio, Aldo, Lena G. Goldberg, and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho. "Petrobras in Ecuador (A)." Harvard Business School Case 309-107, April 2009. (Revised August 2009.)
- Research Summary
Marcelo Bucheli is currently studying the operations of Standard Oil Company (New Jersey) in Colombia and Mexico during the 1920s and 1930s. He is analyzing how the local political environment of each of these countries affected the company's international corporate...
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- March 2001
- Background Note
Real Options Valuation when Multiple Sources of Uncertainty Exist
This case describes how multiple sources of uncertainty can be incorporated into a real-options-based analysis. It works through an example of a two-stage problem where a company has both an option to explore and an option to develop oil reserves.
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Meulbroek, Lisa K. "Real Options Valuation when Multiple Sources of Uncertainty Exist." Harvard Business School Background Note 201-106, March 2001.
- 09 Jul 2020
- Video
Sylvia Escovar
Sylvia Escovar, the President of the Colombia-based oil and gas distribution company Terpel, explains her company’s commitment to replacing the use of fossil fuels with electric cars, and the steps taken to...
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- May 2011 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
The Offshore Drilling Industry in 2011
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kenneth Corts and Joseph McElroy
After booming in 2007 and early 2008, the offshore drilling industry slumps in 2009. Lower oil prices lead oil companies to reduce drilling budgets, and rig utilization falls from essentially 100% to 70% in some markets. Day rates--the prices paid for a rig's...
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Keywords:
Technological Innovation;
Metals and Minerals;
Demand and Consumers;
Price;
Industry Structures;
Supply and Industry;
Mining;
Mining Industry;
Energy Industry
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, Kenneth Corts, and Joseph McElroy. "The Offshore Drilling Industry in 2011." Harvard Business School Case 711-543, May 2011. (Revised August 2011.)