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Mitchell B. Weiss
Mitch Weiss is the Richard L. Menschel Professor of Management Practice at the Harvard Business School. He created and teaches the school's course on Public Entrepreneurship—on public leaders and private entrepreneurs who invent a difference in the... View Details
- 25 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela
this land was under 30 feet of water. Three weeks from now this will become the largest city on earth, the largest single-purpose gathering of humanity in history. Every 12 years, when the moon and stars are aligned, this becomes the most...
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- 20 Aug 2015
- Video
What Is the State of U.S. Competitiveness Today?
- August 2005 (Revised October 2007)
- Case
Best Buy Co.,Inc.: Competing on the Edge
By: John R. Wells and Travis Haglock
While Circuit City struggles, Best Buy has overtaken it to become the premier consumer electronics retailer in the United States. What has driven its success? How can it be sustained?
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Wells, John R., and Travis Haglock. "Best Buy Co.,Inc.: Competing on the Edge." Harvard Business School Case 706-417, August 2005. (Revised October 2007.)
- September 2011
- Supplement
Expansion at Narayana Hrudayalaya
By: Tarun Khanna and Tanya Bijlani
Narayana Hrudayalaya has expanded into a multi-specialty health city in Bangalore, with a 25-acre campus that offers complex tertiary care procedures ranging from orthopedics to cancer care. In 2008, NH raised private equity from JP Morgan and Pinebridge Investments to...
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Keywords:
Investment;
Price;
Health Care and Treatment;
Emerging Markets;
Social Enterprise;
Expansion;
Health Industry;
Bangalore;
Cayman Islands;
Miami
Khanna, Tarun, and Tanya Bijlani. "Expansion at Narayana Hrudayalaya." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 712-801, September 2011.
- February 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Doing Business in Boston, Massachusetts
By: Laura Alfaro, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Zeke Gillman
This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Boston, Massachusetts while giving a broad history of the city and surrounding area.
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- 06 Jul 2015
- News
New name, new look for Chestnut Hill mall
- 09 Jun 2020
- News
China’s Tencent Plays Master Builder as Tech Firm Plans ‘Net City’
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries
Vietnamese manicurists, Korean dry cleaners, Haitian cab drivers, Gujarati motel owners. Anyone who lives in an American city can see how immigrants tend to cluster in industries along ethnic lines. Is this because they are forced to by...
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- 1 PM – 2 PM EDT, 17 Sep 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
Risk of Unfunded Public Pension Fund and Health Care Benefits in the US
Detroit is the canary in the coal mine on the issue of unfunded pension and health care liabilities. Had the city not declared bankruptcy, it was projected that 67% of every incremental revenue dollar would have been allocated to these legacy benefits by 2017. Yet even...
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- March 2000 (Revised January 2002)
- Case
Robert Moses
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Alexis Lefort
Robert Moses was Park Commissioner in New York City for nearly 50 years. In this position, he had more influence on the face of urban New York than anyone before or after.
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McGinn, Kathleen L., and Alexis Lefort. "Robert Moses." Harvard Business School Case 800-271, March 2000. (Revised January 2002.)
- August 2021
- Case
Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela
By: Ayelet Israeli, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago and Carla Larangeira
By June 2021, Yummy had become Venezuela’s first and largest food delivery app and last-mile logistics company. In Caracas, the nation’s capital, Yummy held a 55% market share, while operations in other cities had already started to take place, including in three of...
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Keywords:
Internet and the Web;
Health Pandemics;
Business Startups;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Expansion
Israeli, Ayelet, Jenyfeer Martinez Buitrago, and Carla Larangeira. "Yummy: Delivering Value to Venezuela." Harvard Business School Case 522-034, August 2021.
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
by 30,000 by 2020, using city revenues to subsidize affordable housing, as well as a resolution to preserve a portion of the Mission District, the city's historically Latino neighborhood that has been increasingly gentrified. A View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Why Immigrant Workers Cluster in Particular Industries
Airbnb in Amsterdam
In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home-sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, Global Head of Civic Partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco based home-sharing platform; and her counterparts in...
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- August 2013 (Revised July 2014)
- Case
Coffee Wars in India: Café Coffee Day Takes On the Global Brands
By: David B. Yoffie and Tanya Bijlani
Café Coffee Day (CCD) is contemplating how to respond to the entry of Starbucks into the Indian coffee chain market. The case study describes the emergence of CCD as the leading coffee chain in India, with over 1,400 cafes in India. In early 2013, Starbucks, the...
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Yoffie, David B., and Tanya Bijlani. "Coffee Wars in India: Café Coffee Day Takes On the Global Brands." Harvard Business School Case 714-409, August 2013. (Revised July 2014.)
- July 2005 (Revised August 2011)
- Case
Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation
By: Nitin Nohria, Anthony Mayo and Bridget Gurtler
Jesse Holman Jones is regarded as one of the most influential men in reviving the American economy from the Great Depression. With only an 8th grade education, he rose to the top of the banking, real estate, and lumber industries, as well as the upper echelons of...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Financial Strategy;
Business History;
Leading Change;
Managerial Roles;
Business and Government Relations;
Power and Influence
Nohria, Nitin, Anthony Mayo, and Bridget Gurtler. "Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 406-029, July 2005. (Revised August 2011.)
- 13 May 2020
- Blog Post
Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust
says, “and parked underneath a tree to meet with gang members. We asked them, ‘What could the city do over the next three, six, and twelve months to improve lives and reduce gun violence?’” The point, Patel understood, was to build trust...
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- 23 May 2023
- Cold Call Podcast