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Joseph O'Donnell | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Transcript (PDF) Joseph “Joe” O’Donnell, HBS 1971, started his first concession while still in high school, renting out tuxes for the prom at Malden Catholic High School near Boston. While at HBS, Joe started a service to help minority students find View Details

04 Apr 2023
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Two Centuries of Business Leaders Who Took a Stand on Social Issues

While shareholders still reign supreme at many companies, a widespread shift toward more responsible business practices is driving more leaders to take a stand on social and environmental issues today, says Harvard Business School Professor Geoffrey Jones. Jones... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Consumer Products; Fashion; Retail; Green Technology

2025
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The Hidden Costs of Working Multiple Jobs: Implications for Spending Behavior and Wellbeing

By: Paige Tsai and Ryan W. Buell

Across three studies, combining survey data, transaction-level analysis from 90,548 customers of a nationwide retail bank, and insights from the General Social Survey, we study whether people with multiple jobs spend their labor income differently than people who earn... View Details

Keywords: Behavioral Operations; Employee Behavior; Job Design and Levels; Personal Finance; Well-being; Happiness; Satisfaction; Wages

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2019
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The Social Desirability of Offshoring: A Swiss Consensus (1945–1975)

By: Sabine Pitteloud

This article focuses on the evolution of the rhetoric and practice of corporate offshoring in Switzerland from the post-war economic boom to the industrial crisis in the mid-seventies. The virtue of a historical perspective on the issue of offshoring is to show how... View Details

Keywords: Multinationals; Offshoring And Outsourcing; Relocation; Labor Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Labor and Management Relations; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Switzerland

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08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

Amazon execs to remain above it all.) And for a rental-dominated community, wouldn’t this wealthy influx of Amazonians drive up rents, housing prices, and real estate costs, forcing long-time residents and local independent businesses to... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

30 Mar 2021
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Commuting Hurts Productivity and Your Best Talent Suffers Most

offered $10,000 bonuses to employees who moved closer to the company’s main campus in Menlo Park, California. Google went even further in 2017, providing affordable, modular housing for hundreds of workers in Silicon Valley. The research... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

26 Jun 2020
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Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

disaster. Niinami’s managers tracked down staff members by foot, securing them housing in hotels, finding supplies for displaced workers, and assuring franchisees whose stores were destroyed that they didn’t need to worry about finances.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

23 Sep 2015
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Men Want Powerful Jobs More Than Women Do

excellent leader at work. But you may also want to dress well. And make sure your children are fed. And that the nanny got to the house in time for you to leave for work. And remember to check in with your close friends. And find time to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

University of Virginia (Darden) Center for Teaching and Learning University of Washington Alfred West Jr. Learning Lab Wharton SLATE Harvard Kennedy School of Government Additional Case Resources Case Place Aspen Institute The Case Center Harvard Business School... View Details

30 Aug 2023
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I’m From the South and Going Back: Why HBS Was the Best School for Me

House (with hashbrowns covered and capped obviously), and the merits of the word "y'all" as the most efficient method of addressing a group of people. I've said "this case reminds me of my time in the paper products supply chain" more... View Details

16 Jul 2020
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Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

Food and Beverage group of the White House Great American Economic Revival, a 200-person task force of representatives across 17 industries who have been meeting with White House staff during the crisis to... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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Chase Hall | About

four-story, 50,000-square-foot student residence hall. A U-shaped, Georgian Revival-style structure, Chase was built as an MBA student residence hall, but in the early 1980s was renovated to house participants in the School’s Program for... View Details

26 May 2023
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Bringing Space Tech Back to Earth

the White House Science Fair, and her love for engineering only grew from there. “Engineering wasn’t just problems on a board, but building things to actually help people,” she said. “It’s really dangerous for ice divers to have to go in... View Details

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Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About

Business Review. The modern, three-story 27,782-square-foot concrete and glass structure was designed by Kubitz & Pepi and dedicated in 1974 as Teele Hall, in honor of the late Stanley F. Teele (MBA 1930, DCS 1933), Dean of the HBS Faculty from 1955 to 1962. The... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming IN 1 of 9 Meagan Bates Christel House Academy Indianapolis, IN IN 2 of 9 Jessica Castillo Area Career Center Hammond, IN IN 3 of 9 Mason Fulton Wes-Del Middle Senior High School Gaston, IN IN 4 of 9 Michael... View Details

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Health Care - Faculty & Research

Health Care Health Care February 2015 Supplement The Affordable Care Act (A): Legislative Strategy in the House of Representatives By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris In early 2009, the Obama administration and the Democratically-led... View Details

26 Aug 2024
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HBS Lingo 101

three-story, brick and concrete structure that houses a multipurpose gym, indoor track, cardio and weight room, racquet courts, locker rooms, and exercise studios. It is exclusively open to members of the HBS community. SIPS: SIPs, or... View Details

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Investors - Entrepreneurship

2011 David Lane Diamondhead Ventures MBA 1987 Margaret Lawrence Pilot House Ventures Management Group MBA 2002 Aileen Lee Cowboy Ventures & Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers MBA 1997 Peter Lee Baroda Ventures MBA 2003 Simon Levene Mosaic... View Details

07 Mar 2016
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Living Off Campus at HBS

they think about their living options at HBS? Joe: Finding off campus housing can be hard if you are not in town. The Boston housing market tends to really pick up around April/May and the vast majority of... View Details

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2023-2024 MS/MBA Student Budget Class 2025 (RC)-10 months - MBA

Fee (SHF) $1,408 $1,408 $1,408 $1,408 Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) $4,120 $4,120 $4,120 $4,120 hushp FOR STUDENT SPOUSES/DEPENDENTS $0 $8,692 $13,310 $15,634 COURSE & Program MATERIALS Fee $2,600 $2,600 $2,600 $2,600 Housing (10... View Details

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