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- January 2009 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
Disaster in April: The Obligations of Kelly Construction
By: John D. Macomber, Christopher M. Gordon and Ben Creo
A construction company experiences a crane accident with multiple fatalities. The CEO, a client, and an employee must make choices to meet the company's obligations. Set in 2006, the case looks at the choices faced by board members of a museum that is an important... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Family Business; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governing and Advisory Boards; Compensation and Benefits; Contracts; Crisis Management; Construction Industry
Macomber, John D., Christopher M. Gordon, and Ben Creo. "Disaster in April: The Obligations of Kelly Construction." Harvard Business School Case 209-099, January 2009. (Revised April 2009.)
- January 2025
- Supplement
Smart Construction Site at Huatian (B)
By: Letian Zhang and Wenjie Ma
Zhang, Letian, and Wenjie Ma. "Smart Construction Site at Huatian (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 425-072, January 2025.
- December 1982
- Article
The Quasifirm in the Construction Industry
By: Robert G. Eccles Jr.
Keywords: Construction Industry
Eccles, Robert G., Jr. "The Quasifirm in the Construction Industry." Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 2, no. 4 (December 1982): 335–337.
- 2010
- Article
A Categorical Construction of Ultrafilters
By: Daniel Litt, Zachary Abel and Scott Duke Kominers
Litt, Daniel, Zachary Abel, and Scott Duke Kominers. "A Categorical Construction of Ultrafilters." Rocky Mountain Journal of Mathematics 40, no. 5 (2010): 1611–1617.
- 2003
- Conference Paper
Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction
By: John D. Macomber
Technology enthusiasts, academics, and software companies remain concerned about the slow pace of innovation in the construction industry. Tools are widely available that seem to provide eminently sensible and clearly apparent improvement to the process of design and... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Technological Innovation; Construction; Design; Performance Improvement; Motivation and Incentives; Knowledge Management; Adoption; Business Model; Capital Structure; Supply Chain
Macomber, John D. "Follow the Money: What Really Drives Technology Innovation in Construction." Paper presented at the American Society of Civil Engineers, 2003.
- June 2018
- Supplement
Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction (Video Supplement)
By: Boris Groysberg, Katherine Connolly Baden and Julia Kelley
Groysberg, Boris, Katherine Connolly Baden, and Julia Kelley. "Linda Rabbitt at rand* construction (Video Supplement)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 418-718, June 2018.
- January 2025 (Revised February 2025)
- Case
Smart Construction Site at Huatian (A)
By: Letian Zhang and Wenjie Ma
Zhang, Letian, and Wenjie Ma. "Smart Construction Site at Huatian (A)." Harvard Business School Case 425-071, January 2025. (Revised February 2025.)
- January 2022
- Exercise
New Constructs Worksheet - Instructor Template
By: Charles CY Wang
Wang, Charles CY. "New Constructs Worksheet - Instructor Template." Harvard Business School Exercise 122-058, January 2022.
- January 2022
- Exercise
New Constructs Worksheet - Student Template
Wang, Charles C.Y. "New Constructs Worksheet - Student Template." Harvard Business School Exercise 122-057, January 2022.
- 2007
- Book
Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance
By: Rawi Abdelal
Abdelal, Rawi. Capital Rules: The Construction of Global Finance. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2007.
- May 2007
- Article
Aspects of Endowment: A Query Theory of Value Construction
By: Eric Johnson, Gerald Häubl and Anat Keinan
How do people judge the monetary value of objects? One clue is provided by the typical endowment study (D. Kahneman, J. L. Knetsch, & R. H. Thaler, 1991), in which participants are randomly given either a good, such as a coffee mug, that they may later sell ("sellers")... View Details
Keywords: Profit; Forecasting and Prediction; Theory; Valuation; Loss; Ownership; Decision Choices and Conditions
Johnson, Eric, Gerald Häubl, and Anat Keinan. "Aspects of Endowment: A Query Theory of Value Construction." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition 33, no. 3 (May 2007): 461–474.
