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By the middle of the 1990s, Miami’s reputation was changing. An influx of Spanish-speaking immigrants and major investments in the airport and seaport had changed the image of a sleepy southern city to the de facto business center of Latin America, a center for... View Details

Keywords: Change; Leadership; Business and Community Relations; Strategic Planning; Technology Industry; Miami; Florida

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12 Nov 2021
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Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge

associates; and building deeper roots in our communities. Audrey Choi (MBA 2004) Chief Sustainability Officer and CEO, Institute for Sustainable Investing, Morgan Stanley Now Is the Time for Bold Leadership BIO We are at a critical moment, facing perhaps the most View Details

Spring 2014
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The Chinese Century?: The Challenges of Higher Education

By: William C. Kirby

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June 2009
Teaching Note

Manchester Products: A Brand Transition Challenge (Brief Case)

By: John A. Quelch and Heather Beckham

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June 2010
Teaching Note

Australia: The Riches and Challenges of Commodities (TN)

By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim

Teaching Note for 709007. View Details

Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures; Financial Crisis; Demand and Consumers; Trade; Natural Environment; Business and Government Relations; Policy; Growth and Development Strategy; Australia

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February 2007 (Revised March 2007)
Module Note

Blessed Assurance: The Challenge of a Moral Dilemma

By: Sandra J. Sucher

A summary of the major themes discussed in the third class of The Moral Leader (EC curriculum). View Details

Keywords: Moral Sensibility

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March 2004
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C&S Wholesale Grocers: The Challenge of Self-Managed Teams

By: Thomas J. DeLong

Keywords: Management Teams; Food and Beverage Industry

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20 Dec 2019
Podcast

Climate Change Challenges Facing the Real Estate Industry

The real estate industry faces climate change challenges like difficult financing in coastal cities, more stringent regulations on where and how to build, and the need to retrofit existing properties to reduce emissions. Bryan Koop of Boston Properties, one of the... View Details

30 Jul 2014
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Family-Run Businesses, Like Market Basket, Face Unique Challenges

03 Apr 2011
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Microsoft + Nokia = a Challenge for Apple

04 Jan 2016
Video

The Challenge of Shared Prosperity - Boston, MA

24 Apr 2014
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A 'business Peace Corps' could tackle social challenges

Robert Goodwin (GMP 3, 2007), CEO of Executives Without Borders, talks about how businesses can benefit by applying their expertise to tackling some of society's biggest challenges. (Published April 2014) View Details

May 2016 (Revised March 2020)
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Fasten: Challenging Uber and Lyft with a New Business Model

By: Feng Zhu and Angela Acocella

Fasten, a new ridesharing start-up in Boston, entered the scene in September 2015 hoping its unique vision of transparency for both driver and passenger and strategy to keep riders' fares low and charge drivers a flat $0.99 fee per ride as opposed to the 20-30%... View Details

Keywords: Information Technology; Transportation; Business Startups; Business Model; Transportation Industry; Boston

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02 Mar 2016
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Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

Silicon Valley deceiving itself in thinking that security and privacy in the use of its products can be preserved? Is Apple’s refusal to unlock the phone, as important as it is to its business future, anything more than an effort to delay the inevitable and designed to... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

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Selling your Heritage: The Challenge of Legacy Divestitures

This paper studies companies that diversify away from and later divest their historical cores, or "legacy" businesses. There are many reasons a firm might undertake this strategy, including a concentration of the legacy business in a declining... View Details

November 2009
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The Explosion of Genetic Testing: Opportunities and Challenges

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Mara G. Aspinall and Rachel Gordon

This case study invites the reader to consider genetic testing in several different lights. First, can the business of genetic testing be considered a disruptive innovation to the current drug therapy model as defined by Harvard Business School Professor Clay... View Details

Keywords: Genetics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Testing and Trials; Disruptive Innovation; Business Model; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry

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