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gone. Estate planning is a particularly important... View Details Citation Educators Related Wing, Christina R., Maryann G Bell, and Kara A Perusse. "Note on Estate Planning." Harvard Business School Technical Note 625-095, January 2025. January 2025 Case Colbún’s... View Details
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School Technical Note 625-095, January 2025. Colbún’s Angostura Dam Project (B) By: James K. Sebenius and Nicolas Andrade January 2025 | Supplement | Faculty Research The A case describes Colbún Chile’s plans for the Angostura View Details
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Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students January 2025 Case Colbún’s Angostura Dam Project (A) By: James K. Sebenius and Nicolas Andrade The A case describes... View Details
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can guide engaged international business scholarship and responsible International Business scholarship. January 2025 Teaching Material New Belgium Brewing and Climate Change By: Michael W. Toffel , Kenneth P. Pucker and Michael Norris January 2025 Case Colbún’s... View Details
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Material New Belgium Brewing and Climate Change By: Michael W. Toffel , Kenneth P. Pucker and Michael Norris January 2025 Case Colbún’s Angostura Dam Project (A) By: James K. Sebenius and Nicolas Andrade The A case describes Colbún... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
July 12, 1920, after an additional six years and $53 million. By the time all was said and done, the construction of the Panama Canal cost 2.0 times its initial estimate, after adjusting for inflation. The overruns exceeded those on the Massachusetts Turnpike (1.1),... View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
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How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
insights, à la the "Just Say No" campaign. But let's say your goals are a good deal more ambitious. You care about benefiting society as a whole. You want to help people stuck in grinding poverty. You want to know what villagers think about a View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
Negotiating in Three Dimensions
whooping crane, and the power company urgently needed new generating capacity and a greener image. After a costly legal impasse that threatened to last for years, the three groups designed a better deal that included a smaller dam built... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
Stephen D. Bechtel
Bechtel was a giant in the large construction industry. His firm is credited with the successful completion of massive projects including the Hoover Dam and the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Bechtel also built the oil pipeline across the... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser successfully built a highly diversified construction business consisting of 82 companies. His company handled millions of dollars of highway and bridge construction as well as several dams (e.g. Hoover Dam), levees and pipelines in... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 19 Mar 2024
- Blog Post
IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways
impressive monitoring system. However, the truth is that opportunities to add capacity with new dams are limited. Building dams is difficult due to the complex siting requirements and opposition from local... View Details
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General File - Photography Collections - Historical Collections
Montreal-Vancouver railroad in 1885, close-ups of early computing machinery, cyanotypes of European and U.S. bridges, images of workers in South African gold mines, a series of photos taken of supermarkets around the world circa early 1960s, and striking views of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
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The Inside Story of the New American Writers Museum
business. “Being able to apply a variety of skills to a broad scope of challenges felt like a dam breaking open,” says Hammer, now president and CEO of Theralogix, a nutritional supplement company he cofounded in 2002. But Hammer’s love... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Jul 2024
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Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
to the 2017 Oroville Dam tragedy where heavy rains in California caused major dam spillage and forced the evacuation of some 180,000 residents. And, more recently, how millions in Mexico City could run out... View Details
- 17 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News
sharing accurate information,” says Jordan. You Might Also Like: Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online? Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 28 Aug 2007
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First Look: August 28, 2007
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=307081 Endesa Chile: Raising the Ralco Dam (A) Harvard Business School Case 906-014 Endesa Chile, the largest electricity generation company in Chile, is building a major... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
These candidates are trying to adjust to what the voters care about.” You Might Also Like: Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace? Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One Is It Even Possible to View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 18 Apr 2012
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HBS Cases: Who Controls Water?
through the years sharp rises in agricultural production and population quickly depleted the local water supplies. In response, the state and federal governments stepped in and created a water infrastructure of dams and aqueducts that... View Details
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
If a dike or dam has sprung a number of leaks, there are many possible ways to respond. The initial impulse is to assiduously plug one hole after another, hoping that the situation will right itself. Another approach—and often a more... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
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The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
project a third place; instead, fund them from a rational pipeline where the projects add up to a competitive, resource efficient whole. Capability must be additive. Work with lenders (and with borrowers) who have done this before. The money is better spent when the... View Details