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Texas Contractors Say Playing By The Rules Doesn't Pay
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homes in Texas are cheap, but that affordability comes at a price...
Construction Booming In Texas, But Many Workers Pay Dearly
Author: Goodwyn, Wade
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles; Multimedia
Source: NPR
Publication Year: 2013
Homebuilding and commercial construction may be an economic driver for the state, but it's also an industry riddled with hazards. Years of illegal immigration have pushed wages down, and accidents and wage fraud are common.
Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings
Authors: Simcoe, Timothy; Toffel, Michael W.
Product Type: Research Notes / Working Papers
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
Government purchasing programs often have policy objectives that go beyond getting a good deal for the taxpayer. This paper examines the impact of environmentally friendly government procurement policies on private-sector adoption of the targeted products. The authors find that municipal government green building procurement policies that apply only to municipal buildings also accelerate the use of green building practices in the private sector, both in the cities with these policies as well as in neighboring cities.
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
Authors: Narayanan, V.G.; Chaturvedi, Saloni
Product Type: Cases
Source: Harvard Business School
Publication Year: 2012
In 2009, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, the organization tasked with building a Mass Transit System for India's capital city Delhi, witnessed the biggest crisis in its history. A bridge under construction collapsed killing six people and injuring 15 more. The case focuses on the challenges that the Managing Director Dr. E. Sreedharan faced as the crisis unfolded...
ECG Group: Fraud and Liquidation of a Joint Venture in China
Authors: O'Connor, Neale; Loo, Grace
Product Type: Cases
Source: University of Hong Kong
Publication Year: 2011
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The case explores the challenges and difficulties of running a joint venture, especially when more than one jurisdiction is involved. It alerts students to the importance of a vigilant monitoring system in joint-venture exercises and challenges them to take on the role of a negotiator in a difficult business situation.
ZETA Communities (A, B)
Authors: Levitt, Raymond E.; Plambeck, Erica; Larson, Andrea; Rosenthal, Sara
Product Type: Cases
Source: Stanford Graduate School of Business
Publication Year: 2011
The case describes the emergence of the green building movement, and the co-founders' vision for launching a net zero energy, prefabricated housing company. It also illustrates how a company innovates on the stagnant, fragmented construction industry to create an entirely new approach to building.
Taino Construction Supplies
Authors: Figueroa, Carmen Rios; Sagebien, Julia
Product Type: Cases
Source: Richard Ivey School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
The president of Taino Construction has to make several strategic decisions that can guide the firm during very difficult times for the construction industry - globally and locally. He is trying to find ways to capitalize on the company's green innovations and international advantages. At the same time, he is trying to adapt the company to the needs of the local market...
Green Construction & Design
Author: Hoffman, Andrew
Product Type: Syllabi
Source: Michigan Ross School of Business
Publication Year: 2010
The course is intended to increase awareness of green construction issues, so that students will know the range of existing knowledge and issues.
KCI Technologies, Inc.
Authors: Street, Vera L.; Weer, Christy; Shipper, Frank
Product Type: Cases
Source: The Perdue School of Business at Salisbury University
Publication Year: 2010
KCI, a multi-disciplined engineering firm, has undergone a number of transformations over the last several decades. It started as a basement dream, was acquired and sold-off by a larger firm, and has emerged as a multi-million dollar employee-owned organization.
How Hany El Miniawy Designs Low-cost Homes for Egypt's Poor, One Community at a Time
Author: Knowledge@Wharton
Product Type: Magazine / Newspaper Articles
Source: Arabic Knowledge@Wharton
Publication Year: 2010
Most poor Egyptians live on the peripheries -- in the desert, in villages, on the outskirts of cities. This gives rise to a huge informal housing sector that is built without government permission. El Miniawy founded ADAPT (Appropriate Development Architecture and Planning Technologies) to build low cost homes for poor and marginalized communities in Egypt and Algeria.
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