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11 Mar 2024
News

In Harmony

the United States—has received multiple award nominations. Kim and his wife, Kyung-ah Park, are fluent in both cultures, traveling frequently between Seoul and New York City, where Kim serves on the boards of the Metropolitan Museum of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photograph by Jun Michael Park

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

TripAdvisor, which doesn't have such accountability. On the other hand, Luca approves of the more extensive options that TripAdvisor provides for sorting and categorizing reviews of hotels—for example, business travelers can find reviews... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 May 2013
News

Thomas S. Volpe, MBA 1976

early stages of numerous successful start-ups, including Genentech’s dramatic public launch in 1980. Currently, Volpe continues to invest in entrepreneurial ventures, serves on numerous boards, and travels frequently to the Middle East on... View Details

01 Sep 2021
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Can We Train for Trust?

the speed of trust.” It could hardly be more true than in a business like Airbnb. Its platform, which brings those with rooms and travelers together, relies on a triangle of trust between the company, its landlords, and traveler-renters,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Jan 2010
News

James Dimon, MBA 1982

Salomon Smith Barney, the Travelers Group, and Citigroup, which he helped build into the world’s largest financial services company through tight management and astute mergers. Both Dimon’s father and grandfather worked as stockbrokers,... View Details

07 May 2020
Research & Ideas

The One Good Thing Caused by COVID-19: Innovation

change mitigation (as travel is diminished and virtual work infrastructures expand), risk assessment and emergency responses in hazardous environments, and large-scale biosafety, allowing our economic infrastructure to grow stronger as it... View Details

Keywords: by Hong Luo and Alberto Galasso

16 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business

we need far fewer face-to-face meetings than we thought. I think the productivity benefits could be quite big. The companies that will lose: travel businesses, such as airlines and hotels. We may discover we just don’t need to View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

10 Oct 2023
Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

maintenance technicians in the next two years, primarily from communities that are disproportionately affected by environmental issues.[81] In a similar vein, the company Volta has created an infrastructure planning software called PredictEV to help governments... View Details

01 Dec 2004
News

Marquis Jet Takes Off

Allard: a three-year ascent to $240 million in revenues. Photo Courtesy Marquis Jet Marquis Jet may be flying high today, but just three years ago it was far from clear that the New York–based company’s innovative approach to private-jet View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Air Transportation; Transportation

14 Feb 2019
Blog Post

LOVE At HBS

unexpected places. Tom and I met while we were traveling in Europe over the summer. After spending an unbelievable week together, he headed to Madrid to finish his master’s and I moved to Boston to start HBS. I wasn’t sure if I would ever... View Details

05 Feb 2019
News

The First Five Years: Karan Shah (MBA 2016)

further acquisitions to take PCL to the next level! With the ever-changing industry that we operate in, I look forward to the new challenges along this journey.” Can you tell us about MAYU and what motivated you and your wife to launch it? “My wife, Mayura, and I are... View Details

01 Mar 2005
News

Turkish Delight

time between Brookline, Massachusetts, and a “base of operations” in Paris that makes it easier for Gadiesh to travel for work. After leaving Bain in 1984, Byford put his entrepreneurial talents to work, launching two electronics... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

13 Jun 2011
HBS Case

Mobile Banking for the Unbanked

of the population lives in rural areas, but the majority of bank branches and jobs are in the cities. To send money home, a city worker had to seal his wages in an envelope and pay a courier to travel for hours to the village.... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking; Communications; Telecommunications

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Industry Information - Alumni

recruitment and job seeking opportunities for professionals in the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industries. + – Hospitality Hospitality - General SmartBriefs – Travel Newsletter digest of hospitality industry headlines produced in... View Details

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Drew Keller

took off! What is your favorite childhood memory? Thankfully I have a lot to choose from. But I think my all-time favorite memory is a day I spent with my parents and sister on Lake Powell in Utah, in the middle of a trip we took View Details

23 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

All Those Zoom Meetings May Boost Connection and Curb Loneliness

experience called “Learn About Space with an Astronomer,” a virtual tour hosted by a science expert. Since the pandemic curtailed travel, Airbnb had pioneered a concept called Online Experiences to let would-be travelers experience some... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Stuck in Commuter Hell? You Can Still Be Productive

Employees should think about work on the way to work by mentally mapping out a plan for their day. By using the travel time as an opportunity to get into the work mindset, employees are giving themselves a chance to make an easier mental... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Feb 2019
Research & Ideas

Rocket-tunity: Can Private Firms Turn a Profit in Space?

ground, investors could pull funding for a variety of reasons—not the least of which is the inconsistent pace with which human space travel has progressed following the shuttering of the Space Shuttle program by NASA in 2011. Can... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Wallask; Aerospace; Tourism; Transportation

03 Jun 2022
Research & Ideas

In a Work-from-Anywhere World, How Remote Will Workers Go?

“I think the digital nomads are probably more likely to be Millennials, early career workers who want to travel the world and work, or empty nesters,” Choudhury says. Several countries, including Croatia, Estonia, Germany, Mexico, Norway,... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin

01 Jan 2004
News

D. Ronald Daniel, MBA 1954

off to meet with older client executives, Marvin insisted that we all wear hats during our travels to and from the firm. The only non-American among us was a Brit." Daniel made his mark as part of the team that advised Mobil Oil. That... View Details

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