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- September 2005 (Revised June 2012)
- Case
New Songdo City
By: Arthur I Segel, Brandon Blaser, Gerardo Garza, Albert Kim, John Richard and Andrew Murphy
The government of South Korea has chosen John Hynes and Gale International to construct New Songdo City. This is an entirely new city, about the size of Boston, between the new Incheon airport and the capital of Seoul. The proposed city is the government's attempt to...
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Keywords:
Buildings and Facilities;
Urban Development;
Construction;
Design;
Climate Change;
South Korea
Segel, Arthur I., Brandon Blaser, Gerardo Garza, Albert Kim, John Richard, and Andrew Murphy. "New Songdo City." Harvard Business School Case 206-019, September 2005. (Revised June 2012.)
- January 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)
Examines the role of General Mills in the formation and leadership of the Hawthorne Huddle. The Huddle was in the Hawthorne neighborhood in Northern Minneapolis, which in 1997 was plagued with high crime and poverty. The Huddle served as a forum, held the first...
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Keywords:
Leadership;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Management Succession;
Social Issues;
Consumer Products Industry;
Minneapolis
Barrett, Diana, and Sheila McCarthy. "General Mills and the Hawthorne Huddle (A)." Harvard Business School Case 303-067, January 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- December 2002 (Revised March 2003)
- Case
Gates Foundation and Small High Schools, The
By: Stig Leschly
Covers the evolution of the Gates Foundation's multibillion dollar effort to influence reform in the U.S. public education system since 1999, particularly the foundation's recent decision to invest heavily in the breakup of existing urban high schools and the creation...
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Keywords:
Secondary Education;
Urban Development;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Education Industry
Leschly, Stig. "Gates Foundation and Small High Schools, The." Harvard Business School Case 803-110, December 2002. (Revised March 2003.)
- 2006
- Chapter
The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index
By: Michael E. Porter, Christian H.M. Ketels and Mercedes Delgado-Garcia
Porter, Michael E., Christian H.M. Ketels, and Mercedes Delgado-Garcia. "The Microeconomic Foundations of Prosperity: Findings from the Business Competitiveness Index." In Global Competitiveness Report 2006-2007, edited by Augusto Lopez-Claros, Michael E. Porter, Xavier Sala-i-Martin, and Klaus Schwab. Palgrave Macmillan: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.
- June 1995 (Revised October 1996)
- Case
Lexus and the USTR
By: John A. Quelch
Lexus executives and dealers in the United States are debating how to respond to the U.S. Trade Representative's announcement of 100% tariffs on 13 models of Japanese luxury imported cars.
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Quelch, John A. "Lexus and the USTR." Harvard Business School Case 595-127, June 1995. (Revised October 1996.)
- December 1978 (Revised March 1992)
- Case
Archdiocese of New York
By: Stephen A. Greyser and John A. Quelch
A print media campaign to improve attitudes toward the Catholic priesthood and to indirectly increase vocations is evaluated through a comparison of pretest and post-test data.
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Keywords:
Advertising Campaigns;
Measurement and Metrics;
Media;
Public Opinion;
Valuation;
Media and Broadcasting Industry;
New York (state, US)
Greyser, Stephen A., and John A. Quelch. "Archdiocese of New York." Harvard Business School Case 579-123, December 1978. (Revised March 1992.)
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Reinventing the Annual Report
little to do with each other. This is a huge problem. A sustainable society requires that all companies be committed to sustainable strategies. Increasing social expectations regarding a company’s commitment to sustainability mean that...
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Robert G. Eccles
- 21 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Altruistic Capital: Harnessing Your Employees’ Intrinsic Goodwill
that organizations could motivate employees simply by showing them how their work helped others—in other words, by harnessing and increasing their altruistic capital. In December 2009, the Society for Family Health (SFH), an affiliate of...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 27 Jun 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Inter-Generational Investment
- 06 Nov 2017
- Research Event
Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?
CAMBRIDGE, Mass — On a rainy afternoon in late October, Mohsen Mostafavi stood before a packed auditorium at Harvard University and considered the history of cities in terms of three cooked eggs. Mostafavi, the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design, described...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
The term "academic research" can conjure images of scientists conducting experiments in a basement laboratory, or of tweed-clad professors poring through old theories to develop new ones. But let's not forget about field research, which happens beyond university...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 2018
- Working Paper
The Digital Commons: Tragedy or Opportunity? A Reflection on the 50th Anniversary of Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons
By: Frank Nagle
On the 50th anniversary of Garrett Hardin’s “The Tragedy of the Commons,” this article considers the benefits and potential downsides of the digital commons, which emerged well after Hardin wrote his seminal article. Unlike the physical world Hardin wrote about, the...
