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December 2008 (Revised July 2010)
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TravelCenters of America

By: Robin Greenwood, Daniel Jacob Goldberg and James Quinn

A New York-based hedge fund must decide whether to invest in TravelCenters of America (TA), a recent spin-off from a U.S.-based real estate investment trust. The case confronts students with the question: To what extent is this spin-off opportunity attractive from a... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Investment; Valuation; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; United States

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February 2000 (Revised August 2000)
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Priceline.com: Name Your Own Price

By: Robert J. Dolan

Priceline.com is a new concept shifting the setting of price from sellers to buyers. The company aspires to use its patented process of advertising units of demand at named prices to suppliers in many categories. This case focuses on its initial use in the airline... View Details

Keywords: Price; Internet and the Web; Marketing; Emerging Markets; Travel Industry; Travel Industry; United States

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14 Feb 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco

Starting this past fall and continuing through the coming year, Dean Srikant Datar is traveling to meet with alumni around the world. On Thursday, February 9, nearly 250 San Francisco Bay Area alumni gathered to celebrate and connect with... View Details

06 Oct 2022
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On the Road to Recovery

Alejandro Moreno (MBA 1988) didn’t know much about travel nursing when he met a fellow entrepreneur by chance at a child’s birthday party in 2003. The man was considering starting a new business providing staffing assistance to hospitals... View Details

Keywords: Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Nursing and Residential Care Facilities; Health, Social Assistance

01 Sep 2005
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Around the World with HBS

The 2006 alumni travel program spans the globe, from Mayan ruins and Cambodian temples to insider tours of Casablanca and Buenos Aires. See the sights and soak up the culture along with other HBS alums, family, and friends. Here are the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Mar 2005
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Deal Me In

great regimen for business travelers or for everyday conditioning. “People find it empowering knowing they can get a great workout by using nothing more than their own body weight.” View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

06 Dec 2021
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Wheels Up

Bit by bit, people are flying again. At Dublin Airport, travel is down from a record 33 million passengers in 2019 to a forecasted 8 to 9 million in 2021. Still, it’s a start—and travelers in and out of... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

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1.3 Academic Calendar | MBA

Term) May 5 – 8, 2025 RC Exam Period Continues April 30 – May 2, 2025 Required EC Bridges April 30, 2025 End of EC Spring Term May 9 – 11, 2025 RC FIELD Global Capstone (CAP) Travel May 12 - 19, 2025 RC FIELD Global Capstone (CAP) May 20... View Details

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Awards | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

report it on their taxes. All approved budget line items eligible for grant funding will be the sent by email to the team leader with the subject line "SE Independent Project - Application Status", along with the total team grant amount. To request changes to budget... View Details

01 Mar 2012
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1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners

Market Research: Forty-two MBA students traveled to Accra, Ghana, where this team spent time at a local market. The world became HBS students’ classroom in January as the entire first-year class spent a week learning hands-on what it... View Details

Keywords: Professor Youngme Moon; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

John S. Reed

of the first to proliferate ATMs) and through shrewd cost management, Reed posted stellar financial returns which set the stage for the firm's eventual merger with The Travelers Group. View Details

Keywords: Finance

19 Jun 2019
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Connecting Patients and Providers

Greg Jarzabek (PLD 21, 2016) was living in London and working in finance when his mother was diagnosed with terminal pancreatic cancer in her native Poland. Jarzabek wanted to reach out to doctors around the world to review and discuss his mother’s case. So, he and his... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2014
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The New Venture Competition's Digital Democracy

The annual alumni New Venture Competition (NVC) is giving the power to the people. As in past years, the HBS regional alumni clubs held local qualifying rounds, producing a dozen or more NVC finalists. But instead of traveling to Boston... View Details

Keywords: New Venture Competition

16 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

Report from China: The New Entrepreneurs

Travel Dates: June 11-18 Travel Party: Fifteen people, including nine faculty members. Locations: The cities of Beijing, Hangzhou, and Shanghai. Companies and institutions visited include Tsinghua Science... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

07 May 2018
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What I Learned from Visiting All 54 African Countries

Photo courtesy of Francis Tapon Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on SoundCloud More Skydeck episodes Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) was off to a bright tech career after HBS, working at a Silicon Valley startup before stints at Hitachi and Microsoft. But his penchant for View Details

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1.5 Attendance | MBA

required to select the reason that is most consistent with why they will not be present in class on that particular day. For example, if a student will miss a class because they are traveling on the same day as an event or obligation... View Details

01 Jun 2002
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Fellowship Dinner Brings Students and Donors Together

Warren Luke (MBA '70) (center) traveled from Hawaii to meet the six K.J. Luke fellows. (photos by Stuart Cahill) Warren Luke (MBA '70) (center) traveled from Hawaii to meet the six K.J. Luke fellows. (photos... View Details

Keywords: Management

01 Mar 2005
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South Africa Explorer

South Africa Explorer: January 2005 South Africa photos See our photo archive of past Alumni Travel programs Imagine spending New Year’s Eve in the bush of South Africa, tables decked out in white linen, dinner cooked over an open fire... View Details

Keywords: Christine Sullivan; Hospitality

01 Dec 2007
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Fall Reunions

See more Reunion photography The vibrant colors of a classic New England fall greeted more than 1,600 alumni and guests who traveled to campus in late September to attend reunion celebrations for the MBA Classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977,... View Details

Keywords: reunions; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Apr 2002
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Dean Clark Visits Alumni in Europe

Dean Clark Visits Alumni in Europe In January, Dean Kim B. Clark traveled to Paris, London, and Frankfurt to update HBS alumni on the School’s European Research Initiative as well as on key activities back at Soldiers Field. His stop... View Details

Keywords: Alumni outreach; European Research Initiative; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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