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  • 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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  • 17 Aug 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Protecting against the Pirates of Bollywood

worked with local police to raid illegal DVD-making facilities in the days following the film's release. (The Mumbai police alone seized over 3,000 pirated DVDs of My Name is Khan on February 18, 2010.) Click to watch. To battle illegal... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Motion Pictures & Video
  • 26 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

A Clear Eye for Innovation

cultures. The extended-wear team remained in Atlanta, though in a facility separate from the conventional-lens business, while the daily-disposables team was located in Germany. Each team hired its own staff, decided on its own reward... View Details
Keywords: by Charles A. O'Reilly III & Michael L. Tushman
  • 28 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

Managing Your Health and the Recruiting Process: Advice from HBS Alumni

set up in his home with voice recognition software and accessible facilities works very well for him and allows him to do his best work. Being intentional about identifying the right environment and making that a priority has been key to... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2009
  • News

Model Patient

mandatory coverages such as in vitro fertilization) — is more expensive than originally anticipated. Another drawback is that an important cost-cutting feature — comparative-pricing information for services and procedures across cities and View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance
  • 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
  • 12 Aug 2008
  • First Look

First Look: August 12, 2008

from a $37 million state of the art facility located on the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine campus, and had raised in excess of $275 million since its inception. However, there was still no cure for spinal cord injury, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 18, 2008

and regulations in exchange for reduced sanctions. We find that facilities are more likely to self-disclose if they were recently subjected to one of several different enforcement measures and if they were provided with immunity from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 06 Mar 2007
  • First Look

First Look: March 6, 2007

to self-disclose violations of environmental laws and regulations in exchange for reduced sanctions. We find that facilities are more likely to self-disclose if they were recently subjected to one of several different enforcement measures... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 25 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 25

and development of its employees. Historically, this training had taken place at hotels and conference centers not affiliated with Deloitte. The idea for the construction of a special-purpose, Deloitte-owned learning facility had been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

industries by virtue of his efficiencies in agricultural production and in downstream logistics. He now needs to consider whether, and how aggressively, to expand abroad, either with production facilities or by exporting Brazilian output.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 5, 2010

Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/311049-PDF-ENG Vitalia Franchise Regina E. Herzlinger and Beatriz Munoz-SecaHarvard Business School Case 311-035 Cathy Hoffmann has rapidly grown her novel facilities for day care... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

frontline workers. Data were analyzed for type of failure and frequency of occurrence. Interviews were conducted with frontline staff. Principal Findings. The two most frequent categories of operational failures, equipment/supplies and View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Blog

Up Close: A Return to In-Person Executive Education Programs

When Greg Reisch added emergency services to his role as associate director of facilities management for Harvard Business School's Executive Education Programs, it was with a clear understanding of what that would entail—perhaps an... View Details
  • 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
  • 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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  • 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
  • 10 Jun 2014
  • First Look

First Look: June 10

"urban facilities provider" rather than a "residential housing developer." The management team is also reviewing the company's forays in places such as Hong Kong, Singapore, the United States, and Europe. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne