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Michael Murphy

Barcelona Olympics. Finally arriving at the destination was satisfying, but my overwhelming realisation was that the greatest rewards were in the journey itself - a notion captured in the Olympic creed: "The most important thing in... View Details

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In Charts: Like Einstein, Global Inventors Bring Big Ideas Across Borders | Working Knowledge

Growth Lab; University of Barcelona professor Ernest Miguelez, formerly of the Spanish National Research Council; and Sara Signorelli, a professor at the Center for Research in Economics and Statistics at École Polytechnique. Global... View Details

08 Aug 2018
Blog Post

Hands-on Experience in Hospitality

Before I came to HBS, I worked in consulting. I knew that I wanted a different experience for my summer and looked at multiple leadership development programs. One stood out: Marriott’s Management Acceleration Program. With Marriott, I’m spending my summer between... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality

01 Jun 2025
News

Agenda: Stacy Sonnenberg (MBA 2003)

SUPERFAN When Sonnenberg attends a game, she often doesn’t watch the court or field. “I’m always intrigued by stuff that the public doesn’t necessarily think about—like the width of concourses and the mix of seating types,” she says. (Photo: Benjamin Norman) “In... View Details

Keywords: Sasha Issenberg

18 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

How Brand China Can Succeed

Its double digit economic growth rates—especially for a country of over a billion people—have been enviable. China has become factory to the world. The Chinese are rightly proud of their achievements and the 2008 Olympics promise to be China's coming out party, much as... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

18 Nov 2009
HBS Case

Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu

"We have turned eating into an experience that supersedes eating," he has said. "If the product is merely food, Adrià should move the restaurant to Barcelona or Madrid," says Norton, who has written a case on elBulli... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2008
News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

Northern California Events in conjunction with students Madrid and Barcelona Northern California Video conferences with faculty Pakistan Philippines Topics addressed at the events included “Innovation, Regulation, and Biomedical Business... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

Victory Lap: Frazier, Olympics COO, Reviews the Games

post-Olympics thoughts with the Bulletin during a September interview. Does ACOG deserve a gold, silver, or bronze for its performance? I'll leave that to the judges to decide. The record shows that we sold just over 8.6 million tickets, more than View Details

01 Jun 2009
News

The Maestro and the Market

team hope to evoke irony, humor, and even childhood memories with their creations. “We have turned eating into an experience that supersedes eating,” he has said. “If the product is merely food, Adrià should move the restaurant to View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Food Services and Drinking Places; Hospitality

19 Jan 2016
News

Electric Avenues

more quickly,” says Fitzgerald. Bringing Cities to Their Senses When Barcelona officials came to Cisco four years ago looking for ways to trim the city’s budget, one of the first questions from Arvind Satyam (PLDA 9, 2011), managing... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

consulting firm could do.” Urgency and Long-Term Impact After being based in Barcelona for many years, Duch was happy to bring his family to Washington, DC, a city that he says offers “more racial, religious, and ethnic diversity and a... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

April 2021
Case

Glovo: Expanding Quick Commerce

By: Antonio Moreno and James Barnett

In March 2021, delivery app CEO Oscar Pierre and his team consider strategies to grow Glovo’s quick commerce delivery service and to approach their expansion in Kenya. View Details

Keywords: Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Food; Global Strategy; Operations; Strategy; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Web Services Industry; Africa; Kenya; Nairobi; Europe; Spain; Barcelona; Middle East; Central America; South America

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13 Oct 2015
First Look

October 13, 2015

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/916017-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 516-031 Futbol Club Barcelona In June 2015, FC Barcelona president Josep Bartomeu sees his team lift the UEFA Champions... View Details

17 Jun 2014
First Look

First Look: June 17

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2444741 Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 614-058 Hospital Clínic de Barcelona No abstract available. Purchase this case:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

attracted the research attention of Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, a professor at Harvard Business School, and Andres Hervas-Drane, a PhD candidate in Economics at the Universitat Autónoma de Barcelona and a Visiting Fellow at Harvard... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

01 Jun 1996
News

Keepers of the Flame

Games in Barcelona in 1992. With its dream in hand and the Olympics in its pocket, Atlanta quickly turned to Frazier to lead its implementation effort. In 1991t. In 1991, ACOG and Frazier began the planning and organizational process that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

12 Jul 2021
News

Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

provide: accommodations. Gonzalez opened all 33 of the company’s hotels located in Spain to the country’s health authorities, providing 3,300 rooms and 7,000 beds to people affected by COVID-19. “We have health care workers in our Madrid hotels and patients with mild... View Details

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