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29 Feb 2024
HBS Case

Beyond Goals: David Beckham's Playbook for Mobilizing Star Talent

Superstar talent brings the kind of wattage that can power a business to the next level, as recent high-stakes decisions facing soccer legend David Beckham show. Two new Harvard Business School case studies examine the questions Beckham and his team pondered as he... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Sports

26 Jun 2023
Research & Ideas

Want to Leave a Lasting Impression on Customers? Don't Forget the (Proverbial) Fireworks

the day, huddling with family in the Florida twilight as brilliant fireworks light up the sky above Cinderella’s castle. Disney clearly knows a thing or two about creating memorable moments, says Julian De Freitas, assistant professor at... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Entertainment & Recreation

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Great American Business Leaders of the 20th Century - Leadership

Fisher Body Company, 1908–1926 Herman G. Fisher Fisher-Price Toy Company, 1930–1966 Donald V. Fites Caterpillar Tractor Company, 1990–1999 Henry M. Flagler Florida East Coast Railway, 1886–1913 Henry Ford II Ford Motor Company, 1945–1979... View Details

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Partners - Case Method Project

Alabama Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Lousiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri... View Details

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The Forgotten Real Estate Boom - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

findings may challenge conventional wisdom about the factors that caused and prolonged the Great Depression. In the 1920s, Florida was the site of a real estate bubble fueled by easy credit and advertisers promoting a lifestyle of... View Details

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PRIMO Alumni Profiles - Doctoral

Raghav Warrier (he/him) was born in South Florida and raised in Arizona by his parents who emigrated from South India in the late 90s. He enrolled in public education throughout his upbringing and is currently at Arizona State University... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

Bloomberg Opinion H-1B lottery change would help Google, Facebook, Apple and hurt outsourcers Ethan Baron 24 Oct 2018 | The Mercury News Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities Richard Florida 18 Oct 2018 | CityLab What Will Trump Do... View Details

04 May 2021
Book

Best Buy: How Human Connection Saved a Failing Retailer

In 2019, a three-year-old boy walked with his mother into a Florida Best Buy store, clutching a toy dinosaur that Santa had given him for Christmas. Only, the dinosaur’s head had broken, and now tears were streaming down the boy’s face as... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail

08 Sep 2022
Book

Gen Xers and Millennials, It’s Time To Lead. Are You Ready?

for Boomers to step aside, and for the new generation to step up,” says George, now an executive fellow at Harvard Business School. “They are the leaders we need.” Many Baby Boomers in the US are rejecting the idea of a quiet Florida... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

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Sample Student Projects - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cluster (2012) Miami, Florida Marine Transportation Cluster (2012) South Carolina Automotive Sector (2012) Tennessee Music Cluster (2012) California Solar Energy (2011) Silicon Valley (California) Internet-Based Services (2011) Minnesota... View Details

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NVC Regions - Alumni

MBA 2002 Central US States Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Nebraska North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oklahoma South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee... View Details

September 2023
Supplement

David Beckham (B): Signing Lionel Messi to Inter Miami CF

By: Anita Elberse and David Moreno Vicente

In June 2023, David Beckham, co-owner of Major League Soccer team Inter Miami CF, is hoping to find a way to bring Lionel Messi, widely regarded as one of the best players the world of soccer has ever seen, to his team. But Messi—a seven-time winner of the Ballon d’Or... View Details

Keywords: Soccer; Football; Superstars; General Management; Sports; Negotiation Offer; Competitive Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Entertainment; Media; Marketing; Sports Industry; Miami

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Purchase

19 Sep 2023
Blog Post

2023 Summer Internships in Business & Environment

Beach, Florida. NextEra Energy owns Florida Power & Light Company, which is America’s largest electric utility that sells more power than any other utility, providing clean, affordable, reliable electricity to approximately 5.8... View Details

25 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

self-select yourself out of an opportunity because you think you might not qualify.” HOME REGION New York, NY UNDERGRAD EDUCATION University of Florida PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE Zarbee's Naturals (Johnson & Johnson), General Mills HBS... View Details

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Competitiveness of States & Regions - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

States The Institute has developed research-based economic agendas for all 50 United States. Alabama Alaska Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana... View Details

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Dusty Register

cards. I couldn’t have cared less. Who is one person from your life that you admire the most today? My dad grew up in central Florida to two working parents without significant access to means, but was fortunate enough to be a... View Details

Keywords: CPG

27 May 2022
Blog Post

Q&A with the HBS Armed Forces Alumni Association, MBA Class of 2023

military experiences into the classroom, and applying to HBS. Katie Brennan (MBA 2023) Hometown: Miami, FL Undergraduate university and major: Florida State University; Political Science/Criminology Military experience: Active-Duty... View Details

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The Gift of Global Talent

change would help Google, Facebook, Apple and hurt outsourcers Ethan Baron 24 Oct 2018 | The Mercury News Why Global Talent Clusters Around Cities Richard Florida 18 Oct 2018 | CityLab What Will Trump Do Next With Chinese Student Visas?... View Details

12 May 2023
Blog Post

Independent Project: The Rise of Electric Heat Pumps

These factors have led to most heat pumps today to be installed in Southern states, such as Florida and Texas (Figure 1) [7], and will likely continue to drive adoption there before permeating to the rest of the U.S. Figure 1: Heat pump... View Details

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