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01 Sep 2016
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The Taxi Wars of Jakarta

Jakarta has a reputation as an impenetrable place. Viewed from atop one of the many business hotels in the center of the city, the Indonesian capital is a sea of gray stretching into the haze. No one knows for sure how big metropolitan... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Hutton; Illustrations by Josh Cochran

03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City

thousands of abandoned homes, needs more housing The Detroit economy was already wavering when the Cummings family arrived. By early 1992, Detroit’s debt rating would be cut to junk bond status. From an investor’s point of view, the city... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

02 Sep 2018
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Havana Rising

requirement for operating in the country—sometimes requires creativity. A recent umbrella order took about three months to fill (“I guess there are no umbrellas in Cuba”), and even something as common as room upgrades requires oversight View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photographed by Eve North

16 May 2017
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Facing the Board

It may have been a year—or 50—since the six dozen Harvard Business School alumni gathered in an Aldrich Hall classroom Monday morning had dug into a case study. However, once they got over the initial fear of being cold called by... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; photos by Susan Young; Blackrock; The Boardroom

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venture investor. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Arkitekt Ventures, an early stage Health + Bio investment firm with the mission to improve and advance human health. Recognized by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top Ten... View Details

February 2013
Case

Diamond Foods, Inc.

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray

The Diamonds Foods, Inc. case describes the major accounting blow up at the company in late 2011 that was triggered by a report by Off Wall Street, a prominent short selling research firm. Diamond Foods, a high flying growth company in 2011, grew from a walnut farmers'... View Details

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09 Mar 2023
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Where Will You Be in 30 Years: Behind the Scenes of the 5 Big Life Decisions Documentary

that time, what accomplishments they will be most proud of, where they will live, and whose lives will be impacted by their personal and professional presence. Fred Singer (MBA 1992) and Tori Hackett (MBA 1994) asked themselves these same... View Details

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

Caregiving Joseph Fuller Podcast The Caring Company Joseph Fuller & Sheila Marcelo 16 JAN 2019 | Managing the Future of Work Almost a third of workers—and more senior executives—say their careers have been adversely affected by caregiving... View Details

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Events - Creating Emerging Markets

conference, organized by Geoff Jones and Tarun Khanna, focused on the intersection of oral history, business, and the Global South, offering a unique space for interdisciplinary discussions. Dec 15 15 DEC 2023 Zoom Using Oral History in... View Details

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The Chao Center: The Heart of HBS Executive Education

dropped off at many buildings throughout campus: Chao, Spangler, Shad, Aldrich (Security Desk), and Rock Center. In the Chao Center, you can drop tests off in the gray bins in the lobby, by the Ruth Chao... View Details

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Additional Outdoor Sculpture | About

More Contemporary Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition 2017-2018 This exhibition was made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Louise Bourgeois (The Easton Foundation), Jaume Plensa (Richard View Details

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Peter Gumulia

management is only one piece of the puzzle. I wanted to get closer to the decision making – which ultimately led me to business.” After college, Peter turned to management consulting with a two-year stint at Bain & Co in the US and the Middle East, followed View Details

16 Nov 2010
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The HBS Tunnels

escape routes for Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (MBA ’39) and Alabama Governor George Wallace during student protests and covert entry for police into student-occupied University Hall during antiwar protests in 1968. By contrast, HBS... View Details

Keywords: Keith Larson

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Jaume Plensa Inés 2013 | About

Lettres, awarded by the French Ministry of Culture, in 1993. In 2009, he won the Mash Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture for his work Dream . In Spain, he received the National Prize for Fine Art in 2012 and the prestigious... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

scale, and achieve meaningful progress on climate solutions . Through expert panels, case discussions, and networking, participants considered the role of the firm, individual business leaders, and HBS, as well as new business and investment opportunities. The... View Details

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C. Ludens Ringnes Sculpture Collection | About

Schwartz Common | Learn More Ursula von Rydingsvard Elegantka II, 2013–14 / 2016 — Schwartz Common | Learn More 2021 – 2023 This exhibition is made possible by the generosity of the artists and galleries, including Melvin Edwards... View Details

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The Gift of Global Talent

continues to grow, the three core approaches taken by corporations so far offer a playbook for companies that find themselves outside the action in today’s concentrated innovation geography. How can companies most effectively harness the... View Details

Portrait Project

Karen Sein

I used to see the world in black and white, circumscribed by the steadfast principles my parents taught me: work hard, do good, live humbly. As I grew up, the edges of my monochromatic world peeled away, revealing ashen fog and sallow... View Details

05 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

incumbent Assad regime. Our results show, first, that refugees are far more likely to agree to a ceasefire proposed by a civilian as opposed to one proposed by armed actors from either the Syrian government... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

subnational regions have gained increasing attention both as a level of analysis and as a level for policy making. This chapter aims to explore what this new context implies for the role of regional governments. It is motivated by a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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