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      Sustainability in Construction Industry
      This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background readings The next normal in construction: How disruption is reshaping the...
      Trillions in Wasted Productivity: Digitalization in the Construction Industry - Technology and Operations Management
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      • December 2020
      • Supplement

      Komatsu Smart Construction: Launch Video

      By: Rajiv Lal, David J. Collis and Akiko Saito
      Short video of the concept of "Smart Construction" that was shown at the launch of the business by Komatsu. Illustrates what the automated construction site might look like in the future.  View Details
      Keywords: Automation; construction; construction industry; Japan
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      Lal, Rajiv, David J. Collis, and Akiko Saito. "Komatsu Smart Construction: Launch Video." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 521-707, December 2020.
      • December 2020
      • Case

      Komatsu and Smart Construction

      By: Rajiv Lal, David J. Collis and Akiko Saito
      Komatsu, Japan's leading construction equipment manufacturer, is considering investing in a digital platform "Smart Construction" that will digitise the entire work process on a construction site, allowing for substantial reductions in cost and time while improving...  View Details
      Keywords: Platform; Digital Business; construction; Business Model; Strategy; Technology Adoption; construction industry; Japan
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      Lal, Rajiv, David J. Collis, and Akiko Saito. "Komatsu and Smart Construction." Harvard Business School Case 521-042, December 2020.
      • December 2020
      • Supplement

      Komatsu: Video of Future Building Site

      By: Rajiv Lal, David J. Collis and Akiko Saito
      Short video that illustrates how an automated construction site would operate  View Details
      Keywords: Automation; construction; construction industry; Japan
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      Lal, Rajiv, David J. Collis, and Akiko Saito. "Komatsu: Video of Future Building Site." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 521-708, December 2020.
      • September 2020
      • Case

      Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company

      By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko
      In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct...  View Details
      Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Business And Shareholder Relations; Family And Family Relationships; Governing And Advisory Boards; construction industry; Ohio; United States
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      Narayanan, V.G., and John Masko. "Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company." Harvard Business School Case 121-026, September 2020.
      • June 2020
      • Case

      Extended Reality Extends into Enterprise?

      By: David B. Yoffie, Kaushal Jain, Amy Villasenor, Vicky Xu and Annie Yang
      While the growth of virtual reality started in gaming, the industry was increasingly focused on enterprise applications in 2020. This note explores the market opportunities and challenges for virtual reality and augmented reality in the enterprise, while diving into a...  View Details
      Keywords: Virtual Reality; Augmented Reality; Enterprise Computing; Organizations; Technology; Markets; Opportunities; Strategy
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      Yoffie, David B., Kaushal Jain, Amy Villasenor, Vicky Xu, and Annie Yang. "Extended Reality Extends into Enterprise?" Harvard Business School Case 720-472, June 2020.
      • 2020
      • Book

      Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity

      By: Joseph Allen and John D. Macomber
      By the time you reach 80, you will have spent 72 years of your life indoors. Like it or not, humans have become an indoor species. This means that the people who design, build, and maintain our buildings can have a major impact on our health.
      Ever feel tired...  View Details
      Keywords: Architecture; Real Estate Development; Air Pollution; Air Quality; Public Health; Productivity Gains; Buildings And Facilities; Health; Pollutants; Performance Productivity; construction industry
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      Allen, Joseph, and John D. Macomber. Healthy Buildings: How Indoor Spaces Drive Performance and Productivity. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2020.
      • March 2020 (Revised January 2021)
      • Case

      Odebrecht's 'Transformation Journey'

      By: Suraj Srinivasan, Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Mariana Cal
      At the center of one of the largest corruption scandals in Latin America, Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht signed a leniency agreement with American, Swiss and Brazilian prosecutors in 2016 admitting to paying bribes in 12 countries. In an effort to regain financial...  View Details
      Keywords: Board Of Directors; Organizational Transformations; Business Ethics; Corruption; Internal Controls; Business And Government; International Business; Engineering And Construction; Family Businesses; Corporate Misconduct; Corporate Governance; Governing And Advisory Boards; Transformation; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Ethics; Engineering; Family Business; Crime And Corruption; Emerging Markets; construction industry; Brazil; Latin America
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas, and Mariana Cal. "Odebrecht's 'Transformation Journey'." Harvard Business School Case 320-002, March 2020. (Revised January 2021.)
      • February 2020
      • Case

      Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water

      By: John D. Macomber and Carla Larangeira
      Private companies were being turned to for potable water in the world’s megacities due to impacts of climate change including droughts and flooding. Mexico City had endured several water-related crises, with its population suffering from floods, droughts, water...  View Details
      Keywords: Water Supply; Water Management; Finance; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Business And Government Relations; Latin America; Mexico
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      Macomber, John D., and Carla Larangeira. "Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water." Harvard Business School Case 220-064, February 2020.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Decarbonization Factors

      By: Alex Cheema-Fox, Bridget LaPerla, George Serafeim, David Turkington and Hui (Stacie) Wang
      In the face of accelerating climate change, investors are making capital allocations seeking to decarbonize portfolios by reducing the carbon emissions of their holdings. To understand the performance of portfolio decarbonization strategies and investor behavior...  View Details
      Keywords: Climate Change; Esg; Investment Management; Factor Investing; Investor Behavior; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Investment; Management
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      Cheema-Fox, Alex, Bridget LaPerla, George Serafeim, David Turkington, and Hui (Stacie) Wang. "Decarbonization Factors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-037, September 2019. (Revised November 2019.)
      • July 2019
      • Case

      Bjarke Ingels Group

      By: Boris Groysberg and Aldo Sesia
      Danish-born Bjarke Ingels is regarded as a giant in the field of architecture. He started his firm—the Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)—in 2005 in Copenhagen. Fourteen years later, the firm has additional offices in New York City, London, and Barcelona and employs over 500...  View Details
      Keywords: Buildings And Facilities; Design; Growth Management; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Talent And Talent Management; Urban Development; Organizational Change And Adaptation; construction industry; Service industry; Real Estate industry; Denmark; Spain; United Kingdom; United States; New York (city, Ny)
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Aldo Sesia. "Bjarke Ingels Group." Harvard Business School Case 420-026, July 2019.
      • 2019
      • Working Paper

      Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network

      By: Abhiman Das, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda
      We use the construction of India's Golden Quadrangle (GQ) central highway network, together with comprehensive loan data drawn from the Reserve Bank of India, to investigate the interaction between infrastructure development and financial sector depth. We identify a...  View Details
      Keywords: Infrastructure; Financing And Loans; India
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      Das, Abhiman, Ejaz Ghani, Arti Grover, William R. Kerr, and Ramana Nanda. "Infrastructure and Finance: Evidence from India's GQ Highway Network." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-121, June 2019.
      • 2019
      • Chapter

      Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms

      By: Laura Alfaro and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen
      Multinationals exhibit distinct agglomeration patterns, which have transformed the global landscape of industrial production (Alfaro and Chen, 2014). Using a unique worldwide plant-level dataset that reports detailed location, ownership, and operation information for...  View Details
      Keywords: Multinational Firm; Economic Geography; Agglomeration; Location Fundamentals; Agglomeration Economies; Multinational Firms And Management; Geographic Location; industry Clusters; Economics
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Maggie Xiaoyang Chen. "Location Fundamentals, Agglomeration Economies, and the Geography of Multinational Firms." Chap. 10 in The Oxford Handbook of Structural Transformation, edited by Célestin Monga and Justin Yifu Lin. Oxford University Press, 2019.
      • November 2018
      • Case

      Komatsu Komtrax: Asset Tracking Meets Demand Forecasting

      By: Willy Shih, Paul Hong and YoungWon Park
      Komatsu's Komtrax system started as a way of remotely monitoring and tracking equipment for the purpose of improving operational efficiency. This case follows its evolution towards other uses including demand forecasting for its sales, marketing, and production...  View Details
      Keywords: Big Data; Manufacturing; Manufacturing Industry; Data Strategy; Internet Of Things; construction; Production; Data And Data Sets; Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Forecasting And Prediction; industrial Products industry; construction industry; Japan
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      Shih, Willy, Paul Hong, and YoungWon Park. "Komatsu Komtrax: Asset Tracking Meets Demand Forecasting." Harvard Business School Case 619-022, November 2018.
      • September 2018 (Revised January 2019)
      • Case

      Sobha Group Real Estate: Backward Integration for Quality

      By: John Macomber and Alpana Thapar
      From humble beginnings in Kerala, India, Mr. PNC Menon built a reputation for quality, detail, and trustworthiness, earning him major construction commissions in the Gulf region. This paved the way for venturing into real estate development in Dubai, UAE. Striving to...  View Details
      Keywords: Real Estate; Backward Integration; Land Acquisition; Raising Capital; construction; Family Business; Decision Making; Joint Ventures; Quality; Real Estate industry; construction industry; India; Middle East; Dubai
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      Macomber, John, and Alpana Thapar. "Sobha Group Real Estate: Backward Integration for Quality." Harvard Business School Case 219-034, September 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
      • August 2018
      • Case

      Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru

      By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar
      This case follows Enfoca, Peru’s largest local private equity firm and its portfolio company Maestro, a leading player in Peru’s hardware retail market. Peru’s GDP growth between 2008 and 2014 was the highest of any Latin American country. Growth of the Peruvian middle...  View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Emerging Markets; Capital Markets; Transition; Strategy; Peru
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      Ivashina, Victoria, and Jeffrey Boyar. "Enfoca: Private Equity in Peru." Harvard Business School Case 219-030, August 2018.
      • 2018
      • Book

      Food Citizenship: Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust

      By: Ray A. Goldberg
      The global food system is the largest segment of the world's economy. As agribusiness-studies pioneer Ray Goldberg suggests, it is also the largest health system on the planet. And it is changing fast. Its size and importance to human, environmental, and economic...  View Details
      Keywords: Food; System; Global Range; Health; Environmental Sustainability; Development Economics; Partners And Partnerships; Public Opinion; Agriculture And Agribusiness industry; Food And Beverage industry
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      Goldberg, Ray A. Food Citizenship: Food System Advocates in an Era of Distrust. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
      • July 2018 (Revised March 2019)
      • Teaching Note

      Hilti (A): Fleet Management?

      By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Jan Rivkin
      This Teaching Note accompanies the case HBS No. 718-419, “Hilti (A): Fleet Management.” It provides guidelines for class discussion, as well as a board plan and transcripts of the associated videos, Hilti Fleet Management Video Supplements.
      The associated case...  View Details
      Keywords: Business Model Innovation; Total Customer Value; Innovation; Inventions; Business Models; Value Chains; Transformations; Focusing On Customers; Business Model; Restructuring; Transformation; Customer Value And Value Chain; Decision Making; Customer Focus And Relationships; Customer Relationship Management; construction; Innovation And Invention; Leasing; Strategy; Liechtenstein; Switzerland; Europe
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      Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Jan Rivkin. "Hilti (A): Fleet Management?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 719-404, July 2018. (Revised March 2019.)
      • May 2018
      • Case

      Environmental Platform LEEDership at USGBC

      By: Michael W. Toffel, Timothy S. Simcoe and Aldo Sesia
      By 2018, it was clear that U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) had significantly contributed to the growth of green building and over its 25-year history had become a powerful brand in the construction sector with its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design...  View Details
      Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Multi-sided Platforms; Business Model; Leadership; Problems And Challenges; construction industry; Green Technology industry
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      Toffel, Michael W., Timothy S. Simcoe, and Aldo Sesia. "Environmental Platform LEEDership at USGBC." Harvard Business School Case 618-027, May 2018.
      • January 2018
      • Case

      Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
      The case describes Blue Harbour Group's investment in Babcock & Wilcox and its transformation into BWX Technologies. In 2004, activist hedge fund Blue Harbour Group invested in Babcock & Wilcox, an energy and construction company. Blue Harbour developed an investment...  View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Leading Change; Energy industry; construction industry; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox." Harvard Business School Case 118-045, January 2018.
      • January 2018
      • Supplement

      Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)

      By: Suraj Srinivasan and Quinn Pitcher
      Follow-up case detailing the changes and performance upswing at BWX Technologies after hedge fund Blue Harbour Group's investment and when the fund’s Managing Director Robb LeMasters (MBA’05) joined its board of directors.  View Details
      Keywords: Investment Activism; Organizational Change And Adaptation; Energy industry; construction industry; United States
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      Srinivasan, Suraj, and Quinn Pitcher. "Blue Harbour's Activism at Babcock & Wilcox (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 118-046, January 2018.
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      This is a part of Baker Library's Sustainability Research Guide. Background readings The next normal in construction: How disruption is reshaping the...
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