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Ben Faw
His injuries, for example, make it difficult for Ben to remain seated for long stretches of time; school administrators reached out to faculty to communicate the issue and help make accommodations for his need to stand or stretch during... View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Shaping Leaders Who Understand Business and the Environment
where climate change was leading to drier climates. “It’s a rare look at a company that’s positioning itself to develop profitable opportunities, both to mitigate contributors to climate change and to accommodate the climate changes that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Feb 2003
- Research & Ideas
Women at Work
employers make an investment in you," and it behooves them to be accommodating so they can realize the value on that investment. She attributes her success to having excellent support. "I'm lucky enough to be able to afford a... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild
- January 2015 (Revised October 2016)
- Case
onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy
By: Jill Avery, Anat Keinan and Liz Kind
onefinestay was a two-sided marketplace that offered high-end home rentals to travelers who sought a more authentic and local experience than a typical upscale hotel might provide. After five years of rapid growth, it was time to do a comprehensive analysis of the... View Details
Keywords: Luxury Goods; Brand Building; Brand Management; Hospitality; Hotels; Digital Marketing; Brand Positioning; Luxury Service; Airbnb; Sharing Economy; Collaborative Consumption; Disruptive Business Model; Travel; Alternatives To Hotel; Branding; Customer Service; Exceeding Consumer Expectations; Client Acquisition; Reputation Management; Word Of Mouth; 2-way Business Model; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Brands and Branding; Luxury; Disruption; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; E-commerce; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; United Kingdom
Avery, Jill, Anat Keinan, and Liz Kind. "onefinestay: Building a Luxury Experience in the Sharing Economy." Harvard Business School Case 515-072, January 2015. (Revised October 2016.)
- March 2006 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Slots, Tables, and All That Jazz: Managing Customer Profitability at the MGM Grand Hotel
By: Dennis Campbell, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Marc Epstein and Joshua Bellin
The MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas had detailed information on loyal gaming customers, but could its information systems also be tailored to nongaming customers? As the nongaming business sectors became increasingly profitable both at the MGM Grand and in Las Vegas... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Customer Relationship Management; Customer Value and Value Chain; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Nevada
Campbell, Dennis, Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez, Marc Epstein, and Joshua Bellin. "Slots, Tables, and All That Jazz: Managing Customer Profitability at the MGM Grand Hotel." Harvard Business School Case 106-029, March 2006. (Revised September 2006.)
- 09 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Challenge of the Multi-site Nonprofit
their credibility and increase their voice in the running of the system," Grossman and Rangan wrote in a working paper on the subject. "The key for management is to develop a governance system that accommodates this tension in a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
How to Hire a Millennial
looser, more accommodating working relationships. Rather than fighting the “gig economy,” companies should embrace it. That might mean bringing in some promising part-time employees to take hard-to-fill positions rather than flounder... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph Fuller
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
that to happen is for the Fed to allow the economy to improve. Since the financial crisis, the Boston Fed’s leadership has been consistent—and correct—in arguing that policy could be accommodative and patient in moving off that stance. View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
social hurdles must all be overcome. But it’s the kind of model that India and other emerging nations are designing to accommodate their exploding and impoverished urban populations. Says Macomber, “As opposed to developing Dharavi over... View Details
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Short Takes
people can't anticipate or avoid." According to the study, consumers do not let paradoxes get the best of them. They combat such inner conflict by adopting coping mechanisms. They might, explains Fournier, use confrontative strategies such as View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Jul 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Super Stretch Goals Only for the Very Young?
products. “The tech industry in general, young or old, can accommodate stretched goals, simply because digital can reach millions of people worldwide in one second, and all that they have to do is to create the product once [versus] other... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 14 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 14, 2015
corporations need corporate boards that are also ambitious and accommodative of them. According to the authors, good corporate governance and financial performance are the main requirements for good board-CEO relations. Topics including... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
To New Beginnings: Reflecting on Transitioning Careers and Starting a Family while at HBS
already in place to accommodate them. Recruiting Season You might be thinking, all of this is fine, but I’m interested in getting a job out of business school too, not just having a great social life I will share that experience too! At... View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
HBS Conferences Explore Range of Issues
accommodate the obvious fact that I had a growing family," she said. "The Times didn't lose anything, even though it made what it would call concessions. It gained enormous loyalty from at least one employee." All businesses, Quindlen... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Opening Doors: Inside the World of Museum Management
lesson plans before they arrive, to building a special cafeteria to accommodate school groups, where three shifts of 450 students eat lunch almost every weekday. While McCarter is proud that the Field has increased the number of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Slum for Sale
idea is that the slum dwellers are living on very valuable land in one- or two-story shacks,” says Iyer. “If you build multistory buildings, you can give them accommodation and still have space to sell so that it will be a for-profit... View Details
- 06 Aug 2020
- News
Defining Flex Work
small schedule adjustments to accommodate personal appointments; and “time shift,” an employee who has a customized regular schedule, such as a four-day workweek. These strictly defined categories have helped employers understand that the... View Details
- 13 Jul 2016
- Blog Post
How To Hire A Millennial
between companies seeking affordable consultants and millennial MBAs looking for looser, more accommodating working relationships. Rather than fighting the “gig economy,” companies should embrace it. That might mean bringing in some... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
an organizational innovation still in progress can be taken elsewhere and maintain essential ingredients while also accommodating local and state differences. It raises questions about the necessary conditions for diffusion and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 25, 2006
premia, real interest rates and inflation. The variation in investment opportunities is captured by a flexible vector autoregressive parameterization, which readily accommodates a large number of assets and state variables. We find that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne