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- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B6): Miami Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ai-Ling Jamila Malone and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an...
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- 11 Aug 2020
- Blog Post
Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time
asking delivery and rideshare drivers in our neighborhood if they had heard of PPP and if they had received aid dollars,” adds Shrey who remained in the Boston area while Chrys relocated to Florida to stay with family. The two began...
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- June 2011
- Case
Trouble in Islandia; Computer Associates 2001 - 2004
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
The Board of Directors of Computer Associates deals with pressure from the U.S. Department of Justice as its members try to gain better insight into the accounting practices of the company's top management team.
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- January 2000
- Supplement
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (Video)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Taran Swan talks with HBS students about the events covered in the case. She discusses her definition of a leader, how she built the team, leaving Miami, and her relationship with headquarters management.
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Keywords:
Business Headquarters;
Leadership;
Management Teams;
Relationships;
Situation or Environment;
Latin America;
Miami
Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (Video)." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 400-505, January 2000.
- August 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (B)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (A) case.
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Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (B)." Harvard Business School Case 400-037, August 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
- August 1999 (Revised March 2000)
- Case
Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (C)
By: Linda A. Hill and Kristin Doughty
Supplements the (A) case.
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Hill, Linda A., and Kristin Doughty. "Taran Swan at Nickelodeon Latin America (C)." Harvard Business School Case 400-038, August 1999. (Revised March 2000.)
- 29 Sep 2008
- Research & Ideas
How Economics May Lead to Better Football Games
instead of what had looked like a game between the two top-ranked teams, the Orange Bowl that year had the number 1 team and the number 5 team, while the number 2 team ended up matched with the number 19 team in the Florida Citrus Bowl....
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- January 2014 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Open English
By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Lisa Mazzanti
Open English, a Miami-based startup offering online English language learning services, had more than 30,000 active students across Latin America in 2012. The company had just closed a $43 million financing round in order to rapidly scale its service to the next level....
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Keywords:
Technology Strategy;
Product Management;
Startup;
Online Learning;
Digital Platforms;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Technology Industry;
Miami;
Venezuela
Bussgang, Jeffrey J., and Lisa Mazzanti. "Open English." Harvard Business School Case 814-020, January 2014. (Revised May 2015.)
- Web
Alumni Forums - Alumni
Social Enterprise Initiative South Florida Toronto Washington DC Why choose Forums? “We believe that most people–and certainly many leaders–can benefit from being in a confidential group that’s designed to help all its members meet their...
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- 01 Oct 2002
- News
What's Cookin'
dishes, He says he appreciates the democratic aspect of a business that rewards practical experience and a strong work ethic. “People who apply themselves can work their way through the ranks,” he observes. “For many workers — particularly here in South View Details
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Hanna, Julia
- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
view. “Regardless of the outcome of this election, we have problems in the system to work out, and it’s going to take a long time”. The REN team will hold its next webinar for the HBS Club of South Florida on October 1, 2020. To learn...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
doctors, and we brought in insurance specialists to help people make insurance and FEMA claims. When you reopened the Long Beach plant on September 9, did everyone get right back to work? The first thing we did when the lights went on powered by hastily purchased...
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- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
nature preserve and perhaps the most pristine marine area in the world,” Cohen notes. But collecting that gem of the Pacific would be trumped by her lead role in a Florida swampland deal: the landmark agreement designed to restore the...
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- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?
Tennessee and Florida to create dedicated funds for high-performing charters. In Tennessee, CSGF partnered with the Tennessee Charter School Incubator, where fellow HBS alum Greg Thompson is preparing to launch 20 charter schools....
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- 13 Feb 2013
- Research & Ideas
5 Weight Loss Tips From Behavioral Economists
Weight Loss: A Randomized, Controlled Trial," published in the June 2011 edition of Journal of General Internal Medicine. TIP #3- Fill your backpack with rocks. A research team from Harvard and the University of Central Florida tested the...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
Project. ARF’s current Homecoming Initiative is raising money for four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU): Howard University, Florida A&M University, Spelman College, and Morehouse College. Additionally, in an ongoing...
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Deborah Blagg
- 18 Nov 2020
- News
Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar
with the event. We will definitely be hosting more networking events in this format, as it looks like we’ll be virtual into 2021.” The HBS Club of South Florida welcomed 10 alumni to a virtual discussion about the Future of Work, sharing...
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Margie Kelley
- 18 May 2017
- News
Pioneer Spirit
liquid hydrogen rocket engine that was subsequently used in many of the major space exploration programs, and Fern taught in the first public high school in Palm Beach County to be integrated.” One of the goals the couple had when they moved to View Details
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Constantine von Hoffman
- August 2014
- Case
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc.
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Meng Li
Keywords:
Health;
Health Care Industry;
Health Insurance;
United States;
Health Care and Treatment;
Health Industry;
United States;
Florida
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Meng Li. "Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 315-009, August 2014.
- March 2013
- Case
First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes
By: Christopher Marquis and Juan Almandoz
First Green Bank is a bank start-up in the midst of the financial crisis which aims to promote sustainability while making money as a bank. The case presents an ethical dilemma as it considers a loan to an arms manufacturer.
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Keywords:
Social Entrepreneurship;
Financial Crisis;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business and Community Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Ethics;
Banking Industry;
United States;
Florida
Marquis, Christopher, and Juan Almandoz. "First Green Bank: Bringing Bloom to Desert Landscapes." Harvard Business School Case 413-073, March 2013.