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Ben Faw
everything from military construction on bases to groundbreaking environmental restorations” on rivers and other natural features. When his injuries prohibited Ben from getting the clearance necessary to follow his commanding officer to...
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- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
receive credits for emission reductions related to new nuclear power plants - including both those under construction and those still in prototype stages. Harvard Business School Professor Joe Lassiter believes nuclear power is an...
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- 01 Jun 1997
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Live Long and Prosper: Lillian Too Reveals Ancient Chinese Secrets
places such as Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore factor Feng shui into the design and construction of buildings, because its principles are widely known to make work less tedious and human interactions more harmonious, and to...
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- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Faculty Research Online
systems. The question is, how can managers encourage employees to take the next step and ensure their constructive use? Assistant Professor Michael Toffel and colleagues present new research in a working paper. See...
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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns
Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce the University’s environmental...
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Shruti Rao
help meet your personal criteria in a post-MBA career. She is happy to help with career visioning, interview prep, resume and cover letter reviews and can especially speak to the venture capital industry. Employment Experience: J.P. Morgan (Investing Banking –...
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- 17 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Is There Help for the Big Ticket Buyer?
themselves, are strongly influenced by biases. Perhaps the best example of this insider/outsider distinction, among even well educated consumers, can be found in their negotiations with contractors for new house construction or major...
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by Max H. Bazerman
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Deal Making in Real Estate - Course Catalog
Gilbane, Inc. one of the largest privately held construction and real estate development firms in the industry with a global footprint of 46 office locations around the world and three thousand employees generating over $6.5 billion in...
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- 01 Apr 1998
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Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers
Governor Jim Hunt named Spangler chairman of the state's Board of Education, where he served for four years. Following graduation from HBS and two years of army service, Spangler, a Charlotte native, made his mark in his family's View Details
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Nancy O. Perry
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Partnering and the Balanced Scorecard
continued to encounter conflict and resistance, but he kept repeating the balanced mantra, "No money, no mission," emphasizing the need to achieve harmony among these seemingly incompatible objectives. During the next three years, employees worked View Details
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by Robert S. Kaplan & David P. Norton
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Overview
My research examines how companies manage environmental issues, occupational safety, and working conditions in global supply chains. More recently, I have also begun researching the drivers and implications of CEO activism, where organizational leaders speak out on...
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Keywords:
Environmental Performance;
Environmental Strategy;
Labor Management;
Transparency;
Institutional Theory;
Economic Analysis;
Quality Improvement;
Operations Management;
Supply Chain;
Regulation;
Environmental Sustainability;
Safety;
Quality;
Climate Change;
Environmental Regulation;
Pollution;
Environmental Management;
Operations;
Supply Chain Management;
Construction Industry;
Construction Industry;
Asia;
Europe;
United States
- June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
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Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?
By: Jorge Tamayo, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo and Karina Souza
In April 2011, Colombian group Cementos Argos had to decide on whether to double down its business in the U.S., amidst the U.S. cement industry’s lowest performance in 30 years. Argos— Colombia’s leading cement producer and one of the “jewels” of Grupo GEA, the...
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Mergers and Acquisitions;
Business Organization;
Business Subsidiaries;
Talent and Talent Management;
Decision Making;
Cost vs Benefits;
Financial Crisis;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Global Strategy;
Strategy;
Construction Industry;
Construction Industry;
Latin America;
South America;
North and Central America;
United States;
Colombia
- June 2009
- Teaching Note
Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible (TN)
By: Anthony Mayo
Teaching Note for [408072].
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- December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
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Poland's A2 Motorway
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA) is a consortium of 18 firms that won a concession to build and operate Poland's first private toll road. In June 2000, AWSA's chief financial officer, Wojciech Gebicki, is preparing for a meeting with the projects' lead bankers to...
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Risk Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Project Finance;
Projects;
Construction Industry;
Construction Industry;
Poland
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Poland's A2 Motorway." Harvard Business School Case 202-030, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
- March 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Teaching Note
Machinery International (B) TN
By: David F. Hawkins
Teaching Note for (9-101-061).
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- September 1994
- Supplement
Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (C)
Presents the decision made by the company. A rewritten version of an earlier case.
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Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-060, September 1994.
William Blackie
Blackie took Caterpillar Tractor from a small U.S. based factory in Peoria, Illinois to a multinational corporation. Blackie was instrumental in creating new markets for Caterpillar products. He invested heavily in international expansion – setting up manufacturing...
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Construction & Real Estate
William Levitt
Levitt was a pioneer of fast, affordable housing construction. In many ways, he created the modern suburban landscape. Among other projects, his company built two Levittowns (Long Island and Bucks County) – mass-produced building projects with family houses, community...
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Construction & Real Estate
Arthur J. Decio
Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 companies with 3,500 employees in 12 states. In the...
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Construction & Real Estate