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- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Suntech Power (TN)
Teaching Note for 712001.
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Robert T. Powers
During his tenure as CEO, Powers expanded Nalco’s international presence and diversified Nalco’s product lines – moving beyond water-treatment into specialty and industrial chemicals. Under his leadership, Nalco became one of the...
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Keywords:
Chemicals & Industrial
- Article
Don't Let Power Corrupt You
By: Julie Battilana and Tiziana Casciaro
Although power is essential to taking charge and driving change, it makes leaders vulnerable to two traps that can not only erode their own effectiveness but also undermine their teams. Hubris—the excessive pride and self-confidence that can come with power—causes...
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Keywords:
Humility;
Empathy;
Hubris;
Leadership;
Power and Influence;
Moral Sensibility;
Performance Effectiveness
Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro. "Don't Let Power Corrupt You." Harvard Business Review 99, no. 5 (September–October 2021): 94–101.
- January 1979
- Case
Georgia Power Co.
Keywords:
Energy Industry
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Georgia Power Co." Harvard Business School Case 279-089, January 1979.
- August 2023 (Revised November 2023)
- Case
Plug Power (A)
By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
Set immediately after a December 2019 short-seller attack, the case explores Plug Power’s long challenging history. It then focuses on two key issues raised in the short-seller report related to lease accounting and stock warrants that Plug purportedly used to boost...
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Keywords:
Environmental Accounting;
Financial Reporting;
Ethics;
Management;
Social Enterprise;
Investment;
Stocks;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
United States;
Europe
Heese, Jonas, Joseph Pacelli, and James Barnett. "Accounting Outages at Plug Power? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 124-009, August 2023. (Revised November 2023.)
- November 1974 (Revised February 1976)
- Case
Bougainville Power Station
Wippern, Ronald F., Colin Carter, and Douglas Breeden. "Bougainville Power Station." Harvard Business School Case 275-060, November 1974. (Revised February 1976.)
- April 2017
- Teaching Plan
CLP: Powering Asia
By: George Serafeim, Rebecca Henderson and David Freiberg
Teaching Note for HBS No. 115-038.
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- September 2008
- Article
Negative Ad Power
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz
Quelch, John A., and Katherine E. Jocz. "Negative Ad Power." HBS Alumni Bulletin 84, no. 3 (September 2008): 47.
- 02 Dec 2019
- Podcast
Increasing Solar Power
Is increasing solar power the answer? Abby Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association, and Professor Joe Lassiter discuss how to deliver reliable, clean, low cost power for people everywhere.
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- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Negative Ad Power
Political candidates are often said to be marketed just like consumer products. But there’s a big difference. Consumer marketers such as Coke and Pepsi or Toyota and Ford focus on building up their brand, not on tearing down their opponent. Negative advertising and...
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- 07 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Rediscovering Schumpeter: The Power of Capitalism
If capitalism was the most influential single economic and social force of the 20th century (and continuing today), there is no better guide to understanding its power and complexity than famed economist Joseph Schumpeter, says Harvard...
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- March 2001 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Power and Influence: Achieving Your Objectives in Organizations
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Elizabeth Long Lingo
Power is the potential to mobilize energy. This rather neutral definition does not address the issues of how to exercise power or to what ends. The answers to these questions determine the ultimate value of an individual's power. This note is written to help readers...
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Keywords:
Organizational Culture;
Personal Development and Career;
Power and Influence;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Value
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Elizabeth Long Lingo. "Power and Influence: Achieving Your Objectives in Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-425, March 2001. (Revised July 2007.)
- 21 Jun 2012 - 24 Jun 2012
- Conference Presentation
Visual Attention to Power Posers: People Avert their Gaze from Nonverbal Displays of Power
By: Elizabeth Baily Wolf
Existing literature suggests that people visually attend more to powerful/high-status people. However, previous studies manipulated target power/status via the target’s role (e.g., CEO or judge vs. mechanic or fry cook) or clothing (e.g., business suit vs. sweat suit)....
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- 21 Sep 2021
- News
Readers Ask: How Can I Gain Power and Influence?
Game Changers: Amy Cuddy, Power Poser
Using a few simple tweaks to body language, Harvard researcher Amy Cuddy discovers ways to help people become more... View Details
- January 22, 2012
- Article
The Power of Mentoring
Starting at around age 13, I had a series of weekend and summer jobs — everything from scooping ice cream, making doughnuts and pumping gas to working at the local golf course, where I had to line up carts for the players by 5 a.m. One of my high school teachers...
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Chertavian, Gerald. "The Power of Mentoring." New York Times (January 22, 2012), BU.9.
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Starting Lineup: Power Plays
by Business Insider in December, Callida’s implementation at a city municipal building resulted in a 31 percent reduction in HVAC use and costs. Oscilla Power Cofounder and CEO Rahul Shendure (MBA 2001); Founded 2010 Harnessing the...
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- 2010
- Simulation
Change Management Simulation: Power and Influence
By: Linda A. Hill and William Q. Judge
In this single-player simulation, students play one of two roles at a sunglass manufacturing firm and face the challenges associated with implementing an organization-wide environmental sustainability initiative. The initiative seeks to change raw material inputs in...
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- March 2022 (Revised February 2024)
- Case
Applied Intuition: Powering Autonomy
By: Andy Wu, Rocio Wu and Matt Higgins
Applied Intuition, a leader in autonomous vehicle simulation software, has just closed on a $175 million round of Series D financing that values the four-year-old firm at $3.6 billion. With the immediate future secure, CEO Qasar Younis must now chart a strategic course...
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Keywords:
Autonomous Vehicles;
Software;
Strategy;
Competitive Strategy;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Valuation;
Auto Industry;
Technology Industry;
California;
Detroit
Wu, Andy, Rocio Wu, and Matt Higgins. "Applied Intuition: Powering Autonomy." Harvard Business School Case 722-407, March 2022. (Revised February 2024.)
- June 1983
- Case
Laketown Power Co.
Fuller, Stephen H. "Laketown Power Co." Harvard Business School Case 483-131, June 1983.