Publications

January 2007 (Revised May 2009)
Case

Kibera and the Kenya Slum Upgrading Project (A)

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas, Arthur I Segel, Marc Diaz and John Dean Shepherd

Kenya's Minister of Housing faces tremendous pressures in dealing with the pervasive housing troubles in his country. Kibera is the largest slum in Africa and home to more than 800,000 residents, yet only measures two square kilometers, roughly half the size of... View Details

Keywords: Construction; Housing; Urban Development; Poverty; Kenya

April 1985 (Revised November 1987)
Case

Sun Hydraulics Corp. (A)

Involves the design and creation of a company with no formally-defined hierarchy. Describes the steps the founder takes to avoid the organizational politics he perceives as crushing the human contributions they were designed to harness. View Details

Keywords: Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Engineering; Business Startups; Technology Industry

01 May 2000
What Do You Think?

Can You Hard-Wire Performance?

payment ... over and above the "normal" selling price?" Berglund answers his own question in suggesting that it depends on the extent to which the new (GE aircraft) engine (used in the hard-wiring example) differs from past... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

30 Nov 2017
News

SEAS Complex Reaches for a New Frontier

The beam going up (photos by Ashley Garrett, MBA 1987) The Harvard community marked a major milestone on Wednesday as members gathered along Western Avenue in Allston to celebrate the “topping-off” of the new Science and Engineering... View Details

01 Sep 2016
News

Going Forward

Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. We also are committed to extending exciting work that we have begun, including further investing in HBX, continuing innovation in the MBA Program, and strengthening the global... View Details

Web

Frequently Asked Questions | MBA

Frequently Asked Questions MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences What is the mission of the program? How is the new Harvard MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program distinctive? What are typical students’ backgrounds?... View Details

March 1997
Background Note

Copper and Zinc Markets 1996

By: Peter Tufano

Provides background information on copper and zinc markets as of mid-1996. Discusses supply and demand conditions, forecasts of the spot prices of the metals, and contracts for future delivery (forwards, futures, and options). View Details

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Metals and Minerals; Supply and Industry; Mining Industry

November 2013 (Revised March 2015)
Case

Rio Tinto and Mining in Mongolia: The Oyu Tolgoi Deposit

By: Eric Werker, Battushig Batbold, Kelsey Kennedy, Zanna McComish, Shaloo Savla and Nicole Shomair

In 2013, Rio Tinto was expected to begin commercial shipments from Oyu Tolgoi, a copper and gold mine in the Gobi Desert of Mongolia. Oyu Tolgoi was one of the last great unmined deposits in the world, and, once operations were in full swing, was expected to constitute... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Investment; Business and Government Relations; Mining; Mining Industry; Mongolia

December 1980 (Revised September 1985)
Case

British Steel Corporation: The Korf Contract

By: John P. Kotter and John M. Stengrevics

Traces a complex resource allocation decision facing British Steel in 1975. Students study the influences on the various managers involved in making the decision. View Details

Keywords: Resource Allocation; Decision Making; Management Teams; Metals and Minerals; Steel Industry; United Kingdom

14 Jul 2022
Blog Post

Video Perspectives: Tara Basu Trivedi

View Video TRANSCRIPT Tara Basu Trivedi: My life's purpose is to use technology to improve human health. It's the reason why I studied what I studied in undergrad, why I took my first and then second jobs out of school, why I decided to apply to grad school. And it's... View Details

Portrait Project

Nana Quagraine

In 1995, just one year after South Africa's first democratic elections, I enrolled as an engineering student at a previously white-only university. From the beginning I was told that I could not succeed as an View Details

Kaufman T. Keller

Under Keller’s leadership, Chrysler Corporation became second among the world’s largest auto producers (Plymouth, Dodge, DeSoto and Chrysler). During his tenure, the firm pioneered many of the engineering advances that are standard today,... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

01 Sep 2015
News

Harvard’s Next Frontier

John A. Paulson (MBA 1980), founder and president of the investment management firm Paulson & Co., has made the largest gift in the University’s history—a $400 million endowment to support the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences... View Details

Keywords: Drew Faust

01 Jun 2022
News

Elevator Pitch: Certified Check

easy-to-use portal helps potential customers immediately find necessary security and compliance certificates, resulting in significant time savings for both parties. “In lay terms, we offer a security nutrition label for cloud software,” says Arnon. “The joint degree... View Details

Profile

Alex Nelson

big impact and help a lot of people," Alex says. In practical terms, her dreams led Alex to MIT for a degree in mechanical engineering and to General Motors where she served two summers as an View Details

May 2011 (Revised August 2011)
Case

The Offshore Drilling Industry in 2011

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Kenneth Corts and Joseph McElroy

After booming in 2007 and early 2008, the offshore drilling industry slumps in 2009. Lower oil prices lead oil companies to reduce drilling budgets, and rig utilization falls from essentially 100% to 70% in some markets. Day rates--the prices paid for a rig's... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; Metals and Minerals; Demand and Consumers; Price; Industry Structures; Supply and Industry; Mining; Mining Industry; Energy Industry