Construction of Buildings - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2001
News

Reaching Out

MBA students a range of possibilities for interacting with the social sector, both inside and outside the classroom. Participating in the program provides students with the opportunity to build their general... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Health, Social Assistance

17 Jun 2020
News

Toronto Copes with COVID-19 Via Webinars; Alumni Respond to Pandemic in Philippines

of your humanity. “I offered three ways people can build resilience during these times,” he says. “First, start each day with a two-minute morning practice to ground and center your minds. Write down and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2017
News

Lego Stays on Script

those already exist. They need to have a building component and exist as a starting point for kids to create their own stories, not just play out what they see on television or in a movie.” In every case—including movies—“we have to make... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

25 Aug 2022
News

Ink: The Three-Step Startup

was in the engineering school. And I said to the dean, “It can’t be that I’m supposed to teach a spirit. Imagine if we taught the engineers in charge of building our bridges to rely on a similar... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Jan 2008
News

Anand G. Mahindra, MBA 1981

Nature, Purpose, and Practice of the Movie Business, by David Mamet “My penchant is for building brands that find a place in the customer’s mind and for developing businesses that live or die by how well... View Details

04 Nov 2020
News

The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises

2020 is this is the time to be creative. What's needed right now? There are things that are standing out that the world or that the economy needs because of this crisis. And there's opportunities to build... View Details

06 Dec 2021
News

The Sparkles in Our Skies

Illustration by Brian Stauffer Illustration by Brian Stauffer Aether Diamonds makes its precious gems out of thin air—literally. The three-year-old company uses carbon dioxide drawn from the atmosphere to synthesize stones that are... View Details

Keywords: April White; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

11 Apr 2018
News

The First Five Years: Regan Turner (MBA 2013)

giving them the resources and empowerment to help tackle these and other challenges. Our veterans are now leading the way on cleaning up neighborhoods, beautifying schools, restoring trails in parks, and building urban farms, and in doing... View Details

05 Sep 2017
News

Living the Quantitative Life

tracking enough to, again, either encourage yourself in sustainable ways that aren't going to make you hate yourself or make you quit, and/or maybe build data sets that'll help all of us get a little bit... View Details

01 Dec 2000
News

Latin America's Decade

latecomers, as we build a technological infrastructure, it will be the newest and most advanced," Sicupira explains. "That has happened in Brazil with our digital cable installation, which surpasses the analog cable that is the core View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

06 Dec 2021
News

December 2021 Alumni and Faculty Books

students, relocated persons, immigrants, or refugees—will find useful advice for landing a job in the United States this book. Readers will learn the different stages of the search process and how to prepare for each one, as well as... View Details

01 Dec 2016
News

Alumni Leading Change

growth and sustainable development while respecting people, communities, and the planet,” says Yang. She is especially proud of an eco-industrial complex that Esquel is building in Guilin, China. The green... View Details

26 May 2022
News

Bidding Up

physics to philosophy to math. But Wilson did meet Howard Raiffa, a renowned scholar in the field of game theory and decision analysis, and followed him to HBS. There, Wilson completed the obligatory MBA before going on to his doctoral... View Details

01 Dec 1997
News

Growing Together

institution to donate funds and expertise to build a half-way house for homeless teenagers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, where the bank has a major presence, and to link up schoolchildren in New England and Latin America over the Internet. "What... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry

01 Jan 2002
News

Marjorie M.T. Yang (MBA '76)

Ballroom dancing, painting Recommended Reading Einstein's Dreams, by Alan P. Lightman "Written by a humanist/scientist, this is a compelling collection of fables focusing on various conceptions of time, as... View Details

25 Aug 2022
News

Case Study: Sound Check

Illustration by Neil Webb Illustration by Neil Webb Josh Hoffman-Senn (MBA 2019) and fellow cofounder of LS, Jimmy Pemberton, launched their initial digital toolkit in 2021, after seeing fellow musicians search out supplemental income... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 1997
News

Competition and Strategy Unit at HBS Sets Pace In Its Field

only of the Competition and Strategy faculty members' contributions to their field but also the way "each of them integrates his or her research and course development." Concludes Bradley, "We work on View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

09 Nov 2017
News

Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress

Rye Barcott (MBA/MPA 2009) Rye Barcott (MBA/MPA 2009) “You don’t ask the guy next to you in your fighting hole what his political affiliation is,” Rye Barcott says. He should know. Barcott (MBA/MPA 2009) served five years in the Marine Corps, including tours in Bosnia,... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

28 Oct 2021
News

Capital Considerations for Black Entrepreneurs; Pivoting for Gender Equity

300 applicants and became the largest student-led business plan competition for Black entrepreneurs in the U.S. But as the competition progressed, Foster and Simpson began to identify some biases and frictions in the evaluation and funding View Details