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- December 1999 (Revised October 2006)
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Praedium Corporation
By: Henry B. Reiling and Catherine M. Conneely
George Hicks and Patricia Ferrey, primary shareholders of the Praedium Corp., faced a dilemma that could dissolve their real estate management company. Praedium received an attractive offer to lease one of its properties, however, Hicks did not want to terminate the... View Details
- October 1959 (Revised May 1983)
- Case
Sunshine Builders, Inc.
By: Arch-Richard Dooley and Wickham C. Skinner
Production setup of a successful home builder. View Details
Dooley, Arch-Richard, and Wickham C. Skinner. "Sunshine Builders, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 606-024, October 1959. (Revised May 1983.)
- 27 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Horrible Boss Workarounds
hearing at higher levels when you come with a constructive solution—not one that is a demand, but rather one that has alternatives and options associated with it," she says. "Self-organizing is the new mode for getting things... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 22 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability
about real estate, urbanization, sustainability, and infrastructure. LEED-ing by ExampleWhen a local government decides to pursue environmentally aware construction policies for its own buildings, the private sector follows suit,... View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
played a leading role in identifying and implementing these new technologies in their construction, and how early adopters can play a critical role in overcoming perceived technological uncertainty within the construction sector. Students... View Details
- 17 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Reserve Bank Governor Discusses India’s Financial Opportunities
And new road construction is promising. "Increasingly, rural areas are becoming more and more central to growth," he said. "Build a road into a village and increasingly that road becomes connected to the Indian... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 09 Apr 2013
- First Look
First Look: April 9
U.S. Navy Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) program with an Alabama assembly facility. In January 2009 it had just completed the construction of its first LCS, but the global economic crisis put the company in a difficult position. Its... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Visionary, Innovator, Educator - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
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 2018
- News
Raising the Barrio
vocational schools are scheduled to open in the barrio. They will be the first public schools in a community where only about 60 percent of adults have finished secondary school. A massive construction project is also under way to reroute... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Archival Collections - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
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 Mar 2006
- News
Using IT to Heal U.S. Health Care
and cutting death rates. Brailer’s challenge is to create electronic recordkeeping standards for the medical profession and to fund construction of the computer network necessary to store and share patient data. Said Brailer: “Health-care... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Ideas: Books
executives from the aerospace and defense industries, Fortune 500 presidents, general managers in the Boston area, and heads of nonbusiness organizations about their decision-making. Based on his interviews, Roberto concludes that leaders must encourage View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
however, is still focused on the archetypal team that has well-defined membership, purposes, leadership, and standards of effectiveness-all characteristics that are being altered by changes in the larger context of collaboration. Each of these features is worth... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
may trace to historically contingent conditions under which markets are constructed as legitimate. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-047.pdf Cases & Course Materials Ze-gen: Commercializing Clean Tech Lynda M.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Medium of Artistic Expression - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
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Wartime Innovation - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Check In
now affiliated with Kimpton. We’re adding private porches and lush, tropical landscaping and renovating the rooms; it hasn’t been terrible timing, because we were already under construction when the pandemic took hold. The way we’re... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
twenty-year federal pollution suit against sugar growers and a $7.8 billion bill signed by President Clinton, the project, said to be the most ambitious such effort in U.S. history, involves buying land around the Everglades and undoing canals View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 29, 2019
norms—but that social closure and decoupling should preserve the status quo. Empirical research has been difficult because we lack data on comparable private firms and because firms likely self-select into going public. We construct a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jan 2020
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Need a 'Catalyst' to Make CSR Practices Stick
Many companies follow a tried-and-true approach to pursuing corporate social responsibility practices. They set aside a certain amount per year to fund a CSR office, which then tries to help clean up the environment or improve the quality of life of people in the areas... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding