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- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
the movie Slumdog Millionaire. In Mumbai the $3 billion public-private Dharavi Redevelopment Project (DRP) proposes free housing and services for Dharavi's longtime residents to relocate from their ad-hoc dwellings. To fund the... View Details
- 10 Nov 2011
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Making Lincoln Center Cool Again
for up to 36 months. A partial redesign could come in at $360 million and force the orchestra to relocate for up to 30 months. Finally, reducing operating costs could include sharing supplier management, venue rentals, purchasing, and... View Details
- 05 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Wall Street Doesn’t Understand About International Trade
100,000 Japanese Americans to relocate from their homes on the Pacific coast to internment camps in other parts of the country. Not knowing how long the internment would last, many of the internees hurriedly sold their houses and assets... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 20 Mar 2000
- Research & Ideas
No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business
incentive to zone restrictively for housing." Not surprisingly, affordable housing has also become a growing problem in the suburbs. Often devoting little thought to housing availability in outlying communities, companies have View Details
- 12 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
Creating Value Across Borders
heavily from the fact that wireless technology is more developed in Europe than in the U.S. The market correction in April 2000 was global, and it dampened entrepreneurial activity in every continent.—Walter Kuemmerle We've also witnessed situations where companies... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 19 Sep 2024
- Research & Ideas
Global Talent, Local Obstacles: Why Time Zones Matter in Remote Work
“There will be no friction, so nobody will be left out,” he says. “If your team is east-west, then be aware that some people will be less able to time-shift,” Choudhury says. In that case, he says, teams must either relocate north to... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 12 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
How Hot is the “Hot Spot” Business?
partner at Mohr, Davidow Ventures, and chairman of the Chasm Group. Wi-Fi use is driven by laptop users, he said, a group that prefers to access the Internet while sitting rather than walking. "You'll relocate fifty yards to get... View Details
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new management. At each stage, students must confront tensions in balancing profit, growth, and control. Difficulties encountered in the business are due to management's attempts to... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs
previously undisclosed files, many of which detailed the treatment of Kikuyu detainees during the Mau Mau Rebellion. The files had been removed from Kenya and relocated to Britain in the 1950s, along with reams of documents removed from... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 16 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16
with sales and purchasing and relocated the business to a more efficient facility. She wondered if she moved too quickly. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/217001-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 117-021... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
- 17 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?
under way by the turn of the century, as millions of workers moved from the interior to new factories on the coast, leaving behind their families for 48 weeks a year. At the same time, they were building the massive transportation infrastructure that eventually allowed... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
How Women Can Get More Venture Capital
that when a firm actually disappeared from the directory from which we were drawing our data, the women were very likely to leave the industry (93 percent). When a firm disappeared from the industry, the men were more likely to relocate... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark & Martha Lagace
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
relocate to Japan and compete with other world-class international business schools. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/811061-PDF-ENG The Wright Brothers and Their Flying Machines Tom Nicholas and David ChenHarvard... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS). SEAS is relocating its campus across the street from the business school in a few years, and the two organizations are discussing collaboration opportunities. Seeking answers from... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel
- 08 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
Who Rises to Power in American Business?
privileged families have always had an easier path to traditional power. Those on the outside—foreigners, women, African-Americans, non-Protestant religious affiliations—often pursued other paths to power. When doors were closed, outsiders created their own paths.... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
overseas suppliers. One example is Hasbro, which began sourcing from firms in India, Vietnam, and Mexico in the last five years. Moving existing suppliers out of China. Goertek, a supplier of Google’s Pixel watch, and Foxconn, a manufacturer of Apple’s MacBook, have... View Details
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
Andrew Jackson's First Annual Message to Congress in 1829 and the second document from Jackson's Second Annual Message in 1830, the year the Indian Removal Act was passed. The third and fourth documents cover the Congressional debate over the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Feb 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: February 7
opportunities to develop skills (“crucible experiences”) and a greater motivation to relocate out of the challenging context. We also find that managers deployed to a challenging context early in their careers continue to experience... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jul 2008
- First Look
First Look: July 1, 2008
108-091 An exercise that takes students through five stages of growth in an entrepreneurial start-up in the medical devices industry: 1) founding, 2) growth, 3) push to profitability, 4) relocation process, and 5) takeover by new... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Sep 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Best Place for Retirement Funds
households had at least $25,000 in both a taxable and a tax-deferred account. And while about two-thirds of those households held tax-efficient portfolios, most of the remaining third could reduce their taxes by relocating heavily taxed... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen