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- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
party hosted by HBS Professor Jay Lorsch and his wife for Fritz Roethlisberger in 1968 in their modest digs that one could rent in those days from Harvard University. While several of us were talking with Fritz, Warren, who had borrowed a... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Covering the Issues
rented 75 PCs for participants in the Program for Management Development. The Bulletin noted that the new technology enabled "a quick consensus on the numbers and allow[ed] a focus on the real issues of a case." In 1985, a Bulletin cover... View Details
- 21 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Parable of the Bungled Baggage And the Unhappy Customer
in favor of your best customers? Can you use that information? You're not bothered by that? She was trained to handle this service. She was pumped because she had degrees of freedom. She could have rented a limo, written a ticket for... View Details
Keywords: by W. Earl Sasser
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Case Study: On the Table
Amazon.com had to do, and this was in the United States! Partnership with established logistics companies is a choice, and renting warehouse space may be possible, but building a completely captive system and investing in it would destroy... View Details
- 19 Jul 2021
- Blog Post
Building a Powerful Network of Talent at American Tower
think about it is almost like an apartment building. We own the apartment and rent to tenants, except the tenants are T-Mobile, Telefonica, Vodafone, etc.” In this way, American Tower plays a significant role in maintaining global... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?
more densely populated places like San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York City for the countryside early in the pandemic. Some purchased or rented a second house; some stayed at their weekend getaway or decamped to a family retreat. And... View Details
Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 20 Jul 2020
- News
Responding to Racism Amid a Pandemic; LGBT Alumni Take Pride Celebration Online
but was glad she was able to curb the infection rate.” The city, she added, also received $30 million in federal loans for small business as well as food and rent assistance. Under her leadership, the homeless have been tested and moved... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 25 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 25
variables approach. The negative effect is strongest in poor countries, suggesting that high profits stymie economic development rather than enable it. Consistent with the rent-seeking mechanism of the model, we find that high rents are... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2001
- Research & Ideas
Enterprising Women
business leaders, moderated by HBS professor Myra Hart, at the Harvard Business School Entrepreneurship Conference. Robin Chase said that being a woman did not hinder her ability to start Zipcar, a service allowing customers to rent cars... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Letters to the Editor
there was a marsh being filled in. That was our ice-skating area. Units in the project rented for $35 a month and consisted of a combination kitchen-dining area, two little bedrooms, a separate living room, and a bath. There were six... View Details
- 17 Aug 2015
- Research & Ideas
Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?
and conduct advertising. Others salons simply rent out chairs to independent stylists and allow them to cut hair and cultivate new clients as they see fit. "Companies have played with this degree of freedom for a long time," says Hagiu.... View Details
- 03 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
Making Money Making Movies
necessarily work in the same way for the video window. I think it is important to consider characteristics of audiences in both markets. Who goes to the theater? Who buys or rents videos? There obviously is some overlap, but I think the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
bucks made renting out its ubiquitous terminals. Or how News Corp.’s film and TV numbers conveniently hide the rounding error that is the Wall Street Journal. One commentator even proposed that the nation’s wealthiest universities set... View Details
- 11 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 11
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—Since the 1990s, several western firms have filed patents based on medicinal herbs from emerging markets, evoking protests from local stakeholders against "bio-piracy." We explore conditions under which firms... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 16, 2008
(e.g., documentaries) are held significantly longer than want DVDs (e.g., action films) within-customer. Similarly, we also predict and find that people are more likely to rent DVDs in one order and return them in the reverse order when... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
create platforms to automate peer-to-peer engagement, and leverage assets by sharing and renting vs. owning. They emphasize experimentation (“fail fast” without career limiting consequences) versus long-range strategic planning, operate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Apr 2017
- Research Event
The Most Pressing Issues for Platform Providers in the Sharing Economy
most hungry supply” Easterly advised seeking out suppliers who have never sold their services before. For example, a homeowner may not consider renting out his home to strangers until he learns he can manage the process through Airbnb.... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Jerry Shafir: A Simmering Success Story
the two set about the tasks of renting suitable manufacturing space, scrounging defunct factories for affordable machinery, developing recipes, and building a business from the ground up. It was a slow process, marked by sixteen-hour... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 15 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Health is Wealth | The Path to Creating a Venture
network is really important.” Rachel immersed herself in the opportunities that the HBS alumni network provided her – leveraging it to better educate herself on key things like fundraising as a female founder and pitching fellow founders about Rootine. Those same... View Details
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
just doing financial models.” She is particularly proud of this and similar projects’ positive impacts on individuals’ lives. She cited reliable rents when landowners lease their land to solar or wind farms. This new type of “farming”... View Details