Publications

January 2009
Supplement

The Chad-Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project (E)

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia

Keywords: Energy Industry; Mining Industry; Chad

January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd

Kenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Housing; Urban Development; Poverty; Kenya

May 2006
Teaching Note

Reinventing the Automobile: General Motors' AUTOnomy Project (TN)

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Keywords: Auto Industry

1985
Chapter

Women in Development: A Framework for Project Analysis

By: James E. Austin, C. Overholt, Mary B. Anderson and Kathleen Cloud

Keywords: Development Economics; Gender; Projects

February 1982 (Revised November 1982)
Case

North American Philips Lighting Corp.: Project Shopping Cart

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14 Jun 2023
Podcast

Harvard’s Project on Workforce: Charting college’s employment pathways

Professor David Deming of the Harvard Kennedy School, co-director of the Harvard Project on Workforce, breaks down the project's College-to-Jobs playbook and interactive map. View Details

20 Feb 2023
News

Why AI Projects Fail (and How to Succeed)

30 Sep 2020
Podcast

How San Antonio’s Project Quest facilitates upward mobility

In confronting the economic and social crises roiling the US in late 2020, it helps to have deep roots in local communities. San Antonio’s Project Quest brings to the task decades of success in advancing upward mobility in underserved areas. The nonprofit’s savvy,... View Details

13 May 2022
News

Approach Your Personal Brand Like a Project Manager

2017
Working Paper

Deep Help in Complex Project Work: Guiding and Path-Clearing Across Difficult Terrain

By: Colin M. Fisher, Julianna Pillemer and Teresa M. Amabile

How do teams working on complex projects get the help they need? Our qualitative investigation of the help provided to project teams at a prominent design firm revealed two distinct helping processes, both characterized by deep, sustained engagement that far exceeds... View Details

Keywords: Helping; Rhythm; Prosocial Behavior; External Team Leadership; Social Construction; Time; Qualitative Methods; Field Research; Groups and Teams; Projects; Behavior; Social and Collaborative Networks

September 2021 (Revised October 2021)
Teaching Note

Project Restart: Deciding the Future of English Football

By: Nour Kteily and Deepak Malhotra

March 1992
Supplement

Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.: Project ICON (C)

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May 2006
Teaching Note

Activision: The 'Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer' Project (TN)

By: Alan D. MacCormack

Keywords: Media and Broadcasting Industry

December 2001 (Revised June 2002)
Case

Monsanto: Technology Cooperation and Small Holder Farmer Projects

By: James E. Austin, Diana Barrett and Stephanie Oestreich

As the leading plant technology company in the global food system, how can Monsanto share this technology with small-sale producers and not-for-profit researchers and institutions? View Details

Keywords: Food; Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Nonprofit Organizations; Society; Technology; Biotechnology Industry

30 Nov 2021
News

The Impact-Weighted Accounts Project with Professor Ethan Rouen

16 Dec 2024
Video

Professor Paul Gompers on the Foundry Survey Project

September 2000 (Revised November 2021)
Background Note

Using Aggregate Project Planning to Link Strategy, Innovation, and the Resource Allocation Process

By: Clayton M. Christensen

Links two very useful pieces of management research--resource allocation processes as studied by Bowen and Burgelman and the aggregate project plan expounded by Wheelwright and Clark. View Details

Keywords: Strategic Planning; Innovation and Management; Resource Allocation; Projects; Management

fall 1995
Article

Stakeholder Negotiations over Third World Natural Resource Projects

By: James K. Sebenius and Hannah Riley

Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Global Range; Projects; Negotiation

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2008
Working Paper

Product Development and Learning in Project Teams: The Challenges are the Benefits

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Ingrid M. Nembhard

The value of teams in new product development (NPD) is undeniable. Both the interdisciplinary nature of the work and industry trends necessitate that professionals from different functions work together on development projects to create the highest quality product in... View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Learning; Management Skills; Product Development; Projects; Groups and Teams; Conflict Management; Social and Collaborative Networks