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- October 2016 (Revised March 2017)
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Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)
By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, global head of civic partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco–based home sharing platform; and her counterparts in Amsterdam's... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Innovation; Sharing Economy; Amsterdam; Airbnb; Molly Turner; Regulation; Homesharing; Tourism; Business And Government; Public-private Partnership; Entrepreneurship; Business and Government Relations; Government Administration; Public Sector; City; Tourism Industry; Public Administration Industry; Travel Industry; Netherlands; Europe
Weiss, Mitchell, Emer Moloney, and Vincent Dessain. "Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-013, October 2016. (Revised March 2017.)
- December 2013
- Case
Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)
Isolated by the KGB in Moscow, Harvard graduate student Bruce Allyn faces high-pressure negotiation tactics to recruit him for the Soviet spy agency. At the tense height of the Cold War, with CIA agents systematically being exposed and executed in Russia, Allyn was... View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Bargaining; Hard Bargaining; KGB; Espionage; Spying; War; National Security; Alliances; Ethics; Negotiation Tactics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Negotiation Participants; Negotiation Offer; Cambridge; Moscow; Soviet Union
Sebenius, James K. "Bruce Allyn: Negotiating with the KGB (A)." Harvard Business School Case 914-027, December 2013.
- 2008
- Working Paper
The Future of Social Enterprise
By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Herman B. Leonard and Susan McDonald
The Future of Social Enterprise considers the confluence of forces that is shaping the field of social enterprise, changing the way that funders, practitioners, scholars, and organizations measure performance. We trace a growing pool of potential funding sources to... View Details
Keywords: Social Entrepreneurship; Investment; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Performance Effectiveness; Social Enterprise; Consolidation; Value
Rangan, V. Kasturi, Herman B. Leonard, and Susan McDonald. "The Future of Social Enterprise." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-103, June 2008.
Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time
One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world's complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems.
Over a decade ago, renowned innovation... View Details
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- 13 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
The U.S. Job Search for International Students
Professional Development Office (CPD) provides resources, guidance, and access to job opportunities. Phillip Andrews, a Corporate Relations Director and Career Coach in CPD, has been working with international students for the last seven... View Details
- 20 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Language Wars Divide Global Companies
"nearly all of them expressed feeling some anxiety about having access to appropriate words," particularly when the work became highly technical, conversations became emotional, or when the workers were tired. Language barriers... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
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Bloomberg: futures
How can I locate futures information in Bloomberg? Use Bloomberg for access to futures information. Type CTM and hit GO for the Contract Table menu. For stock index futures click the radio button next to Exchange. Select the exchange and... View Details
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A Vital Residential Community | About
host of opportunities for interaction with one another and with faculty beyond the classroom, for easier access to a range of on-campus activities and resources, for socializing, and for building lasting relationships. Although it is one... View Details
- 03 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping
By the end of the 1960s, McLean's SeaLand Industries had twenty-seven thousand trailer-type containers, thirty-six trailer ships, and access to over thirty port cities. With a top market position, SeaLand was an attractive acquisition... View Details
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Life at Harvard - Doctoral
offers on-campus and off-campus housing assistance to individual students as well as to students with partners and families. Students with children also have access to assistance in locating appropriate childcare. The campus is fully... View Details
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Career Re-Entry & Flexible Work - Alumni
Learning to create an effective network, improve your interpersonal skills, access new information, and connect with important organizational stakeholders in this self-guided course. Resume Maintenance Make it a habit to document your... View Details
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Companies: conference call transcripts
top of the page Select Transcripts from the dropdown menu under News, Events & Filings Search by company name or keyword Limit by desired time frame Please note: Individual accounts required. HBS MBA students can also access... View Details
- June 2021
- Case
HelloSelf: Launch
By: John R. Wells and Benjamin Weinstock
In April 2021, Charles Wells, founder and CEO of HelloSelf was reflecting on the company’s progress since it launched two years earlier. HelloSelf’s goal was to help the mentally ill recover and those who were mentally fit to stay well and feel even better. To do this,... View Details
Keywords: Mental Health; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development Strategy; Great Britain
Wells, John R., and Benjamin Weinstock. "HelloSelf: Launch." Harvard Business School Case 721-432, June 2021.
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Rounding the Bend
Illustration by Fernando Cobelo To help people visualize what a circular economy could look like and bring the challenges down to a closet-sized scale, Emily Bolon (MBA/MPA 2007) recommends the following exercise. First, make a mental tally of the number of garments... View Details
- 08 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
Keep Your Weary Workers Engaged and Motivated
periscopic vision and access to broader sets of solutions.” Defend/Depend The drive to defend, though primitive—it’s rooted in the basic fight-or-flight response—is nonetheless complicated. Animals are concerned only with “mine” and... View Details
Keywords: by Boris Groysberg and Robin Abrahams
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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online
School Gain the knowledge and tools to decide whether an MBA is right for you, how it could impact your career, and how to prepare for business school. Access your free e-book Free E-Book Advance Your Career with Essential Business Skills... View Details
- 13 May 2024
- Research & Ideas
Picture This: Why Online Image Searches Drive Purchases
product images. The team found that the images nudged shoppers to explore those narrower search queries. Some 5.5 percent of the test group searched for narrower queries suggested by the new refinement tool, compared to 1 percent of the control group, who did not have... View Details
- 21 Aug 2000
- Research & Ideas
Inside the OR: Disrupted Routines and New Technologies
What Is Mics? Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) is performed by accessing the heart through incisions made between the ribs and employing a balloon device that is threaded into the heart through a vein to serve as an internal... View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Quantum Leap
scientists on staff,” Levy says—like Merck’s M Ventures fund, which has access to an in-house quantum computing task force. The technical challenges, meanwhile, are even thornier, and they affect the entire sector. While everyone agrees... View Details
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and social sciences has exploded in recent years, little sustained attention has been given to questions of how these techniques can contribute to business and economic history. Digitized sources can improve our access to materials and... View Details