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2010
Case

HeidelbergCement: Technology Choice Under Carbon Regulation

By: David F. Drake, Paul R. Kleindorfer and Luk N. Van Wassenhove

Keywords: Technology; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry

February 1977 (Revised October 1980)
Teaching Note

FMC Crane and Excavator Division, Teaching Note

By: Steven C. Wheelwright

Keywords: Industrial Products Industry; Industrial Products Industry

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Shaping the Corporate Image | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

consumers, students, local communities, and representatives of government. Historian Gonzalo Montiel Roig notes that photographic archives “linked to large steelmaking industries have a dual purpose . . . of documenting the View Details

20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

dealt out public works projects—worth more than $250 billion annually—to construction companies. Long-standing collusion between officials and the industry had discouraged competition and excluded outsiders... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

26 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

The Strategic Way to Go to Market

repository of lost opportunities" that serve neither end users nor channel partners very well. Why is this? A: That is because most channels are constructed from the supplier out, rather than from the customer in. In other words, the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Career Outcomes | Research Associates

affiliated with the School’s doctoral program, they offer a wide variety of faculty-driven research challenges—from data construction and analysis to academic publication writing and research. With the added bonus of a generous tuition... View Details

April 2022 (Revised April 2023)
Case

Highland Park Wood Co. (Abridged)

By: David E. Bell

A major home builder wishes to purchase lumber (Southern pine). The builder wants delivery in six months but prefers to lock-in the price near current rates. The lumber wholesaler must decide on a pricing and sourcing strategy. Examples include: 1) buy & hold, 2) wait... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Goods and Commodities; Futures and Commodity Futures; Price; Forest Products Industry; Forest Products Industry

2001
Case

Crown Point Cabinetry

By: Vijay Govindarajan, David VanderSchee and Julie Lang

In 1993, Brian Stowell, CEO of a family-owned cabinet manufacturing business, created a vision for his 85 employees that focused on high quality products with less rework and wasted material. Eliminating production line managers and adopting a team-based management... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Production; Groups and Teams; Business Strategy; Construction Industry; Construction Industry

March 2009
Teaching Note

Dogus Group: Weighing Partners for Garanti Bank (TN)

By: Tarun Khanna and Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for [709401]. View Details

Keywords: Opportunities; Partners and Partnerships; Bids and Bidding; Financial Institutions; Financial Services Industry; Financial Services Industry

June 2003 (Revised June 2006)
Case

Highlands' Garden Village

By: Arthur I Segel, Eve Bould and Hank Midgley

It was March 2003 and Chuck Perry was awaiting the arrival of his New York-based business partner, Jonathan Rose. He and Rose had begun Highlands' Garden Village, their latest mixed-use, mixed-income development project. In 1996, they had optioned the unused Elitch... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Urban Development; Housing; Society; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Colorado

03 Nov 2008
HBS Case

Economics of the Ethanol Business

Reinhardt, with Senior Researcher James Weber and Agribusiness Program Director Mary Shelman (HBS MBA '87), examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Energy

01 Sep 2008
News

Farming for Fuel

with senior researchers James Weber and Mary Louise Shelman, examines the complex political and economic underpinnings of the ethanol industry and the dilemma facing the farmers of Mid-Missouri Energy (MME). The farmers must make major... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Animal Production and Aquaculture; Agriculture; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Research Summary

Overview

By: Michael W. Toffel

My research examines how companies manage environmental issues, occupational safety, and working conditions in global supply chains. More recently, I have also begun researching the drivers and implications of CEO activism, where organizational leaders speak out on... View Details

June 2024 (Revised August 2024)
Case

Cementos Argos in the U.S.: Go Big or Go Home?

By: Jorge Tamayo, Ruth Costas, Pedro Levindo and Karina Souza

In April 2011, Colombian group Cementos Argos had to decide on whether to double down its business in the U.S., amidst the U.S. cement industry’s lowest performance in 30 years. Argos— Colombia’s leading cement producer and one of the “jewels” of Grupo GEA, the... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Organization; Business Subsidiaries; Talent and Talent Management; Cost vs Benefits; Financial Crisis; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Global Strategy; Business Strategy; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Latin America; South America; North and Central America; United States; Colombia

June 2009
Teaching Note

Henry J. Kaiser and the Art of the Possible (TN)

By: Anthony Mayo

Teaching Note for [408072]. View Details

Keywords: Shipping Industry; Shipping Industry; United States

December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
Case

Poland's A2 Motorway

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane

Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA) is a consortium of 18 firms that won a concession to build and operate Poland's first private toll road. In June 2000, AWSA's chief financial officer, Wojciech Gebicki, is preparing for a meeting with the projects' lead bankers to... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Projects; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Poland