Place - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

places to open up shop; Alcácer says it's a mistake to allow low costs to completely override other factors. "You should not only think about whether there's a market there or cheaper labor," he says. "You also have to... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Sep 2005
Research & Ideas

The Best Place for Retirement Funds

on asset location issues. He has a theoretical paper arguing that households that face a risk of becoming unemployed should hold risk-free assets outside of their tax-deferred accounts. This advice goes counter to the tax-efficient strategy of View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen

March 2024
Article

Being Together in Place as a Catalyst for Scientific Advance

By: Eamon Duede, Misha Teplitskiy, Karim R. Lakhani and James Evans

The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated social distancing at every level of society, including universities and research institutes, raising essential questions concerning the continuing importance of physical proximity for scientific and scholarly advance. Using customized... View Details

Keywords: Geographic Location; Power and Influence; Body of Literature; Research

Citation

Read Now

31 Mar 2011
News

The U.S. places long bets on energy innovation

07 Nov 2021
News

Companies that Pivot Are Best Placed to Prosper

17 Nov 2020
News

2020’s Best Places to Shop on Black Friday

09 Jan 2012
News

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

26 Jul 2008
News

Stefan Stern on Jack Welch's place in history

June 1984
Case

Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Citation

Find at Harvard

10 May 2015
News

Wearable technology finds its place on campus

November 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Case

Starbucks: Reaffirming Commitment to the Third Place Ideal

By: Francesca Gino, Katherine B. Coffman and Jeff Huizinga

On April 12, 2018, two African American entrepreneurs had scheduled a business meeting at a Starbucks in Philadelphia’s Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. They sat without ordering, waiting for a local businessman to show up for the meeting. The store manager called 911... View Details

Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Values and Beliefs; Prejudice and Bias; Crisis Management; Employees; Training

Citation

Educators

Purchase

March 2006 (Revised April 2006)
Case

International Place (A): Boston Real Estate Playoff

First International Place, one of Boston's premier office buildings, was the subject of a control contest in 2005, as the New York real estate firm Tishman Speyer purchased the mortgage on the property through a sealed bid auction process and then sought to foreclose... View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Mortgages; Auctions; Insolvency and Bankruptcy

Citation

Find at Harvard

18 Jul 2011
News

Google antitrust watchers: Place your bets, please

06 Jun 2022
News

Trust: How and Why Companies Should Be Good Places to Come From

31 Jan 2012
News

Are 'The Best Places to Work' really the best?

Jun 12 2014
Testimonial

A Place Employees Are Proud to Call Home

23 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Looking for CEOs in All the Wrong Places

CEO search," adds Khurana. "For example, a candidate's loyalty and trust would immediately become suspect should his or her employer, investors, or the public learn that discussions were taking place with another company. Using... View Details

Keywords: by Peter K. Jacobs; Employment