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  • 01 Dec 1999
  • News

Covering the Issues

temporary structures were built during World War II to accommodate participants in the School's military training programs, but it wasn't until the 1950s that the next major construction push took place. Much thought and care went into... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

Baker Dies in Plane Crash

University for many generations, beginning with Baker’s great-grandfather, whose donation of $5 million in 1924 made possible the construction of the Harvard Business School campus, with Baker Library as its centerpiece. At HBS, among... View Details
Keywords: George F. Baker III; obituary
  • 21 Nov 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, November 21, 2017

chain that generalizes Antràs and Chor (2013). To assess the evidence, we construct firm-level measures of the upstreamness of integrated and non-integrated inputs by combining information on the production activities of firms operating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • June 1983 (Revised November 1990)
  • Supplement

Modern Advanced Concrete (C)

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Keywords: Construction Industry; Construction Industry
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  • October 2014 (Revised June 2021)
  • Teaching Note

Making Room for the Baby Boom: Senior Living

By: Charles F. Wu and Ben Eppler
Tom Alperin's firm National Development is an experienced multifamily and commercial developer in the Northeast. It has a strong track record for working on challenging projects, delivering high quality products and generating strong returns for his investors. The firm... View Details
Keywords: Housing; Age; Investment Return; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Massachusetts
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  • September 2014 (Revised March 2017)
  • Case

The Road to Kolkata: NH-34 and PPP in India

By: Sid Yog and Ben Eppler
In 2014, Arjun Dhawan (MBA 2004), President of HCC Concessions, is working toward the completion of his largest road development project yet. The route, a 250-km stretch leading from the critical eastern Indian port of Kolkata into the interior of the province of West... View Details
Keywords: India; Real Estate; Roads; Transportation; Project Finance; Property; Infrastructure; Finance; Partners and Partnerships; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; India
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  • September 1984
  • Case

Henkel Corp.: International Sealants Brand SISTA (B)

By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the outcome of implementation of the standardized plan described in Henkel (A). View Details
Keywords: Marketing Strategy; Globalization; Expansion; Profit; Conflict Management; Outcome or Result; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Europe; West Germany
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  • June 2024
  • Case

Vinalhaven: The Downtown Project

By: Richard S. Ruback, Matthew Preble, Ruth Page and Dave Habeeb
Vinalhaven is an island community located approximately 12 miles off the coast of Maine. The island has a year-round population of about 1,300 people as of 2022, with an additional 3,000 people who reside on the island in the summer months. The two largest industries... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Environmental Regulation; Environmental Sustainability; Natural Resources; Natural Environment; Weather; Sustainable Cities; Forecasting and Prediction; Construction; Property; Infrastructure; Capital Budgeting; Projects; Project Finance; Negotiation; United States; Maine
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  • Web

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
  • 02 Feb 2012
  • Op-Ed

Once a Castle, Home is Now a Debtors’ Prison

We have created a housing hybrid in America, refashioning the single-family home into a mini debtors' prison. Almost 11 million dot the landscape. In Las Vegas and Phoenix, over 50 percent of homeowners live in one. “Understandably, most [underwater] owners live... View Details
Keywords: by Nicolas P. Retsinas; Construction; Construction; Construction
  • June 1983 (Revised November 1990)
  • Supplement

Modern Advanced Concrete (B)

By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Keywords: Construction Industry; Construction Industry
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  • April 1985
  • Supplement

Cleveland Twist Drill: Jim Bartlett, Video

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Daniel F. Muzyka
Presents a question and answer session with Jim Bartlett, president of Cleveland Twist Drill. Edited into three parts. Bartlett provides additional insights into the case situation and also describes subsequent events at the company. View Details
Keywords: Management Teams; Corporate Strategy; Policy; Construction Industry; Construction Industry
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  • March 1995
  • Supplement

The Black & Decker Corporation (C): "Operation Sudden Impact" Results, 1992-94

By: Robert J. Dolan
Describes the initial results of Black & Decker's strategy in the United States. View Details
Keywords: Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Competition; Globalization; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; United States
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  • 01 Jun 2017
  • News

The Evolving HBS Campus

Pictured, from left: Cliff Gayley and architect William Rawn of William Rawn Associates; Dean Nitin Nohria; Beth Klarman; Seth Klarman; and Richard Walsh, president and CEO of Walsh Brothers, the project construction management firm.... View Details
  • 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
  • Web

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
  • Web

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
  • 21 Jul 2006
  • Op-Ed

Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

natural gas strategy to the water and broadband businesses, the unprofitable international power development strategy, the perverse financial incentives for executives, the aggressive use of mark-to-market accounting, the performance guarantees in the power plant View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
  • 03 Nov 2022
  • Blog Post

Introducing the Creating Emerging Markets Sustainability Series

drastically reduce our carbon footprint, represented by advances in renewable energy such as with increased investment in geothermal power in Indonesia, or the construction of a pioneering energy-efficient headquarters in Chile that has... View Details