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  • Teaching Interest

Cities, Structures, and Climate Shocks

By: John D. Macomber

This course is about building sustainable and resilient cities, future proofing real estate and infrastructure assets, and examining how businesses and investors find opportunities in climate adaptation.

The world faces substantial challenges in the face of... View Details

Keywords: Sustainability; Economic Development; Climate Finance; Migration; Climate Change; Adaptation; Urban Development; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry
  • Article

Beyond Individualized Recourse: Interpretable and Interactive Summaries of Actionable Recourses

By: Kaivalya Rawal and Himabindu Lakkaraju
As predictive models are increasingly being deployed in high-stakes decision-making, there has been a lot of interest in developing algorithms which can provide recourses to affected individuals. While developing such tools is important, it is even more critical to... View Details
Keywords: Predictive Models; Decision Making; Framework; Mathematical Methods
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  • 07 Sep 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Who Pays For Wildfire and Hurricane Damage? Everyone.

New Mexico homeowners might think their inland location buffers them from the financial toll of climate change, but they’re still paying for climate-related property damage occurring in coastal states. New research finds that homeowners in New Mexico and other states... View Details
Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Insurance
  • 19 Jan 2024
  • News

The Values and Virtues of a Quick Fix

of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple, Spotify, and wherever you get your favorite podcasts. View Details
  • 1980
  • Book

Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia

By: Malcolm Gillis, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr. and Ulrich Peterson
Keywords: Taxation; Investment; Policy; Metals and Minerals; Multinational Firms and Management; Indonesia
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  • 04 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

When Founders Recruit Friends and Family as Investors

them. However, there are clearly too many ifs, ands, or buts in this scenario, so founders would be well advised to search for financing in other places." Just as cofounding with friends and family should be accompanied by carefully... View Details
Keywords: by Noam Wasserman
  • 19 May 2023
  • Blog Post

Creating and Nurturing a Sense of Belonging at HBS

Throughout my life I have always looked for a sense of community. A group of people I could depend on, who may or may not have shared similar interests but always supported me in personal growth and development through love View Details
  • 2025
  • Working Paper

Trade and Industrial Policy in Supply Chains: Directed Technological Change in Rare Earths

By: Laura Alfaro, Harald Fadinger, Jay Schymik and Gede Virananda
Trade and industrial policies, while primarily intended to support domestic industries, may unintentionally stimulate technological progress abroad. We document this mechanism in the case of rare earth elements (REEs)—critical inputs for manufacturing at the knowledge... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Policy; Global Value Chains; Directed Technological Change; Input-output Linkages; Innovation; Trade; Metals and Minerals; Technological Innovation; Supply Chain; Technology Industry
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  • February 2020 (Revised August 2021)
  • Case

Australia: Commodities, Competitiveness, Climate and China

By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Laura Alfaro
For the past few decades, Australia has dealt with the benefits and costs of repeated mining booms—inflation, a housing bubble, a current account deficit, and growing dependence on China. Between 1996 and 2007, however, Australia had most of these issues under control... View Details
Keywords: Commodities; Competitiveness; Carbon Tax; Environment; Capital Flows; Current Account; Mining; Economy; Problems and Challenges; Climate Change; Taxation; Competition; Financial Condition; Government and Politics; Inflation and Deflation; Environmental Sustainability; Australia
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  • May 1976 (Revised October 1980)
  • Case

FMC Crane and Excavator Division

By: Paul W. Marshall and Steven C. Wheelwright
Keywords: Construction Industry
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  • 07 Dec 2022

MS/MBA Information Session and Q&A

Join HBS MS/MBA students to learn more about the MS/MBA Engineering Sciences and MS/MBA Biotechnology programs at Harvard. You've got questions - we've got the answers! View Details
  • Article

Design and Testing of a Mobile Health Application Rating Tool

By: David Levine, Zo Co, Lisa Newmark, Alissa Groisser, A Jay Holmgren, Jennifer Haas and David Bates
Mobile health applications (“apps”) have rapidly proliferated, yet their ability to improve outcomes for patients remains unclear. A validated tool that addresses apps’ potentially important dimensions has not been available to patients and clinicians. The objective of... View Details
Keywords: Health; Mobile Technology; Design; Analysis
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    Markets, Morals, and Practices of Trade: Jurisdictional Disputes in the U.S. Commerce in Cadavers (article)

    This study examines the U.S. commerce in human cadavers for medical education and research to explore variation in legitimacy in trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market... View Details

    • 09 Jul 2007
    • Research & Ideas

    Five Steps to Better Family Negotiations

    negotiations is that family members generally prefer to reach mutually acceptable outcomes in their negotiations. This constructive attitude is due in no small part to the strength of family ties: Typically, family members are genuinely... View Details
    Keywords: by John A. Davis and Deepak Malhotra
    • Research Summary

    Managing the Advantages and Tradeoffs of Collaborative Structures

    By: Ethan S. Bernstein

    To solve complex problems, organizations must both collect facts and use them to solve problems. In one study, my coauthors and I show that increased connectivity—measured as network... View Details

    Keywords: Networks; Human Behavior; Performance; Virtual Work; Hybrid Work; Office Space; Workplace Design; Communication; Social and Collaborative Networks; Behavior; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Leadership; Management
    • Web

    Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Cluster (2012) Turkey Automotive (2011) Turkey & The Construction Services Cluster (2007) Uganda Uganda Fishing Cluster (2010) United Arab Emirates Dubai Logistics Cluster (2015) Abu Dhabi (UAE) Petrochemical Cluster (2012) Dubai (UAE)... View Details
    • October 1993 (Revised March 2001)
    • Case

    Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (A)

    By: H. Kent Bowen
    Connecticut Spring and Stamping Corp. (CSSC) is a small, privately owned metal working company with a reputation for providing quality products to its customers. CSSC's business is primarily the production of springs and stamped parts used in a variety of mechanical... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Satisfaction; Engineering; Private Ownership; Quality; Manufacturing Industry
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    • 19 Dec 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Affordable Housing: Israel and the United States

    approach. And there is the public-transit link: the government can construct high-speed rails to move people from cheaper housing to big cities, a project underway in Modiin. (The United States, while... View Details
    Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas, John H. Vogel & Charles S. Laven; Construction; Construction
    • 24 Nov 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

    the author of more than 100 papers and nine books. Dr. Kaplan received a BS and MS in electrical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology View Details
    Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
    • 07 Apr 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Negotiation and All That Jazz

    Wheeler. "Even after making a good deal, people wonder if they could have done better." Such self-doubt is a costly distraction. "It gets in the way of constructive engagement and relationship-building."... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding