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- 09 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 9, 2016
this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816702-HTM-ENG Harvard Business School Case 216-075 Reworking Office Space: Industry City, Brooklyn Jamestown is contemplating how to best lease a portion of their new development along...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
an organizational innovation still in progress can be taken elsewhere and maintain essential ingredients while also accommodating local and state differences. It raises questions about the necessary conditions for diffusion and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 2016 (Revised March 2017)
- Technical Note
Disintermediation in Two-Sided Marketplaces
By: Benjamin Edelman and Philip Hu
Two-sided marketplaces often risk disintermediation: users may rely on the marketplace to find each other but then perform related future transactions—or even the current transaction—without the platform’s involvement and without paying any fees the platform may...
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Disintermediation;
Strategic Behavior;
Circumvention;
Undercutting;
Uber;
Airbnb;
Handy;
Upwork;
Etsy;
eBay;
Monster.com;
Google;
Competitive Strategy;
Multi-Sided Platforms;
Marketplace Matching;
Transportation Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Transportation Industry
Edelman, Benjamin, and Philip Hu. "Disintermediation in Two-Sided Marketplaces." Harvard Business School Technical Note 917-004, June 2016. (Revised March 2017.) (request a courtesy copy.)
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
civil disobedience. This really matters—as Erica Chenworth’s research has shown, no government can withstand a challenge of 3.5 percent of its population without either accommodating the movement or (in extreme cases) disintegrating. How...
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- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
than the underlying assets, funds engage in substantial liquidity management. Specifically, they hold substantial amounts of cash, which they use to accommodate inflows and outflows rather than transacting in the underlying portfolio...
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Sean Silverthorne
- July 2017
- Case
Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor
By: Josh Lerner, John D. Dionne and Amram Migdal
The case examines the March 2015 Centerbridge Partners investment decision regarding whether to acquire Great Wolf Resorts, a North American family-oriented indoor water parks and hotel operator, from a private equity (PE) competitor, Apollo Global Management. The case...
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Private Equity Financing;
Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities;
CMBS;
Secondary Buyouts;
Business Ventures;
Acquisition;
Finance;
Borrowing and Debt;
Cost;
Cost of Capital;
Equity;
Private Equity;
Financial Instruments;
Debt Securities;
Accommodations Industry;
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North and Central America;
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Lerner, Josh, John D. Dionne, and Amram Migdal. "Centerbridge Partners and Great Wolf Resorts: Buying from a Highly Regarded Competitor." Harvard Business School Case 818-023, July 2017.
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
they have made, followed by Q&A. The panel were introduced by Svitlana Repina (MBA 2023). Panelists: Vanessa Broadhurst, Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs, Johnson & Johnson; Liz Hilton Segel, Global Leader, Client Service and View Details
- 22 Jul 2019
- Book
How to Be a Digital Platform Leader
century? Today, the world’s largest taxi company (Uber) owns no cars; the world’s largest provider of accommodations (Airbnb) owns no real estate; and the world’s largest retailer (Alibaba) owns no inventory. Modern platform thinking has...
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by Martha Lagace
- September 2013 (Revised August 2015)
- Background Note
Leadership and Teaming
By: Ethan Bernstein
Small differences in the leadership of teams can have large consequences for the success of their efforts. Many initiatives fail not because of a fatal error in judgment or insufficient ideas, knowledge, motivation, or capabilities to deliver a solution. They fail...
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Teams;
Teaming;
Leadership And Managing People;
Leadership;
Team Effectiveness;
Team Performance;
Team Design;
Team Leadership;
Teamwork;
Team Process;
Team Function;
Team Launch;
60/30/10 Rule;
Team Boundary;
Distribution Of Leadership Authority;
Self-Managed Teams;
Virtual Teams;
Unbounded Teams;
Acts Of Leadership;
Execution Teams;
Decision Making Teams;
Creativity Teams;
Team Size;
Task Design;
Team Timeline;
Team Roles;
Team Representation;
Diversity;
Team Familiarity;
Collective Intelligence;
Team Stages Of Development;
Team Coaching;
Performance Pressure;
X-Teams;
Team Focus;
Interaction;
Management Teams;
Managerial Roles;
Management Systems;
Management Style;
Management Skills;
Management Practices and Processes;
Organizational Design;
Organizational Structure;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Efficiency;
Performance Productivity;
Groups and Teams;
Networks;
Social Psychology;
Behavior;
Conflict and Resolution;
Creativity;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Satisfaction;
Prejudice and Bias;
Power and Influence;
Personal Characteristics;
Familiarity;
Cognition and Thinking;
Attitudes;
Projects;
Organizational Culture;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Leadership Development;
Leadership Style;
Leading Change;
Knowledge Use and Leverage;
Knowledge Sharing;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention;
Innovation and Management;
Innovation Leadership;
Design;
Interpersonal Communication;
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Asia;
North and Central America;
South America;
Atlantic Ocean;
Central Asia;
Europe;
Latin America;
Middle East;
Oceania;
West Indies
Bernstein, Ethan. "Leadership and Teaming." Harvard Business School Background Note 414-033, September 2013. (Revised August 2015.)
