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- 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
- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up... View Details
- 09 Nov 2023
- News
From the Brink
Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994), Adam Chepenik (MBA 2010), Sebastián Negrón-Reichard (JD/MBA 2024) As the senior top official in the US Treasury Department on domestic finance issues, Antonio Weiss (MBA 1994) could see Puerto Rico’s financial meltdown coming, like watching a... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 04 Jun 2024
- Blog Post
Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)
New Yorker at heart, and a curious and resourceful learner. All of these pieces of her identity have shaped the leader she is today and the impact she makes in her company and community. Plugging into Support to Carve Her Path Born and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 19 Nov 2014
- HBS Case
Marketing Marijuana
companies—perhaps the existing "big tobacco" powerhouses—muscle their way in and perpetrate "The Bud Light-ification of Bud," as the New York Times suggested? Those pursuing answers need... View Details
- June 2001
- Supplement
GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
Early Dispute Resolution (EDR) has proved successful at GE. Yet, when Michael McIlwrath, new counsel at an Italian subsidiary, attempted to translate it to his company, problems arose. He had to gain internal acceptance, and explain the concept of early mediation to a... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Globalization; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizational Culture; Performance Effectiveness; Problems and Challenges; Conflict of Interests; Complexity; Italy; New York (state, US)
Wheeler, Michael A., and Gillian Morris. "GE's Early Dispute Resolution Initiative (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 801-453, June 2001.
- 04 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship
lived on the east coast before. “I’m getting to try out New York City – it’s been wonderful exploring the many facets of this world-class city!” Although his post-graduation career plans remain open, he... View Details
- 10 May 2016
- First Look
May 10, 2016
data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New York View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Who Was George F. Baker?
newspaper reporter since 1863,” the year he invested $3,000 to become an original shareholder in the First National Bank of New York (now Citibank) at age 23. Baker believed in action, not words. And his... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- Portrait Project
Jourdan Henry
I sat at a square, stainless-steel table that was cold to the touch. Two New York City Police Department detectives were on either side of me. I was interrogated as they sought to uncover why a juice box was... View Details
- July 2021
- Case
A Close Shave at Squire
In 2020, just after closing a $34 million Series B financing round, Dave Salvant and Songe LaRon consider how to adjust their business, Squire Technologies, to the new realities posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Their barbershop technology, including tools to run a shop... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Applications and Software; Growth and Development Strategy; Health Pandemics; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Technology Industry; New York (city, NY); San Francisco
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., Zoë B. Cullen, William R. Kerr, Benjamin N. Roth, and Michael Norris. "A Close Shave at Squire." Harvard Business School Case 821-073, July 2021.
- Profile
Meagan Hill
project, an application that allows ship engineers to instantaneously tag photos and observations to online blueprints, won the competition for best business plan. After graduation, Meagan will join two HBS alums at BASE Equity Partners, a private equity group in View Details
Keywords: Financial Services
- 15 Feb 2011
- First Look
First Look: Feb. 15
trades involving similar goods. It draws on archival, interview, and observational data mainly from New York state to analyze market participants' efforts to legitimize commerce and resolve a jurisdictional... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
structuring. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/216035-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-003 Pershing Square 2.0 In June 2015 William A. Ackman, the CEO and founder of New View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- Web
Arthur Rock Center for Entrepreneurship | About
in turn have helped companies create hundreds of thousands of jobs and change our lives, in the workplace and at home.” Arthur Rock (MBA 1951) graduated from Syracuse University and served in the US Army before earning his MBA. He began his investment career at the... View Details
- 26 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises
Tokyo, where the majority of Lawson’s business was located, Niinami zeroed in on the devastated Tohoku area, knowing it would be a costly decision. In hard-hit Soma City, fear was settling in about possible contamination from the failing... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Where is Home for the Global Firm?
to Luxembourg and then to Bermuda. Today, Genpact's only listing is in New York while its managerial talent sits primarily, but not exclusively, in India. With its NYSE listing, is Genpact a U.S.... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- August 1997 (Revised December 1997)
- Case
Harassment at Work?
By: Lynn S. Paine and Dale Coxe
Presents three scenarios involving behavior that could arguably be called sexual harassment. The first scenario is set in a medical supply company in an unnamed emerging market region. The second is set in a New York-based securities firm. The third is set in a U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Working Conditions; Organizational Culture; Problems and Challenges; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Groups and Teams; Crime and Corruption; Attitudes; Behavior; Labor and Management Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Financial Services Industry; New York (city, NY); United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Dale Coxe. "Harassment at Work?" Harvard Business School Case 398-001, August 1997. (Revised December 1997.)
- 30 May 2024
- News
How to Have Effective Conversations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Charles Duhigg (MBA 2003) is a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and author of the bestselling books The Power of... View Details
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Katja Hutter and Greta Friar
This case follows Rodrigo Nino, founder and CEO of commercial real estate development company Prodigy Network, as he develops an equity-based crowdfunding model for small investors to access commercial real estate in Colombia, then tries out the model in the U.S. U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Real Estate; Crowdfunding; Crowdsourcing; Digital Innovation; Commercial Real Estate; Online Platforms; Disruption; Transformation; Design; Assets; Equity; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Real Estate Industry; Latin America; New York (state, US); United States
Lakhani, Karim R., Katja Hutter, and Greta Friar. "Prodigy Network: Democratizing Real Estate Design and Financing." Harvard Business School Case 614-064, March 2014. (Revised January 2015.)