Construction Industry - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2007
News

The Winning Season

IMAGINATION: Construction is expected to begin this spring on Ballpark Village, adjacent to Busch Stadium (right). In its first phase, the complex will include retail and entertainment venues, restaurants, condominiums, and office space.... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Jun 2018
News

Up by the Roots

information technology companies, as well as in complementary areas such as marketing, branding, and design—all of which can help nascent businesses gain a foothold in the marketplace. Plus, the way fintech straddles the broader technology and financial services View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; illustrations by Dan Page

23 May 2000
Research & Ideas

Minding the Muse: The Impact of Downsizing on Corporate Creativity

industry do better, all else being equal, when they are able to harness creativity." During the course of her research, Amabile has discovered several factors that influence creativity in organizations, factors that either inspire or... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs

13 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 13

evolved from the original vision of Lewis and Hutchinson to radically transform the construction industry to a go-to-market partnership model using the real estate as a "showroom" for evolving... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Sep 2009
News

Read All About It!

collisions with other trains, loose rails, and fires in wooden cars occurred with some frequency in the first decades of the railroads. But the industry soon grew more organized and invested in extensive track and bridge construction.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet); Publishing Industries (except Internet)

01 Dec 2008
News

A Force for Good

McArthur My son Joe, then four years old, approached the burlier of our two dinner guests. “Bet you don’t pillow fight.” This was odd. Joe was shy and didn’t usually approach strangers. “Bet I do,” John McArthur replied. He arched an eyebrow provocatively. “Oh, John,”... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

18 Sep 2007
First Look

First Look: September 18, 2007

joint decision of holding sovereign debt and reserves, we construct a stochastic dynamic equilibrium model calibrated to a sample of emerging markets. We obtain that the reserve accumulation does not play a quantitative important role in... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

encouraged even relative strangers to hold each other accountable for progress. Thus the team scaffolds enabled the construction of group coordination processes among fluid groups. Quantitative analysis showed that performance improved... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 May 2009
First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

not the end goal. In fact, cost cutting and restructuring are simply the first steps in repositioning and leading a company and industry through the crisis and in defining how business will be conducted in the future. This paper describes... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming By: Hauter, Niels Viggo, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Abstract—This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

26 Jan 2015
News

The Ingredients for Success

in charge of a large-scale construction project, developing our team, developing ongoing partnerships with university administrators, managing my board, and even making sure the plumber unclogs drains in the building. In a weird, strange... View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality; Educational Services

23 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 23, 2008

use in making the decision, how to process subcontractor bids, and how to award contracts. Many of the issues can be extended from construction into any bidding situation and any industry with multiple... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Creating Leaders for Science-Based Businesses

flattened landscape left behind, giant construction cranes, clustered over the site's several acres, accentuate its emptiness. It is here that Harvard University is putting down a big bet on the future—and on a dramatically new, emerging... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Biotechnology; Health

27 May 2014
First Look

First Look: May 27

products. Specifically, we measure the impact of municipal policies requiring governments to construct green buildings on private-sector adoption of the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Nov 2020
Blog Post

We Rise

to come up with changes. Could we get together to brainstorm constructive ways to improve our industry faster?” Within 48 hours, nearly everyone on the email chain agreed to participate. “Founders are the... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

We Rise

in VC is just not OK. We have a window to come up with changes. Could we get together to brainstorm constructive ways to improve our industry faster?” Within 48 hours, nearly everyone on the email chain... View Details

Keywords: April White; Finance

21 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 21

mechanisms that allow reputation to facilitate survival in ways that persist over time. Building on research in strategy and business history, we thus shed light on an underappreciated strategic construct (reputation) in an... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

February 2022 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Sekisui House and the In-Home Early Detection Platform

By: John D. Macomber and Akiko Kanno

To address an aging population and sales declines, a major Japanese homebuilder considers pivoting to provide and support an in-home health detection platform, in competition with tech companies. This case considers the point of view of major builders regarding how... View Details

Keywords: Voice Assistants; Architecture; Smart Home; Aging Society; Digitalization; Real Estate; Home Automation; Sensors; Strategy; Digital Platforms; Health Care and Treatment; Housing; Age; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Japan

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July 2019
Case

Bjarke Ingels Group

By: Boris Groysberg and Aldo Sesia

Danish-born Bjarke Ingels is regarded as a giant in the field of architecture. He started his firm—the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)—in 2005 in Copenhagen. Fourteen years later, the firm has additional offices in New York City, London, and Barcelona and employs over 500... View Details