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  • Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit in a Consumer Society

in the early nineteenth century, it also had to adapt to the rise of a mature industrial economy toward the end of the century. The spread of large-scale mechanized production meant the availability of new... View Details
  • Web

Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

Rakhimbayev, IQanat sought to address the stark disparity between academic resources in urban and rural parts of the country. The foundation developed mentorship programs and built a flagship school which admitted 100 View Details
  • 21 Aug 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

and nonprofit organizations. Barrett discussed her new HBS working paper, published with Professor James Austin and Sheila McCarthy, on "Cross-Sector Collaboration: Lessons from the International Trachoma Initiative." Diana... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 07 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 7, 2007

market clearinghouses around the world, and have recently been implemented in school choice systems in Boston and New York City. In addition, the study of markets that have failed in ways that can be fixed with centralized View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 05 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025)

range of elective options from both schools. What was your background before attending Harvard Business School? I was a helicopter pilot! Upon graduating from West Point in 2014, I commissioned as an Army aviation officer. My service brought me from frigid upstate... View Details
  • 16 Jul 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

producers who supply the industry. Equally hit are supply chain partners who move goods across the country. "It’s going to take some time to retool operating models to be able to succeed in this new environment.” Coming into 2020,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage
  • Web

Systems Integration - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

suburban sites are less expensive than providing the same care in an urban tertiary care facility. The strategy for regional expansion needs to be based on the essential value principles of achieving the best outcomes at the lowest cost.... View Details
  • 30 Jun 2009
  • First Look

First Look: June 30

theorists differ as to whether exploitation undermines or enhances exploration. The debate reflects a gap—the missing theoretical mechanism by which organizations break free of old routines and discover new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 Feb 2016
  • First Look

February 2, 2016

that accounting research would benefit from a greater focus on the study of causal mechanisms (or causal pathways), increased emphasis on structural modeling of the phenomena of interest, and more in-depth descriptive research. We argue... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 29 Mar 2022
  • Book

5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries

years. That’s a lot of war, natural disaster, and political turmoil to survive. The new book Leadership to Last: How Great Leaders Leave Legacies Behind looks at the ingredients of long-lasting businesses in South Asia, focusing... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Events - Business History

regimes in developing Asia: Indonesia under Suharto's New Order, Malaysia under the Barisan Nasional, and China under the Chinese Communist Party." It shows how "all three regimes enjoyed periods of high growth and supposed alliances... View Details
  • 07 Dec 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

government in making it a success. "Particularly during the early years, the government played a critical role in shaping Silicon Valley," especially spending and funding from the U.S. Department of Defense, writes HBS professor Josh Lerner in his View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
  • 27 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Family CEOs Spend Less Time at Work

in India, especially in urban areas, is that when the monsoons hit, water fills the streets, leading to a lot of congestion," Sadun explains. "Traffic becomes a nightmare. It's like dealing with the worst snowstorm in Boston." According... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • Web

Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

innovation hub in Allston that encourages our students and faculty to explore and nurture ideas that lead to new knowledge, new products, new services and perhaps even View Details
  • February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
  • Case

Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad

The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,... View Details
Keywords: Budgets and Budgeting; Development Economics; Construction; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Investment Return; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Philadelphia
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  • November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
  • Case

Allston: Brand vs. Architecture

By: Andre F. Perold, Arthur I Segel and Christopher M. Gordon
Harvard President Lawrence Summers had presided over the final interviews of world-renowned architects being considered for the science complex planned for Harvard's expanded campus in Allston. The selection process had absorbed nine months in 2005 and amplified the... View Details
Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Brands and Branding; Design; Urban Development; Selection and Staffing; Construction Industry; Boston
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Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project

Lisle, IL Subjects: AP U.S. Government, College Prep/Honors U.S. History NC Scott Nolt Gray Stone Day School Misenheimer, NC NE Brittney Norton Boys Town High School Boys Town, NE ID Toni Norton New Vision High School Post Falls, ID NY... View Details
  • April 2016
  • Case

Detroit: On the Right Track?

By: Jan W. Rivkin and Manjari Raman
As this case opens in 2012, a cross-sector alliance to bring new rail transport to the Motor City seems about to collapse, and civic leaders have one last chance to save it. The case covers the rise of Detroit, the city’s devastating fall, and the ongoing potential... View Details
Keywords: Urban Development; Rail Transportation; Infrastructure; Transportation Industry; Michigan
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  • 07 May 2014
  • What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

obvious that we must tax the hell out of vacant properties and/or urban land speculation?" Others suggested non-tax solutions. One such proposal was put forth by Mok Tuck Sung: "(The wealthy) should be encouraged to participate... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 11 Jan 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 11

painful, difficult journey. It's trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey. At best, they just learn to get by. At worst, they become terrible bosses. This new book... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne