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James W. Riley
James Riley is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches LEAD in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Riley is an economic sociologist. He conducts ethnographic research to... View Details
- 07 Jun 2014
- Video
Sherrese Clarke Suarez - Making A Difference
- February 2016 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Janalakshmi Financial Services' HR Dilemma
By: Doug J. Chung and Radhika Kak
Janalakshmi Financial Services (JFS), an Indian microfinance institution, had grown rapidly by providing financial products to its main customer base, the urban poor. However, the company was facing several challenges. JFS’s productivity was declining, and it was... View Details
Keywords: Microfinance; Salesforce Management; Compensation and Benefits; Sales; Strategy; Financial Services Industry
Chung, Doug J., and Radhika Kak. "Janalakshmi Financial Services' HR Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 516-039, February 2016. (Revised June 2016.)
- 30 Oct 2024
- HBS Seminar
Catherine D'Ignazio, MIT
- 18 Jan 2016
- News
The 4 Types of Cities and How to Prepare Them for the Future
- 10 Jul 2020
- News
Telework boom weighs on Asia's fast-growing office market
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
Harvard Finds New Partner in City Hall's 'Urban Mechanics'
John Jong-Hyun Kim
John J-H Kim is a Senior Lecturer and part of the Social Enterprise Initiative at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the course Transforming Education Through Social Entrepreneurship—leaders and entrepreneurs who are improving the... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
Where the Cloud Rests: The Location Strategies of Data Centers
By: Shane Greenstein and Tommy Pan Fang
This study provides an analysis of the entry strategies of third-party data centers in the United States. We examine the market before the pandemic in 2018 and 2019, when supply and demand for data services were geographically stable. We compare with the entry... View Details
Greenstein, Shane, and Tommy Pan Fang. "Where the Cloud Rests: The Location Strategies of Data Centers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-042, September 2020. (Revised June 2022.)
- 25 Jun 2016
- News
Hyperloop may be a transportation leap too far
- 09 Mar 2021
- Cold Call Podcast
A Family Business at a Crossroads: Scaling and Succession
- 15 Mar 2016
- News
The costs of inequality: Faster lives, quicker deaths
- 31 Jan 2011
- News
"Smart Cities" Are Smart Investments, Too
- 27 Oct 2017
- News
Experts hope cities rise to the occasion
- January 2009
- Case
Wolf Elmore Brewer, Inc.
By: John A. Davis
This case describes how Alex Wolf, the founder of a small architecture and urban planning firm based in Portland, Oregon, decides to offer partnership to two trusted colleagues, and then how strains develop in their relationship. It asks what can be done to improve... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Interpersonal Communication; Entrepreneurship; Partners and Partnerships; Conflict Management
Davis, John A. "Wolf Elmore Brewer, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 809-098, January 2009.
- January 1996 (Revised December 2005)
- Case
First Community Bank (A)
First Community Bank, a bank-within-a-bank at Bank of Boston, was established in 1990 as a unique venture to serve urban communities. By 1995 it has achieved profitability but must manage relationships with the mainstream at Bank of Boston, serve as a change agent and... View Details
Keywords: Banks and Banking; Business Ventures; Business and Community Relations; Agency Theory; Change Management; Leadership; Balanced Scorecard; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Banking Industry; Boston
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "First Community Bank (A)." Harvard Business School Case 396-202, January 1996. (Revised December 2005.)
- 14 Mar 2016
- News
GE is huge, but its future headquarters will be anything but
- 01 Oct 2018
- Blog Post
Josh Latson and his Fellowship: “It’s like a pie eating contest.”
One night during his first-year at HBS, Josh Latson (MBA 2015) shadowed an emergency room physician through his rounds in a busy urban hospital. Josh was there as a member of the school’s Health Care Club, which he had joined to pursue a... View Details
Keywords: Health Care
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Digital Designs on the Inner City
for the creation of jobs and wealth among urban families. Moderator Randall Pinkett of M.I.T. Laboratory Anne Habiby, executive vice president of the Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, a national nonprofit founded by HBS professor... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman