Engineering And Construction - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2022
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Case Study: Glass Half Full

Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres Image courtesy Ernesto Humpierres In classic engineer fashion, Ernesto Humpierres (MBA 2011) has always enjoyed building systems, whether it’s a Lego set with his twins or an e-commerce side hustle with... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Nonstore Retailers; Retail Trade

01 Dec 2018
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Hard Choices

Business School’s case method compresses many hundreds of real-life decision-making constructs into a two-year academic experience. HBS students learn to build decision-making teams, assess problems, gather information, debate, View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

01 Jun 2018
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Alumni Achievement Awards

expenses between his personal and business accounts. When I pay a bill today, I hear my father’s voice in my head, and it’s always a clear reminder of what is the right thing to do. I’m sure that graduates... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Case Study: Power Nappy

had worked as a design engineer at Procter and Gamble, in addition to having cofounded a social enterprise that successfully commercialized biodegradable sanitary pads in India. Saigal started looking into... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

05 Apr 2018
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A Philanthropic Eye Reframes African American Abstract Art

notion of being an active patron is important, especially when you have been a fortunate person,” Joyner says. “You do have an obligation to give back, and I had to construct a roadmap to do that.” She... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

19 Jun 2018
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Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

alumni and guests gathered at the HYP Club. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PPG (Pittsburgh Plate Glass) was founded in 1883 and is now the world’s largest manufacturer of paints, coatings View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Jan 2025
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Tracking Modern Air Travel’s Takeoff

alumni podcast featuring interviews and insights from across the world of business. It’s produced by the External Relations Department at HBS. Our audio engineer is Craig McDonald. It is available on Apple,... View Details

25 Jul 2024
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Mentorship Program in Singapore is Still Lighting the Way to Success

Clubs News Clubs News It’s been a decade since the HBS Club of Singapore (HBSCS) launched its signature Mentorship Program, aimed at helping local university and trade school students to prepare for life after graduation, both personally and professionally. The program... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

– our scientists and engineers have delivered massive design improvements and our manufacturing and supply chain leaders have delivered... View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

Chairman, The Carlyle Group Former Chairman & CEO, IBM Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Dartmouth College, 1963 B.S., Engineering LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "HBS was superb at reminding us that asking the... View Details

01 Dec 2016
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Alumni Leading Change

anywhere. A little serendipity, a passion for making a difference, and degrees in computer science, math, and engineering (plus his MBA) brought him to this point. After HBS,... View Details

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

During COVID-19 and Beyond. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have had an impact on 94 percent of the world’s student population; for low and lower-middle income... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

19 Jan 2023
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Forged in Fire

interested in your thoughts on empathy because empathy feels like something that we hear a lot more about today as a necessary trait for leaders. BG: Absolutely. I studied as an industrial engineer and that... View Details

01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007

has shown a similar ease when it comes to changing course. Although she studied chemical engineering at University College Dublin, she went to work for McKinsey & Co. in 2001. Stints in private equity and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

your career choices. Be who you are everywhere. Finally, establish a female network and maintain it in spite of distance and demands on your time. When constructing this group,... View Details

15 Sep 2016
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The Burning Man Project

in really powerful, and helpful and constructive ways. Hanna: And I'm guessing sunscreen too, right? Raiser: Lots of sunscreen. Lots of hats with... View Details

01 Apr 1998
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New Releases

relationships throughout the value chain. And Kaplan and Cooper explain how product engineers use activity-based cost information to design products View Details

04 Jun 2025
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Slice of Life

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. In 2018, Bill Crawford (MBA 2006) founded Righteous Slice, a pizza restaurant in Rexburg, Idaho that has been steadily earning critical acclaim. It has... View Details

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

benefits of the strong economy." The initiative, which some activists viewed as a challenge for other universities and institutions to emulate, will not only help local nonprofit housing groups directly but will also leverage far greater... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

19 Aug 2024
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Quantum Leap

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Quantum computing has long been talked about as one of the next big things—the kind of technology, like AI, that will change everything. But to our... View Details

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