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April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
Case

Buro Happold

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman

Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details

Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs

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11 Apr 2024
Blog Post

Climate Stories: Water Series - Episode #17: Leni Peterson Redondo (HBS MS/MBA 2023), Founder & CEO of Celeste

no matter how many hours a day it takes. There is no better way to use my education.” – Leni Peterson Redondo The PBS headline is shocking. “Mexico City is running out of water.” The crisis is expected to hit this June and numerous... View Details

28 May 2020
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How to Fit in at HBS

our cities and keeping them clean. Yet what has struck me the most during my reflection is not the fact that I made it here and felt like I fit in despite my family’s story. I made it here and fit in because of it. I realized that for the... View Details

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 York City Department of... View Details

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

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The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership

Government Intervention Labor Global Events Influence: High 1900 s 19 8.8 million immigrants arrive throughout decade Cities expand Population grows from 76 to 92 million Rural Free Delivery routes added Influence: Medium 10 1910 s 19... View Details

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope:... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
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Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate... View Details

Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; Latin America

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Regan, MBA 2016 Download Data Set in Excel Telegraphic Communication J. G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), pp. 30-31, map. Telephone Rates between NYC and Select Cities Historical Statistics... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

exams wrapped up in May my classmates and I flew to 12 different cities around the world for our FGI capstone projects. My destination city was Seoul and my Global Partner (GP) was a 25-person start-up on... View Details

20 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround

Americans needed to rebuild it twice: once to handle the initial excavations, and then again when Lake Gatun drowned much of the original route. The New Company owned most of the city of Colon, but its buildings were so dilapidated and... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Transportation

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The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023

Bill Gates' How to Avoid a Climate Disaster to Electrify: An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future by Saul Griffith. But even grounded books such as The Disposable City by Mario Alejandro Ariza make the challenges seem... View Details

01 Jun 2023
News

Bridging the ESG Data Gap

partner reporting and portfolio monitoring. Launching a startup was not Murday’s original goal in attending HBS. She grew up in a Rust Belt city outside of Chicago and expected to work in the public sector after studying policy at... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

17 Jun 2011
HBS Case

KFC’s Explosive Growth in China

restaurants in China differ markedly in many ways from their Western counterparts. And while Pizza Hut has done very well for itself with nearly 500 restaurants in 120 cities (as of December 2010), KFC's performance has been... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish; Food & Beverage

Profile

Jiaojun Wang

Chinese city with over three thousand years of history, I was gripped by ancient civilizations and all their untold stories. What is your favorite childhood memory? My dad could not hide his excitement when he took me and my mom to the... View Details

03 Oct 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

creating a team to build a city of the future. The Importance of Teaming Fast-moving work environments need people who know how to team on the fly. Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams A high-powered boss can lead a team into... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

Research Summary

Land in China's Political Economy

By: Meg Rithmire

Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform

Published October 2015

China since the 1980s has been the scene of unprecedented efforts at urban construction and growth, even in the absence of privatization... View Details

16 Oct 2015
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HBS and the Arts

public school students from all over New York City would meet to discuss one or two works of art from the collection in depth. The conversation was moderated by a wonderful museum educator named Rika Burnham, who had a talent for allowing... View Details

22 Aug 2019
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Moving to the Lower 48 from Alaska for my MS/MBA

in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Boston. They’re all amazing cities - and I’ve loved each of them - but there’s something about visiting my parents in Alaska that just feels like home still. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve also grown to... View Details

28 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note

rates, says Fuller, who suggests more targeted guidance and outreach to shrink the gap. In recent years, CareerWise has begun to expand, with new programs in cities including New York and Washington, DC, as well as rural locations in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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