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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

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

01 Mar 2006
News

Artful Contributions

the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (October 30, 2005). The second “pillar” is John Wieland (MBA ’64), a past chairman and current member of the board. As chairman of John Wieland Homes & Neighborhoods and with 35 years of construction... View Details

Keywords: Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2024
News

Crash Pad

smaller floor plate and more windows.” Indeed, buildings that date to the early 20th century, like 4753 North Broadway, make up the bulk of conversion success stories, while construction from the past few decades, with the amenities that... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

01 Mar 2010
News

Wind Shift

HBS professor George P. Baker, a finance expert, has in recent years become an alternative-energy change agent as well, spearheading community wind projects in Maine. Now on leave from HBS, Baker is the CEO of Fox Islands Wind LLC, which last November unveiled three... View Details

Keywords: Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

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General File - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

Works by renowned photographers include Lewis Hine’s scenes of construction crews atop the Empire State Building, Margaret Bourke-White’s portrait of masked chemical workers at the Sherwin Williams Factory, and Arthur Gerlach’s views of... View Details

19 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy

more familiar and seem to present less of a risk." Maurer's research on the economic impact of the Panama Canal demonstrates another facet of foreign investment dynamics—in this case, the construction of a $375 million public works... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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HBS Entrepreneurs Collection | Baker Library

Cities/ABC Joseph O'Donnell MBA 1971, Boston Concessions Robert Reiss MBA 1956, R&R Arthur Rock MBA 1951, Venture Capitalist James Sharpe MBA 1976, Extrusion Technology Carl Sloane MBA 1960, Temple, Barker & Sloane C.D. Spangler MBA 1956, C.D. Spangler View Details

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Annual Report 2024 | Harvard Business School

value of the School’s endowment (after the net impact of distributions from the endowment and the addition of new gifts) was $5.4 billion, compared with $5.1 billion in fiscal 2023. Capital investments in campus facilities and new View Details

01 Dec 2010
News

Faculty Research Online

systems. The question is, how can managers encourage employees to take the next step and ensure their constructive use? Assistant Professor Michael Toffel and colleagues present new research in a working paper. See... View Details

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Joseph Blair

It’s difficult to imagine Joe Blair standing still. A triathlete, currently training for a “half-Ironman” in the summer of 2013, Joe runs self-timed marathons. In his former life as an engineer, he took a great deal of pleasure tooling around the test grounds in a... View Details

01 Oct 2000
News

Hawes Hall Groundbreaking

Groundbreaking took place in early June for Hawes Hall, a new classroom building that will be constructed adjacent to the northeast corner of Aldrich Hall, facing Baker Library. Dean Kim B. Clark opened the ceremony by welcoming the Hawes... View Details

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

01 Mar 2007
News

Faculty Books

what it might look like in the future. Challenges in Managing Large Projects by J. Ronald Fox and Donn B. Miller (Defense Acquisition University Press) How do the challenges of managing multibillion-dollar engineering, development, and View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

23 Apr 2008
Op-Ed

The Gap in the U.S. Treasury Recommendations

The U.S. Treasury recommendations for restructuring the nation's system of financial regulation are an important start in the process of strengthening the United States financial system. The proposal is to be commended for some of its recommendations, most importantly... View Details

Keywords: by Dwight Crane; Construction; Construction; Construction; Construction

June 2024
Case

Building Innovation at VINCI

By: Dennis Campbell, Aluna Wang and Carlota Moniz

This case study explores how the VINCI Group, a French multinational operating in concessions, energy, and construction, bolstered awareness and adoption rates of new technologies within the organization. Through its separate innovation hub, Leonard, VINCI aimed to... View Details

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Educators

01 Jun 2003
News

Batten Gift to Support Residential Campus

contemplates the construction of residence halls specifically for HBS students. The existing Soldiers Field Park complex, as well as the new apartment facility — One Western Avenue, now under construction —... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank

01 Sep 2006
News

Innovative Loan Fund Yields Big Returns

Through its use of Harvard’s innovative Green Campus Loan Fund, HBS has cut energy expenditures and provided a model for conservation-minded schools around the University to follow. The loan fund provides capital for projects that reduce the University’s environmental... View Details

Keywords: Paul Massari; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings; Construction of Buildings

03 Jan 2014
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Jim Coutts Was Trudeau’s Right Hand

Keywords: Trudeau; Canada; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction; Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

11 Jun 2014
News

Improving conditions for climbers' guides in Nepal

After scaling Mount Everest in 2013, Jan Petzel (MBA 2003) transformed his personal triumph into an opportunity to raise funds for the construction of a permanent shelter and medical facility in the Gokyu Lakes region of Nepal for the... View Details

01 Oct 1999
News

Eight Among Many: Nancy J. Karch

apprenticeship." On the client side, Karch appreciates McKinsey's focus on helping clients make constructive changes. "This place is driven by values," she notes. "Our decisions to work with clients are based on whether we can help them,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

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