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15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

regional, and city governments and public authorities. In those seven years, Burns had raised capital from many sources: friends and family, angel investors, strategic partners, banks, and the investment arm of a major family fund. He and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

October 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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SEK: Reimagining Spanish Higher Education at Universidad Camilo José Cela (UCJC)

By: John J-H Kim, Mary C. Sauer and Emilie Billaud

In 2023, Nieves Segovia, President of the SEK Education Group in Spain, contemplates the future of her family's for-profit education company, which includes K-12 schools and the newly established UCJC university. Renowned for its innovation in education, SEK faces... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Curriculum and Courses; Higher Education; Teaching; Digital Strategy; Disruptive Innovation; Knowledge Dissemination; Leading Change; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Succession; Resource Allocation; Organizational Structure; Education Industry; Europe; Spain

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29 Oct 2008
Research & Ideas

The Next Marketing Challenge: Selling to ’Simplifiers’

Editor's Note: Harvard Business School professor John Quelch writes a blog on marketing issues, called Marketing Know: How, for Harvard Business Online. It is reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge. Watch out... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Retail; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

10 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Women at Work

"Work/Life Balance: Are We Comfortable with the Choices We Make?" moderated by HBS professor Robin Ely, discussed their work/life decisions and the repercussions of those decisions at the 12th Annual Dynamic Women in Business... View Details

Keywords: by Wendy Guild

September 2014 (Revised February 2017)
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Belk: Towards Exceptional Scheduling

By: Ethan Bernstein, Saravanan Kesavan, Bradley Staats and Luke Hassall

With 24,000 staff and over 300 stores, Belk Inc. sought to replace its entirely manual labor scheduling system with an automated software solution from Reflexis. Belk hoped the upgrade would simplify scheduling, reduce time employees spent in non-customer-facing roles,... View Details

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02 Apr 2019
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Women Pay a Higher Career Price in Today's Always-On Work Culture

Even so, the executives brought the issue to Harvard Business School Professor Robin J. Ely. Eighteen months and more than 100 employee interviews later, Ely’s research team reached a conclusion that challenged steadfast beliefs about the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Consulting; Service

25 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]

relying on $500,000 in financing provided by family members, friends, and "angel" investors, recurred in accounts of what she was trying to accomplish. "This is by far the most challenging thing I've ever done," she... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

March 2018
Supplement

Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal (B)

By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti

Supplements the (A) case. Having successfully spearheaded relief work in the aftermath of the Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Foundation envisions creating a more comprehensive and sustainable development model. They are keen to build a model village that integrates... View Details

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30 Mar 2020
Research & Ideas

Readers Ask: I Need Tips for Working at Home

Shifting to remote work raises many questions for managers and employees, especially when it happens quickly as a result of a crisis. Prithwiraj “Raj” Choudhury, the Lumry Family Associate Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection

today: the companies themselves. During that period, investor protection laws in Brazil were relatively weak—yet investors bought equity on a "massive scale," according to Harvard Business School professor Aldo Musacchio,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Banking; Financial Services

11 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

Secrets of the Successful Businesswoman

appointment with a friend or your family?" she asked. Of the audience of about 850 who attended McGovern's keynote talk at the Dynamic Women in Business 2002 conference, at least half raised their arms—slowly. The auditorium shook... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

08 Nov 2024
HBS Case

What Wartime Service Taught These Historic Leaders

during military conflicts. As countries such as the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom honor their veterans this month, Harvard Business School Professor Robert Simons reflects on how service during wartime shaped the executive... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Entertainment & Recreation

19 Aug 2015
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Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

valuable asset. However, the company is now at a crossroads. It has grown so big and so popular that it must consider monetizing certain aspects of its business to ensure sustained quality and to continue to bolster its content offerings.... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

28 Aug 2017
Research & Ideas

Should Industry Competitors Cooperate More to Solve World Problems?

relationships of competitors,” he says. Serafeim, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor at Harvard Business School, discusses his theory in a recent email interview. His paper is called Investors as... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services; Manufacturing; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Mining

15 Mar 2010
HBS Case

Developing Asia’s Largest Slum

business opportunities. "The basic idea is that the slum dwellers are living on very valuable land in one- or two-story shacks," says Iyer. "If you build multistory buildings, you can give them accommodation and still have... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

09 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 9

the late twentieth century come to believe that more credit would make even poor families better off? This book traces the historical emergence of modern consumer lending in America and France. If Americans were profligate in their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 18

behalf of families and (b) bank forbearance policies regarding overdrawn customers. We focus on five factors to explain the incidence of involuntary closures: personal traits, community traits, economic trends, bank policies, and credit... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Sep 2008
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First Look: September 3, 2008

http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=309019 Philip McCrea: Once an Entrepreneur... (B) Harvard Business School Supplement 409-025 Philip McCrea is dealing with the aftermath of the move of his... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Mar 2016
HBS Case

Can Customer Reviews Be 'Managed?'

case of hotels, professionals tend to not be as well-regarded anymore. Why? Because they have different values of what they consider important than [the average consumer does]. If I have a family and [experts] start talking about how... View Details

Keywords: by Brian Kenny; Advertising; Travel

December 2022 (Revised February 2023)
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Marfrig's Quest for Sustainable Beef

By: Jose B. Alvarez, Pedro Levindo and Ruth Costas

Marfrig, one of the world’s leading meatpackers, strived to comply with its commitment to have a deforestation-free value chain in Brazil by 2030. The company also pledged to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases in accordance with the guidelines set by the... View Details