Publications

January 2008 (Revised September 2009)
Case

Financing American Housing Construction in the Aftermath of War

By: David Moss and Cole Bolton

At the start of WWI, the United States faced a significant housing shortage. Public officials feared the spread of disease—and even communism—in the nation's cramped urban centers where vacancy rates held near zero and families often "doubled up" in single-housing... View Details

Keywords: Central Banking; Bonds; Mortgages; Government Legislation; Business History; Housing; Banking Industry; United States

Educators

January 2014
Article

Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry

By: Mukti Khaire

This study of the high-end fashion industry in India examines the process of construction of the worth of a new industry. Analyses of data from multiple sources revealed that framing by early entrepreneurs and the socio-cognitive processes that resulted from the... View Details

Keywords: Fashion And Creative Industries; Fashion Industry

Nov 2014
Conference Presentation

Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, & On-time Delivery: Evidence Construction Services.

By: Hise O. Gibson, Bradley R. Staats and Ananth Raman

July 2014
Article

Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games

By: Andrew Davies and Ian Mackenzie

Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction programme showed that systems integration is one of the major challenges involved in delivery of a complex "system of systems"—or array—project. Organizations cope with complexity by decomposing a project into... View Details

Keywords: Integration; Construction; Complexity; Sports; Projects; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; London

Article

The Power in Demography: Women's Social Constructions of Gender Identity at Work

By: R. J. Ely

This study examined how women's proportional representation in the upper echelons of organizations affects professional women's social constructions of gender difference and gender identity at work. Qualitative and quantitative data were used. Results suggest that sex... View Details

Keywords: Demographics; Gender; Labor

30 Nov 2011
Keynote Speech

Democracy in America: Constructive Competition or Politics as War?

By: Lynn S. Paine

Keywords: Competition; Government and Politics; United States

22 Jul 2005
Keynote Speech

Mergers and Acquisitions: Constructive or Destructive Force of Change?

By: W. Carl Kester

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Change

1998
Working Paper

Paradigms and Pitfalls: Constructions of How Demography Affects Work

By: Robin J. Ely and David A. Thomas

November 2008
Case

The StarNight Hotel Construction Bid: Real Time Competition on Schedule, Scope, and Cost

By: John D. Macomber

The case is intended for use with the HBS Educational Technology Group "Construction Bidding Simulation." Material that can be taught includes quantity survey methodology (from the case); analyzing preliminary estimated costs per building trade (from the discussion... View Details

Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Construction; Cost; Contracts; Bids and Bidding; Real Estate Industry

Educators

4 Oct 2012 - 6 Oct 2012
Conference Presentation

Geography of Taste: The Construction of American Wine Culture, 1967-1976

By: Ai Hisano

Oct 2018
Conference Presentation

Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, & On-Time Delivery: Evidence from Construction Services

By: Hise O. Gibson, B. Staats and Ananth Raman

December 2010
Article

Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category Modern Indian Art

By: Mukti Khaire and R. Daniel Wadhwani

Stable category meanings act as institutions that facilitate market exchange by providing bases for comparison and valuation. Yet little is known about meaning construction in new categories or how meaning translates into valuation criteria. We address this gap in a... View Details

Keywords: Change; Valuation; Auctions; Market Transactions; Arts; Agreements and Arrangements; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; India

Apr 2015
Conference Presentation

Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, & On-time Delivery: Evidence Construction Services

By: Hise O. Gibson, Bradley R. Staats and Ananth Raman

1996
Chapter

The Social Construction of Relationships among Professional Women at Work

By: R. J. Ely

Keywords: Management; Relationships; Gender

June 2001 (Revised February 2005)
Background Note

Creative Destruction of Industrial Age Management Principles and Creative Construction of Information Age Management Principles

By: Richard L. Nolan

Traces the creative destruction of industrial age management principles and creative construction of new management principles more appropriate for the information age. Includes self-administered questionnaire to permit managers to assess the status of the... View Details

Keywords: Transformation; Disruptive Innovation; Goals and Objectives; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Personal Development and Career; System; Information Technology

12 Feb 2015
Talk

Multiple Team Membership, Turnover, & On-time Delivery: Evidence Construction Services

By: Hise O. Gibson, Bradley R. Staats and Ananth Raman

29 Nov 2016
Lecture

Constructing Socialism in the Third World: The Case of Tanzania

By: Jeremy Friedman

December 1994 (Revised January 1996)
Case

Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution, 1763-1792

By: David A. Moss

Examines the founding of the United States of America during the second half of the eighteenth century. Focuses on: 1) the reasons why the American colonists rebelled against Britain (1763-1774); 2) the problems the new nation confronted during the War of Independence... View Details

Keywords: History; Economic Systems; Laws and Statutes; Property; Government Administration; United States

Educators