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  • 15 Nov 2022
  • Book

Stop Ignoring Bad Behavior: 6 Tips for Better Ethics at Work

disagreed with it. The US Olympic Committee kept Larry Nassar as the gymnast team’s doctor even when it had reason to suspect he was sexually abusing young athletes. Catholic Church officials remained silent even when they knew some... View Details
Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

opposition. The trail of such failed deals is long; for examples, see here, here, and here. For instance, consider the award of the 2024 Olympics to Boston over Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Washington DC. Boston’s successful bid was... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction
  • 10 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

The COVID Two-Step for Leaders: Protect and Pivot

effective and efficient in the company’s core business. The focus is improvement, not exponential growth. Improvement is always possible. Yes, it may be small, but even extremely small improvements can be worthwhile. Look at the example of View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Katherine Connolly Baden
  • 20 Feb 2017
  • Research & Ideas

Having No Life is the New Aspirational Lifestyle

traditional status and luxury, featured a popular ad during the 2014 Winter Olympics in which a middle-aged actor sitting by the pool monologues: Why do we work so hard? For this? For stuff? Other countries, they work, they stroll home,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 20 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2018

Cirrus Foroughi, and Barbara Larson. Developing Novel Drugs This paper by Joshua Krieger and colleagues contributes to our understanding of how financing constraints affect the direction of innovation in drug development. After the Carnival: Key Factors to Enhance... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Oct 2009
  • First Look

First Look: October 14

evolves, CFJ has to decide how to respond. Purchase this supplement: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/710018-PDF-ENG The London 2012 Olympic Games Harvard Business School Case 510-039 It's 2009 and Paul Williamson, Head of Ticketing,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Jul 2010
  • First Look

First Look: July 7

Building the Water Cube Robert Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, and Dilyana KaradzhovaHarvard Business School Case 410-054 Arup, an engineering firm, collaborated with PTW Architects and China Construction Design Institute to develop a design for the 2008 Beijing Summer View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

Vancouver 2010 Olympics Harvard Business School Case 507-049 It is February 2007, exactly three years before Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics. Judy Rogers, City Manager for the City of Vancouver and a member of the Board of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

gang-controlled neighborhoods on the South Side of Chicago as well as his career experiences in both the public and private sector. These include stints at Harvard Business School, McKinsey, Goldman Sachs, the Chicago Olympics bid, and in... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 12 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 12

seek and how firms could deliver it. The result can be new revenue, increased customer satisfaction and loyalty, positive word of mouth, and cost savings. The multiyear process to price the 8 million tickets to the upcoming London 2012 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Aug 2021
  • Research & Ideas

Worried About the Great Resignation? Be a Good Company to Come From

employees so they would be viable candidates for jobs long after they left the company. It developed systems to promote employee innovation as well as offering flexible work options such as part time work so employees could focus on passion projects. (Recruit’s alumni... View Details
Keywords: by Sandra J. Sucher and Shalene Gupta
  • 17 Dec 2013
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First Look: December 17

Project Complexity and Systems Integration: Constructing the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games By: Davies, Andrew, and Ian Mackenzie Abstract—Our study of the London Olympics 2012 construction... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 31 Jul 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Faculty Reader: Who is Reading What This Summer?

eager to finally read Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James Brown. Brown chronicles how nine boys from working-class families won improbable gold in the 1936 Olympics, a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Information; Publishing
  • 10 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 10

teaming: gathering experts in temporary groups to solve problems they may be encountering for the first and only time. This flexible approach was essential to the completion of the Water Cube, the building that hosted swimming and diving events during the Beijing 2008... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 20 Jun 2011
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono

1980s when he and his wife, Ali Hewson, worked at an Ethiopian feeding station. He used his growing celebrity status to forge a crucial longtime relationships with Eunice Kennedy Shriver (U2 recorded a song for her Special Olympics... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation
  • 01 Mar 2004
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

ones. For example, the two Mars missions launched in 1998 were given a budget of only half that of Mars Pathfinder, well before anyone knew how Pathfinder would fare. As one NASA executive remarked, "It was like being in the Olympic... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Nov 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Geography of Corporate Giving

region. In Atlanta, prior commentators have noted that there is a special "spirit" that enables public-private partnerships to form to attract large-scale events that showcase the city, such as the 1996 Olympics and even the... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 14 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 14

strategy. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would coincide with the conclusion of the five-year plan, and ASICS had paid over $100 million to be a Gold Sponsor of the games—Oyama wondered whether his company was on the right track to achieving... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

Public Authorities Control Board rejects a $1.4 billion plan to build the New York Sports and Convention Center (NYSCC) on the West Side of Manhattan. If built, the NYSCC would have served as the home for the Jets and possibly the opening ceremonies for the 2012 Summer... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

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