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By: William J. Poorvu and Donald A. Brown

In September 2003, Mason Sexton, a young, inexperienced developer, was making plans to replace a rooming house he had inherited next to the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville with a new 14-unit, 5-story apartment house. His attempts to assemble the... View Details

Keywords: Property; Entrepreneurship; Housing; Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Risk and Uncertainty; Management Practices and Processes; Real Estate Industry; United States

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The New Social Contract: Contractors, Firms, and Agencies

The emergence of a 'new social contract' linking employees and organizations - perhaps most notable for the absence of a promise of lifelong job security - has been widely remarked. A related trend, less noted but potentially important, has been the emergence of a... View Details

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Patent terminology: Classification codes

H) as IPD. However, CPC has an additional Y section. Section A – Human Necessities Section B – Performing Operations; Transporting Section C – Chemistry; Metallurgy Section D – Textiles; Paper Section E – Fixed View Details

15 Jun 2021
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Keeping Hourly Workers Focused on the Stock, Not the Clock

Illustration by Lincoln Agnew Pete Stavros (MBA 2002) got his first lessons in labor relations as a kid at the dinner table, when his father, who operated a road grader at construction sites, told the family about his day. The elder... View Details

Keywords: April White; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

07 Aug 2013
What Do You Think?

Is There Still a Role for Judgment in Decision-Making?

decision theory in which we were advised to construct decision trees, mapping outcomes, attaching values to each one, and estimating probabilities that various combinations of outcomes might occur. Judgment entered into the View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 1997
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Donald J. Chiofaro

policeman who loved talking to people, Chiofaro says, "I can talk to anyone in my business, from bankers and politicians to the guys who install the elevators." (In fact, at HBS, while his classmates went off to corporate summer jobs, Chiofaro opted to be a laborer on... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Sep 2023
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History Matters

natural tendency of each generation to believe that the conditions it faces are unprecedented and that the world must be constructed anew. Yet history shows that today’s problems often have deep roots in the past. If you understand the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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HBS - Key Metrics

Solid Waste is the trash hauled from buildings from typical campus operations. It does not include construction waste, recycling, electronic waste, waste disposed of as part of contracted services, or anaerobic digestion for organics... View Details

01 Dec 2019
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Developing Leaders Who Bridge Business and Engineering

one year after construction began on the Science and Engineering Complex in Allston. The inaugural class of 29 students arrived in fall 2018. The program leverages existing HBS and SEAS curricula as well as several new courses designed... View Details

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Demonstration Policy | About

intellectual honesty, respect for the dignity of others, and openness to constructive change. The rights and responsibilities exercised within the community must be compatible with these qualities. In the context of a University, reasoned... View Details

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

several options)? “Opportunists are the people who always ask, 'What's in it for me?'” Asking the question whom do you serve? is a powerful vector on which to build a useful typology of leadership. Based on this idea, I have constructed a... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

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HBS - Financials | Financial Highlights

construction decreased to $22 million from $43 million in fiscal 2020. The School generated an operating surplus of $26 million, compared with $30 million for the prior year. HBS ended fiscal 2021 with an unrestricted reserves balance of... View Details

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details

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Documenting the Wartime Effort | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

government helped subsidize U.S. Steel efforts including the development of new blast and open-hearth furnaces. U.S. Steel doubled the output of raw materials, constructed new steel plants, rehired retired workers, and reused obsolete... View Details

27 Feb 2017
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Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

makes it valuable to firms during both positive and negative economic cycles. Very few strategic constructs can work in both good times and bad. “Considering that the company had already secured some success, we set out to find the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

11 Mar 2024
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In Harmony

students, based on need rather than merit alone (the Korean government has since followed suit). His dining-room table holds plans for a major public library to be constructed over the next several years; the Seoul Public Kim ByungJu... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

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Philippe Rival

friend Sébastien. We met at VINCI Construction while working on bids for new infrastructure projects in Canada. All the while, I have seen him grow and succeed in his career as a builder and manager while staying true to his convictions... View Details

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Is AI Coming for Your Job?

irrelevant construct when considering how to harness generative AI capabilities. Processes ranging from negotiating contracts with vendors to developing marketing messages will be redesigned from the ground up in order to exploit the full... View Details

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McCollum Center | About

McCollum Center McCollum Center was made possible through the support of Margaret W. and Leonard F. McCollum and the Continental Oil Company. It is named in honor of Leonard McCollum. The construction of the McCollum Center marked the... View Details

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Case Studies - Social Impact Collaboratory

explore portfolio construction strategies for the firm’s clients and explore the concept of mass customization for impact investing. Key Themes: Acquisition of Imprint offered Goldman a unique and “authentic” advisory service in a fast... View Details

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