Publications

01 Jun 2016
News

The Ruth Mulan Chu Chao Center opened this month, providing a vibrant hub of activity for the more than 10,000 senior executives who attend the School’s Executive Education programs each year. Located at the eastern terminus of Harvard Way, the Chao Center completes... View Details

05 Jun 2014
News

Gift to Fund Campus Convening Center

Keywords: Educational Services

20 Feb 2025
Blog Post

IFC India 2025: Building Resilience - Mumbai’s Journey to Sustainable Water Management

challenges. Water Treatment Plant Visit During our visit to the city’s water treatment plant, we were struck by the scale and complexity of Mumbai’s water management system. The facility currently processes 2,800 mega liters of water per... View Details

07 Jan 2011
News

Working on a Turnaround

Keywords: Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities

Alumni WDYDWYD

Margaret Regan

education was definitely emphasized by my dad as a vehicle to growth and expanding my horizons. I got a BS in Mathematics and then worked in computer programming before managing the computer facility at a major company. That sounds like... View Details

November 2003 (Revised January 2005)
Case

San Francisco Giants

By: William A. Sahlman and Elizabeth Kind

Larry Baer, executive vice-president and COO, was eager to improve profitability for the San Francisco Giants baseball team. Over the last few years, the Giants have had a number of successes. They successfully built the first privately financed ball park in over 30... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Business or Company Management; Success; Sports; Sports Industry; San Francisco

21 Aug 2008
News

Stylin’ at Gallatin

A note to the 73 incoming MBAs moving into newly renovated Gallatin Hall: You are some lucky ducks. I tagged along on a tour of Gallatin led by principal architect Steve Erwin and project architect Patricia DeLauri, both of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson & Abbott, a... View Details

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

01 Jun 2004
News

John Dearden Remembered

John Dearden, a professor at HBS for more than thirty years, died in January at a nursing facility in Connecticut, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84. An authority on managerial accounting and a pioneer in the use of... View Details

Keywords: John Dearden; Dearden; Ford Motor; Alzeimer; obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Web

Consolidated Balance Sheet | Annual Report 2024

Student Loan Funds 11 11 11 Investment in Facilities 695 698 705 Total Net Assets $ 6,565 $ 6,260 $ 6,204 Total Liabilities + Net Assets $ 6,942 $ 6,639 $ 6,603 Financial Statements: Statement of Activity & Cash Flows & Consolidated... View Details

2024
Working Paper

Learning to Cover: Online Learning and Optimization with Irreversible Decisions

By: Alexander Jacquillat and Michael Lingzhi Li

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; AI and Machine Learning; Geographic Location; Strategic Planning

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April 2016 (Revised December 2019)
Case

Dan Gilbert: Crazy or Crazy Like a Fox?

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz

Keywords: Detroit; Rock Ventures; Dan Gilbert; Real Estate; Buildings and Facilities; Demographics; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Housing; Risk and Uncertainty; Real Estate Industry; United States

07 Nov 2016
News

The Business of Saving Old Buildings

Roger Webb (MBA 1961) is the founder and chairman emeritus of the Architectural Heritage Foundation in Boston and was instrumental in launching Preservation Massachusetts, a statewide nonprofit historic preservation organization. In this video, he discusses the origins... View Details

07 Jan 2016
News

Helping Property Owners Reduce Their Carbon Footprint

Greg Saunders (MBA 1990) is the chief executive officer of CleanFund Commercial PACE Capital, a California–based financing firm focused on empowering commercial property owners to reduce their the carbon footprint of their buildings. In this video, he talks about the... View Details

November 1981
Case

Butler Manufacturing Co.: Small Components Plant (Abridged)

By: Roy D. Shapiro

Keywords: Factories, Labs, and Plants; Buildings and Facilities; Manufacturing Industry

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Web

HBS - Financials | Consolidated Balance Sheet

Endowment Income 3 2 - Student Loan Funds 11 11 11 Investment in Facilities 705 705 722 Total Net Assets $6,204 $6,368 $5,184 Total Liabilities + Net Assets $6,603 $6,755 $5,558 View Details

November 2021 (Revised March 2022)
Case

AppHarvest: Rebuilding the Appalachian Economy Through Agriculture

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, William R. Kerr and Christian Godwin

In 2021, AppHarvest completed construction of a 60-acre indoor farming facility, one of the world’s largest, recorded its first sales, and went public in a multi-billion dollar IPO. Described as “a force of nature,” Jonathan Webb founded the company to bring jobs back... View Details

Keywords: Agricultural; Entrepreneur; Business Startups; Development Economics; Sales; Goals and Objectives; Going Public; Growth Management; Buildings and Facilities; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; North America

April 2000 (Revised August 2002)
Case

The Holland House

By: William J. Poorvu and Michael A. Everett-Lane

In November 1993, Edward Geffner, executive director of Project Renewal, Inc. (PRI), is proposing that his not-for-profit firm develop Holland House at 351 West 42nd Street in New York City into a single- room occupancy hotel for homeless people. He has put together a... View Details

Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Nonprofit Organizations; Social Entrepreneurship; Welfare; Construction; Poverty; Property; Real Estate Industry; Construction Industry; New York (city, NY)