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- 01 Jun 1996
- News
Keepers of the Flame
economy." Frazier further notes that the economic opportunities generated by the Games have been distributed across a wide spectrum: 30 percent of discretionary spending, including construction, has been directed toward women- and... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- October 2018 (Revised July 2019)
- Case
Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up
By: Leslie K. John, Mitchell Weiss and Julia Kelley
Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.
By the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people... View Details
By the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Govtech; CivicTech; Smart Cities; City Innovation; Government Innovation; Privacy; Sidewalk Labs; Dan Doctoroff; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Consumer Behavior; Governance; Business and Government Relations; Innovation and Invention; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Canada
John, Leslie K., Mitchell Weiss, and Julia Kelley. "Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up." Harvard Business School Case 819-024, October 2018. (Revised July 2019.) (Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.)
- February 2014 (Revised December 2015)
- Case
Mara Group
By: Eugene Soltes and Sara Hess
Mara Group is a rapidly growing Pan-African conglomerate run by its entrepreneurial CEO Ashish Thakkar. The case explores Thakkar's decision on which African markets to expand operations into. View Details
Keywords: Telecommunications Manufacturing; Business Ventures; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Africa
Soltes, Eugene, and Sara Hess. "Mara Group." Harvard Business School Case 114-060, February 2014. (Revised December 2015.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
the stock market. The real money is in the property market; a drop in values of real estate would have more far-reaching consequences. In terms of global spillovers, the... View Details
- 12 Jul 2004
- Research & Ideas
Michael Porter’s Prescription For the High Cost of Health Care
for each discrete service. Many other industries have solved the problem of how to issue a single bill for customized services; among them aerospace, construction, auto repair, and consulting. A competitive health care industry could... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side
their coming to the right decisions. I take great pride in the fact I recruited him to the Board.” — HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan “When I think of Howard, I think creativity, intelligence, energy, wide-ranging curiosity, friendship. Working with him to start... View Details
- 10 Feb 2014
- HBS Case
Stressing Safety in South Africa’s Platinum Mines
implemented pretty quickly by command—acquisitions, divestitures, real estate purchases, layoffs. Long marches take time and the involvement of many people who must produce new elements and coordinate their... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
important or patriotic act than voting,” said Palandjian, Chairman and CEO of Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation, in a press release announcing the initiative. “I’ve always been troubled by routine low... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
their father ran successful textile and real estate businesses. Both parents believed in the importance of moral values, and in the fourth grade, the twins began studying at the Ethical Culture Society's... View Details
- 23 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers
historical or ongoing regulatory investigations in several other markets with price coherence: travel booking sites, hotel booking sites, insurance brokerages, insurance comparison services, online retail marketplaces, search engine advertising, View Details
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
deprives owners of the time and ability to do what they do best, which further dampens individual economic achievement. Thanks to the “residential real estate pricing cartel,” the authors say homeownership... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni Achievement Awards 2019
Photographed by Susan Young; edited by Julia Hanna See full profiles and more photographs here. Marla Beck (MBA/MPA 1998) CEO and Cofounder, Bluemercury Inc. First job: Accounting work in her dad’s real View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
School Case 217-013 Nirvana Vihar Rehabilitation Homes Kumar Builders (KUL) was finally nearing completion on the four luxury condominium towers that comprised the first phase of its bold vision for the redevelopment of more than 70 acres of prime View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- Web
“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
lot of things I learned at HBS. I’d say about five percent of my work drew upon my TOM [Technology & Operations Management] coursework, and the other 95% was LEAD [Leadership and Organizational Behavior].” Josh was given significant responsibility for investigating the... View Details
- May 2018
- Teaching Note
Mubadala and EBX: To X or to X It?
By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree
On April 3, 2013, Hani Barhoush and Oscar Fahlgren of Mubadala Capital (“Mubadala”) considered how to salvage Mubadala’s $2 billion preferred equity investment of a 5.63% stake in the EBX Group. At the time, EBX was the holding company of a myriad of subsidiaries and... View Details
- March 2018
- Case
Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal
By: Christopher J. Malloy, Lauren H. Cohen and Inakshi Sobti
After the 2015 Nepal earthquake, the Chaudhary Group, a billion-dollar conglomerate in Nepal, decides to play a pivotal role in rebuilding the country. The Group's philanthropic arm (Chaudhary Foundation) works with stakeholders and develops a blue print for short- and... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Family Business; Decision Choices and Conditions; Developing Countries and Economies; Social Entrepreneurship; Values and Beliefs; Venture Capital; Microfinance; Geographic Location; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Management; Crisis Management; Management Teams; Resource Allocation; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Natural Disasters; Social and Collaborative Networks; Social Issues; Business Strategy; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Real Estate Industry; Nepal
Malloy, Christopher J., Lauren H. Cohen, and Inakshi Sobti. "Chaudhary Group: Rebuilding Nepal." Harvard Business School Case 218-100, March 2018.
- Web
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key activist leader in the community development efforts of major U.S. cities including San Francisco and Los Angeles and runs a real estate consultancy firm in Los Angeles. Read More Read Less Lillian... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
On a Sound Track
statement before we entered the space. But now, that piece of real estate over your ears calls for self-expression. Along with your eyewear, your hat, your hoodie, and your jeans, headphones are a prominent... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
A Boomtown's Echo
issues that came out of that bust. So they’re almost too conservative. They’re not investing in infrastructure as much as they could or should. I’ve literally called banks while working on real estate... View Details
- 19 Jan 2022
- In Practice
7 Trends to Watch in 2022
As 2022 gets underway we asked our faculty to highlight some trends worth watching in the coming year. Ariel Stern: A new future for digital health care While 2020 and 2021 were years of rapid innovation and deployment of new health care technologies and delivery... View Details
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