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28 May 2008
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First Look: May 28, 2008

MaterialsChina in Africa: The Case of Sudan Harvard Business School Case 308-060 This case examines the relation between China's demand for resources and political risk. Purchase the case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=308060 Mellon... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Brandon Graves

New York City! NYC is a microcosm of the world. One of my favorite things about the five boroughs is its diversity. The city offers rich exposure to many types of people, cultures, foods, museums, and... View Details

March 2022
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Skills-First Hiring at IBM

By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta

This case reviews IBM’s efforts to widen its hiring funnel and broaden its talent pool. View Details

Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Social Issues; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

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04 Dec 2012
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the platform can resolve these problems and create value by limiting the number of applications available. By limiting choice, the platform may create new equilibria (including the allocation that maximizes users' utility); eliminate... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 May 2020
Blog Post

5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

lived in New York City prior to HBS, where he was a consultant at Deloitte Consulting. He is passionate about commercial aviation and looks to pursue a career in the space after HBS. Ryan’s undergraduate... View Details

07 May 2014
What Do You Think?

How Should Wealth Be Redistributed?

could those returns be taxed much more than so-called "earned" income? Or should a progressive consumption tax be considered, as suggested by New York Times columnist David Brooks? In his words,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2023
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History Matters

a big lesson of this crisis: Several leaders in the New York financial sector stepped forward to rally a response. They included John Pierpont Morgan; James J. Stillman, who led City National Bank; and... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

November 2019
Case

Scaling at Chief

By: Katherine B. Coffman, Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Kathleen L. McGinn, Julia Kelley and Katherine Chen

Chief is a New York-based peer network that provides mentorship, support, networking opportunities, and a sense of community to women executives. Co-founders Carolyn Childers and Lindsay Kaplan launched the company in January 2019, and just two months later, Chief has... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Expansion; Growth Management; Customer Satisfaction; North and Central America; United States; New York (state, US); New York (city, NY)

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26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

restaurants, causing consumers to avoid those with bad ratings. Restaurants, in turn, often respond by cleaning up their act, according to an analysis of Yelp reviews, OpenTable reservations, and data from the New View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

02 Mar 2016
News

David Moss is Rewriting History

her presentations filled with motion and funny sound effects, and the students reflect that enthusiasm back to her. The case is complex in its details—focusing on the legislative and judicial machinations over New View Details

Keywords: April White

24 Apr 2014
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Honoring a legacy

the result of a gift from a Dr. James Si-Cheng Chao and Family Foundation. The new building will serve as a learning center and social hub for the School’s Executive Education Program. (Published April 2014) View Details

24 May 2017
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Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

then settled in New York and joined the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore for a short stint until a high school friend convinced him to consult on a project in their home country. “Serendipity works in... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

and fixing them up, creating jobs, and revitalizing neighborhoods,” says Beckford, now the CEO of Diversified Lending Solutions (DLS), a real estate capital advisory based in New York City. “These smaller... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

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Research - Private Capital Project

we examine trends in the banking industry over the last twenty-five years. On the... 2024 Working Paper Corporate Debt, Boom-Bust Cycles, and Financial Crises By: Victoria Ivashina , Sebnem Kalemli-Özcan, Luc Laeven and Karsten Müller Using a View Details

12 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

When Design Enables Discrimination: Learning from Anti-Asian Bias on Airbnb

and 334,906 reviews in New York City, one of Airbnb’s major markets. Using reviews as a proxy for bookings, the researchers tracked reviews for the year before and the year... View Details

Keywords: by Pamela Reynolds; Technology; Travel

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Invention of the Polarizer - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

increasing danger of highlight glare at night. Land entered Harvard College in 1926. After the fall semester, he took a leave of absence to live in New York City. Over the course of the next three years, in... View Details

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Sebastian Velasco

pursuing capital, debt management. She took me on business trips to New York City; I got to know what the business world was like." The combination of his mother's influence and their business trips... View Details

Keywords: Financial Services

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Jaume Plensa Inés 2013 | About

Jaume Plensa Inés , 2013 Jaume Plensa (Spanish, born 1955), Inés , 2013, cast iron, 276 3/4 x 34 1/4 x 100 1/4 in. HBS Art and Artifacts Collection , 2018.1 . © 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York /... View Details

01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

Vadim Kogan Abstract—"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as much..." wrote Richard Sandomir... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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The Gift of Global Talent

Changes to H1-B Visa Program Washington Journal 11 Dec 2018 | C-SPAN In ‘The Gift of Global Talent,’ William Kerr argues it’s time to open up, not close, our borders Molly Brown 25 Nov 2018 | GeekWire America, don’t throw global talent away William R. Kerr 20 Nov 2018... View Details

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