cities - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Sep 2012
News

On a Sound Track

business at the intersection of consumer electronics, media, and lifestyle branding. Skullcandy, which Andrus helped build with founder and former CEO Rick Alden, is expecting between $280 and $300 million in revenues this year. The Bulletin caught up with Andrus at... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; audio equipment; fashion; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

13 Jul 2016
Blog Post

How To Hire A Millennial

Connecticut is nothing less than a capitulation to an emerging business reality. For GE, leafy Stamford was simply too hard a sell to make to increasingly urban millennials, who not only prefer to live in cities like Boston, San... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

06 Dec 2019
Blog Post

Moving to the States with My Daughter to Pursue an MBA and Switch Careers

exciting industry for science and technology innovation and breakthrough. Boston is also a global hub city for health care and as a result, there are seemingly endless opportunities to learn beyond the classroom, whether it’s through an... View Details

14 Oct 2020
News

Sewn with Love

first time Hanazawa has wrestled with the ways she could urge her industry to focus on social impact. In 2011, an earthquake and tsunami leveled towns and cities in her home country of Japan, and she struggled with how to help. She... View Details

Keywords: Maureen Harmon

24 Jul 2020
News

Reimagining Chicago’s Schools

education. For Zaikos, Intrinsic is personal, having spent most of her life in Chicago and raised her own kids there. She’s passionate about making the city better, she says, and knows education is one of the primary ways to improve it.... View Details

27 Aug 2019
News

A Shot at Success

of role model.” Trey Athletes was recently accepted into the United Way Social Innovation Accelerator, which, along with philanthropic investment and corporate partnerships, will help the fledgling social enterprise expand its Trey Academy to other US View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Feb 1997
News

HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology

You've just been asked to relocate from New York City to work on your firm's new operation in Singapore. You have less than a month before the assignment starts, and part of your job will be to acquire suitable permanent office space. In... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

A Random Sampling of HBS Graduates in the News

and reports the station and approximate time she heard a song, she receives information about the song and how to purchase the CD on which it appears. With the troubled Salt Lake City Winter Olympics Organizing Committee sorely in need of... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

07 Nov 2014
News

The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)

opportunities around the world, to which they would otherwise not have access.” Why, in your opinion, is MOGUL important? “With over a million users upon launch, MOGUL is now visited by over 208 countries and 17,878 cities worldwide, just... View Details

Keywords: News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

01 Mar 2014
News

Everything Old Is a New Opportunity

series of summit-style events that bring like-minded technology and design innovators together with experts in the field of aging. The next step will be scaling the enterprise through local chapters in cities around the world and raising... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Health, Social Assistance; Personal Services

16 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Delivering Solutions During a Crisis: an Interview with Hans Kristian Furuseth

more cities across the country. An increased portfolio of medicines will also be available for customers. For Furuseth, “this role connected all the dots.” His family was able to return to Norway, adding baby Sophia to the family this... View Details

26 Jan 2016
First Look

January 26, 2016

Proceedings Crowdsourcing City Government: Using Tournaments to Improve Inspection Accuracy By: Glaeser, Edward, Andrew Hillis, Scott Kominers, and Michael Luca Abstract—The proliferation of big data makes it possible to better target... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
Case

Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs

By: John D. Macomber, Chad M. Carr and Fan Zhao

Private sector entrepreneur in China with advanced solid waste management capability competes with state owned enterprises and also government policies supporting a rival technology. Wen Yibo has used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately... View Details

Keywords: Private Sector; Public Sector; Service Delivery; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Wastes and Waste Processing; Urban Development; Utilities Industry; China

Citation

Educators

Purchase

Web

2013 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

Laura Kray, University of California, Berkeley Negotiation is a Man’s Game: Ultimate Truth or Enduring Myth? Mar 01 Friday, March 01, 2013 Panel: Work/Family Shelley Correll , Stanford University Minimizing the Motherhood Penalty: What Works, What Doesn't and Why?... View Details

01 Jun 2015
News

In My Humble Opinion: Priya Paul (OPM 28, 1999)

the hot, new restaurant wherever I travel.” Industry trend: A commoditization of the boutique, design-based experience. “I see customers seeking hotel experiences that are less institutionalized and more authentic to the cities they’re... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

26 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Tap into Top Talent with the HBS Leadership Fellows Program

alumni who have been placed with 93 organizations around the country. Some organizations, like Mercy Corps, Lincoln Center, and the City of Boston have been mainstays of the program for years. Other organizations like the Equal Justice... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

01 Mar 2018
News

March 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

skyscrapers stifle most breezes and often divert the wind, my constant companion in west Texas, where I grew up. Even with decades of city living behind me, most of my recollections involve the wind shaping the twists and turns in my... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

HBS Celebrates Launch of New Legacy Society

Maxson) HBS celebrated the official launch of the new John C. Whitehead Society in New York City in December. Nearly 150 alumni and friends gathered at the New-York Historical Society. Attendees from California, Florida, and Massachusetts... View Details

01 Dec 2001
News

New York Club Asks for Donations to September 11 Relief Fund

complex. The New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund assists the families of fallen New York City firefighters and police officers. It provides funds to families at the time of a death to assist with immediate expenses.... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

Profile

Mike Monagle

he participated in the university’s “Princeton in Beijing” immersion program, just when the city was preparing for the Olympics. A year later, Mike returned to Beijing to gather material for his independent-research project that combined... View Details

Publications