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Nagle, Frank. "The Digital Commons: Tragedy or Opportunity? A Reflection on the 50th Anniversary of Hardin's Tragedy of the Commons." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-060, December 2018.
- June 2013 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Rawabi
By: Arthur I. Segel, Sarika Agrawal, Nimrod Brandt, Daniel Kuhagen, Thomas Reithinger and Margot Eiran
Bashar Masri is developing the first new stand-alone Palestinian city 25 kilometers north of Jerusalem and 9 kilometers north of Ramallah in the West Bank on 6300 dunams (1556 acres) for 40,000 people with financial support from the Qatari investment authority and...
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- December 2013
- Article
Land Politics and Local State Capacities: The Political Economy of Urban Change in China
By: Meg Rithmire
Despite common national institutions and incentives to remake urban landscapes to anchor growth, generate land-lease revenues, and display a capacious administration, Chinese urban governments exhibit varying levels of control over land. This article uses a paired...
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Keywords:
China;
Land Politics;
Urban Planning;
Local Government;
Northeast China;
Property Rights;
Urban Development;
Property;
Government and Politics;
China
Rithmire, Meg. "Land Politics and Local State Capacities: The Political Economy of Urban Change in China." China Quarterly, no. 216 (December 2013): 872–895.
- November 2011 (Revised December 2012)
- Case
Making Lemonade in Chicago's Troubled Neighborhoods
By: Nicolas Retsinas, Jazzmin Lamas and Lisa Strope
This case focuses on the complexities of building a real estate investment company in two Chicago low-income neighborhoods, Roseland and Englewood, during the foreclosure crisis in 2011.
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Keywords:
Real Estate;
Investment Management;
Financial Management;
Social Issues;
Investment;
Real Estate Industry;
Chicago
Retsinas, Nicolas, Jazzmin Lamas, and Lisa Strope. "Making Lemonade in Chicago's Troubled Neighborhoods." Harvard Business School Case 212-042, November 2011. (Revised December 2012.)
- Article
Coming Out of Recession: The Role of Business in Alleviating Poverty
By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Djordjija B. Petkoski
Rangan, V. Kasturi, and Djordjija B. Petkoski. "Coming Out of Recession: The Role of Business in Alleviating Poverty." Development Outreach 11, no. 3 (December 2009).
- Article
Business and Poverty: Opening Markets to the Poor
By: Djordjija B. Petkoski, V. Kasturi Rangan and William S. Laufer
Petkoski, Djordjija B., V. Kasturi Rangan, and William S. Laufer. "Business and Poverty: Opening Markets to the Poor." Development Outreach 10, no. 2 (June 2008).
- April–May 2005
- Article
History, Social Divisions and Public Goods in Rural India
By: Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer and Rohini Somanathan
Banerjee, Abhijit, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan. "History, Social Divisions and Public Goods in Rural India." Journal of the European Economic Association 3, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2005): 639–647.
- 1987
- Other Unpublished Work
Opening the Window: Needs Analysis and Long Term Effort to Pay for College
By: Dutch Leonard
- January 2015
- Case
Monte-Carlo Weddings
By: Anat Keinan and Sandrine Crener
Monte-Carlo Weddings, established by Frank Damgaard in 2005, is the most respectable and exclusive wedding planning business in the South of France. Frank has organized the largest, most expensive and luxurious weddings in Europe, serving celebrities, CEOs, and other...
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Keywords:
Luxury Brand;
Luxury Service;
Luxury Consumers;
Exceeding Consumer Expectations;
Wedding Planner;
Destination Wedding;
Event Planner;
Event Management;
Entrepreneurship;
Growth Strategy;
Monaco;
Monte-Carlo;
Brand Building;
Reputation Management;
Word Of Mouth;
Customer Satisfaction;
Client Acquisition;
Diversification;
Wealth;
Marketing Strategy;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Service Delivery;
Luxury;
Brands and Branding;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Industry;
France
Keinan, Anat, and Sandrine Crener. "Monte-Carlo Weddings." Harvard Business School Case 515-071, January 2015.