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- December 2001 (Revised April 2003)
- Case
Poland's A2 Motorway
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Autostrada Wielkopolska S.A. (AWSA) is a consortium of 18 firms that won a concession to build and operate Poland's first private toll road. In June 2000, AWSA's chief financial officer, Wojciech Gebicki, is preparing for a meeting with the projects' lead bankers to... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Cost vs Benefits; Project Finance; Projects; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Poland
Esty, Benjamin C., and Michael Kane. "Poland's A2 Motorway." Harvard Business School Case 202-030, December 2001. (Revised April 2003.)
- March 2001 (Revised March 2003)
- Teaching Note
Machinery International (B) TN
By: David F. Hawkins
Teaching Note for (9-101-061). View Details
- September 1994
- Supplement
Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (C)
Presents the decision made by the company. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-060, September 1994.
William Blackie
Blackie took Caterpillar Tractor from a small U.S. based factory in Peoria, Illinois to a multinational corporation. Blackie was instrumental in creating new markets for Caterpillar products. He invested heavily in international expansion – setting up manufacturing... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
William Levitt
Levitt was a pioneer of fast, affordable housing construction. In many ways, he created the modern suburban landscape. Among other projects, his company built two Levittowns (Long Island and Bucks County) – mass-produced building projects with family houses, community... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
Arthur J. Decio
Decio transformed his family’s company from a small coach firm in a garage in Indiana into one of the three largest builders of manufactured homes in the United States. Under his leadership, Skyline grew to 25 companies with 3,500 employees in 12 states. In the... View Details
Keywords: Construction & Real Estate
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://hbr.org/2010/03/column-think-outside-the-building/ar/1 Changing Landscapes: The Construction of Meaning and Value in a New Market Category—Modern Indian Art Authors:Mukti... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 27 Nov 2006
- Research & Ideas
Manly Men, Oil Platforms, and Breaking Stereotypes
conjectured that a distinctive way of relating likely accompanies this way of thinking—men who attend to failure, for example, would relate to each other differently than would men who are focused on success—with implications for how men View Details
- 07 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Obama’s Clean Power Plan: Can Nuclear Power Beat the Global Threat of Coal?
This week, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency released the final version of the Clean Power Plan, a major set of rules and incentives aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions from America's power plants. The plan requires each state to meet a... View Details
- 03 Aug 2017
- Blog Post
“I Can Acquire Important Skills, But Also Gain the Big Picture Perspective of a Founder.”
which Rahil met his internship employer. “My internship search wasn’t really constructed on a traditional path with research, interviews and offers,” says Rahil. Instead, his TEM class provoked a change in direction. “I had never worked... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship
- 26 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
“Uncertainty Makes It More Interesting.”
process they can replicate, from site prospecting to store opening,” says Felipe. “It’s the first time I’ve had to dig into what it takes to construct a store – way harder than it looks. When you’re opening just one or two stores, you can... View Details
Keywords: Consumer Products / Retail
- Profile
Ben Faw
everything from military construction on bases to groundbreaking environmental restorations” on rivers and other natural features. When his injuries prohibited Ben from getting the clearance necessary to follow his commanding officer to... View Details
- 11 May 2011
- News
The PMD 70 Tree and Other Memorials at HBS
beauty in topography or tree growth.” Much progress has been made since then! More than 2,000 trees have been planted on the campus since 1971, but given construction and other factors, about 880 trees are now standing, including 450... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
The Natural Advantage
“polluting” pressures such as stress and fear. Problems should be “composted” — by turning negative feelings into constructive output, “waste” becomes a source of future growth. “It’s already obvious that the natural environment won’t... View Details
- May 1994 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Concord Center
By: William J. Poorvu and John H. Vogel Jr.
A major shopping center developer and an insurance company form a joint venture to develop a 900,000 square foot super-regional shopping center. Describes the nine-year struggle to deal with market, regulatory, and financial issues to get the project ready for... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Joint Ventures; Construction; Partners and Partnerships; Governance Controls; Market Entry and Exit; Projects; Equity; Corporate Finance; Retail Industry
Poorvu, William J., and John H. Vogel Jr. "Concord Center." Harvard Business School Case 394-200, May 1994. (Revised November 2001.)
- 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
- 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
Keywords: Business Model; Business Organization; Decisions; Business Earnings; Business Strategy; Competition; Energy; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Global Range; Global Strategy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Corporate Accountability; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Sharing; Organizational Culture; Technology Adoption; Innovation Leadership; Organizational Structure; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; Construction Industry; France; Europe
Campbell, Dennis, Aluna Wang, and Carlota Moniz. "Building Innovation at VINCI." Harvard Business School Case 124-092, June 2024.
- 01 Mar 2016
- News
Maiden Voyage
date, it has invested $5.5 billion in space, but with a Mars mission in the works, the investment is just beginning. “We are currently in the downstream portion of the space industry,” says Al Hashmi. “Now we are moving upstream.” The View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
J. Ronald Fox (MBA '59)
opportunity not only to serve his country but also to enrich his teaching and research, which focused on the management of large engineering development and construction projects. "It was the preeminent position in the field in which I... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Tackling Climate Change Will Cost Less Than We Think
No one knows how much it will cost to keep the risks of significant climate disruption to a reasonable level. One commonly cited estimate puts the cost at roughly 1 percent of world GDP a year, or about $840 billion. This is a large number, but it seems smaller when... View Details