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  • December 2011
  • Case

Negotiating the Path of Abraham

By: James K. Sebenius and Kimberlyn Leary
The Abraham Path Initiative board faces strategic and negotiating challenges in revitalizing a route of Middle East cultural tourism following Abraham's path 4000 years ago. The Path begins in the ancient ruins of Harran, in modern-day Turkey, where Abraham first heard... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit Organizations; Governing and Advisory Boards; Partners and Partnerships; Negotiation; Social Entrepreneurship; Religion; Culture; Tourism Industry; Israel; Syria; Middle East; Turkey; Jordan
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  • 9 AM – 11:59 PM EDT, 20 Jun 2018
  • HBS Alumni Events

Take an Alum to Lunch Day

Are you tired of eating at your desk alone? Want to make some new HBS friends and connections? Then join HBS alumni around the world for a unique networking event Take an Alum to Lunch Day Wednesday, June 20, 2018 View Details
  • 01 Aug 2007
  • Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

Corporations could do a good job of running corrupt Third World governments. Corruption rules in too many of the world's democratically elected governments. From Achocalla, Bolivia, to Mayuge, Uganda, voters pick their leaders through the... View Details
Keywords: by Eric Werker
  • 25 Apr 2018
  • Blog Post

Policy, Practice, Leadership & Impact: Making a Difference with the HBS/HKS Joint Degree

business, government, and nonprofit organizations, through which they will contribute significantly to the well-being of society. About Nanako Yano Nanako Yano grew up in Tokyo, Japan and attended Pomona College in California. After graduating, she worked with Oliver... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • 04 May 2021
  • Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

Association (AABA), in collaboration with students and organizations across campus, is proud to share and honor the stories of our community members. We hope these stories showcase the history, richness, and diversity of the AAPI experience and inspire hope for a View Details
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

for those three resources. Many corporations and investors assume that fixing cities is the purview of government. But governments around the world are stuck-financially, politically, or both. Implementing... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • 07 Oct 2020
  • Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

their LGBTQ+ status private. We accept everyone in any stage of their coming out process and hope that you will be inspired by the stories of these students as they continue to grapple with a world that is not always accepting of who they... View Details
  • 01 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 1, 2007

Rogers and her team are faced with the task of creating an Olympic Legacy Reserve Fund that could enable the city to achieve its sustainability goals, but involves a significant tax increase for Vancouver's residents and businesses. With... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Alumni

narrative to realizing a career vision, HBS Career Coaches are available to help. As an HBS alumnus, you get up to six complimentary coaching appointments per year. Browse our directory now. How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee Over the past few months,... View Details
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Austin Boral

(Founder), McKinsey & Company (Public & Social Sector Practice), New York City Economic Development Corporation (Strategy Department), Andrew Goodman Foundation (Board Member); Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency... View Details
  • 28 Feb 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Amazon, eBay and the Bidding Wars

looking at how students are matched with schools. We helped New York City design a new matching system for assigning students to high schools. (Under their old system, 30,000 students were assigned to high schools they didn't choose,... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Web Services; Technology
  • 09 Apr 2008
  • Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

manufacturing new mechanical or scientific instruments. And the city has always had a revolutionary streak, with movements for women's suffrage, antislavery, and the American Revolution itself all being launched from its streets. Georges... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
  • Summer 2013
  • Response

How Caesars Entertainment Is Betting on Sustainability: Response

By: Michael W. Toffel
One of the largest gaming companies in the world expanded its sustainability efforts using a scorecard to guide and goad managers. This response assesses Caesars Entertainment's CodeGreen scorecard, advocates a more comprehensive environmental assessment to target... View Details
Keywords: Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Entertainment; Energy; Energy Conservation; Buildings and Facilities; Goals and Objectives; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Evaluation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 16 Mar 2022
  • Blog Post

Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports

this new role and making an impact on the sports industry from the front office. Posting Up on Wall Street Sports have been a part of Laitsas’ life for as long as he can remember. Growing up in the inner city of Los Angeles, Laitsas was... View Details
  • 2008
  • Book

On Competition

By: M. E. Porter
Competition is one of society's most powerful forces for making things better in many fields of human endeavor. The study of competition and the creation of value, in their full richness, have preoccupied me for several decades. Competition is pervasive, whether it... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Practice; Competitive Strategy; Theory; Value Creation
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  • 29 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Emerging Into Singapore

I arrived to Singapore with little expectations of what the city, office, culture, and people would be like. I was excited to start, but like a cub stepping out for the first time, I was anxious about jumping into the real world in a new... View Details
Keywords: Technology; Consumer Products / Retail
  • November 2007 (Revised March 2011)
  • Case

Mubadala: Forging Development in Abu Dhabi

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Irina Tarsis
In 2007, Khaldoon Khalifa Al Mubarak, the CEO of Mubadala Development Company (Mubadala), had every reason to be optimistic about the future of his home, Abu Dhabi, one of the emirates comprising the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The tiny, sandy, and dry emirate with a... View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Economy; Non-Renewable Energy; Globalization; Leading Change; State Ownership; Diversification; Abu Dhabi
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  • 14 Apr 2016
  • Blog Post

What I Learned at SVMP

The Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP) at HBS is a one week management training program for rising college seniors. It’s designed to increase diversity and opportunity in business education, and give college students a sneak peek into life at HBS. Each June,... View Details
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Creating the Market for Organic Wine: Sulfites, Certification, and Green Values

By: Geoffrey Jones and Emily Grandjean
This working paper examines the history of organic wine, which provides a case study of failed category creation. The modern organic wine industry emerged during the 1970s in the United States and Western Europe, but it struggled to gain traction compared to other... View Details
Keywords: Product Launch; Failure; Problems and Challenges; Complexity; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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Hiring Organizations

Benchstrength Berkeley Research Group LLC Berkshire Partners BHP Biogen BJ's Wholesale Club Blackhorn Ventures BlackRock Blackstone Blank Street Blitzy AI Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University Bloomberg Harvard View Details