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- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
more than sufficient gains in sales to satisfy investors. The delivery routes proved a blessing in disguise, given still-tight real estate and labor markets, and more of the growth planned for 2001 focused... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
mixed success, to make immigration a hot-button issue, accusing Edwards of being soft on illegal immigrants. Talking tough, Taylor vows to fight any amnesty plan and favors deporting illegals. “I’m for zero penetration on the border,” he... View Details
- 31 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
When Not to Trust Your Gut
setting deadlines for low-priority tasks, or when you're informally discussing items that you plan to revisit later in more detail, System 1 thought will be sufficient. Taking the time to logically reason through every decision can be... View Details
Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman & Deepak Malhotra
- 04 Nov 2020
- News
The Long View: Persevering Through Past Crises
opportunity to start my own business. I actually wrote the business plan in one of my HBS courses as the final project. I then took this business plan to the bank and was able to secure a loan to start a... View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
Taiwanese businessman and philanthropist, passed away in 2008. He left behind an estate worth U.S. $5.5 billion but did not leave a will. The case discusses the potential motivation for Wang and uses it to study succession View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
Cohen and Breno Schmidt Abstract We explore a new channel for attracting inflows using a unique dataset of corporate 401(k) retirement plans and their mutual fund family trustees. Families secure substantial inflows by being named trustee... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Making Change
finding allies in several HBS professors bolstered my confidence to take the leap. When I graduated, I had nothing but a business plan and the $3,000 pitch prize. Then came the $25,000 HBS fellowship in 2009. Today, we are a $3 million... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
School Case 217-013 Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes Kumar Builders (KUL) was finally nearing completion on the four luxury condominium towers that comprised the first phase of its bold vision for the redevelopment of more than 70 acres of prime real View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
of that potential, however, McMillan would have to work with Prince to craft and execute a carefully developed plan to market and distribute the album. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 3, 2007
organization in China. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207057 Japan Communications, Inc. Harvard Business School Case 805-119 In 2001, Seiji Frank Sanda is facing his worst crisis since founding Japan Communications... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
predicting other people’s tastes, we tend to assume that liking one thing precludes enjoying another, dissimilar option. (Photo: iStockphoto) For example, a real estate agent might forego the opportunity to show a mid-century modern home... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act
You shouldn’t ask me about retirement, because I’ve done absolutely no planning for it other than financial. And I’d hope to be able to work as long as I’m enjoying it, which I think could be a few years yet. Morrell: In this episode of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The House that Howard Built
Policy at the School during the late 1960s. In 1970, he took a leave of absence to join Matt Simmons’s (MBA 1967) Boston investment bank, then returned to the School the following year to teach courses in real estate. With Bill Poorvu, a real-estate investor who also... View Details
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
Business School Case 511-088 This case describes the international expansion plans of the second largest grain producer in Latin America, Los Grobo. Based in Argentina with US$550 million in annual sales, Los Grobo also operated in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=806086 Comergent Technologies Inc.: Enterprise E-Commerce Harvard Business School Case 505-016 BP's IR director has begun a program to use information regarding external views of BP and the industry as part... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 23, 2008
b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308002 North Goes East Harvard Business School Case 208-136 In August 2006, Magnus Lofgren and Robert Provine, managing directors and co-founders of the "North Real Estate Opportunities Fund,"... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2021
- Blog Post
SIPs in 2021
escalating real estate costs of her hometown and company hub of Austin, Texas, and how developing the first FDA-approved at-home COVID-19 test was not a pivot but a natural extension of EverlyWell’s values and business plan. On the final... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Retirement's Changing Face
the Lewis and Clark Trail combined with two subsequent annual rides — helped raise almost $500,000 for Children’s Hospital in Seattle. Next summer he plans to complete the U.S.A. Four Corners Tour, a two-month, 14,000-mile odyssey that... View Details
Keywords: Personal Services
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
CEO announcing his plans for revitalizing the chain. Will his strategy work? Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/pearle-vision-clearly-different/an/514015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 114-048 The LEGO Group: Envisioning... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne