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- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
city of Enschede, our group of students heard about the beer company’s corporate sustainability initiatives, saw these initiatives in action during our brewery tour, and then got to taste their results in an on-site beer sampling. Their innovations ranged from...
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- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
a compelling argument ... . The bottom line: Speed is good for intellectual property." According to B. V. Krishnamurthy, "Of all the resources available to humankind, there is one which is given in equal measure to everyone ......
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by James Heskett
- Web
Women and the MBA: 6 Important Aspects of the HBS Program - MBA
Blog Blog MBA Voices Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author Career and Professional Development Staff Author HBS Community Author HBS Faculty Author MBA Admissions Author MBA Students Topics Topics 1st Year (RC) 2+2 Program 2nd Year...
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- June 2012
- Case
Aman Resorts (Abridged)
By: Eugene Soltes and Aldo Sesia
This case describes the operating model and philosophy of this high-end set of global properties. Aman relies on employees taking considerable initiative to deliver the highest quality personalized service in the hospitality industry. The case also highlights Aman's...
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Global Business;
Management Skills;
Performance Appraisals;
Customer Service;
Incentives;
Hospitality;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Business Model;
Employees;
Service Delivery;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Business Strategy;
Accommodations Industry
Soltes, Eugene, and Aldo Sesia. "Aman Resorts (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 112-100, June 2012.
- 2012
- Book
The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited
By: Josh Lerner and Scott Stern
While the importance of innovation to economic development is widely understood, the conditions conducive to it remain the focus of much attention. This volume offers new theoretical and empirical contributions to fundamental questions relating to the economics of...
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Technological Innovation;
Opportunities;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Resource Allocation;
Economic Growth;
Research and Development
Lerner, Josh and Scott Stern, eds. The Rate and Direction of Inventive Activity Revisited. University of Chicago Press, 2012.
- November 2001
- Supplement
Staples
By: Myra M. Hart
Provides information on the development of the office superstore concept, including building partnerships, creating the business plan, and recruiting a management team.
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Business Plan;
Recruitment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Management Teams;
Operations;
Planning;
Partners and Partnerships;
Complexity;
Retail Industry
Hart, Myra M. "Staples." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 802-803, November 2001.
- September 1999
- Case
Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates
By: Teresa M. Amabile and Sarah S. Khetani
Texan entrepreneur Trisha Wilson has founded an interior design firm and watched it grow into one of the most successful firms in the hospitality design services industry. After 20 years of building a company that is truly a reflection of her own personality, Wilson...
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Entrepreneurship;
Employees;
Innovation and Management;
Management;
Business or Company Management;
Management Succession;
Organizational Culture;
Strategy;
Service Industry;
Texas
Amabile, Teresa M., and Sarah S. Khetani. "Trisha Wilson of Wilson & Associates." Harvard Business School Case 800-001, September 1999.
- January 1994
- Case
ABC Sales and Service Division: A Case Study of Personal and Organizational Transformation
By: D. Quinn Mills, Brock W. Orwig, Janet M. Pumo, Todd C. Stilson and Richard C. Wei
In the midst of dramatic changes in the information systems industry and declining profits at the ABC Co., the vice president in charge of the sales and service division, Jeff, and his managers attempt to transform their division. The transformation gets off to a good...
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Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Transformation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Resignation and Termination;
Communication;
Business or Company Management;
Information Technology Industry
Mills, D. Quinn, Brock W. Orwig, Janet M. Pumo, Todd C. Stilson, and Richard C. Wei. "ABC Sales and Service Division: A Case Study of Personal and Organizational Transformation." Harvard Business School Case 494-075, January 1994.
- April 1996 (Revised May 2008)
- Exercise
Adam Baxter Company/Local 190: 1978 Negotiation, Baxter Management Confidential Information
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Victoria Medvec
Includes a series of three negotiation exercises portraying management/labor relations at ABC over a period of seven years. ABC, initially a family-owned business, had prided itself on its cooperative relationship with its union, Local 190. With the skyrocketing...
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Inflation and Deflation;
Compensation and Benefits;
Wages;
Working Conditions;
Management;
Negotiation Process;
Labor and Management Relations
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Victoria Medvec. "Adam Baxter Company/Local 190: 1978 Negotiation, Baxter Management Confidential Information." Harvard Business School Exercise 396-318, April 1996. (Revised May 2008.)
- 17 Jul 2017
- Blog Post
HBS Summer Interns: Discover Their Career Passions
renewable energy, Molly Middaugh accepted a position at Next Era Energy where she will be on their resource development team working on their battery-storage products. Rebecca Scharfstein, a joint-degree student at the Harvard Kennedy...
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Careers, associations and events: medical devices
information, employment and recruiting services, as well as collaborative opportunities for people who design, manufacture, and market medical devices. See also What resources can I use for networking? Associations and Events Advanced...
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- 23 Feb 2004
- Research & Ideas
It’s Back to Business-Basics for Nonprofits
estimates are often wildly divergent. Organizations also need to look at their activities, and really map out how much each of these activities is costing them. How do you take available resources and achieve maximum social impact with...
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by Manda Salls
- 20 Sep 2021
- Blog Post
Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business and Environment
Associate at Advent International. Clark O'Bannon (MBA 2022, Section C), Summer Internship: Summer Associate at Hancock Natural Resource Group Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), a Manulife Investment...
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Departments | Employment
program tracks and three Ph.D. programs. Flexibility in learning, independence in study, research with deep impact, outstanding faculty who are leaders in their fields, and the finest resources in academia—these qualities enable Harvard...
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A Broad Spectrum of Opportunities | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
and 2008 New Orleans Service Immersions at HBS. “The community around Social Enterprise activities at HBS is a large, diverse group of faculty, staff, and students—there are definitely a lot of people here who are actively seeking ways to leverage HBS skills and View Details
- Portrait Project
Shaan Gandhi
time. We can defer judgement and muddle along. Or, we can make the tough call and focus our resources to try to achieve the best outcome, because it's the hard decisions that allow us to grow. It's the hard decisions that allow us to...
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Sustainability in Agriculture and Agribusiness
report is published by WBCSD, a global, CEO-led organization of over 200 leading businesses working together to accelerate the transition to a sustainability. The report addresses sustainability drivers of agri-business innovation, as well as, their impact on human...
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- 04 Apr 2022
- News
Strengthening City Hall’s Foundations
mayors and key staff in Israel every year. Bloomberg writes that, while there are “all kinds of leadership training programs for CEOs and senior executives, mayors are thrust into the job and the crises that arise without having a lot of View Details
- Career Coach
Kesha Kanakiya
without a traditional finance background; and 4) pivoting to Big Tech from consulting, especially for a StratOps / BizOps role. Finally, Kesha loves to work with students to develop a hypothesis-based approach to exploring potential career paths and can share how she...
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- 19 Apr 2023
The MBA Tour Spotlight: Black, Hispanic, and Indigenous MBA’s
Connect with the world's leading business schools at an upcoming GMAC Tours event! The MBA Tour Spotlight on Black, Hispanic and Indigenous MBA's is an initiative to showcase resources available to underserved communities in graduate...
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