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Commercialization 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

12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

setting a process for hazard resilience. Administered by UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, I was first to chair its private sector initiative, known as ARISE. As a retired construction CEO and WTC 9-11 survivor, I questioned why... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner

that’s something we’ve never seen.” Dlodlo did receive a small government grant to support the acquisition of the furniture factory that she plans to turn into a live-work space; and she is hopeful that more significant public aid will View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

14 Jul 2020
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Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

solutions such as the construction of mobile COVID test units with medical teams, which have so far tested over 60,000 people. The design was donated to 10 hospitals and is now also available for free online. Case 2: Leverage and protect... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

Risks, Opportunities, And Investments In The Era Of Climate Change (ROICC)

The MBA course on "Risks, Opportunities, and Investments in an Era of Climate Change" is ideal for students who aspire to become entrepreneurs by starting their own company or joining a start-up that is driving innovation and solving challenges posed by climate change.... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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One Man Crime Wave

York Times best-seller list for 27 weeks, he did take on another kind of business adversary, those he saw as laying waste to his beloved Sarasota and to Florida’s environment. In the novel, developers and builders, having recklessly destroyed habitat and cut corners on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; fiction writing; Arts, Entertainment; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2006
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Green as Gold

At first glance, Hamilton Hall looks the same as it has since the student residence was constructed eighty years ago. The building, home to 72 MBA students, blends seamlessly into the classic Georgian architecture of the HBS campus and... View Details

Keywords: Paul Massari; Construction; Construction

07 Mar 2013
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Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

a personal point of view, it was remarkable to see tens of millions of people from all walks of life, rich and poor, gather together in what was literally a pop-up city and go about their daily and religious lives, inhabiting tents of one kind or another, traveling on... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Construction

01 Jun 1999
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Spangler Center Groundbreaking

superintendents who had gathered for the occasion. The idea was to guess the correct amounts of the various building materials needed to construct the facility. The numbers are based on estimates from... View Details

Henry Crown

During its first year of operation, Materials Service Corporation had sales of $218,000. Crown took over the helm shortly thereafter and grew the company until it dominated the Chicago sand and gravel market. After retiring from his... View Details

Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

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Research Links: Photographs - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

Papers include 111 stereographs and photographs taken by F. Jay Haynes, the official photographer for the Northern Pacific Railway. Haynes' images were intended to promote the region and encourage further settlement. He recorded railroad View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series - The Future of Green Building

Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series – The Future of Green Building Cover image features Christoph Schiess (left) and Jim Damalas (right). Over the course of the 2022 UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) held in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, green and... View Details

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Archival Collections - A Concrete Symbol: The Building of Harvard Business School 1908-1927 – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections

of Harvard Business School and construction of its campus. Materials include historical documents and photographs, correspondence, financial records, pamphlets, clippings, maps, photographs, and ephemera.... View Details

29 May 2008
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Global Change in the Built Environment

materials for the first year MBA core curriculum and created three programs for executive education both here and off campus. What did your participants identify as some of the major trends or issues influencing the real estate... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur Segel; Construction; Construction

01 Jun 2016
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@Soldiers Field

innovative category, promises to “unleash your inner rock star” and is currently offered in 25 US states. Construction for the 15,000-square-foot Harvard Life Lab—featuring a wet lab with 36 benches and a collaborative 50-desk coworking... View Details

21 Aug 2008
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Stylin’ at Gallatin

percent of the discarded materials were recycled in some way. Three thousands bricks were reused in the renovation. Gallatin is the second residence hall and fifth building on the HBS campus to achieve LEED certification for View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

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Tony Cragg Over the Earth 2014 | About

Wimbledon School of Art and an MA from the Royal College of Art. Cragg works with a range of materials, including stone, wood, glass, aluminum, cast bronze, and found objects. He is constantly searching, through his sculptures, to find new relations between people and... View Details

10 Jun 2015
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The Transparency Revolution in Corporate Reporting

materiality map for each industry. In our paper, we take those maps and construct scores showing how different companies are investing on material ESG issues. That allows... View Details

Keywords: Re: George Serafeim

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Archival Collections - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School