steel - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 22

http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410042-PDF-ENG Steel Street Harvard Business School Case 210-010 The case involves repositioning an old 6-story warehouse in Pittsburgh and many of the issues of rehabilitation and selecting and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Mar 2011
News

Making Their Way

3,000 more this year. Railroading is a very capital-intensive business; we invested approximately $1.8 billion of capital, or about 17 percent of our revenues, in 2010. Rail, locomotives, railcars, and technology components remain the big-ticket items. CSX purchases... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

20 Feb 2007
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First Look: February 20, 2007

conglomerate Tata & Sons, played a significant role in building India's economic infrastructure. Under his guidance, Tata & Sons built locomotives, steel refineries, airlines, chemical plants, and technology-based enterprises.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

16 Sep 2015
News

Built for Speed

modern car making. “Look at that van,” he says, pointing to a white delivery vehicle parked near the Starbucks drive-through, where Rogers refuels. “How do you make steel look like that?” His explanations typically begin with this kind of... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Machinery Manufacturing; Manufacturing

26 May 2022
News

Northern California Club Honors Noom; LGBTQ Alumni Share HBS Stories

Donaher created the multi-generational panel event to highlight the progress at HBS around LGBTQ diversity and inclusion. Joining Donaher on the panel were Megan Chann (MBA 2018), Joseph Steele (MBA 1983), Ellen Bossert (MBA 1992), Paula... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2015
News

A Boomtown's Echo

to be in the future. And that’s worked well in the United States in places like Pittsburgh, where steel went away, and forward-thinking, committed civic leaders thought, ‘Let’s nurture a couple of new industries.” But they had a lot of... View Details

Keywords: Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

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Past Projects | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

level. The global community tends to look to governments and multilaterals during public health crises, but in what contexts can the private sector be better equipped to act and in what ways? ArcelorMittal (AM), an integrated steel and... View Details

16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010

School Case 811-031 Henry Phipps, Jr. made his fortune in the steel industry alongside one of America's most celebrated entrepreneurs—Andrew Carnegie. His wealth was administered in the form of trusts, which he hoped would provide a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Aug 2005
HBS Case

Classic Cases Live On at HBS

process analysis—a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management—in a setting that didn't involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting cranberries. Students got to see the design of a system, linked together in a... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2005
News

Answering the Call

associate John Klug (MBA ’72). Recalls Sasser, “The idea was to view process analysis — a concept we taught in Production and Operations Management — in a setting that didn’t involve steel mills, printed circuit boards, or sorting... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

23 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 23, 2018

construct narratives explaining the dynamics of three nascent technical systems: early aircraft, high-speed steel in machine tools, and container shipping. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55140... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2014
News

Ready for Takeoff

Photographed by Luciano Munhoz From her São Paulo office, Claudia Sender (MBA 2002) has a clear view of the Octávio Frias de Oliveira Bridge, a spectacular 450-foot-tall structure of yellow steel cables laid over an X-shaped support tower... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; Air Transportation; Transportation

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Commencement 2012 Address | About

identified for the school. Today, let me talk to you about 3Gs: Generosity, Grace, and Gratitude. The first story I’d like to share involves my grandfather, who was born at the beginning of the 20th century in India. My grandfather was an engineer who designed View Details

March 2020
Article

Synergistic Value in Vertically Integrated Power-to-Gas Energy Systems

By: Gunther Glenk and Stefan Reichelstein

In vertically integrated energy systems, integration frequently entails operational gains that must be traded off against the requisite cost of capacity investments. In the context of the model analyzed in this study, the operational gains are subject to inherent... View Details

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01 Dec 2007
News

Lighten Up

grew, Coup and Kim sought out the most durable but lightweight materials. The packs, for instance, feature the same high-tech fiber used to make bulletproof vests. “It’s stronger than steel by weight and prevents the pack from tearing,”... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

04 Sep 2019
News

Deep Dive

through an opening barely wider than his shoulders, and closes the hatch. “When you’re closing that hatch you can’t be claustrophobic, and you have to curb any instinctive fears you have of the deep, of the dark. You have to mentally View Details

Keywords: April White; photo by Jeff Wilson; Scientific Research and Development Services

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

water, heat, and energy. For cities, states, provinces, and nations, infrastructure that uses resources efficiently is also lower in cost and higher in attractiveness for citizens and business. Business and environment are more than intersecting vectors; they are fully... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

19 May 2022
News

Leading to Salvation

could be a community asset and add value, not only to the Estes family, but to the community as a whole. Architect Jamil Ford's reflection garden is a community space for quiet contemplation. It includes a hardy shrub reminiscent of a bonsai tree that can withstand... View Details

05 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 5

manufacturer. Soon after the company completes its revenue projections and bonus targets for the upcoming year, Linden shares some good news with his leadership team, the Global Executive Committee (GEC): an internal R&D effort to develop cheaper View Details