Hotels - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

the most? I’ve taken different skills from different places. I spent some time at a small entrepreneurial venture in Dallas, where I had hands-on experience in manufacturing, supply chain, and selling. I worked for a while as a hotel... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio accessories; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

20 Oct 2014
Research & Ideas

Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?

Let's say you build an invitation-only social network for high net-worth individuals. American Express could probably do it for their platinum card members. If I'm a platinum card member, the kind of hotels and travel experiences I look... View Details

Keywords: Re: John A. Deighton & Sunil Gupta; Publishing; Financial Services

11 Dec 2006
Research & Ideas

Fixing Price Tag Confusion

box, and the remote. Your breakfast-included hotel bill still features separate prices for bed and for breakfast. Partitioning should only be used by those sellers who want to sensitize people to a secondary benefit that might otherwise... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

02 Jun 2019
News

A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy

Illustration by Decue Wu HBS professor Deepak Malhotra recalls the moment he learned about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a tragedy that took the lives of 20 first-graders and six staff members on December 14, 2012. “I had... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

Exploration of Luxury Hotels in Tanzania Authors:Diego A. Comin Abstract Tourism is a tradable service activity that could allow some African countries to generate significant growth. Tanzania, given its unique natural assets, is an ideal... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

and also serves on the boards of the USAA, Fluence, Host Hotels & Resorts, and more. Ann Lucena (MBA 2012) serves on the Board of Directors of Cerus Corporation (NASDAQ: CERS), FeedbackNow, and more. Kristy Cunningham (MBA 1998) has... View Details

30 May 2025
News

Galas in NYC and Mexico City; NFL Coach Shares Leadership Insights in Charlotte

HBS Club of Mexico Celebrates Connection with Gala Dinner The HBS Club of Mexico joined the Harvard Club of Mexico in celebrating the latter’s 75th anniversary with the Harvard Gala Mexico, held on May 12 at the Club de Industriales in Mexico City. Approximately 275... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

10 May 2022
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2022

2008 terrorist strikes in Mumbai, when we had 30 employees in the two hotels that were targeted. Looking back, it’s those trials by fire that reinforce the importance of always, always relying on the expertise of one’s team.” Downtime: “I... View Details

15 Apr 2017
News

Bringing Markets to Myanmar

in conflict. Yangon was the only large city and was like a time capsule from the past. When we got to the hotel in Yangon, for the first breakfast, my wife and I got into a conversation with the waiter, a very bright, animated young man.... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government

28 Mar 2018
Blog Post

Event Planning for Recruiting Success - Part 1

optimize your time and choose an effective event format? Is a Company Presentation right for us? At HBS, Company Presentations are held either off-campus at a local hotel or restaurant or on-campus in a classroom. Our classrooms seat up... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Jul 2020
Blog Post

Why Plume? To Make a Difference in the World

spent five hours on Christmas Eve in a hotel restaurant with one of the co-founders connecting over our passion for the space. It just so happened that we were both home in North Carolina for the holidays. In fact, both of the co-founders... View Details

01 Dec 1996
News

An Entrepreneurial Journey

Steven B. Belkin (MBA '71) began his highly successful travel and financial services marketing enterprise, Trans National Group, a few years out of HBS. G. Peter Bidstrup (MBA '59) started to put together the Doubletree Hotel chain in the... View Details

30 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Tuning Jobs to Fit Your Company

vital to strategy implementation (for example, at exclusive hotel chains) or when the organizational design is highly complex because of sophisticated technologies and a complex value chain (in aerospace or computers, for instance). In... View Details

Keywords: by Robert Simons

01 Sep 2007
News

Ali Allawi

I stayed in a hotel until the house was ready for occupancy. But then as the security situation deteriorated, I made a decision not to live in the Green Zone. I didn’t want to be associated with the kind of bubble environment that emerged... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

10 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 10

evaluate Patron's alternatives: IPO the platform, seek a strategic investor, or sell the platform outright. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/213069-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 212-003 The Paris Opera Hotel Real estate... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Nov 2009
HBS Case

Customer Feedback Not on elBulli’s Menu

of an elBulli hotel and a chain of reasonably priced restaurants called Fast Good. But what is the balance between leveraging the Adrià/elBulli brand and breaking its core meaning? In a classroom discussion of first-year Marketing... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Food & Beverage

01 Dec 2020
News

The Complete Package

school, she got a job in a hotel sales department and decided to defer her education. Two years later, Pfizer headhunted Chong. She didn’t know the number of chambers in the heart, she admitted during her interview with the pharmaceutical... View Details

Keywords: April White; entrepreneurship; sustainability; packaging; leadership; women; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2001
News

Navigating Success in Volatile Times

participants to the Plaza Hotel in New York City. The 2001 program featured six panel discussions and five keynote addresses and provided a multidimensional exploration of the changing landscape for personal and professional development.... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Finance

10 Feb 2015
First Look

First Look: February 10

the industry. The case also follows Nino's development of an online platform to crowdsource design for his crowdfunded buildings, maximizing shared value throughout the development process. Nino faces many challenges as he attempts to crowdfund an extended stay View Details