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- 20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008
Scorecard that would be accessible throughout the organization, from the executives in the central office, to the franchises, to the workers at the front line. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=108037 Roppongi Hills:...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 May 2013
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First Look: May 21
liquidated include Borders Group in 2012, Circuit City in 2009, and Linens `n Things in 2008; the value of inventory sold during these liquidations alone is $3B. The store liquidation problem is related to but also differs substantially...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
iStock MESSAGE FROM DEAN SRIKANT DATAR On February 27, Dean Srikant Datar sent a message to the HBS community regarding the invasion of Ukraine, noting the resources available to those looking to offer support and highlighting learning opportunities available at HBS....
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- 12 May 2015
- Blog Post
"Every Day at HBS is a Gift"
extracurricular endeavors, tutored me in classes, and remember to check in with me multiple times a week no matter how busy we all are or what crazy part of the world we might be in. The only thing I’d change about our friendship(s) is that we’re all committed to jobs...
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- 01 Nov 2019
- Blog Post
Confronting Climate Change in the Classroom and Beyond
From the RC’s Finance I discussion on international carbon finance and EcoSecurities, to electives such as Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure, to cases such as “Climate change: Paris, and the road ahead,” Harvard Business...
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- 01 Jun 2022
- News
What We’re Reading
political, religious, and social persecution and the consequent moral catastrophe in a city that had once prided itself on its inclusiveness and diversity. As such, it makes chilling and vital reading for our time—when racial, ethnic, and...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Post-Office
gravity that exists in Silicon Valley is only going to disperse to other regions that also have some critical mass—like Austin, Texas, or other cities like Boston. So I believe there will be long-standing implications on the centers of...
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- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
development and real estate have become synonymous with economic growth and prosperity. Tracking land reforms and urban development nationally and in three cities in one Chinese region, the study reveals that the initial liberalization of...
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- 23 Mar 2021
- Book
Succeeding in the New Work-from-Anywhere World
other cities and other countries,” Neeley points out. Despite these upsides, however, shifting to working remotely is not without its challenges, especially when it comes to communication and coordination among managers and employees....
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by Michael Blanding
- 17 Nov 2020
- In Practice
How Retailers Can Thrive in a Shopping Season Like No Other
and gift certificates for post-pandemic gatherings. Large businesses and state and local governments need to make small business contracting a priority. Biden administration policymakers and mayors from the Bloomberg Harvard City...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Profiles from the Class of 2006
Investments, in 2003. A third company, Cityboxes — a service for city dwellers that stores, tracks, and delivers items to and from storage upon request — is already in the development stage. “I love all businesses and get involved in all...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
York City to his time as an internationally touring opera singer, his business launch during the Great Recession, and ultimately to his position as founder and CEO of Aria, a real estate company with a mission to humanize the experience...
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- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
was frustrating for him. And New Orleans is a highly competitive market. Like any innovation community. If you were playing that night, your band was playing that night, you might put it on a wagon and drag it around the city in the...
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- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
Medical City Edmondson, Amy C., Sydney Ribot, and Tiona ZuzulHarvard Business School Case 613-022 Describes Lake Nona, a 7,000-acre residential and research cluster in central Florida, and its process and innovation culture, and Lake Nona...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018
Age of Mass Migration By: Tabellini, Marco Abstract—In this paper, I show that political opposition to immigration can arise even when immigrants bring significant economic prosperity to receiving areas. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to U.S....
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
by foreign ethnicities, Indians and Chinese in particular, was closely tied to H-1B admission levels. A 10 percent increase in the H-1B population correlated with a 4 percent to 5 percent growth in Indian ethnic invention in dependent View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Security Chief
remained in New Jersey, where she, too, worked for IBM. Once Parker (known by his nickname “T”) graduated, Alita enrolled at HBS, graduating in 1992, while he headed to New York City for a dream job with Morgan Stanley. Landing an...
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- 14 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions
still had to feed your family. So you traveled to the closest city and tried to get a job. Of course, that put pressure on people who did have jobs. They were working for a dollar an hour, and you were willing to come and do the same job...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 24 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Surprising Link Between Language and Corporate Responsibility
with Liang and Luc Renneboog of Tilburg University, and Sunny Li Sun of the University of Missouri—Kansas City to study whether the same held true in business. Would a company's use of language, particularly by the CEO and other top...
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by Michael Blanding
- 29 Apr 2013
- Research & Ideas
Are First-Time Buyers Left Out of Real Estate’s Rebound?
The United States housing market is no longer the boat anchor dragging down economic growth. Data from the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices show that average home prices in an assortment of American cities have been on the upswing,...
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