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- September 2011 (Revised March 2014)
- Case
Airbnb
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Evan W. Richardson
Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia, and Nathan Blecharczyk, the three founders of Airbnb, an online private accommodation rental market, stared at each other across the kitchen table in their San Francisco apartment. It was March of 2009. A single sheet of paper sat on the table... View Details
- 22 May 2019
- Blog Post
What is FIELD Global Immersion?
low-income housing in India, develop new financial services for unbanked consumers in Morocco, and determine how to improve access to medical care for patients in Brazil. Once projects are proposed by potential Global Partners, the Global... View Details
- Web
Ways to Give Today - Alumni
applied. How to Make a Gift Contact: Lenka Roper British Friends of Harvard Business School St James House Vicar Lane Sheffield S1 2EX Telephone: 44 0207 025 1611 Email: info@bfhbs.org The necessary forms for Gift Aid self-declaration... View Details
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The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
madness that consumed Florida investors: city lots in Miami were bought and sold as many as ten times in a single day. The received wisdom holds that a 1926 hurricane pricked the bubble, but house price indices and construction data... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Money Does Grow on (Family) Trees
of more than 160,000 members and about 1,000 volunteers ready to welcome the Irish diaspora, estimated at 70 million people worldwide. “A volunteer brings you down and shows you the house your people were born in. They show you the land... View Details
- 15 May 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Barriers to Household Risk Management: Evidence from India
- January 2017 (Revised December 2017)
- Case
Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?
By: Steven Rogers and Kenneth J. Cooper
Carmichael Roberts, a rare African-American venture capitalist, considered leaving his general partnership in a private equity firm near Boston and setting up his own in 2015. He weighed whether the timing was right, with the economy still not fully recovered from the... View Details
Keywords: Venture Capital; Equity; Innovation And Invention; Investment; Ownership; Science; Science Bassed Business; Markets; Relationships; Capital; Private Equity; Technological Innovation; Investment Return; Going Public; Ownership Stake; Science-Based Business; Market Timing; Marketplace Matching; Partners and Partnerships; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston; California; San Francisco; New York (city, NY)
Rogers, Steven, and Kenneth J. Cooper. "Carmichael Roberts: To Create a Private Equity Firm?" Harvard Business School Case 317-079, January 2017. (Revised December 2017.)
- 2018
- Chapter
Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence
By: Geoffrey Jones
This chapter explores the British experience in a volume which examines the historical evolution of business groups in developed Western economies. The chapter argues that during the nineteenth century British merchant houses established business groups with... View Details
Keywords: Business Groups; Conglomerates; Globalization; Entrepreneurship; Business History; Organizations; Business Conglomerates; United Kingdom
Jones, Geoffrey. "Britain: Global Legacy and Domestic Persistence." Chap. 5 in Business Groups in the West: Origins, Evolution, and Resilience, edited by Asli M. Colpan and Takashi Hikino, 123–146. New York: Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Web
HBS - The year in Review
staff with an eye toward identifying and responding to trends. Faculty Total 322 Female 28% Minority 28% Staff Total 1,325 Female 65% Minority 26% More Key Faculty & Staff Metrics Cash House Dedication On April 11, 2022, James I. Cash,... View Details
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Bankruptcy | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Editorial Cartoon. Courtesy of CagleCartoons.com. Lehman Brothers Building, September 15, 2008. Photo by Nicolas Roberts/AFP/Getty Images. Lehman Brothers sign taken into Auction House in London, September 24, 2010. Courtesy of AP... View Details
- February 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Supplement
Lincoln Financial Group (C)
LFG reorganizes its business in order to improve customer intimacy. However, to implement the strategy, they need to effect significant changes in the skills of their salespeople. This case series straddles human resource management, corporate strategy, and sales... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Salesforce Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Financial Services Industry
Godes, David B., and David Lane. "Lincoln Financial Group (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 508-030, February 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- 16 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Gray Markets and Multinational Transfer Pricing
Keywords: by Romana L. Autrey & Francesco Bova
- 2020
- Working Paper
Bankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis
By: Jialan Wang, Jeyul Yang, Benjamin Iverson and Raymond Kluender
We examine the impact of the COVID-19 economic crisis on business and consumer bankruptcies in the United States using real-time data on the universe of filings. Historically, bankruptcies have closely tracked the business cycle and contemporaneous unemployment rates.... View Details
Keywords: Bankruptcy; Financial Distress; COVID-19; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Crisis; Health Pandemics; United States
Wang, Jialan, Jeyul Yang, Benjamin Iverson, and Raymond Kluender. "Bankruptcy and the COVID-19 Crisis." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-041, September 2020.
- 04 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
Introverts: The Best Leaders for Proactive Employees
named interim White House chief of staff, replacing the extraverted Rahm Emanuel. Barely known outside of Washington circles, Rouse is a quiet politician who seems to eschew the public eye, preferring instead to hunker down and deal with... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Policies, Rules & Guidelines | About
for students to bring an attitude of openness and experimentation to their learning, and because our pedagogy often requires students to speak in class and take positions on topics not of their choosing, we are providing additional clarity on non-attribution, modeled... View Details
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FAQs - Doctoral
to management and business research on cutting-edge topics. In addition to free housing and meals for the summer, PRIMO will be beneficial in a number of ways: Significant interactions with HBS faculty will allow students to gain an... View Details
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HBS - The year in Review
Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation Ed Cordell, The Juilliard School Afroza Damji, MassChallenge Kyler Evitt, Year Up Liza Gaylord, Boston Ballet Nina Harstad, Equal Justice Initiative Vi Mai, MBTA Alejandro Molina, White House National... View Details
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 05 Jul 2023
- News
GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center
Lootah says The House will be more than a place to meet; it will be a think tank fostering the exchange of cutting-edge ideas that will positively impact the region. "The House will further enhance the HBS... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Jan 2023
- In Practice
8 Trends to Watch in 2023
As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman