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- February 2008 (Revised September 2009)
- Case
Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad
The case focuses on Lance Johnstone, a former NFL player, who has dabbled in real estate development during his playing career, and now, as a retired player, is trying to pursue the development of a 10-unit rental apartment building in a depressed area of Philadelphia,...
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Budgets and Budgeting;
Development Economics;
Construction;
Entrepreneurship;
Financing and Loans;
Investment Return;
Urban Development;
Real Estate Industry;
Philadelphia
Roberts, Michael J., and Nabil N. El-Hage. "Lance Johnstone: Developing 3000 North Broad." Harvard Business School Case 808-126, February 2008. (Revised September 2009.)
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HBS Startup Bootcamp and Founders Unfiltered - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID...
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How I Spent My 2+2 Deferral: Carol Wright - MBA
Business & Environment Career Change Career and Professional Development Case Method Clubs Curriculum Digital Entrepreneurship FIELD Financial Aid Health Care Instagram Takeover JD/MBA Leadership Letters to Classmates MBA/MPP & MBA/MPA-ID...
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- 01 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 1
believe that such acquisitions are overpriced. In fact, however, those are the ones that can pay off spectacularly. Read the paper: http://hbr.org/2011/03/the-big-idea-the-new-ma-playbook/ar/1 Mindful Leadership Author:William W. George Publication:The European View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- Web
The 20th Century Zeitgeist - Leadership
cold war Iran-Contra Affair Influence: High 901990s USSR dismantled; ethnic conflicts exposed Gulf War: real-time TV coverage Asian financial crisis NAFTA enacted European Union forms Initiatives focus on societal challenges that are too...
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- 29 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 29, 2007
the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=407071 Free the Grapes—Direct-to-Consumer Shipping in the Wine Industry Harvard Business School Case 707-472 While wine tourism in the...
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Martha Lagace
- January 2016 (Revised July 2017)
- Case
HourlyNerd
By: Jill Avery and Joseph Fuller
HourlyNerd, a two-sided marketplace platform for matching freelance consultants with small companies looking for help, struggles to define a growth plan for the future. The company, started as a class project in HBS' FIELD 3 course, is assessing three growth paths:...
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Startup;
Lean Startup;
Two Sided Markets;
Entrepreneurship;
Strategy;
Business Startups;
Venture Capital;
Consulting Industry;
United States
Avery, Jill, and Joseph Fuller. "HourlyNerd." Harvard Business School Case 316-134, January 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
- March 2001 (Revised April 2001)
- Case
MiCRUS: Activity-Based Management for Business Turnaround
By: Robert S. Kaplan, Jonathan B. Schiff and Stanley Abraham
MiCRUS is a new company, spun off from IBM as a joint venture between IBM and Cirrus Logic to produce semiconductor wafers at world-class costs for its two parent companies. The senior management team needs to overcome the bureaucratic, internally focused culture that...
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Kaplan, Robert S., Jonathan B. Schiff, and Stanley Abraham. "MiCRUS: Activity-Based Management for Business Turnaround." Harvard Business School Case 101-070, March 2001. (Revised April 2001.)
- October 1999
- Case
Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine
After the Brent Spar episode and the 1995 events in Nigeria, Shell undertakes an intensive review of its values and business principles. At the same time, it conducts the largest multi-stakeholder consultation in its history in an effort to better understand society's...
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Corporate Governance;
Corporate Accountability;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Social Issues;
Public Opinion;
Moral Sensibility;
Values and Beliefs;
Transformation;
Environmental Accounting;
Energy Industry
Paine, Lynn S. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Transition (A)." Harvard Business School Case 300-039, October 1999.
- 06 Aug 2021
- Book
Steve Jobs and the Rise of the Celebrity CEO
cruelty who remakes the industry and in some cases society." “There were charismatic business leaders in the 1950s and 1960s, just as there are CEOs today who are not charismatic,” writes Tedlow. “We are describing a general tendency away...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 19 May 2009
- First Look
First Look: May 19, 2009
Working PapersDon't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad (revised) Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets and frozen credit, many businesses today are fighting for survival. Indeed, the current...
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Martha Lagace
- 2008
- Simulation
DEC v. Riverside
By: David A. Lax, James K. Sebenius, Lawrence Susskind and Thomas Weeks
Riverside Lumber is a pulp manufacturer in a small town in the Pacific Northwest. Riverside regularly dumps effluent into a nearby river. The Division of Environmental Conservation (DEC) claims that the effluent is toxic and jeopardizes the local salmon catch....
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- 2014
- Chapter
Payout Policy
By: Joan Farre-Mensa, Roni Michaely and Martin Schmalz
We survey the literature on payout policy, with a particular emphasis on developments in the last two decades. Of the traditional motives of why firms pay out (agency, signaling, and taxes), the cross-sectional empirical evidence is most persuasive in favor of agency...
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Farre-Mensa, Joan, Roni Michaely, and Martin Schmalz. "Payout Policy." In Annual Review of Financial Economics, Volume 6, edited by Andrew W. Lo and Robert C. Merton. Palo Alto, CA: Annual Reviews, 2014.
- 15 May 2017
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Promises and Limitations of Big Data
Source: peterhowell Although many people claim we have entered the era of big data, research firms tell us that most collected information is never used. It sits uncleaned, unanalyzed, unused in databases. But when data analytics is used successfully, organizations...
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Country & International | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
In-depth country and selected industry analysis and data. 49 331 Economist Intelligence Unit https://www.library.hbs.edu/find/databases/economist-intelligence-unit In-depth country and selected industry...
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Funding Opportunities - Business & Environment
environmental issues. HBS Forward Fellowship: Helps support students from lower-income backgrounds who have carried significant financial burdens or obligations. It helps ensure that students from all socioeconomic walks of life continue...
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- June 1992
- Case
Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William A. Teichner
A group of investors is considering buying the sequel rights for a portfolio of feature films. They need to determine how much to offer to pay and how to structure a contract with one or more major U.S. film studios. The case contains cash flow estimates for all major...
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Rights;
Debt Securities;
Contracts;
Cash Flow;
Valuation;
Capital Budgeting;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
United States
Luehrman, Timothy A., and William A. Teichner. "Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project." Harvard Business School Case 292-140, June 1992.
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Technology | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Bloomberg Financial data on equities, indices, currencies, commodities and futures. BI for technology industry data, news, and analysis. E-Commerce Statistics (E-STATS)...
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- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
PublicationsHigher Risk, Lower Returns: What Hedge Fund Investors Really Earn Authors:Ilia Dichev and Gwen Yu Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract The returns of hedge fund investors depend not only on the...
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Sean Silverthorne
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Winners & Runners-up - New Venture Competition
protect billions from insect-borne disease. Alpha Vantage Olivier Porte HBS'18; Steve Zheng HBS'18; Business Track Runner-Up Cloud-based platform democratizing access to financial market data for software developers and investors. 2018...
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