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- 04 Aug 2023
- Blog Post
Four Remarkable Stories of HBS MBA Students Tackling Climate Change
development and climate,” she tells us. (01:36)Investments in education and training programs are needed to equip individuals with the skills required for these overlooked roles. Dylan Small: Exploring green cement to decarbonize real... View Details
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
@Soldiers Field
China’s one-child policy might impact the real estate market, as well as his opinion on the American presidential race. (Dongik Lee) (Dongik Lee) In December, the Boston Redevelopment Authority officially... View Details
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Onay Payne
As I look around a conference room filled with the partners of a highly regarded real estate private equity firm, I’m excited. Only four of the 35 people in the room are women. Similarly, only four of the 35... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
Praise for Stevenson I was delighted to read the article on Howard Stevenson, "The House That Howard Built," in the June Bulletin. It brought back fond memories of my time in his real estate courses in... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
How to Make Finance Work
crisis. Second, trillions of dollars have been steered into residential real estate and away from more productive investments. Third, the cost of professional investment management is too high, which drains... View Details
- 20 Mar 2023
- News
Taking His Shot
Before Matija Pecotić (MBA 2019) beat Jack Sock—a tennis star once ranked 8th in the world—at a Florida tournament in February, he had to ask his boss for time off to compete. "I had to send an email to the whole team. [My boss] let me off," Pecotić, the director of... View Details
- 02 Nov 2021
- News
The Road to Racial Equity
that want to address persistent inequities. The goal is to achieve for DEI efforts what the LEED standards have done for sustainability in the construction world: to provide measurable and attainable guidelines. Walker & Dunlop, a real... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
The "sharing economy" is a burgeoning business model in which people offer their personal belongings and personal services to others, usually through online marketplaces that facilitate the transactions. It seems absolutely egalitarian at face value: Anyone who owns a... View Details
Louis B. Neumiller
Under Neumiller's "home-town-boy" leadership style, Caterpillar's revenues grew from over $100 million in 1941 to $827 million in 1963, prospering through World War II and the global post-war boom. Neumiller built the Caterpillar brand into a common worldwide... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Howard H. McClintic
Marshall and McClintic built the largest independent steel fabricating firm in the United States. Among their numerous projects were the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River, the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco and the Waldorff Astoria Hotel. By 1931, the... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Garner A. Beckett
Through a series of four mergers, Beckett transformed his small Riverside Cement Company into the American Cement Corporation, one of the largest providers in the United States. During his tenure, the company’s revenues increased dramatically – from a few million in... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Henry J. Kaiser
Kaiser successfully built a highly diversified construction business consisting of 82 companies. His company handled millions of dollars of highway and bridge construction as well as several dams (e.g. Hoover Dam), levees and pipelines in the United States, Canada and... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
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 presidency, the firm Crown built... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 20 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Where Should We Build a Mall? The Formation of Market Structure and Its Effect on Sales
Walter R. Young, Jr.
When Young joined Champion Enterprises, the diversified housing and recreational vehicle company had just filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. In his first six months in office, he drastically reorganized the leadership structure. A growing economy provided a... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Charles D. Wiman
As the great-grandson of the company founder, Wiman was principally responsible for expanding and modernizing Deere’s operations, putting it on a path to become the largest and most successful supplier of large-scale agricultural equipment in the United States. Under... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Goff Smith
Spending over 35 years with Amsted, Smith led the company through a period of phenomenal growth continuing a 40-year tradition of uninterrupted dividends. During his 6 years as CEO, he doubled revenues from $450 million to $915 million and more than doubled earnings... View Details
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Bruce E. Karatz
Karatz has led KB Home during a period of immense growth. When he took over the CEO position, the company was selling and delivering 4,000 prefabricated homes a year. By 2003, the company was producing and selling over 27,000 homes. Karatz grew the business through... View Details
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Archie A. Alexander
Alexander was one of the first and most successful black engineers to enter the large-scale industrial construction business. Through his leadership, his firm built over 300 major construction projects in the United States including several bridges, dams, and roadways... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 11 Jul 2017
- News
The Right Thing to Do
and health standards. He served a one-year term, from which he was just released. Ackman, a leading real estate investor and chairman emeritus of the Ackman Ziff Real View Details