Accommodations - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 2012
Case

Blink Booking

By: William R. Kerr, Magnus Thor Torfason and Alexis Brownell

Rebeca Minguela hopes to create an arbitrage platform, similar to Rocket Internet, that can bring start-up ideas and opportunities to Spain. However, Blink Booking, her first venture and proof of concept, is rocked by a co-founder's breach of confidence and departure.... View Details

Keywords: Clones; Cloning; Rocket Internet; Start-up; Equity Split; Arbitrage; Incubator; Mobile App; Expansion; Spain; Europe; Entrepreneurship; Ethics; Internet and the Web; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Spain; Europe

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28 May 2019
News

The Physical Campus in a Virtual World

the brick and mortar of the Harvard Business School campus remains vital and irreplaceable. And as we continue to conceive of the new physical spaces that will accommodate our students through our institution’s second century, I continue... View Details

Keywords: Nitin Nohria

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Other Student Organizations | MBA

that these individuals bring to every academic, professional, and social setting – and we seek to create more space for their voices to be heard and celebrated. In pursuit of this goal, we aim to work closely with the administration to ensure easily accessible View Details

01 Apr 1998
News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

was so successful we had to establish it as a regular commercial bank to accommodate its growth. Today, BancoSol leads the Bolivian banking system in profitability and makes 40 percent of the system's loans; it has 76,000... View Details

01 Oct 1998
News

A Long and Winding Road

deal with change, turmoil, the unexpected? All too often we have been surprised by our lack of foresight close to home. The traditional family structure has broadened to accommodate divorce, single parenthood, common-law partnerships, and... View Details

Keywords: Wayne R. Vibert (MBA 1973)

01 Jun 2006
News

India Arrives

the airport’s few runways. On the ground, there’s traffic congestion of an entirely different sort. Cars, trucks, three-wheelers, bicycles, rickshaws, and even a couple of horsemen jockey for position on a road far too small to View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

Blog

Inside the Learning: How Faculty Prepare for Class

understand and—I hope—enables me to better accommodate their expectations, aspirations, and unique areas of concern and opportunity. WITH THE BUSINESS WORLD ALWAYS CHANGING, HOW DO YOU ENSURE THAT THE LECTURES AND DISCUSSIONS REMAIN... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

Learning from Global Immersion Experiences

research, Executive Education, and other programs and activities.” Thanks to the generosity of Ajay Piramal (AMP 110, 1992), chairman of the Piramal Group, and his wife, Dr. Swati Piramal (MPH 1992), the IRC has a new home in Mumbai’s Piramal Tower. The... View Details

01 Oct 2001
News

HBS Alumnae Chart Career Choices and Transitions

of the full-time workforce. Others wanted to develop personal strategies for finding or creating meaningful work that would accommodate their new priorities. The program, which was led by HBS professor Myra M. Hart and included Professors... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Professional Services

Blog

Reinventing the GMP Experience

schedule allows the program to better cater to participants worldwide, better enables the real-time application of program takeaways, and accommodates the lifestyles of executives today. One participant, Erica Stricker, a senior managing... View Details

31 Jan 2018
Blog Post

Tiffany Nida’s Amazon Journey: “I Continue to Grow Because They Keep Giving Me Responsibility.”

experienced in many issues, within both start-up and established businesses.” Further, she notes that, “They know how to accommodate MBAs in this environment. Amazon has formal programs, and cohorts for training and mentorship - a group... View Details

Keywords: Technology

11 Oct 2017
Blog Post

Designing Internship Projects for Greater Impact

managing the recruiting process, and larger institutions may lack the structures needed to accommodate the more entrepreneurial candidate. In either case, large company or small, interns and employers must work together to design an... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship

25 May 2023
Blog Post

6 Best Practices for Creating an Inclusive and Equitable Interview Process

Groups, codes of conduct, and other company-wide initiatives to help candidates understand how your organization supports its employees. Also include a reasonable accommodations statement that ensures candidates with mobility, vision, or... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

28 Oct 2024
Blog Post

It Takes a Village: Global Field Courses at Harvard Business School

checklists. Whenever there is a new IFC location, or if it’s been a few years since an assessment visit, they need to check and update details such as hotel Wi-Fi quality, access to smaller meeting rooms, restaurants that can accommodate... View Details

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IFC: Japan; Exploring Japan's Innovation Ecosystem - Course Catalog

business protocols practiced in Japanese companies - e.g., exchange of name cards, silence in elevators, empathy to co-workers, being on time, etc. - that contribute to Japan’s unique approach to entrepreneurship. Accommodations and... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Curb Your Smartphone Habit

changes where individuals’ lives are better and the work is better. Once the collective goal is established, conversations about how to achieve the goal allow team members to surface issues and experiment with new ways of doing things. People begin planning work to... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; smartphones; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Telecommunications; Information

26 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?

intersection of economics and social behavior in developing countries. Rather than wait for government policymakers to decide how to accommodate and assist refugees, executives should consider how they can help them integrate through... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

03 Aug 2022
News

Hungry for Change

figure out other ways to get it to them.” Today, Sun & Swell’s sales come principally through website and wholesale channels that can accommodate the products’ shorter shelf life, including corporate offices and coffee shops. The product... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2004
News

Dynamic Group

Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident Monica Steinert, whose husband Alan Steinert, Jr. (MBA ’62, AMP 89, 1982) worked closely with Global Adrenaline’s Nancy Collins (MBA ’99) to make sure Monica’s medical problem could be accommodated... View Details

Keywords: Hospitality

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For Guests - Commencement 2025

affect the shuttle schedule. See the Shuttle Tracker for detailed information about the shuttle service. Hotels Arrangements for accommodations should be made as soon as possible. Local hotels book up quickly during the graduation season.... View Details

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