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Why Do So Many Women Who Study Engineering Leave the Field?
Global Business ResearchResearch shows that class projects and internships reinforce a masculine culture. -
How to Make Every Dollar of Infrastructure Investment Go Further
Economics ResearchThe construction industry could boost productivity by 50% to 60%. -
The "Wages Are Skyrocketing" Narrative Is False
Organizational Development Digital ArticleAnecdotal evidence is at odds with the data. -
Regional Strategies for Global Leadership
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe leaders of such global powerhouses as GE, Wal-Mart, and Toyota seem to have grasped two crucial truths: First, far from becoming submerged by the... -
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
Government policy and regulation Digital ArticleIt needs better management. -
Is Holacracy for Us? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
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... -
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? -
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 […] -
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. -
It’s Never Been More Important for Big Companies to Listen to Local Communities
Cross-cultural management Digital ArticleFirms need to understand the people and places they affect. -
How Industrial Firms Invest in Renewable Energy, Affordably
Organizational Development Digital ArticleLessons from Owens Corning. -
Building the Green Way
Sustainable business practices Magazine ArticleA substantial body of experience and a set of tested standards have made “green” a realistic choice for most building projects. Here are ten practical design and construction rules that will help you conserve the Earth’s resources and your budget. -
Can the Construction Industry Be Disrupted?
Technology and analytics Digital ArticleFlashy automated solutions struggle to find a foothold in the trades, but there are technological advances taking place. -
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... -
From the ‘Ladder of Science’ to the Product Development Cycle
IT management Magazine ArticleU.S. business needs to understand how science and technology influence industrial competitiveness. Even in high-tech products, like computer memories, the U.S. trade surplus declined sharply early in the 1980s, and we were in deficit by 1986. How could this be happening to the greatest scientific power in the world—the home of the most Nobel laureates […] -
Is Holacracy for Us? (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. -
Look First to Failure
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleWhy shouldn't engineers study success? Because failures tell you so much more, civil engineering professor Henry Petroski contends. -
Smarter Offshoring
Technology & Operations Magazine ArticleDuring the past 15 years, companies have flocked to a handful of cities in India and Eastern Europe for offshore service functions. As a result, the most...
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Cementownia Odra (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Nehemiah Strategy: Bringing It to Boston (Multimedia Case)
Strategy & Execution Tool25.00View Details In 2003, Lee Stuart was working with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization to implement an affordable housing initiative in Boston. She and her colleagues... -
Cartwright Lumber Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Cartwright Lumber Co. faces a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. A rewritten version of an earlier... -
Tomasz Budziak
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Provides private information for students assuming the role of Tomasz Budziak in a simulated negotiation of the sale of Cementownia Odra. -
Elon Musk at Tesla
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case gives an overview of Elon Musk's career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information... -
CEMEX and the Rinker Acquisition (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) - Cemex - had made a name for itself in the global marketplace for two things - excellence in execution and rapid growth... -
Crow Holdings Development: Mass Timber Construction
Management Case Study8.95View Details Jim McCaffery and Cody Armbrister of Crow Holdings Development evaluate the pros and cons of committing to mass timber construction instead of conventional... -
HDFC (A)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details The top management team at India's leading home finance company must decide how to deal with the emergence of intense competition at the end of the 1990s.... -
Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.--1990
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The CFO of Fleetwood Enterprises is considering whether to recommend a large share repurchase to the board of directors. Fleetwood's core businesses,... -
Odebrecht's "Transformation Journey" (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details The case describes how Odebrecht's board of directors handled the issues raised in the (A) case and continues the story of the Group's efforts to restore... -
Building the Keppel Seghers Tuas WTE Plant to Support Sustainable Waste Management
Management Case Study8.95View Details Shantanu Bhattacharya, Professor of Operations Management at Singapore Management University (SMU), observed how waste in Singapore was incinerated before... -
Scovill, Inc.: NuTone Housing Group
Finance & Accounting Case Study6.95View Details Describes a conflict between the corporate controller and a division president about labor standards, which the division purposefully overstates to protect... -
BAE Automated Systems (A): Denver International Airport Baggage-Handling System
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... -
HDFC (B)
Leadership & Managing People Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Eldeco: Playing in the Big League
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details In 2001, Pankaj Bajaj is considering whether to go forward with a residential development outside New Delhi. Facing an uncooperative local authority,... -
Susan Duffy: Leading Quietly
Management Case Study8.95View Details As an introverted leader, Susan Duffy was well aware of the misalignment between her quiet, often lead-from-behind style and society's definition of leadership... -
Sierra Log Homes, Inc. (B2)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Artificial Intelligence: Stitch Fix - A Blue Ocean Retailer in the AI World
Strategy & Execution Case Study8.95View Details Retail had always fascinated Katrina Lake, the youngest woman CEO to ever lead a US initial public offering. But she couldn't help noticing that the age-old... -
Building Community at Terra Nova Consulting
Leadership & Managing People Case Study8.95View Details This case describes the challenges faced by the president of an engineering and environmental services consulting firm (Terra Nova Consulting) as it seeks... -
TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT PARTNERS - Confidential Instructions for the V.P. of Business Development at TEP
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Two-team, six-party, four-issue negotiation between representatives of two corporations setting up a simultaneous high-tech joint venture and purchasing...
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Why Do So Many Women Who Study Engineering Leave the Field?
Global Business ResearchResearch shows that class projects and internships reinforce a masculine culture. -
Cementownia Odra (B)
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Supplements the (A) case. -
Nehemiah Strategy: Bringing It to Boston (Multimedia Case)
Strategy & Execution Tool25.00View Details In 2003, Lee Stuart was working with the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization to implement an affordable housing initiative in Boston. She and her colleagues... -
Cartwright Lumber Co.
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details The Cartwright Lumber Co. faces a need for increased bank financing due to its rapid sales growth and low profitability. A rewritten version of an earlier... -
How to Make Every Dollar of Infrastructure Investment Go Further
Economics ResearchThe construction industry could boost productivity by 50% to 60%. -
Tomasz Budziak
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details Provides private information for students assuming the role of Tomasz Budziak in a simulated negotiation of the sale of Cementownia Odra. -
Elon Musk at Tesla
Management Case Study8.95View Details This case gives an overview of Elon Musk's career arc through the lens of the 2003 founding of Tesla and its growth through 2022. Background information... -
CEMEX and the Rinker Acquisition (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: CX) - Cemex - had made a name for itself in the global marketplace for two things - excellence in execution and rapid growth... -
Crow Holdings Development: Mass Timber Construction
Management Case Study8.95View Details Jim McCaffery and Cody Armbrister of Crow Holdings Development evaluate the pros and cons of committing to mass timber construction instead of conventional... -
STOREFRIENDLY SELF STORAGE: FRANCHISING FOR GROWTH - TEACHING NOTE
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleTeaching note for case IMD943