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01 Jun 2023
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A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

worked various part-time jobs to scrape together rent and pay for college tuition until he eventually graduated with honors from Temple University with a degree in accounting in 1982. It was a huge accomplishment, yet Miller’s prison... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories

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Joseph O'Donnell | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Transcript (PDF) Joseph “Joe” O’Donnell, HBS 1971, started his first concession while still in high school, renting out tuxes for the prom at Malden Catholic High School near Boston. While at HBS, Joe started a service to help minority... View Details

31 Jul 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

Keywords: by Eric D. Werker

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

restaurants typically purchase without the ability to hedge or otherwise lock in pricing, and so are at the mercy of supply-price fluctuations. A third cost challenge for restaurants is occupancy. Locations are generally leased on a triple net fixed View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

16 Jul 2007
Research & Ideas

Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision

"should" items when the impact will be felt in the future. They also talk about their related research on DVD rentals—should I rent the good-for-me documentary An Inconvenient Truth or the entertaining Pirates of the... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Retail; Entertainment & Recreation

18 May 2022
Research & Ideas

Are Banks the ‘Bad Guys’? Overdraft Fees Are Crushing Low-Income Customers

of time. That, I think, escaped the regulatory net.” Imagine a checking account with $400. A bunch of debits post, and the bank first puts through the largest, a $500 rent check. That triggers a $35 overdraft fee. Two checks for $50,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

30 Jan 2013
Working Paper Summaries

These Are the Good Old Days: Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System

Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking

02 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Coronavirus Careers: Cloud Kitchens Are Now Serving

United act like landlords, renting kitchen spaces to multiple third-party restaurant brands. There are also pure play virtual restaurants in the category that exist solely as cloud kitchens that deliver via online delivery platforms. Some... View Details

Keywords: by Lena Ye and Geoffrey Jones; Food & Beverage

January 2003 (Revised May 2005)
Case

Zipcar: Refining the Business Model

By: Myra M. Hart, Michael J. Roberts and Julia Stevens

Zipcar is a start-up organized around the idea of "sharing" car usage via a membership organization. This case describes several iterations of the Zipcar business model and financial plan. These iterations include a very early version and a version developed just prior... View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Renting or Rental; Business Model; Business Plan; Entrepreneurship; Economic Growth; Management Skills; Transportation; Business Startups; Financial Strategy; Corporate Finance; Growth and Development Strategy; Transportation Industry; Service Industry

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15 Feb 2024
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Startup Shepherds

a mobile dental practice called Henry the Dentist. Jenny Fleiss, who launched Rent the Runway with cofounder Jenn Hyman (both MBA 2009) realizes now that they would have allocated their initial resources differently if they had recognized... View Details

Keywords: April White

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3.1 Student Accounts - MBA

for students’ bills will be redeposited; there is a charge assessed for dishonored checks. If students’ scholarships/fellowships and loans are greater than the amount due on the bill (including any rent due for the rest of the semester),... View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

development, illegal drugs, rent control, housing, drug pricing, racial references, corporate political action, social media, sea level rise, employment of people with disabilities, and the like. For example, instead of discussing general... View Details

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

Jr. Professor of Business Administration Fireside Chat: Pathways to Profitability Thomas R. Eisenmann (MBA 1983, DBA 1998), Howard H. Stevenson Professor of Business Administration Jenn Hyman (MBA 2009), Rent the Runway 5:45–9:00 p.m.... View Details

01 Dec 2023
News

Case Study: Staking a Claim

traditionally associated with growing up and choosing instead to rent cars and apartments, even if they have the means to buy. Surround is a digital insurance agency that operates in 30 states and offers just the right insurance for these... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

2014
Working Paper

Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com

By: Benjamin Edelman and Michael Luca

Online marketplaces often contain information not only about products, but also about the people selling the products. In an effort to facilitate trust, many platforms encourage sellers to provide personal profiles and even to post pictures of themselves. However,... View Details

Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Internet and the Web; Race; Trust; Renting or Rental; Accommodations Industry; Real Estate Industry

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Drew Keller

to rent kayaks for the day, but after seeing how much more fun people with motorboats seemed to be having, we switched plans and rented one. We spent the day water skiing, tubing, and making fun of my dad’s... View Details

01 Jan 2011
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Seth Klarman, MBA 1982

that it is available for rent on eBay. Klarman's legendary success as both an investor and a philanthropist belies another aspect of his personality: he enjoys living his life out of the spotlight. At Baupost's Boston headquarters,... View Details

12 Mar 2006
Research & Ideas

New Research Explores Multi-Sided Markets

transactions it conducts with members of the two groups—suppliers and consumers—are largely independent of each other and there is nothing particularly interesting in a two-sided sense. But Wal-Mart has grown quite sophisticated. It also View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

22 Sep 2023
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Capital Connection

housing complex. “They’re updating living spaces, replacing roofs, addressing years of deferred maintenance, and creating vibrant community spaces with playgrounds and picnic areas, with modest rent increases so residents are not priced... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Real Estate

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

finishing work on a case study about Airbnb, where anyone can offer a room in their house or an apartment for short-term rentals. "Compared to restaurant choice, people are taking a big risk when deciding to rent their apartment to a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

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