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- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Searching for a Better Society
co-founded Constructeo, a maker of online collaboration tools for the architecture, engineering, and construction industry, with fellow HBS alumnus Bertrand Dumazy (MBA 1999). The mixed success of the company's product offerings led to a... View Details
- 08 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 8, 2007
Z. Ahmed, and Charles Cohen Abstract We use yearly variations in the price of oil to construct a powerful new instrument to test the impact of an important but often-overlooked foreign aid channel: money given by wealthy OPEC nations to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Oct 2014
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First Look: October 14
information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially continuous index of pairwise-industry agglomeration and investigate the patterns and determinants underlying the global economic geography of multinational firms. Our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 May 2014
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First Look: May 6
firms in comparison to the agglomeration of domestic firms? Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for plants in over 100 countries, we construct a spatially... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
emerging cultural problems. This and similar types of constructive steps taken by the board can serve to preempt issues before they become a threat to the company and the CEO's career. I would not presume to suggest to a board what... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
small—even integrated into the side of existing structures, improving convenience while further reducing construction costs. Because service is on demand, passengers need not wait for a vehicle to arrive, and changing lines would be a... View Details
- 07 Nov 2006
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First Look: November 7, 2006
engineering development and construction projects. In what ways are the challenges of managing large, complex projects different from the challenges of managing other large industrial activities? How is it possible to evaluate the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities
demands of city officials, cable operators encountered higher than expected construction costs as they entered urban markets. It proved difficult to lay cable under busy city streets while avoiding disruption to existing power, phone,... View Details
- 18 Oct 2024
- News
My Worst Job
ended up, buying a piece of and running a dredging marine construction company for about 12 years, which I sold in 2018. It ended up coming a little more full circle. It certainly was not part of the grand career plan. But I've had a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Harbus Foundation Supports Community Projects
vehicle for learning about constructive philanthropy. "The same spirit that makes Harvard Business School students successful business leaders is also alive in the Foundation," says Trustee Daniel F. Curran (MBA '00). "Students use their... View Details
- 27 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Joining a Start-up: 10 Lessons Along the Way
are going to be disappointing. But team-based learning like Field Global Immersion force close collaboration and honest peer feedback, and has helped teach me how to manage shortcomings in a mature and constructive way. 10. And finally,... View Details
- 21 Jun 2021
- Blog Post
Celebrating the Past, Crafting the Future Part 1: HBS/HKS Faculty Reflections
obvious, several facts were. The business-government interface was growing larger and more important. Talented, “multilingual” leaders capable of fostering constructive interaction among business, government, and non-profit sectors were... View Details
- 19 May 2020
- Blog Post
The Aspen Fellowship: MBA Student Launches Program Supporting Black Undergrads
common questions is “what skills got you to where you are today”? It is important to acknowledge that there is no singular path to a successful career, nor have I figured out the best one yet! I continue to learn through trial and error and View Details
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Educating Leaders - 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
- 22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019
2019 New York: PublicAffairs Creative Construction: The DNA of Sustained Innovation By: Pisano, Gary P. Abstract— Creative Construction tackles the myth that larger enterprises are inherently incapable of transformative innovation and are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 13
foreign market share therefore increased five-fold between 1997 and 2007. We construct and analyze a panel of Mexican bank financial data covering this period and find no evidence that foreign entry increases the availability of credit.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Oct 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Housing Collateral, Credit Constraints, and Entrepreneurship-Evidence from a Mortgage Reform
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- June 1983 (Revised November 1990)
- Supplement
Modern Advanced Concrete (E)
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Bruns, William J., Jr. "Modern Advanced Concrete (E)." Harvard Business School Supplement 383-136, June 1983. (Revised November 1990.)
- December 1999 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
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