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Anja Anliker
three-year-old daughter, Dagny. Although her extra-curricular opportunities are “limited,” Anja “makes it a priority to socialize and build relationships with section mates; they’re very understanding and accommodating so that they can... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Stanford Lets Students Customize
also take an integrated approach. And even in the discipline-based foundations courses, we often look at issues from a general management perspective, which requires some integration.” The new curriculum comes with a hefty price tag. To View Details
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Reinventing the GMP Experience
schedule allows the program to better cater to participants worldwide, better enables the real-time application of program takeaways, and accommodates the lifestyles of executives today. One participant, Erica Stricker, a senior managing... View Details
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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness
speech for my organization—who can I contact about this? Please email Danny Stern, Stern Associates, danny@sternassociates.com with all requests for speaking opportunities. Does the Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness sponsor Visiting Scholars? No. The Institute... View Details
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Hidden Workers: Caregivers - Managing the Future of Work
workers are heterogeneous, with a variety of attributes that prevent them from working to their full potential: caregiving responsibilities, health challenges, and partial retirement, among others. By learning about and accommodating the... View Details
- July 1989 (Revised May 2004)
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Colonial Homes
By: David E. Bell
Colonial Homes supplies a complete raw materials package to build entire homes. The price of the package is guaranteed at the signing of the sales contract, while delivery (and payment) are not effected for up to six months. In an effort to reduce its exposure to... View Details
Keywords: Customer Value and Value Chain; Contracts; Price; Price Bubble; Fluctuation; Monopoly; Problems and Challenges; Sales; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry
Bell, David E. "Colonial Homes." Harvard Business School Case 190-008, July 1989. (Revised May 2004.)
- September 2002 (Revised May 2008)
- Case
The Arts Property and Hotel
By: Arthur I Segel and Ani M Vartanian
Julio Martinez finds himself as one of the owners of the Arts Hotel Project in Barcelona, Spain. The 455-room hotel is managed by the Ritz Carlton and is in a 44-story tower along Barcelona's beachfront. Julio needs to figure out a strategy to maximize his investment,... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Agreements and Arrangements; Property; Strategy; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Barcelona
Segel, Arthur I., and Ani M Vartanian. "The Arts Property and Hotel." Harvard Business School Case 803-009, September 2002. (Revised May 2008.)
- 03 Aug 2022
- News
Hungry for Change
figure out other ways to get it to them.” Today, Sun & Swell’s sales come principally through website and wholesale channels that can accommodate the products’ shorter shelf life, including corporate offices and coffee shops. The product... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Dynamic Group
Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident Monica Steinert, whose husband Alan Steinert, Jr. (MBA ’62, AMP 89, 1982) worked closely with Global Adrenaline’s Nancy Collins (MBA ’99) to make sure Monica’s medical problem could be accommodated... View Details
Keywords: Hospitality
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Groundwork
capacity to accommodate evolving learning styles is one of four priorities that shaped the 10-year master plan initiated under Dean Jay O. Light in 2006. Input from faculty, staff, students, alumni, and architect/planner Beyer, Blinder,... View Details
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
business opportunities. "The basic idea is that the slum dwellers are living on very valuable land in one- or two-story shacks," says Iyer. "If you build multistory buildings, you can give them accommodation and still have... View Details
- 14 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Breaking the Smartphone Addiction
resenting how much their work is spilling into their personal lives, they fail to recognize that they are their own worst enemy, the source of much of the pressure that they attribute to the nature of their business. Imagine instead that people were not so View Details
Keywords: by Leslie A. Perlow
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For Guests - Commencement 2025
affect the shuttle schedule. See the Shuttle Tracker for detailed information about the shuttle service. Hotels Arrangements for accommodations should be made as soon as possible. Local hotels book up quickly during the graduation season.... View Details
- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details
- May 2015 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market
By: John A. Quelch and Qing Xia
The CEO of a health care-based REIT is considering alternative nursing home investment strategies. Students must consider macro-industry trends, scale and scope issues and consumer segmentation data in making their recommendations. View Details
Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Services; REIT; Marketing; Investment; Health Care and Treatment; Segmentation; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Japan
Quelch, John A., and Qing Xia. "AIP Healthcare Japan: Investing in Japan's Retirement Home Market." Harvard Business School Case 515-102, May 2015. (Revised September 2015.)
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
their credibility and increase their voice in the running of the system," Grossman and Rangan wrote in a working paper on the subject. "The key for management is to develop a governance system that accommodates this tension in a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
looser, more accommodating working relationships. Rather than fighting the “gig economy,” companies should embrace it. That might mean bringing in some promising part-time employees to take hard-to-fill positions rather than flounder... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 01 Mar 2015
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Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
that to happen is for the Fed to allow the economy to improve. Since the financial crisis, the Boston Fed’s leadership has been consistent—and correct—in arguing that policy could be accommodative and patient in moving off that stance. View Details
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Ben Faw
His injuries, for example, make it difficult for Ben to remain seated for long stretches of time; school administrators reached out to faculty to communicate the issue and help make accommodations for his need to stand or stretch during... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
where climate change was leading to drier climates. “It’s a rare look at a company that’s positioning itself to develop profitable opportunities, both to mitigate contributors to climate change and to accommodate the climate changes that... View Details
Keywords: April White