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23 Aug 2019
Blog Post

A Summer of Peaks and Swells: Interning at Patagonia

Before arriving to Harvard Business School, I had built my career around bringing crazy ideas to life at Google in a variety of operations, strategy, and design roles. I was surrounded by incredible people,... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail

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Time, Not Money, Buys You Happiness. Here’s How to Get More of It.

January 2016 (Revised March 2016)
Case

Whither the Weather (Company): Forecasting 2016

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jonathan Cohen

CEO David Kenny led the transformation of the Weather Company from a television business to a Big Data technology company from 2012 until 2016, when IBM acquired its digital assets. This case discusses major decisions taken by Kenny starting in 2014 as he sought to... View Details

Keywords: Weather Company; IBM; Digital; Technology; David Kenny; Television; Weather Channel; Legacy Business; Mainstream; Newstream; Reorganization; Acquisitions; Transformation; Information Technology; Television Entertainment; Acquisition; Consolidation; Change; Leadership

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02 Feb 2011
Working Paper Summaries

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter; Financial Services

June 2012
Case

Aman Resorts (Abridged)

By: Eugene Soltes and Aldo Sesia

This case describes the operating model and philosophy of this high-end set of global properties. Aman relies on employees taking considerable initiative to deliver the highest quality personalized service in the hospitality industry. The case also highlights Aman's... View Details

Keywords: Global Business; Management Skills; Performance Appraisals; Customer Service; Incentives; Hospitality; Globalized Firms and Management; Business Model; Employees; Service Delivery; Customer Focus and Relationships; Business Strategy; Accommodations Industry

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27 Feb 2023

HBS Coffee Chats at University of South Carolina

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Come learn more... View Details

26 Sep 2023

HBS Information Session at University of Central Florida

Do you know where an MBA can take you? Open your mind to the breadth of career opportunities available in business and feel the flexibility of the MBA degree. Come learn more... View Details

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

ripple through the balance sheets of businesses and households alike. Indeed, after years of debate, Congress recently took aim at drug prices through provisions in the... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

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Future Positive - Managing the Future of Work

uncertainty due to many forces of change as they attempt to prepare the workforce of the future. To navigate the headwinds, employers must be more discerning in their strategic choices. As they fight the... View Details

01 Feb 1999
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Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

include whether high-performance Asian companies can provide a business model for success in the region, the role of accounting infrastructure in transitional economies, restructuring diversified View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

18 Jun 2014
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Behind GE's Vision For The Industrial Internet Of Things

11 Mar 2024
Blog Post

ClimateCAP and the Bonus of Climate Educator Collaboration

insight to my role leading the Business and Environment Initiative at HBS. We’re a group labeled as “Educators” at the Summit – center directors, initiative leaders, faculty – who are there not only to learn from our students and the... View Details

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Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World - Global Activities 2020

Asia Pacific Bringing a Taste of Japan to the World Pictured: Masato Nakamura and Yasu Sasago (both MBA 2020), at far right, with team members at the 2019 pop-up ramen event in Cambridge. For world traveler Yasu Sasago (MBA 2020), being... View Details

01 Jun 1996
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HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors: President's Report

conferences!), the local alumni business network has succeeded in attracting business leaders and experts who are right in the thick of the issues at hand; and, as one might... View Details

Keywords: Cathy Connett

21 Feb 2019