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Case Study: Should an Emerging-Market Incubator Help U.S. Businesses?

Harvard Business Review

This fictionalized case study will appear in a forthcoming issue of Harvard Business Review, along with commentary from experts and readers. Conrad’s was a real estate investor in Coconut Grove. Editor’s Note. Because the defining vision had been Helena’s, she became the CEO.

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How to Handle Stress in the Moment

Harvard Business Review

The goal is to “use that adrenaline pop” to focus your nervous energy, “heighten your attention, and really apply yourself.”. When your mind becomes crowded with negative thoughts, let deep breathing occupy your mental real estate,” says Gonzales. Case study #1: Think positive thoughts. Talk yourself down.

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How to Handle Stress in the Moment

Harvard Business Review

The goal is to “use that adrenaline pop” to focus your nervous energy, “heighten your attention, and really apply yourself.”. When your mind becomes crowded with negative thoughts, let deep breathing occupy your mental real estate,” says Gonzales. Case study #1: Think positive thoughts. Talk yourself down.

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You Really Can Change Your Reputation at Work

Harvard Business Review

Or should you focus your energy on changing your ways? Then pour your energy into building a standing that you think is more reflective of your actual self. Case study #1: Addressing the misperception with a mea culpa. ” Case study #2: Giving 110%. How can you change others’ perceptions of you?

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7 Factors of Great Office Design

Harvard Business Review

To illustrate how this all plays out on a larger scale in real companies, here are two mini case studies from businesses we’ve worked with. The company wanted to preserve the energy of a start-up while creating sufficient space to accommodate future growth.

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The $300 House: A Hands-On Approach to a Wicked Problem

Harvard Business Review

How do you get energy and infrastructure into such dwellings? Bhalla used the case study of the chulha stove, co-created by businesses, NGOs, and slum dwellers, to make his point. Much of the economy consists of hardware shops, carpenters, plumbers, concrete makers, masons, even real-estate agents.

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How Companies, Governments, and Nonprofits Can Create Social Change Together

Harvard Business Review

Today, the Park creates incredible social value, but also provides billions in economic value through higher tax revenue, tourism, consumer spending, and real estate appreciation. Integrate stakeholders from across organizations and communities in a given place.

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