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- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Savannah Maziya
Savannah Maziya, the founder of South Africa-based Bunengi Holdings, a project development, management and investment company that operates across Africa in infrastructure, natural resources and financial...
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- 06 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
Parks Management is People Management
I began my MBA with the goal of utilizing business practices for land management issues. Scouring for applicable insights, I attempted filtering my coursework through the lens of a natural resource...
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Nonprofit / Government
- 09 Oct 2013
- News
What Do 'Sustainability' Executives Do? Let Us Know: Survey
- 29 Jul 2020
- Video
Savannah Maziya
Savannah Maziya, the founder of South Africa-based Bunengi Holdings, a project development, management and investment company that operates across Africa in infrastructure, natural resources and financial...
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- 28 Sep 2010
- News
Aspen Skiing Co. Kleenex boycott intrigues Harvard
On the Efficiency-Fairness Trade-Off
How does one approach the problem of designing the "right" objective for a given resource allocation problem? The notion of what is right can be fairly nebulous; we consider two issues that we see as key: efficiency and fairness. We approach the problem of designing...
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- 15 Nov 2013
- News
Getting the green light
- 2014
- Chapter
Bringing Agency Back Into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action
By: Ranjay Gulati and Sameer Srivastava
We propose a framework of constrained agency grounded in the actors' resources and motivations within their structurally constrained context. Structural positions influence the resources available to actors and color the motivations that shape their actions. Resources...
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Gulati, Ranjay, and Sameer Srivastava. "Bringing Agency Back Into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action." In Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks. Vol. 40, edited by Dan Brass, Giuseppe Labianca, Ajay Mehra, Daniel S. Halgin, and Stephen P. Borgatti, 73–94. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing, 2014.
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Savannah Maziya
Savannah Maziya, the founder of South Africa-based Bunengi Holdings, a project development, management and investment company that operates across... View Details
- 15 May 2013
- News
Sustainability in Financial Services Is Not About Being Green
- January 2013 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?
By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Alex Godden
In July 2012, the cofounders of CloudFlare, a Silicon Valley startup that protects websites and accelerates their traffic, are considering the implications of five employees' resignations over the prior three months. Was this natural attrition for a high-tech venture...
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Keywords:
Management Practices and Processes;
Employee Relationship Management;
Organizational Structure;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Growth Management;
Internet and the Web;
Entrepreneurship;
Resignation and Termination;
Business Startups;
Information Technology Industry;
Web Services Industry;
California
Eisenmann, Thomas R., and Alex Godden. "CloudFlare, Inc.: Running Hot?" Harvard Business School Case 813-145, January 2013. (Revised March 2017.)
- 29 Jul 2020
- Video
Savannah Maziya
Savannah Maziya, the founder of South Africa-based Bunengi Holdings, a project development, management and investment company that operates across Africa in infrastructure, natural resources and financial...
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- September 2012 (Revised September 2015)
- Case
Doing Business in Argentina
By: Rawi Abdelal, Amy C. Edmondson, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Gustavo A. Herrero and Regina Garcia-Cuellar
An imaginary oil company is invited to participate in a potentially lucrative investment in a large oil field just as the Argentine government is taking actions that seem to jeopardize private property rights within its borders. This case highlights the risks and...
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- 05 Jul 2012
- News
Interview with Rebecca Henderson
- Research Summary
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By: John D. Macomber
Mr. Macomber's research looks at finance and delivery of infrastructure and buildings that address issues in urbanization, economic development, and the growth of cities in the face of extensive challenges from migration, resource scarcity, and increasing peril from...
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- 20 Apr 2011
- News
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
- March 2003 (Revised November 2005)
- Case
Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough
By: Laura Alfaro, Debora L. Spar, Faheen Allibhoy and Vinati Dev
In the years since independence, tiny, landlocked Botswana has gone from being one of the world's poorest nations to becoming a stable, prosperous state, blessed with the highest sustained growth rate in the world. This case highlights the role that foreign direct...
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Keywords:
Foreign Direct Investment;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Economic Growth;
Natural Environment;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Botswana
Alfaro, Laura, Debora L. Spar, Faheen Allibhoy, and Vinati Dev. "Botswana: A Diamond in the Rough." Harvard Business School Case 703-027, March 2003. (Revised November 2005.)
- November 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
American Mobile Satellite Corporation
By: Frank V. Cespedes and Laura Goode
American Mobile Satellite Corp. (AMSC) has a license to provide wireless mobile communications via satellite throughout the United States and 200 miles of coastal waters. The first satellite launch is scheduled for 1994 and, in the interim, AMSC is providing limited...
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Keywords:
Wireless Technology;
Decisions;
Distribution Channels;
Marketing Strategy;
Product Development;
Sales;
Emerging Markets;
Resource Allocation;
Performance Capacity;
Communications Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Cespedes, Frank V., and Laura Goode. "American Mobile Satellite Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 593-038, November 1992. (Revised May 1993.)