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16 Jan 2025
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Alumni Career Journey: Sophie Levin (MS/MBA 2022) - How Risk Can Be the Key to a Sustainable Future

excited about? Having lived in many cities, I find myself drawn to the built environment. Not only are we upgrading our current cities, but we’re building new cities to accommodate a changing global population. The UN predicts the world's... View Details

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The Market Design and Policy of Online Review Platforms

By: Benjamin Edelman

I present the institutions and incentives of online reviews, including attracting initial reviews, assuring truthful reviews of genuine experiences, and avoiding inflated or deceptive reviews. I also explore the competition and consumer protection concerns associated... View Details

Keywords: Reviews; Reputation; Platforms; Marketplaces; Deception; Market Design; Multi-Sided Platforms; Law; Online Technology; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry; Accommodations Industry

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July 2017
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Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts (B)

By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal

The case examines the aftermath of the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners acquisition of Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and hotel operator, from a private equity (PE) competitor, Apollo Global Management. View Details

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01 Sep 2013
News

See You There

Ruzwana Bashir (MBA 2011) has carved out a valuable niche in the travel-and-leisure business—one of the world's largest industries—with her online company, Peek. The start-up has earned Bashir plaudits as one of this year's "100 Most Creative People in Business,"... View Details

Keywords: Accommodation; Accommodation; Accommodation; Accommodation

04 Sep 2019
News

Case Study: Up in the Air

issues? At a minimum the Talent Alpha sales process has to identify clients that have robust project management processes to accommodate developers from the human cloud. Strong qualifications along these lines will stretch the seed... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

27 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 27

affiliated doctors whose medico-legal risk is higher than those practicing at the hospitals are coming under the RMF's umbrella. This case describes RMF's approach to risk management and the challenges its managers face in accommodating... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

firms ushered in increasingly accommodating policies to attract and retain staff. Turnover rates steadily decreased, while compensation expectations increased. This has fundamentally challenged the long-standing “up or out” model: As... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

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

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

with it. At the same time, we have made giant strides in methods of addressing nearly any problem one can imagine. Many are associated with the development of artificial intelligence (AI). In a nutshell, cloud-enabled data collection and storage can View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

would advocate a discontinuation of operations after attempting unsuccessfully to resist meeting government demands for private information. Some suggested more complex strategies. Among those in favor of staying and trying to reach some kind of View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

28 Jun 2016
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June 28, 2016

economic thought and contested antitrust law, ultimately tailoring federal policy to accommodate state regulations. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49787 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
News

Alumni Book Briefs

accommodate mobile employees. This book arms managers with the knowledge they need to become more effective virtual leaders, giving advice on what actions to take to increase far-flung employees’ dedication and engagement, develop or... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

12 Feb 2025
Blog Post

How risk can be the key to a sustainable future with Sophie Levin (MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences 2022)

excited about? Having lived in many cities, I find myself drawn to the built environment. Not only are we upgrading our current cities, but we’re building new cities to accommodate a changing global population. The UN predicts the world's... View Details

03 Jun 2015
What Do You Think?

Is the Time Right for Self-Management?

hours. When the meal-time rush hit, each associate moved to a job at which he or she was most accomplished-something they called "Aces in Your Places." Within minutes productivity rose 60 percent to accommodate the rush. Sales... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail

06 Sep 2024
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Harvard Business School Announces 2024 Goldsmith Fellows

One Acre Fund, leading operations serving nearly 1 million farmers. Her most recent responsibilities included building a stronger ‘know your customer’ process and credit score model to better assess and accommodate the risk associated... View Details

07 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Green-tech Entrepreneurship in India

international products often fail to accommodate the local nuances of climate, traffic, and regulatory dynamics. Log 9's commitment to customizing battery technology for the extreme heat and humid conditions common in India’s environment... View Details

01 Jun 2024
News

Crash Pad

blocky, mid-20th-century towers that represent the toughest cases. In the decades after World War II, as air-conditioning and fluorescent lighting became standard, floor plates grew to proportions that would accommodate trading floors and... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

01 Dec 1998
News

A Journey to Leadership: Luke O'Neill

the country, which would exchange students every few months, broadening the opportunities for hands-on, community-based learning. O'Neill and others at the school are at work refining its business and educational model to accommodate this... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

06 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Why Businesses Need a Language Strategy

Lost sales. Friction. Inefficiency. These are dirty words in the world of business, and they are inevitabilities for companies that don't watch their language, so to speak. Harvard Business School Associate Professor Tsedal Neeley believes that to View Details

Keywords: Re: Tsedal Neeley

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Rapid Response: Inside the Retailing Revolution

to demand uncertainty." To accommodate real-time demand and diminish the risks inherent in "perishable" inventories, retailers depend on timely information gleaned from technologies such as product bar codes, point-of-sale scanners at the... View Details

Keywords: by James E. Aisner; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail

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