Checks - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 May 2012
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Checking In with Employees (Versus Checking Up)

01 Jun 2020
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Check In

were in 2019, so it’ll be very economical. When you arrive, you’ll probably check in with your phone, which also will be the key to your room. As a trend, keyless entry will really be accelerated by the pandemic. If you do go to the front... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; hotels; COVID-19; real estate; Accommodation; Hospitality

01 Dec 2005
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Style Check

Benetton Brain Trust: After learning at the knee of his father, Luciano, Alessandro is taking the family business forward. Working for his family’s company, whose colorful sportswear and controversial advertising made it a brand of international renown, Alessandro... View Details

Keywords: Formula 1; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

14 Jun 2011
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Check Your Charity!

05 Sep 2014
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Keeping Education in Check

David Berman (MBA 1991) is a successful hedge fund manager and a regular commentator on CNBC and Bloomberg TV, who has been deemed “the king of the retail jungle” by Fortune. But none of this, he says, would have been possible without the game of chess. The founder of... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

01 Mar 2016
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Faculty Q&A: Price Check

25 Aug 2022
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Case Study: Sound Check

Illustration by Neil Webb Illustration by Neil Webb Josh Hoffman-Senn (MBA 2019) and fellow cofounder of LS, Jimmy Pemberton, launched their initial digital toolkit in 2021, after seeing fellow musicians search out supplemental income while venues were shut down and... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

28 Dec 2016
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Retail price reality check

01 Sep 2011
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Checking In, Catching Up

Related Links Help plan the Class of 2011 reunion View photos from the Class of 2010 reunion More than 450 members of the MBA Class of 2010 and guests returned to campus in mid-May for the one-year reunion, a program now in its second year. Dean Nitin Nohria welcomed... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Feb 2020
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Elevator Pitch: Rec Checks

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner Concept: A social app (with Bill Gates as lead investor) that helps users find and share great experiences. Likewise uses AI and recommendations from friends to provide curated suggestions for TV shows, movies,... View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Elevator Pitch: Certified Check

Illustration by Drue Wagner Illustration by Drue Wagner SafeBase Adar Arnon (MS/MBA 2020), CTO and cofounder Al Yang (MBA 2020), CEO and cofounder Concept: SafeBase serves as the go-between solution for vendors and organizations that need to verify user data will... View Details

03 May 2024
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Best No Credit Check Loans

07 Feb 2017
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Checking in with One Championship

As a student at HBS, Chatri Sityodtong (MBA 1999) lived on four dollars a day, teaching the martial arts discipline of Muay Thai and sending the extra cash home to his mother and brother in Bangkok. “Everything I owned could fit into a single suitcase,” he recently... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2015
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Multimedia Simulation Provides Real-World Reality Check

Part Monopoly marathon, part chess championship, Harvard Business School’s new multimedia simulation “Strategic Brew” engages students in a fast-paced exercise in strategic decision- making. The goal of the simulation is to show, rather than tell, students how to... View Details

01 Mar 2011
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The Check Is in the Mail

Credit due: Trade cards ca. 1870 (top) showed that everything from sewing machines to harvesters could be purchased on installment; the dangers of extending credit instead of demanding cash (bottom); Baker Library Historical Collections Financial products of the past... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Sports, Language, Driving, and Other Schools; Educational Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information