- September 1992 (Revised March 1994)
- Case
Warsaw Marriott: New Competition for Warsaw's Marriott Hotel
A very successful luxury hotel in Warsaw, Poland is faced with its first serious competition as new luxury hotels enter the Warsaw market. The case raises the general issue of how to sustain a competitive advantage in an international service business. A variety of...
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Loveman, Gary W., and David T. Kotchen. "Warsaw Marriott: New Competition for Warsaw's Marriott Hotel." Harvard Business School Case 693-024, September 1992. (Revised March 1994.)
- October 2001 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Club Med (C): The "Re-New" Plan
By: Frances X. Frei, Daniel Rethazy and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar
Supplements the (A) and (B) cases.
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Business Subsidiaries;
Industry Structures;
Competitive Advantage;
Organizational Culture;
Cost;
Customer Satisfaction;
Accommodations Industry;
United States
Frei, Frances X., Daniel Rethazy, and Hanna Rodriguez-Farrar. Club Med (C): The "Re-New" Plan. Harvard Business School Case 602-089, October 2001. (Revised November 2001.)
- July 1989 (Revised May 2004)
- Case
Colonial Homes
By: David E. Bell
Colonial Homes supplies a complete raw materials package to build entire homes. The price of the package is guaranteed at the signing of the sales contract, while delivery (and payment) are not effected for up to six months. In an effort to reduce its exposure to...
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Customer Value and Value Chain;
Contracts;
Price;
Price Bubble;
Fluctuation;
Monopoly;
Problems and Challenges;
Sales;
Accommodations Industry;
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Bell, David E. "Colonial Homes." Harvard Business School Case 190-008, July 1989. (Revised May 2004.)
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
research shows that in the 10 cities with the largest Airbnb market share in the US, the entry of Airbnb resulted in 1.3 percent fewer hotel nights booked and a 1.5 percent loss in hotel revenue. The paper, The Welfare Effects of Peer Entry in the View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Flexibility Is Key to Product Development in Internet Time
functionality contained in a search engine. Instead, each project was assessed by a panel of industry experts, who rated the performance of the resulting product relative to others that targeted similar customer needs at the same time....
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Judith A. Ross
- January 1998 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (A)
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Examines the issues raised in the financing of the Fitzpatrick Hotel Group, an Irish hotelier. The perspective of Paddy Fitzpatrick, founder and CEO at Fitzpatrick Group, and Niall Carroll, founder of ACT Venture Capital, are contrasted.
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Financing and Loans;
Venture Capital;
Perspective;
Accommodations Industry;
Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-002, January 1998. (Revised December 2001.)
- March 1994 (Revised April 1994)
- Case
Marriott Corporation - Restructuring
Deals with the decision of whether to split Marriott into two companies Marriott International and Host Marriott. Marriott has run into problems owing to the decline in real estate valuation. At the time of the case, it has a significant percentage of assets in hotels...
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Fenster, Steven R., and Roy Burstin. "Marriott Corporation - Restructuring." Harvard Business School Case 294-090, March 1994. (Revised April 1994.)
- July 2011
- Teaching Note
Aman Resorts and Aman Resorts (B) (TN)
By: Eugene Soltes
Teaching Note for 111-012 and 111-015.
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- November 2010 (Revised April 2011)
- Supplement
Aman Resorts (B)
By: Eugene Soltes and Aldo Sesia
The (B) case describes how employees are rewarded and compensated and is used to supplement the (A) case.
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Customer Focus and Relationships;
Customer Satisfaction;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Compensation and Benefits;
Employees;
Performance Evaluation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Accommodations Industry
Soltes, Eugene, and Aldo Sesia. "Aman Resorts (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-015, November 2010. (Revised April 2011.)
- September 1998
- Supplement
Marriott International: Pathways to Independence
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Accommodations Industry
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Marriott International: Pathways to Independence." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-503, September 1998.
- January 1998 (Revised May 1999)
- Case
Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B1): Niall Carroll
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Supplements the (A) case.
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Venture Capital;
Perspective;
Financing and Loans;
Accommodations Industry;
Republic of Ireland
Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "Fitzpatrick Hotel Group (B1): Niall Carroll." Harvard Business School Case 298-003, January 1998. (Revised May 1999.)