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    John D. Macomber

    John Macomber is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance unit at Harvard Business School. His professional background includes leadership of real estate, construction, and information technology businesses. At HBS, Mr. Macomber's work focuses on climate adaptation and the... View Details

    Keywords: building materials; construction; energy; green technology; infrastructure industry; real estate; transportation; utilities; waste management; insurance industry
    • 24 Sep 2014
    • Op-Ed

    The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

    It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities
    • 04 Apr 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them

    Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Green Technology
    • 15 Feb 2017
    • Op-Ed

    What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

    African municipalities can’t afford to waste money this way. Solar panels on the Garden City Mall, Nairobi, Kenya financed by CrossBoundary Energy. Credit: John Macomber Highly... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction
    • 04 Dec 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City

    Senior Lecturer John Macomber writes about his recent investigative visits to nascent privately-funded municipalities in Saudi Arabia and Vietnam. KING ABDULLAH ECONOMIC CITY, SAUDI ARABIA—Two days before... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate
    • 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
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities
    • 08 Nov 2024
    • Op-Ed

    How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis

    African people, businesses, and nations are becoming increasingly stressed by climate-related perils like droughts, river flooding, extreme heat, and rising sea levels. This is leading not only to the destruction of assets but also challenges to lives and... View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber; Green Technology; Energy
    • 19 Sep 2017
    • News

    Senior Lecturer John Macomber Wins Prize for Excellence in Sustainable Business Education

    • 03 Jun 2020
    • News

    Who Guarantees Your Workplace is Safe for Return?

    • 07 Sep 2019
    • Op-Ed

    Even for Non-Believers, These Are the Next Steps on Climate Change

    uncover opportunity in resilience? What are implications for the most vulnerable populations that can’t or don’t want to move to Minnesota or even to Orlando? Answering these questions is the next step in climate action. About the Author View Details
    Keywords: by John Macomber
    • 25 Jan 2013
    • Research & Ideas

    Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

    I'm in a winter coat and hat in the January pre-dawn cold and dark, standing on sandbags on a riverbank in the middle of Uttar Pradesh, India. Pilgrims and the faithful and the respectful come to the river this morning by the hundreds,... View Details
    Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate
    • February 1991
    • Case

    George B.H. Macomber Co.--1990

    Details a fledgling president's attempt to build an information systems and manage the expertise base of the firm. Intrigued by the potential information technology holds for the construction industry, this general contractor has initiated the overhaul of the firm's... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Management Systems
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    Sviokla, John J., and Audris Wong. "George B.H. Macomber Co.--1990." Harvard Business School Case 191-120, February 1991.
    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Video

    Case Studies from Africa: Insights from Mo Abudu, Chinua Azubike, and Senior Lecturer John Macomber

    • 06 Oct 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    John Kotter: Four Ways to Kill a Good Idea

    from Buy-IN: Saving Your Good Idea from Getting Shot Down By John P. Kotter and Lorne A. Whitehead Fear Mongering This kind of attack strategy is aimed at raising anxieties so that a thoughtful examination... View Details
    Keywords: by John Kotter & Lorne A. Whitehead
    • 01 Jun 2004
    • News

    John Dearden Remembered

    John Dearden, a professor at HBS for more than thirty years, died in January at a nursing facility in Connecticut, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease. He was 84. An authority on managerial accounting and a pioneer in the use of... View Details
    Keywords: John Dearden; Dearden; Ford Motor; Alzeimer; obituary; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services
    • September 2008
    • Supplement

    Mr. Nelson Peltz, Founding Partner, Trian Partners. Interviewed by Professor John Quelch

    By: John A. Quelch
    Professor John Quelch interviewed Mr. Nelson Peitz, Founding Partner of Trian Partners on events and decisions leading up to the decision to acquire the Snapple brand and the results of that corporate decision. View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; Private Equity; Investment; Brands and Branding; Financial Services Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Quelch, John A. "Mr. Nelson Peltz, Founding Partner, Trian Partners. Interviewed by Professor John Quelch." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-709, September 2008.

      John Beshears

      John Beshears is the Albert J. Weatherhead Jr. Professor of Business Administration in the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets Unit, teaching the second-year MBA course "Negotiation." He is also a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research.... View Details

        John F. Batter

        John Batter is a retired Litigation Partner in the Boston Office of Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP where his practice focussed on on the defense of public and private companies and their directors and management against breach of fiduciary duty claims and... View Details

        • August 2008
        • Supplement

        Becky Saeger, CMO, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Interviewed by Professor John Quelch

        By: John A. Quelch
        Professor John Quelch interviewed Becky Saeger, Chief Marketing Officer of Charles Schwab and Co., Inc., with regard to the background and success of the "Talk to Chuck" advertising campaign. View Details
        Keywords: Success; Advertising Campaigns; Financial Services Industry
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        Quelch, John A. "Becky Saeger, CMO, Charles Schwab & Co., Inc., Interviewed by Professor John Quelch." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 509-703, August 2008.
        • 12 Feb 2001
        • Research & Ideas

        John Irving’s Lessons for Business

        Photo by Mary Ellen Mark At first glance, perhaps, the writer John Irving might not seem to have a lot to teach the corporate world. As the author of such celebrated bestsellers as The Cider House Rules and... View Details
        Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
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