- 2021
- Working Paper
Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, and On-Time Delivery: Evidence from Construction Services
By: Hise O. Gibson, Bradely R. Staats and Ananth Raman
Firms who want to compete in dynamic markets are finding that they must build more agile operations to ensure success. One way for a firm to increase organizational agility is to allocate employees to multiple project teams, simultaneously—a practice known as multiple... View Details
Keywords: Multiple Team Membership; Turnover; Fluid Teams; Project Management; Groups and Teams; Projects; Management; Performance
Gibson, Hise O., Bradely R. Staats, and Ananth Raman. "Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, and On-Time Delivery: Evidence from Construction Services." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-004, July 2021.
- December 2022
- Article
'Just Letting You Know…': Underestimating Others' Desire for Constructive Feedback
By: Nicole Abi-Esber, Jennifer E. Abel, Juliana Schroeder and Francesca Gino
People often avoid giving feedback to others even when it would help fix a problem immediately. Indeed, in a pilot field study (N=155), only 2.6% of individuals provided feedback to survey administrators that the administrators had food or marker on their faces.... View Details
Keywords: Feedback; Helping; Prosocial Behavior; Misprediction; Relationships; Interpersonal Communication; Perspective
Abi-Esber, Nicole, Jennifer E. Abel, Juliana Schroeder, and Francesca Gino. "'Just Letting You Know…': Underestimating Others' Desire for Constructive Feedback." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 123, no. 6 (December 2022): 1362–1385.
- 2016
- Other Unpublished Work
All about Infrastructure: Constructing a Brighter African Future
By: Euvin Naidoo
Naidoo, Euvin. "All about Infrastructure: Constructing a Brighter African Future." Centre for Public Impact (Boston Consulting Group), May 2016.
- 9 Dec 2011 - 10 Dec 2011
- Conference Presentation
Taste Contested: The Construction of American Wine Culture, 1967-1976
By: Ai Hisano
This paper examines the role of taste in American consumer society by analyzing how wine came to symbolize sophistication during the 1960s and 1970s. View Details
Hisano, Ai. "Taste Contested: The Construction of American Wine Culture, 1967-1976." Paper presented at the International Conference on Food Studies, Food Studies Knowledge Community, Las Vegas, NV, December 9–10, 2011.
- October 2015
- Article
The Relational Nature of Leadership Identity Construction: How and When It Influences Perceived Leadership and Decision-Making
By: Lisa Marchiondo, Christopher G. Myers and Shirli Kopelman
This paper empirically tests leadership identity construction theory (DeRue & Ashford, 2010), conceptually framing claiming and granting leadership as a negotiated process that influences leadership perceptions and decision-making in interdependent contexts. In Study... View Details
Marchiondo, Lisa, Christopher G. Myers, and Shirli Kopelman. "The Relational Nature of Leadership Identity Construction: How and When It Influences Perceived Leadership and Decision-Making." Leadership Quarterly 26, no. 5 (October 2015): 892–908.
- 2021
- Working Paper
'Just Letting You Know…': Underestimating Others' Desire for Constructive Feedback
By: Nicole Abi-Esber, Jennifer Abel, Juliana Schroeder and Francesca Gino
People often avoid giving feedback to others even when it would help fix a problem immediately. Indeed, in a pilot field study (N=155), only 2.6% of individuals provided feedback to survey administrators that the administrators had food or marker on their faces.... View Details
Keywords: Feedback; Helping; Prosocial Behavior; Relationships; Social Psychology; Theory; Perception
Abi-Esber, Nicole, Jennifer Abel, Juliana Schroeder, and Francesca Gino. "'Just Letting You Know…': Underestimating Others' Desire for Constructive Feedback." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-009, August 2021.
- December 1998 (Revised April 1999)
- Case
Mind of the Market: Constructive Memory Processes, Primer Nine
By: Gerald Zaltman and Kathryn A. Braun
Zaltman, Gerald, and Kathryn A. Braun. "Mind of the Market: Constructive Memory Processes, Primer Nine." Harvard Business School Case 599-009, December 1998. (Revised April 1999.)
- Nov 2014
- Conference Presentation
Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, & On-time Delivery: Evidence Construction Services.
By: Hise O. Gibson, Bradley R. Staats and Ananth Raman