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  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Case Study: Let’s Dance

meat industry suffered shutdowns during the pandemic, it was encouraging to see the regional, regenerative food system stay healthy, Giampietro says. To meet increasing demand, the company has moved into a new facility with more than... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 04 Sep 2019
  • News

Advancing Diagnostics that Can Save Lives

facilities detect and control outbreaks of health care–associated infections. Lee notes that services like epiXact are not DZD’s primary objective, but they are critical to “developing customer instincts and building commercial muscle”... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • 24 Sep 2020
  • News

The Race for a Vaccine

newly opened facility to accommodate its vaccine development work, and CEO Stéphane Bancel (MBA 2000, AMP 170) welcomed input on the design from the government’s infectious disease experts. For two years, Moderna had been working closely... View Details
Keywords: April White; COVID-19; Scientific Research and Development Services
  • 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
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  • March 2025 (Revised March 2025)
  • Case

Seattle's Climate Pledge Arena: Ticket to a Greener Future

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Tim Leiweke reviewed how his development group and partners had completely rebuilt an aging Seattle landmark into the world’s greenest arena, carrying the visible name Climate Pledge Arena. It had attracted a new National Hockey League franchise, the Kraken, and... View Details
Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Leadership; Bids and Bidding; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Green Buildings; Innovation Leadership; Partners and Partnerships; Power and Influence; Operations; Green Technology Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Seattle
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  • 05 Jun 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Using Competition to Reform Healthcare

the top treatment facility for cystic fibrosis in the country, with a median patient survival age of forty-six years compared with the U.S. average of thirty-two.3,4 The Minnesota Cystic Fibrosis Center has developed age-specific programs... View Details
Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

explain a little bit about your research in this area? Josh Lerner: By the end of World War II, the corporate research laboratory model was widely adopted in the United States. A corporation would have a centralized facility where it... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 19 Aug 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future

the Department of Energy’s goal of 40% solar by 2035. Specifically the challenge for developers is “a lack of clarity around responsibility and cost allocation for any interconnection facility upgrades a project may — or may not —... View Details
  • 12 Aug 2002
  • Op-Ed

Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

manufacturing facilities in the country increase their local content. To address both problems at once, Joachim Zahn, the head of DaimlerBenz in Brazil, arranged with POEMA, a local antipoverty program in Belem, to construct a modern,... View Details
Keywords: by George C. Lodge
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Riding It Out

supplier, New York’s Chenango Valley Pet Foods. “That’s the reality of modern food manufacturing,” Gisholt remarks. “Food for people is also made without a complete wet cleaning in between productions, which is why you will see a nut allergy warning on foods that are... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; dog food; pets; Food Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade
  • 24 Sep 2014
  • Op-Ed

We Need a Miracle. New Nuclear Might Provide it.

On September 4, the US Energy Information Agency (EIA) published its 2014 International Energy Outlook. Earlier this year, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its latest World Energy Investment Outlook. Both watchdogs tell us the same story. Energy... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy; Utilities
  • 04 Oct 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #10: Amanda Li (MBA 2018): Speeding Climate Change Solutions Through Project Finance Efficiencies

one-to-five megawatt projects. From tax credits, to a $27B national green bank facility with low income community targets, banks and funds that can do smaller deals will flourish. Banyan’s platform was made to help here, and can... View Details
  • Web

The Art of "Posting" - The Art of American Advertising

windows of stores where products were sold. “There are several general billposters of large capital in the United States who employ an army of men and own space and have facilities for covering any state or number of states. They have... View Details
  • 08 May 2006
  • Research & Ideas

The Cost of Cutting in Line

show, for example, that companies must not try to buy local approval if they plan to open a new facility that the local community does not welcome. If Wal-Mart plans to open a new store and the town does not like it, the worst thing the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Apr 2024
  • Blog Post

IFC India: JSW Steel

area of the JSW Steel facility (a large campus with many exciting operations). Beyond the steel industry, we had the unique opportunity to learn about various ways that India and Indian businesses ae managing climate change, both from a... View Details
  • April 2006 (Revised November 2021)
  • Case

Endesa Chile: Raising the Ralco Dam (A)

By: Kathleen L. McGinn, Paula J. Laschober and Dina Pradel
Endesa Chile, the largest electricity generation company in Chile, is building a major power plant on the Biobio River in Southern Chile. A historic conflict involving the indigenous people of the Biobio River, the Chilean government, and international conservation... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Energy Generation; Government and Politics; Negotiation; Business and Community Relations; Natural Environment; Conflict and Resolution; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Energy Industry; Chile
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  • March 2023 (Revised January 2024)
  • Case

Deepa Bachu (A): Design Thinking at Pensaar Design

By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal
In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Education; Training; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Production; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement; Programs; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Rank and Position; Safety; Attitudes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Well-being; Consulting Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
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  • 21 Dec 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Colorado and California. For example, last January, Fermata Energy announced the results of a demonstration project in which climate-tech start-up Electric Frog Company provided an all-electric Nissan LEAF to the Burrillville Wastewater... View Details
  • 01 Oct 2002
  • News

The Class of 1977

her recent appointment as director of the prestigious Univer-sity of Chicago Press. She has leveraged a Mellon Foundation grant to set up a digital printing facility and BiblioVault electronic repository that will enhance access to the... View Details
Keywords: Desmond Wong
  • 14 Jun 2016
  • First Look

June 14, 2016

Health in Mirebelais, Haiti. A project team mapped the clinical processes for use in estimating the direct costs of personnel, equipment, and facilities for obstetric and breast cancer care. The accurate cost information revealed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne