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- November 1994 (Revised March 2001)
- Case
Security Plus, Inc.
By: David F. Hawkins and Norman Bartczak
A company acquires an alarm system company and converts its customers from operating to sale-type leases. View Details
Hawkins, David F., and Norman Bartczak. "Security Plus, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 195-167, November 1994. (Revised March 2001.)
- 07 Dec 2022
- News
Dubai-Based Proptech Builds Up
vacation in Dubai. In some ways, this wasn't a huge problem—Bhojani was born and raised in the United Arab Emirates and had plenty of family and friends in the region. But he... View Details
- Web
Residential Life | MBA
These apartments are open to all Harvard graduate students and are popular among those with families. Harvard University Housing offers 1-3 bedroom apartments, typically unfurnished, and pet-friendly... View Details
- 14 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Airbnb Hosts Discriminate Against African-American Guests
Due to racial discrimination, white vacationers have an easier time booking an Airbnb rental property than African-Americans do, according to a new study from faculty at Harvard Business School. The problem seems to lie in all the... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
The "sharing economy" is a burgeoning business model in which people offer their personal belongings and personal services to others, usually through online marketplaces that facilitate the transactions. It... View Details
- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
the reader to the shared office market, including the similarities and differences from traditional office space, and explore the underlying trends driving this change, as well as the risks to the business... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest
The dream of starting their own business inspired 110 teams of students to enter the 2010 HBS Business Plan Contest, which awarded $170,000 in cash and in-kind services to winners View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
role in the development, growth, and governance of societies. It reveals how good marketing practices improve the political process and—in turn—the practice of democracy itself. Revisiting Rental Housing... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 6, 2008
Working PapersHighbrow Films Gather Dust: A Study of Dynamic Inconsistency and Online DVD Rentals Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
changes that have revolutionized their use in practice. He contends that both serve the US economy by helping troubled companies stay viable by giving them time to find new financing, renegotiate unfavorable leases View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Rent Out Your Ride
Shelby Clark (MBA ’10) recalled passing “dozens of cars that hadn’t been driven in weeks, and it dawned on me that there are these high fixed costs, so perhaps we could leverage this resource” (New York Times, September 10, 2010). So... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
company whose management engaged in a massive accounting fraud. ChuoAoyama was PwC's Japanese affiliate and one of Japan's largest audit firms. In May 2006, the Japanese Financial Services Agency (FSA)... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 19 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
LEED-ing by Example
In the debate over whether to increase or decrease the stringency of environmental regulations, the possibility that government agencies might use purchasing to stimulate market demand for "green" products and View Details
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
http://www.ajmc.com/publications/issue/2013/2013-1-vol19-n9/Testimonials-Do-Not-Convert-Patients-From-Brand-to-Generic-Medication August 2013 Health Affairs Lessons from England's Health Care Workforce Redesign: No Quick Fixes By: Bohmer, Richard, View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Who Wants to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part II]
reliable, branded beauty services in office parks and hotels, but she focused first on the high-visibility airport market, where customers in transit needed the services she... View Details
Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg
John D. Hertz
Hertz founded the Yellow Cab Company in 1915 as a way to provide transportation services at a modest price. At the time, livery services were targeted only to the upper echelons of society, View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
- 04 Mar 2009
- Op-Ed
Credit is Not the Bogey
credit card) gulled them into ever-ascending loans. They are perpetrators in that they rang up expenses (mortgages, gizmos, travel, and frivolities) with abandon-fueling the overall indebtedness. Already this paradigm is influencing... View Details
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
analyze all questions and answers from the inception of the Google Answers service through November 2003, and I find notable trends in answerer behavior: more experienced... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 8, 2008
but I Want to Watch the Comedy Now: Intrapersonal Conflict and Myopia in Online DVD Rentals Authors:Katherine L. Milkman, Todd Rogers, and Max H. Bazerman Abstract We report on... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jun 2012
- First Look
First Look: June 19
312-002 McKesson, a large, diversified drug distribution and health care IT company, is considering development of new business offerings to help private practice physicians remain independent. The company, with $122 billion in 2010... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne