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  • 25 Jun 2014
  • Lessons from the Classroom

FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing

of the back of her house, selling chemical products on the side," laughs Mayo. "To their credit, students were excited to help with the business despite the tiny revenues, but we decided to pull the plug and found a more suitable project with a partner in a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Education
  • 20 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

just told me that I'm crazy to open here because the city picks up things for free. It's crazy to charge $300 to pick something up when they can get the same service for free! We had never heard of that in Vancouver, but that's a big... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

because it draws upon the power of the founding myths of the country (the myth of success, the frontier myth, the city on a hill) and reinterprets these myths in a way that provides meaning for men who work in large companies in an... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 16 Aug 2024
  • In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

important if the no-action side wins. Grassroots support for actions that benefit cities and regions will help creative local leaders move forward even when national or state policies are unfavorable. 2. Quality and safety is crucial for... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Profiles from the class of 2007

party in Boston that raised more than $2,000 for the Irish Hospice Foundation, a nonprofit based in Dublin that supports the development of hospice care. It’s part of an active off-campus life, which is dominated by her love of sports. In addition to running the New... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
  • 21 Jan 2014
  • First Look

First Look: January 21

these features may also facilitate discrimination based on sellers' race, gender, age, or other aspects of appearance. In this paper, we test for racial discrimination against landlords in the online rental marketplace Airbnb.com. Using a new data set combining... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 10

of an Italian design based bicycle manufacturer evaluates if reducing costs by outsourcing would impact its brand. The company was founded in 2005 in Italy by three friends, and in its first five years it had enjoyed steady growth and built a strong reputation for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Dec 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 14

different cities across China. As competition for investments becomes more intense, Jin and Li must decide the growth and strategic direction that SCGC should pursue. The case highlights the important success factors for VC/PE investing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Oct 2009
  • Lessons from the Classroom

The New Deal: Negotiauctions

Conrail-CSX-Norfolk Southern deal that was happening around then. To understand the case better, I wrote a letter to Bruce Wasserstein (HBS MBA 1971), who at that time was running Wasserstein Perella in New York City and who was advising... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
  • 17 Nov 2020
  • Blog Post

Partners and Families Are an Integral Part of the MBA Experience

HBS from another city in the U.S. can also be a huge undertaking and may require the couple to revisit their long-term plans. Due to the long-distance nature of their relationship, John knew that if he was accepted to HBS, he and Lauren... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2006
  • News

The Hard Way

the tools to drive this small business into a multimillion-dollar international business.” Close friend Francine LeFrak, an award-winning New York City television producer and president of LeFrak Productions, describes Russo as “a force... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

Pursuing Systemic Change through Entrepreneurship Stacey Childress and James WeberHarvard Business School Case 310-052 After Hurricane Katrina devastated the city in August 2005, the state had taken over 102 of the 118 public schools in... View Details
  • 04 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 4

Cabot Lowell (1775-1817). Slater, a skilled British textile machinery engineer, helped to develop the country's first cotton spinning mill. Lowell, a member of a prominent New England mercantile family, established the first integrated cotton spinning and weaving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: January 5

and relevant to the firm's culture. The first two programs were a big success, and the firm expanded the training offerings under the Archimedes Banner. The case ends with a client, a Middle Eastern city authority, asking Buro Happold... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 09 Sep 2024
  • HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

handle such situations. Ten more McDonald’s employee complaints were filed in 2018, and employees in 10 U.S. cities staged a one-day strike to call for improved policies to address sexual harassment. “Boards today recognize that a CEO is... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage
  • 01 Mar 2006
  • News

The Producers

who volunteers to teach dance in the New York City public schools. “I want to make movies that are entertaining and commercially successful but also have the potential to change someone’s outlook on life and make a difference in a good... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries; Information
  • 01 Dec 2013
  • News

Faster, Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL

by Garry Emmons It's December, and outside the weather is frightful in many of America's 32 National Football League cities as teams gear up for the playoff season. But no matter how adverse conditions may get both on and off the field,... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Management; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 18 Aug 2021
  • News

Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

dismantling systemic racism and all of its various and insidious forms, within institutions in Boston and across the other 350 cities and towns in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.” JULY 10 After the murder of George Floyd, Victor Swint... View Details
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

Case 817-073 MIA: Profit at the Base of the Pyramid In January 2016, Guillermo Jaime had just returned home to Mexico City after attending a Harvard Business School executive education program. Jaime was the founder and CEO of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 05 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 5, 2009

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=209135 URBI and the City Licensee Managers Harvard Business School Case 209-144 A leading low income housing builder in Mexico decides which prospective new local partner best... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace