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- 15 Aug 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017
817-068 Swagbucks In early 2016, Chuck Davis, chairman and CEO of Prodege LLC, parent company of the brand promotion business Swagbucks, and Josef Gorowitz, Prodege’s founder and president, must decide whether to acquire MyPoints, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2024
- Blog Post
Hiring at HBS: How Summer Interns Make an Impact at Emerson Collective
evaluating companies. These projects include building and presenting a market map in an area of interest and working directly with a portfolio company. Projects are customized to align with company needs and students’ interests and... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Who Are We?
The Bulletin staff set out to answer a question they hear all the time: Who ARE the HBS alumni? Digging into the alumni database,* they found a network that ranged from farmers to financiers, and just about everything in between. Here, a... View Details
- March 2011
- Case
Padraig O'Ceidigh and Aer Arann: Building a Business in the Context of a Life
By: Janet J. Kraus and Shirley Spence
In April 2010, the eruption of a volcano wreaked havoc in the airline industry and placed Aer Arann on the bring of liquidation. For founder, sole owner and chairman Padraig O'Ceidigh, the airline has been a personal as well as business passion. The case provides a... View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Crisis Management; Air Transportation; Entrepreneurship; Management Teams; Business or Company Management; Success; Decision Making; Air Transportation Industry; Republic of Ireland
Kraus, Janet J., and Shirley Spence. "Padraig O'Ceidigh and Aer Arann: Building a Business in the Context of a Life." Harvard Business School Case 811-072, March 2011.
- 01 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 1
companies in times of trouble. In this paper, we test the view that CSR provides protection from public ire by analyzing the media's response to corporate crises. Our application is spills in the oil industry. We find the media far more... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 21 May 2013
- First Look
First Look: May 21
requirements. Download working paper: http://www.nber.org/papers/w19018 Hidden Structure: Using Network Methods to Map System Architecture By:Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 30
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-006.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsKanebo Ltd. (A) David F.Hawkins, Suraj Srinivasan, Akiko Kanno, and Lizzie GomezHarvard Business School Case 111-037 Speculation as to how Japanese companies might... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- September 2021
- Supplement
Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform
By: Chiara Farronato, Stefano Denicolai and Sarah Mehta
This supplementary dataset can be paired with the case entitled “Telepass: From Tolling to Mobility Platform” (case no. 622-011), to allow students the opportunity to analyze data before class. View Details
Keywords: Analysis; Change; Change Management; Transformation; Transition; Innovation and Invention; Strategy; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Transportation; Transportation Networks; Value; Value Creation; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; Europe; Italy; Milan
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Flying High
Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) Subramanian and Pelet, on the runway with Aero (Courtesy Uma Subramanian) When Uma Subramanian (MBA 2008) joined Aero Technologies as CEO in March 2019, the company... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Your Taxi Is Waiting
particularly business travelers, will appreciate the efficiency of this scenario. But can “air taxis” really take off in the current economic climate? Will companies economize by placing an even greater value on executives’ time and book... View Details
- 30 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 30, 2016
architecture. In particular, we draw upon modular systems theory to develop and test a series of propositions about the impact of component coupling on the cost of IT change. Our methods make use of “Design Structure Matrices” (DSMs), a novel View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 13 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 13, 2010
it through to make a positive change. Purchase the Book: http://www.library.hbs.edu/forms/purchaseform/ The Power of Alumni Networks Authors:Lauren Cohen and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Harvard Business Review 88, no. 10 (October... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Oct 2011
- First Look
First Look: October 18
entering this market would present unique challenges for Vanguard. Vanguard had a philosophy espousing low-turnover investing, while ETFs enabled short-term trading. The company would also need to develop a distribution View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Apr 2014
- News
York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition
regional competition entered the finals, which took place in early April through online crowd voting as well as judging by a panel of business experts. "Pitch videos" and profiles of each team were posted on YouTube to the competition audience to preview. Members of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Hail to the Chief
transportation would have the greatest immediate impact on energy use. This possibility inspired her to launch AltWheels, a two-day alternative transportation festival that took place in July. The event, a... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Network Methods to Map Product Architecture By: Baldwin, Carliss Y., Alan MacCormack, and John Rusnak Abstract—In this paper, we describe an operational methodology for characterising the architecture of technical systems and demonstrate... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
arrival rate into a congested airport; in an AFP, the FAA uses the same approach to adjust the amount of traffic flying into congested airspace. These two tools account for approximately 30 percent of all air transportation delays,... View Details
- February 2017
- Case
BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead...
By: Karim R. Lakhani, Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud and Caroline Caltagirone
In 2017, the co-founders of BlaBlaCar—the world’s largest long-distance carpooling company—reflected on the evolution of their venture and the way forward. BlaBlaCar had reached critical mass and size; yet staying still was not going to be enough to be relevant and... View Details
Keywords: Business Growth and Maturation; Business Startups; Transformation; Decision Making; Values and Beliefs; Growth and Development Strategy; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Strategic Planning; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Internet and the Web; Transportation Networks; Transportation Industry; Transportation Industry; France; Europe
Lakhani, Karim R., Arun Sundararajan, Emilie Billaud, and Caroline Caltagirone. "BlaBlaCar: The Road Ahead..." Harvard Business School Case 617-050, February 2017.
- 26 May 2016
- News
W. James McNerney Jr., MBA 1975
General Electric 1997 Named President and CEO, GE Aircraft Engines 2000 Named Chairman and CEO, 3M 2005 Named Chairman, President, and CEO, Boeing 2015 Named CEO of the Year by Chief Executive magazine 2016 Retires from Boeing Retired Chairman, The Boeing View Details
- 07 Jun 2019
- Book
Are You a Digital Manager?
Complex trends in globalization, demographic shifts, and new technologies are raising urgent challenges for managers on an everyday level. Because of the number of companies undergoing digital transformation, managers need to navigate an... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace