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- 01 Feb 1997
- News
OPM Celebrates 21st Anniversary at Gala Florida Reunion
every class since the first graduation in 1975 gathered with their families at Orlando's Dolphin Hotel in late October to observe the program's milestone with the first-ever OPM All-Class Reunion. OPM graduates from 17 countries attended...
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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Chasing the Silver Tsunami
via fax and phone, as nurses and patients struggled to find available and appropriate facilities and services. “It’s so obvious that if you live in a world where there are things like TripAdvisor and Yelp and Hotels.com, where you can find information and book View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
One-on-One with Tom Oreck
Boulder, Colorado. The building next door to our Long Beach plant is our call center. We shut that down and transferred that function to third-party centers in Phoenix and Denver. We also did a planned shutdown at the plant and moved certain critical components...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Effective Communication in the Age of Zoom
coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June Bulletin THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education,...
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- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
been particularly active) is a major factor in this phenomenon. Gaston Azcarraga (MBA 1983) is chairman and CEO of Mexico City-based Grupo Posadas (www.posadas.com), the leading hotel company in Mexico with operations in Brazil,...
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- 01 Jun 2020
- News
Keeping the Beat
coverage of the path ahead for education, health care, management, and the hotel and restaurant industries. Return to June Bulletin THE WAY FORWARD See more from the online-only June Bulletin’s coverage of the path ahead for education,...
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- 11 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Ideas and Research, July 11
their worth from their multisided platforms (MSPs), which facilitate interactions or transactions between parties. Many MSPs are more valuable than companies in the same industries that provide only products or services: For instance, Airbnb is now worth more than...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2016
- What Do You Think?
Are Employees Becoming Job 'Renters' Instead of 'Owners'?
is: job ownership: nature or nurture? What do you think? Original Column There’s an age-old question: “Does anyone ever take a rental car to the car wash?” For years, Bill Marriott instinctively has picked up trash as he walks through View Details
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by James Heskett
- 20 Jun 2016
- Research & Ideas
When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong
bookseller might only recommend books that are similar to previous purchases. Or if someone “likes” a fancy Manhattan hotel on Facebook, her Facebook friends might not invite her on an overnight hike in the woods. Or, more seriously, a...
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- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
successes have been nothing short of extraordinary. Goodwin encouraged Marriott to build a hotel in Haiti following the 2010 earthquake. The hotel—which Goodwin calls both an astute business decision and smart social one—is scheduled to...
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Jill Radsken
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Faculty Q&A: Playing the Hits
activities in her hotel room. That Maria—who was 21 or 22 at the time—was able to address a room full of journalists at the UN and take questions about the war in Bosnia was eye-opening. I learned that, yes, she's an amazing tennis player...
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- 20 Oct 2014
- Research & Ideas
Users Love Ello, But What’s the Business Model?
Let's say you build an invitation-only social network for high net-worth individuals. American Express could probably do it for their platinum card members. If I'm a platinum card member, the kind of hotels and travel experiences I look...
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- 11 Dec 2006
- Research & Ideas
Fixing Price Tag Confusion
box, and the remote. Your breakfast-included hotel bill still features separate prices for bed and for breakfast. Partitioning should only be used by those sellers who want to sensitize people to a secondary benefit that might otherwise...
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- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
Illustration by Decue Wu HBS professor Deepak Malhotra recalls the moment he learned about the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, a tragedy that took the lives of 20 first-graders and six staff members on December 14, 2012. “I had...
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- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
attention to the importance of Chanel’s networks among the cultural elite and European high society. It explores how she embraced the rise of Anti-Semitism among many members of the upper class at that time. During World War II, Chanel lived in the Ritz View Details
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Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
Inside CEOs' Pandemic Worries: Uncertainty, Employees, and Kids
Survival usually required some degree of “restructuring the organization.” A real estate CEO provided an example: “We had the option to shut down our hotel business but decided to keep it open and offer it as housing to international...
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- 06 Dec 2013
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela
I use to describe this leadership model: leading from behind . I think it captures the type of leader I'm talking about. I got the idea from reading Nelson Mandela. Several years ago-jet-lagged in my hotel room in Cape Town, overlooking...
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Creating Inclusive Recruiting Events in a Time of Innovation - Recruiting
place, organizations planning to hire full-time employees or interns in the coming year are reviewing their recruiting processes and seeking to innovate. For some, recruiting events once held in large hotel ballrooms or quaint coffee...
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- 16 May 2018
- News
ALUMNI NVC Finals and Regional Roundup
to hear from the business, political and community leaders from Hong Kong and beyond,” says Alison Chan (MBA 2002), the Conference Chair and club president. "This is the event that our alumni look forward to attending every year.” Held at the Conrad View Details
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Real World Issues Aired at Student Led Conferences
women in corporate Asia were some of the choices for the afternoon's panels, which also included sessions on intellectual property, direct investment in Asia, and entertainment and media in Asia. The final event was the Shanghai Ball, an extravaganza held at the Copley...
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Mary Ellen Gardner