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- Career Coach
Rena Clark
career choices fit into overall life goals, including interests like family, volunteer work, and other personal passions. Rena’s background, which includes leadership roles at Laurel Oak Capital Partners, GenNx360 Capital Partners, The...
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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Students Reach Out to Haiti
Several student relief efforts sprang up in the wake of February’s earthquake in Haiti. Partners In Health, which has been working in the country for over twenty years, was the beneficiary of choice for many...
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- Career Coach
Hillary Mann
Professional Development resources to support students in achieving their unique career goals. As a career coach, Hillary partners with students to define their career vision and leverage job search strategies such as creatively...
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- January 1999 (Revised July 2003)
- Case
Shady Trail
By: Arthur I Segel
Holt Lunsford was intrigued by the packet of papers that lay in front of him. The papers comprised a brochure that Lonestar Bank had put together in an effort to sell the Shady Trail Distribution Center in Dallas, Texas. Shady Hill was a five-year-old,...
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Investment;
Acquisition;
Buildings and Facilities;
Property;
Partners and Partnerships;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Distribution Industry;
Real Estate Industry;
Texas
Segel, Arthur I. "Shady Trail." Harvard Business School Case 899-143, January 1999. (Revised July 2003.)
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Raising the bar for financial literacy
approximately 5 million students, from kindergarten through high school. "Opening a bank account is a one-time event. We're trying to teach kids skills and tools they can apply to any decision they may face going forward," she says. Morrison, who was a View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Manager's Notebook
frequent-flyer programs) when discounts on future flights or other products and services are offered in exchange. "Many of our MBAs plan to run their own business after graduation. Having a good partner is extremely important." "Many of...
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Judith Ross
- 26 Nov 2007
- Research & Ideas
Best Practices of Global Innovators
work that the decisions a firm makes about how to partition tasks and allocate them to partners are among the most critical, yet poorly understood, aspects of these projects. These choices dictate how...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
themselves, only 39.3 percent of the observers predicted their partners would make that choice. The observers did a better job of predicting their partners’ alternate preferences when the choices were...
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- 17 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
A Litmus Test for Entrepreneurs
declared. He believed that by winning the support of umbrella organizations that represent many municipalities, such as the U.S. Conference of Mayors, govWorks could quickly go nationwide. But it didn't work out that way. Tuzman and his View Details
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by Walter Kuemmerle
Levels of Meaning
project inventory needs over the course of the year. My business history courses posed questions like, How did an entrepreneur build his or her business over time? What choices did they make that were fundamental in making the business a...
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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
choices among payment vendors and difficulties finding employees with e-commerce experience, necessitating extensive training. The Question: Cahuzac and his cofounders had planned to run a furniture company, not a logistics one. How can...
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- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Removing Barriers
Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012) Anita Venkiteswaran (MBA 2012), a principal at Focus Financial Partners in New York City, believes everyone qualified to attend HBS should have that ability, regardless of where they come from or their...
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Learning from Mistakes and Leveraging Personal Experiences: Tiffany Kent (MBA 2001) - Recruiting
they’re also looking for informed opinions on trusts and estates, financial planning, insurance, and more, each unique to their own situation. I decided to become a Certified Financial Planner to improve my ability to advise on these additional areas. That View Details
- February 1999 (Revised August 2004)
- Case
I Lost My Volvo in New Haven: Tennis Event Sponsorship
By: Stephen A. Greyser, Brian R. Harris and Mitchell Truwit
Focuses on event management and sponsorship from the perspective of the event owner (rather than that of the sponsorship company). Describes in depth the search by one of the tennis tournaments on the professional circuit for a principal sponsor. Detailed economics of...
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Marketing Communications;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Management;
Product Positioning;
Television Entertainment;
Sports;
Partners and Partnerships;
Sports Industry
Greyser, Stephen A., Brian R. Harris, and Mitchell Truwit. "I Lost My Volvo in New Haven: Tennis Event Sponsorship." Harvard Business School Case 599-037, February 1999. (Revised August 2004.)
- 13 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
Sharing News That Might Be Bad
successful; it has engendered feelings of trust, empowerment, and commitment to both you and the company. The right choice lies closer to blunt truth than to denial. It hasn't always been easy: just as bad numbers can send people into...
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by Paul Michelman
- July 2010 (Revised February 2011)
- Supplement
Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Erin McFee
To weather the 2009 financial crisis, Eden McCallum's cofounders must renegotiate partners' compensation, attract independent consultants to meet different client demands, and reassure their Advisory Board that their network-based consulting model remains sound. The...
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Business Model;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Financial Crisis;
Entrepreneurship;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Compensation and Benefits;
Partners and Partnerships;
Consulting Industry
Gardner, Heidi K., and Erin McFee. "Eden McCallum: A Network-Based Consulting Firm (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 411-027, July 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
- March 2008 (Revised August 2009)
- Case
Linden Lab: Opening Second Life
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld
In early 2008, managers in Linden Lab, creator of the virtual world Second Life, faced decisions about the company's strategy. Despite profound initial skepticism about demand for a user-generated virtual world that was not a traditional game, Second Life had achieved...
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Business Growth and Maturation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Open Source Distribution;
Partners and Partnerships;
Software
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alison Berkley Wagonfeld. "Linden Lab: Opening Second Life." Harvard Business School Case 808-114, March 2008. (Revised August 2009.)
- 25 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 25
Provide Wisdom? By: Lee, Charles M.C., Paul Ma, and Charles C.Y. Wang Abstract—We compare the performance of a comprehensive set of alternative peer identification schemes used in economic benchmarking. Our results show the peer firms identified from aggregation of...
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Carmen Nobel
- 06 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
Meet the HBS Women’s Association
making it the largest club on campus. Men and partners are also welcome to join and we strive to hold free or heavily subsidized events to create an inclusive community for all. The WSA events are designed to maximize the social,...
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- 16 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Advancing Health Equity: Social Enterprise Summer Fellow Simona Stancov (MBA 2025)
tests and medications — can get to the people who need them. My projects at CHAI focus on helping governments in Central and West Africa with the finance work that enables this solution delivery. So far, I’ve enjoyed the opportunity to support View Details