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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Career Services Shifts into High Gear
$145,000 LEADING JOB LOCATIONS United States Total: 80% Northeast: 40% Boston: 13% New York City: 24% Mid-Atlantic: 6% South: 4% Midwest: 7% Southwest:4% West: 18% Bay Area: 12% Other: 1% International Total: 20% Asia/South Pacific: 6%... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Comings and Goings
2006 Class Size 895 Women 34% International 32% Minorities 21% Median Age 27 Total Countries 67 Undergraduate Majors Humanities and Social Sciences 38% Business Administration 24% Engineering 21% Natural Sciences 8% Other 9% Class of 2004 Median base salary: $100,000... View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
such as how their careers were impacted by their choice of location or how their definition of home and family roles have evolved since graduation. Crafting Your Life represents the continued evolution of... View Details
- 13 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 13
organizations in Chile and around the world. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612046-PDF-ENG Purchase this supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/612047-PDF-ENG Location View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
effect of efficiency wages on employee behavior and social norms. Working PapersSpatial Organization of Firms: Internal and External Agglomeration Economies and Location Choices Through the Value Chain... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Cracks in the Foundation
HBS alumni. A few highlights: Some 71 percent of respondents expect US competitiveness to decline over the next three years, with workers' living standards under greater pressure than firms. The United States fares poorly when decisions are made about where to View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
The Physical Campus in a Virtual World
us. Many of these choices were not obvious. I often wonder if the early leaders had made different choices—say, to locate the campus on the other side of the Charles—how very different our institution might... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- June 2010 (Revised December 2013)
- Case
Hang Lung Properties and the Chengdu Decision (A)
By: John D. Macomber, Michael Shih-Ta Chen and Keith Chi-Ho Wong
A residential real estate developer competes in a heated auction for a prime retail development site in the interior of China during the 2009 boom. Total project cost might be in excess of $1 billion U.S. for over 4,000,000 square feet of building. Hang Lung Properties... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment Return; Geographic Location; Auctions; Bids and Bidding; Infrastructure; Valuation; Real Estate Industry; Chengdu
Macomber, John D., Michael Shih-Ta Chen, and Keith Chi-Ho Wong. "Hang Lung Properties and the Chengdu Decision (A)." Harvard Business School Case 210-089, June 2010. (Revised December 2013.)
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Happy Monday
Illustration by Fabio Consoli Illustration by Fabio Consoli The co-CEOs noticed it right away: Early in the pandemic, staffers at the online children’s clothing company Primary.com were struggling when they logged back into Zoom on Mondays. People were not recharging... View Details
- 18 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 18, 2007
no. 5 (May 2007): 760-776 Abstract Given the importance of proximity for knowledge spillovers, we examine firms' location choices expecting differences in firms' strategies. Firms will View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 26 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
What Your Competition is Telling You
commercial properties, and planned communities. So as the Rouse shopping center becomes the place of choice for consumers primarily interested in good jewelry or children's clothes, the competing shopping center nearby responds by trying... View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
Jones Author's Abstract A noteworthy characteristic of the contemporary global economy is the uneven distribution of world foreign direct investment (FDI). While in the first global economy before 1929 most FDI was located in developing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Ownership (OWN): Define Success, Create Advantage, Build to Last, Engage Effectively - Course Catalog
sports teams. We will explore how a shift in ownership model (e.g., going from public to private) can be a tool for changing a company’s trajectory. We will also consider the “Founder’s Final Act,” which is the choice that a founder makes... View Details
- 11 Jan 2021
- Blog Post
Finding My Place at HBS
43 zip codes. Trey was recently named Social Innovator of the Year—Audience Choice by the United Way of Metropolitan Dallas. Our next project, called Trey SZN 3, is our most ambitious yet. In March 2021, Trey will launch a virtual... View Details
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
have low-cost energy. JR: Mike described some issues that make location choices a hard problem for multinational corporations—particularly, hidden costs that don't appear until years in the future. A second... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
than prescriptions picked up at a pharmacy. Nevertheless, when home delivery is offered on an opt-in basis, the take-up rate is only 6%. We study a program that makes active choice of either home delivery or pharmacy pick-up a requirement... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019
innovations might impact—and be impacted by—workers, consumers, organizations, and society. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55845 March 2019 Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Choice... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 14 Jan 2019
- Blog Post
"It'll All Work Out": Two Alumni Discuss Balancing Marriage and Markets
confronted the hard challenges many married, ambitious professionals face: maintaining a healthy marriage while pursuing independent careers. Geography serves as an anchor When it came time to launch their post-MBA lives, the Joyce couple had some complex View Details
- 29 Sep 2015
- First Look
September 29, 2015
innovations from industry outsiders who saw economic opportunities where others didn’t—and how these mainstream firms had no choice but to innovate themselves. New models were tried: some succeeded, some failed. Commercial markets turned... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
Location Choices Through the Value Chain By: Alcácer, Juan, and Mercedes Delgado Abstract—We explore the impact of geographically bounded, intra-firm linkages (internal agglomerations) and geographically... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne