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    Charles D. Marshall

    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

      Thomas F. Manville

      Manville introduced approximately 1,300 products, mainly made of asbestos. During the quarter-century of his successful presidency, he set a precedent for highly conservative management. He was renown for his great salesman-skills, diversification of the company’s... View Details
      Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

        Stephen D. Bechtel

        Bechtel was a giant in the large construction industry. His firm is credited with the successful completion of massive projects including the Hoover Dam and the Bay Bridge in San Francisco. Bechtel also built the oil pipeline across the Canadian Rockies, as well as the... View Details
        Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

          Donald V. Fites

          During his tenure as CEO, Fites grew Caterpillar, the world’s #1 producer of earth-moving machinery, from a $10 billion company to a $20 billion plus company. Fites successfully implemented a $1.8 billion modernization program to cut costs and raise profits. Fites’... View Details
          Keywords: Construction & Real Estate

            Edward DeBartolo

            In 1950, DeBartolo built Boardman Plaza in Youngstown, Ohio, considered one of the first suburban malls in the United States. The success of this mall sparked a major investment and development campaign which led to the construction of hundreds of malls in suburban and... View Details
            Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
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            John Safer Search 1983 | About

            John Safer (Harvard JD’49) has had a varied career as a real estate developer, lawyer, and financier, and has served as chairman of the board of the District of Columbia National Bank. In 1965, he began... View Details
            • 15 Nov 2020
            • News

            Podcasts Engage New Audiences with HBS

            among US millennials. Climate Change Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry Arthur Segal and a Boston Properties EVP talk about the difficulty of financing development in coastal cities and the need to... View Details
            • 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
            Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Growth Management; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Talent and Talent Management; Urban Development; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Denmark; Spain; United Kingdom; United States; New York (city, NY)
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            • October 2013 (Revised October 2017)
            • Case

            Bridges Ventures

            By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Sarah Appleby
            Bridges Ventures, a UK-based impact investor with double-digit returns on its investments, is reflecting on its social impact and pondering its future course. View Details
            Keywords: Impact Investing; United Kingdom; Financial And Social Return; Social Enterprise; Investment Portfolio; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; United Kingdom
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            • October 2009 (Revised January 2014)
            • Teaching Note

            Genzyme Center (A), (B) & (C)

            By: Michael W. Toffel
            Teaching Note for [610008], [610009], and [610010]. View Details
            Keywords: Environment; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Environmental Operations; Environmental Protection; Environmental Regulation; Standard Setting; Standards; Environmental Accounting; Engineering; Governance; Energy; Economics; Operations; Projects; Social Enterprise; Infrastructure; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
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            • 24 Mar 2002
            • Research & Ideas

            Are Assets Only for America’s Wealthy?

            stipulation that savings are intended for asset-building purposes only—for real estate investment, post-secondary education, and building a small business, for example. IDA participants would be required to... View Details
            Keywords: by Carla Tishler
            • 01 Sep 2016
            • News

            In My Humble Opinion: The Business of Burning Man

            Raiser (MBA 1990), known on the “playa” as CocoCabana, serves as treasurer of the organization, in addition to working at her family’s real estate business. “It feels like being the grown-up at a kid’s... View Details
            Keywords: Julia Hanna
            • 10 Feb 2016
            • Working Paper Summaries

            Land Institutions and Chinese Political Economy: Institutional Complementarities and Macroeconomic Management

            Keywords: by Meg Rithmire; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate
            • June 2005
            • Supplement

            Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (VHS Video)

            By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Jay W. Lorsch
            Keywords: Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
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            • January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
            • Supplement

            Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (C)

            By: John A. Davis, Dwight B. Crane and Kelly M. Mulderry
            Supplements the (A) case. View Details
            Keywords: Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
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            • January 2005 (Revised June 2005)
            • Supplement

            Hancock Land Company and Hancock Lumber Company (B)

            By: John A. Davis and Dwight B. Crane
            Supplements the (A) case. View Details
            Keywords: Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry
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            • 01 Dec 2016
            • News

            Starting Lineup: Upturning Travel

            daily grind: “Forget the city, forget work, and remember who and what is most important.” Born at the Harvard i-lab, Getaway recently used an online real estate investment marketplace to raise $110,000 in... View Details
            Keywords: April White
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            VCPE Database Comparison | Baker Library

            total) \# VCPE firms 63K 28K 31K 44K \# VCPE funds 115K 124K not available 50K \# deals 325K VC 376K Corp/Strategic M&A 142K Buyout 75K Private Debt 72K IPO 146K PE/Buyout 319K VC 20K Private Debt 106K Real View Details
            • 01 Dec 2004
            • News

            Clubs Offer Popular Management Programs

            Charlotte, North Carolina, where Socarras is vice president for sales and marketing at Afton Village, a mixed-use real estate development company. “It was a pretty intense course, a lot of work, but I... View Details
            Keywords: Margie Kelley; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
            • 20 Jan 2017
            • Research & Ideas

            Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

            parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and... View Details
            Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese