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Just Trying to Help
Business communication Magazine ArticleA manager hears enough about another team’s project to know that it is seriously flawed—and probably destined to fail. Should he butt in or butt out? -
How Blockchain Will Change Construction
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleIt will ensure complex projects have transparency and good record keeping. -
The Forgotten Strategy
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost of modern global strategy focuses on minimizing differences between countries. Perhaps it’s time to dust off approaches that exploit those differences as well. -
From the "Ladder of Science" to the Product Development Cycle
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleInnovative technologies become commercial products in two ways: reduction to practice of scientific knowledge and incremental improvement governed by... -
The Subtle Stressors Making Women Want to Leave Engineering
Gender ResearchDaily frustrations add up. -
Smarter Offshoring
Economics Magazine ArticleThe most popular offshore sites for service functions are overheating. Now is the time for companies to explore a world of opportunity beyond those hot spots and to base investment decisions not just on costs but also on talent, markets, strategic aims, and appetite for risk. -
How to Make Every Dollar of Infrastructure Investment Go Further
Global Business ResearchThe construction industry could boost productivity by 50% to 60%. -
You Can Manage Construction Risks
Negotiation strategies Magazine ArticleColossal County Hospital was coming apart at the seams. With dozens of newly hired doctors, nurses, and technicians, millions of dollars of equipment on the road, and patient appointments backed up for months, the new facility was impossible to use. For one thing, construction wasn’t finished, and much of what was complete was faulty. Worse […] -
Frank Gehry
Costing Magazine ArticleFrank Gehry is, at 82, America’s most celebrated living architect. His designs, including the Guggenheim Bilbao and Disney Hall in Los Angeles, are all technically challenging and unmistakably his. Gehry’s creative process famously borrows from artists; less well known is his fierce commitment to budgeting and the architect’s role as project manager. Interviewed by Katherine […] -
Another Look at How Toyota Integrates Product Development
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleChallenged by world-class competitors, manufacturing companies in the United States have greatly improved their product development efforts as well as... -
It's Never Been More Important for Big Companies to Listen to Local Communities
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleFirms need to understand the people and places they affect. -
Is Holacracy for Us? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Leadership & Managing People Magazine ArticleThe CFO of a global construction company disagrees with his CEO (and good friend) about the advantages of self-managed teams--particularly because lack... -
No, the Best Science Students Aren’t Becoming Financiers
Labor ResearchNew research throws a wrench into the Wall Street “brain drain” debate. -
The Industrial Revolution That Never Was
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleAn experiment in the American colonies goes awry. -
How Industrial Firms Invest in Renewable Energy, Affordably
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLessons from Owens Corning. -
How the Architecture of Hospitals Affects Health Outcomes
Customer service Digital ArticleMASS Design Group is changing the ways health care facilities are built. -
The Case of the High-Risk Safety Product
Government Magazine ArticleAfter days of meetings, J.F. Winchester, president of MDC Industries, felt no closer to a decision about whether MDC should exercise its option to buy a new and safer wallboard technology. Sitting down at his desk, he noticed the file marked “Goerner Wallboard Press Coverage,” which the media relations director had dropped off last week. […] -
Corporate Architecture from the Outside In
Competitive strategy Magazine ArticleArchitecture and the Corporation: The Creative Intersection, Thomas Walton (New York: Macmillan, 1988) 218 pages, $29.95. City: Rediscovering the Center, William H. Whyte (New York: Doubleday, 1988) 386 pages $24.95. Winston Churchill understood why architecture is our most social art. “We shape our buildings,” he observed, “and afterwards our buildings shape us.” But not all […] -
The World's Housing Crisis Doesn't Need a Revolutionary Solution
Global Business Digital ArticleIt needs better management. -
The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing
Business and society Digital ArticleSocial impact bonds encourage skeptical investors.
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Peer Feedback At Stress Engineering Services, Inc. (B): Process Design for the 21st Century
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Donya Brewer, the Director of Human Resources at Stress Engineering Services , was asked to evaluate the firm's peer feedback system and update it to... -
Climate Challenges for Cities: Introduction to Issues and Actions in the United States
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This background Note introduces the implications of climate change (global warming) for American cities. In the U.S., partisan political divides and unaddressed... -
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B3)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Titan Products, Inc.: Acquisition of Franz Schuler GMBH (B-1)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case follows UV4253, which is designed to allow two integration teams, each representing one of two very different companies, to construct a joint... -
Kmart, Inc. and Builders Square
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 1997, Kmart received an offer from retail buyout specialists Leonard Green & Partners for the purchase of its ailing 162-store home improvement chain,... -
Impact Kommons: New World Development's Accelerator Program to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Management Case Study8.95View Details Impact Kommons was initiated by New World Development (NWD) as the first start-up accelerator in Hong Kong targeted at achieving the United Nations Sustainable... -
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B4)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Stirling Homex (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Deals primarily with the basic issue of revenue recognition. Homex was recognizing revenue from its modular units prior to the date on which an actual... -
Butler Lumber Co., Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Butler Lumber Co. is faced with a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. Students must determine the... -
Roof for the South--Building with Love: FUPROVI-Repretel-Mutual Heredia
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Describes the relationship between the Foundation for Housing Promotion (FUPROVI), Representaciones Televisivas (Repretel), and Mutual Heredia. The partnership... -
Titan Products, Inc.: Acquisition of Franz Schuler GMBH (B-2)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case follows UV4253, which is designed to allow two integration teams, each representing one of two different companies, to construct a joint post-acquisition-integration... -
8 Spruce Street
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Equity International: The Second Act, Chinese Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Thomas McDonald, senior vice president of Equity International, is weighing an investment in the Brazilian homebuilder Gafisa. Was this the right country?... -
Bundesautobahnen Group
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details Bundesautobahnen Group, a German construction company, had won a public tender to build (the first stretch of) a freeway and expressway between Berlin... -
Classic Fixtures & Hardware Company, Spanish Version
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details Classic Fixtures & Hardware Company is a nationally-known manufacturer and distributor of kitchen and bathroom fixtures and trim, as well as lock sets... -
BuildAir: To the Sky and Beyond, Spanish Version
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study8.95View Details This case explains how a researcher, Javier Marcipar, became an entrepreneur by developing a business idea on the outcome of a research project and founded... -
BRADFORD DEVELOPMENT - Confidential Information for the Developer's Representative
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Bradford, an old New England industrial city, is experiencing an economic boom. The city has recently adopted a 'linkage agreement' policy, requiring... -
The Big Easy, Not So Easy: The Letter
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details A short, supplemental case to "The Big Easy, Not So Easy" (208068). Doris Koo must respond to new challenges at Lafitte in New Orleans. -
BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System, Spanish Version
Technology & Operations Case Study8.95View Details Describes the events surrounding the construction of the BAE baggage-handling system at the Denver International Airport. It looks specifically at project... -
Aracruz Celulose S.A.: Managing a Renewable Resource
Sales & Marketing Case Study8.95View Details 1994 was a turnaround year for pulp prices and the Aracruz company. How does the company respond to environmental pressures and to new types of competition...
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Peer Feedback At Stress Engineering Services, Inc. (B): Process Design for the 21st Century
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Donya Brewer, the Director of Human Resources at Stress Engineering Services , was asked to evaluate the firm's peer feedback system and update it to... -
Just Trying to Help
Business communication Magazine ArticleA manager hears enough about another team’s project to know that it is seriously flawed—and probably destined to fail. Should he butt in or butt out? -
How Blockchain Will Change Construction
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleIt will ensure complex projects have transparency and good record keeping. -
Climate Challenges for Cities: Introduction to Issues and Actions in the United States
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This background Note introduces the implications of climate change (global warming) for American cities. In the U.S., partisan political divides and unaddressed... -
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B3)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
The Forgotten Strategy
Financial markets Magazine ArticleMost of modern global strategy focuses on minimizing differences between countries. Perhaps it’s time to dust off approaches that exploit those differences as well. -
Titan Products, Inc.: Acquisition of Franz Schuler GMBH (B-1)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details This case follows UV4253, which is designed to allow two integration teams, each representing one of two very different companies, to construct a joint... -
Kmart, Inc. and Builders Square
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 1997, Kmart received an offer from retail buyout specialists Leonard Green & Partners for the purchase of its ailing 162-store home improvement chain,... -
From the "Ladder of Science" to the Product Development Cycle
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Magazine ArticleInnovative technologies become commercial products in two ways: reduction to practice of scientific knowledge and incremental improvement governed by... -
Impact Kommons: New World Development's Accelerator Program to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals
Management Case Study8.95View Details Impact Kommons was initiated by New World Development (NWD) as the first start-up accelerator in Hong Kong targeted at achieving the United Nations Sustainable...