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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 Dec 2010
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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
- 16 Jul 2013
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First Look: July 16
have described as characteristic of the modern neo-liberal regime. 2013 pub Fashioning an Industry: Socio-cognitive Processes in the Construction of Worth of a New Industry By: Khaire, Mukti Abstract—This study of the high-end fashion... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
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Deal Making in Real Estate - Course Catalog
Inc. one of the largest privately held construction and real estate development firms in the industry with a global footprint of 46 office locations around the world and three thousand employees generating over $6.5 billion in annual... View Details
- 21 Aug 2014
- Blog Post
HBS Social Enterprise Initiative Visits NYC
Transit Authority, he often finds himself going between on-the-ground construction sites and strategic planning meetings at the central office with the Recovery and Resiliency group – a team that started in 2013 in response to the effects... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
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Transportation - Business & Environment
High-Speed Rail Track construction for high-speed rail for intercity travel Mass Transit Mass transit or public transport to get around cities Ridesharing More people in fewer vehicles Ships Increased efficiency and alternative fuels... View Details
- 01 Jul 2013
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The Nature of Business
constructive dialogue between environmentalists and the rest of society. His own career path could have been a case study for the book. After graduating from Harvard Business School, Tercek spent 21 years as an investment banker at... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
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Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops
recession as feeling “like someone turned off the faucet” in construction. Still, Magagnini hopes IceStone can break even this year and turn a profit next year. The green building market is with her: McGraw-Hill Construction projects it... View Details
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
reporting requirements for US senators and representatives mandate the disclosure of all financial transactions in a given year, which allowed Minor to construct their risk preferences. Coupled with no shortage of examples of misconduct,... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 01 Mar 2003
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All in a Day's Work
‘desk’ part of this position would suit me,” says Oakes, an Austin, Texas, native who worked for the Fifth Ward Community Redevelopment Corporation in Houston before enrolling at HBS. “In my last job, I was always out in the field, on View Details
- 11 Jun 2014
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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
- 13 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 13
constructive suggestions for how to teach about the BSC in MBA and executive programs. Accelerate! Author:John P. Kotter Publication:Harvard Business Review 90, no. 11 (November 2012) Abstract An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
don’t believe government is good at, nor should engage in picking winners and losers. I don’t disagree with that, but perhaps it would be constructive for us to have a national conversation about what has made us so successful in the... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
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Research Links - The Art of American Advertising
Home Site map Map / Directions Search: General Information HBS Home About Annual Report Campus Commencement Dean Nohria Employment Fifty Years of Women Give News New Construction Academic Programs Doctoral Programs Executive Education MBA... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
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Hawes Family Funds New Classroom Building
instruction. The initial phases of planning and design have just begun, with construction anticipated to commence in the summer of 2000 and completion scheduled for late 2001. Hawes retired last year as chairman and CEO of Life Re... View Details
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Roniesha Copeland
It’s not hard to see where Roniesha Copeland’s interest in business has come from. Her father owned a plumbing company. Her late mother was a district manager for a large Burger King franchise group based in the Detroit area. When that group was sold, both parents... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
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Devtosh Khare
School - both in and out of the classroom - to fit his professional goals. For instance, as one of ten HBS students chosen for the Kauffman Entrepreneur Internship Program, he spent last summer in India at Aditi Technologies, a software startup founded by Pradeep Singh... View Details
Keywords: Orna Feldman photograph by Webb Chappell
- 06 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
High Hills, Deep Poverty: Explaining Civil War in Nepal
diversity (can people communicate or not?) and caste diversity (how much do some people want to keep away from other people?). About 90 percent of the population in Nepal is Hindu, but within Hindu society there are many castes and a lot of discrimination against the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Nov 2021
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The Road to Racial Equity
that want to address persistent inequities. The goal is to achieve for DEI efforts what the LEED standards have done for sustainability in the construction world: to provide measurable and attainable guidelines. Walker & Dunlop, a real... View Details