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- 17 Nov 2022
- Blog Post
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - The Future of Green Building
Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – The Future of Green Building Cover image features Christoph Schiess (left) and Jim Damalas (right). Over the course of the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, green and...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
advocacy, design, and construction services, micro Home Solutions works with communities, financial institutions, government, and multilateral agencies to address the housing needs of India's urban poor. MEHRA Photo courtesy of Rakhi...
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- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Spangler Center in Top Form
A cloudless blue sky and a chilly wind provided a brisk backdrop for a December celebration of progress made in the construction of the new Spangler Center. The "topping out" ceremony, a Viking tradition that pays tribute to the trees...
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- 01 Jun 2011
- News
HBS Chapel Earns Gold Certification
In a first for Harvard University, the HBS Class of 1959 Chapel has achieved LEED gold certification for significant reductions in energy and water usage. In fact, the chapel is the first university building in the world to achieve gold status under the existing...
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- 16 Jan 2020
- News
Helping California Wildfire Victims Rebuild
Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes Source: Timothy Archibald for Forbes A recent article in Forbes highlights the work of the home-building management startup Homebound, cofounded by CEO Nikki Pechet (MBA 2007). Both cofounders—Pechet and investor Jack Abraham—had...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Welcome to the Future
Batten Hall, on Western Avenue, is the totally renovated and redesigned building formerly occupied by the PBS television station WGBH. Batten Hall’s top two floors, reserved for HBS, are devoted to 10 curved, modular learning spaces (called “hives”) and other areas...
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- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Vertically Inclined
Kamran (“Tom”) Elghanayan (MBA ’68), who arrived in the United States from Iran when he was five years old, helped found the Rockrose Development Corporation, a New York City firm with a reputation for building residential towers in neighborhoods that other developers...
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- November 1990 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
Regency Plaza
By: William J. Poorvu and Richard E Crum
Designed to examine the process of project management during the development cycle of a luxury condominium building, exploring the issue of how the design, development strategy, project organization, and project personnel are interrelated. More specifically, looks at...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Design;
Construction;
Housing;
Management Practices and Processes;
Projects;
Luxury;
Real Estate Industry
Poorvu, William J., and Richard E Crum. "Regency Plaza." Harvard Business School Case 391-021, November 1990. (Revised January 2008.)
- 07 Aug 2019
- Research & Ideas
Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits
Governments and policymakers often assume that infrastructure development is key to jumpstarting economic growth for citizens, an “If we build it they will come” chain reaction of new jobs, more efficient transportation, and safer streets. The view among economists,...
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- 15 Feb 2017
- Op-Ed
What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects
President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges, potholed roads, crashing trains, and embarrassing international...
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- February 1978
- Supplement
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B4)
Supplements the (A) case.
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Porter, Michael E. "Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B4)." Harvard Business School Supplement 378-199, February 1978.
- March 2021
- Case
The U.S. Home Improvement Sector in 2020
By: José Alvarez and David Lane
Provides an overview of the U.S. home improvement sector in 2020, reviewing sources of growth in the decade ending in 2020, with special attention to the impact of COVID-19 on market leaders Home Depot and Lowe’s and the spike in online revenues for both. Also noted...
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Keywords:
Change Management;
Trends;
Leading Change;
Operations;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Performance;
Technology;
Construction Industry;
United States
Alvarez, José, and David Lane. "The U.S. Home Improvement Sector in 2020." Harvard Business School Case 521-032, March 2021.
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Mistry Architects (TN) (A), (B), and (C)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Penelope Rossano
Teaching Note for 609044, 609064, and 609086.
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Keywords:
Construction Industry
- February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Mistry Architects (B)
By: Amy C. Edmondson, Robert G. Eccles and Mona Sinha
This case is a follow-up of Mistry Architects: Innovating for Sustainability (A) (Case 609-044). In Case (A) Sharukh and Renu Mistry found and run an architectural firm dedicated to being both client-oriented and environmentally responsible. The case uses a difficult...
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Keywords:
Problems and Challenges;
Emerging Markets;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Natural Disasters;
Environmental Sustainability;
Product Design;
Innovation and Invention;
Construction Industry
Edmondson, Amy C., Robert G. Eccles, and Mona Sinha. "Mistry Architects (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 609-064, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
- July 2007 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
CEMEX's Foundations for Sustainability
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter, Pamela Yatsko and Ryan Raffaelli
Keywords:
Multinational Firms and Management;
Competitive Strategy;
Change Management;
Emerging Markets;
Construction Industry;
Mexico;
Egypt;
United States
Kanter, Rosabeth M., Pamela Yatsko, and Ryan Raffaelli. "CEMEX's Foundations for Sustainability." Harvard Business School Case 308-024, July 2007. (Revised September 2009.)
- October 2006 (Revised March 2008)
- Supplement
Kohler Co. (B)
Keywords:
Construction Industry
Villalonga, Belen, and Raphael Amit. "Kohler Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 207-025, October 2006. (Revised March 2008.)
- November 2005
- Case
Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)
By: Herman B. Leonard, Marc J. Epstein and Laura Winig
KaBOOM!, a successful playground-building social enterprise funded through corporate partnerships, wants to develop a performance measurement system that will enable the organization to expand its impact substantially. The board of directors and management are trying...
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Keywords:
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Social Enterprise;
Performance Evaluation;
Management Systems;
Design;
Construction Industry
Leonard, Herman B., Marc J. Epstein, and Laura Winig. "Playgrounds and Performance: Results Management at KaBOOM! (A)." Harvard Business School Case 306-031, November 2005.
- February 2005 (Revised June 2005)
- Supplement
Aluminium Bahrain (Alba): The Pot Line 5 Expansion Project (CW)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
- June 2002 (Revised April 2003)
- Teaching Note
CMR Enterprises TN
By: Das Narayandas
Teaching Note for (9-501-012).
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Keywords:
Construction Industry