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- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
payments affects criminal activity. Analysis of daily reported incidents of major crimes in twelve U.S. cities reveals an increase in crime over the course of monthly welfare payment cycles. This increase reflects an increase in crimes...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Aug 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #8: The Role of Solar and Wind Farming (and Other Tools) in the United States’ Clean Energy Future
increase of more than 3000 percent since 1984. And Diana is part of this growth. She started developing Concho Valley Solar near San Angelo, Texas, when she worked for Merit SI in 2018. The project began delivery of clean energy in June 2022, just before the hottest...
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- 05 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019
company. Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores By: Dai, Weijia (Daisy), and Michael Luca Abstract— Collaborating with Yelp and the city of San Francisco, we revisit a canonical example of quality disclosure by...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
leave. Research has shown that US cities that mandated paid sick leave experienced less contagious presenteeism (employees coming to work while sick) compared with control cities. That is, people were less inclined to attend work when...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 10
Crisis (A) Aldo Musacchio, Andrew Goodman, and Claire QureshiHarvard Business School Case 710-069 On November 25, 2009, the city state of Dubai stunned markets by announcing that Dubai World, its flagship state holding company, would seek...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 5, 2007
management talent. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=906403 Best Buy Stores, Inc.: Competing on the Edge Harvard Business School Case 706-417 While Circuit City struggles, Best Buy has...
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Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
To The Rescue
brought to bear on the problem back at home. “Rather than expecting the government to take the initiative, we could establish certain services in a few cities so that the citizens would come to appreciate the difference that it could...
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- 17 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 17
Turkey, where Abraham first heard the call to "go forth." It passes through some of the world's most revered cultural, historical, and holy sites, ending in the city of Hebron/AI-Khalil at the tomb of Abraham. With Abraham as a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 24, 2007
empirically show that firm operational performance has improved. Finally, we suggest that the lean initiative studied possesses qualities of a Trojan Horse change initiative—its outward manifestation accomplishes the short-term goal (entering the View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 20 Aug 2013
- First Look
First Look: August 20
http://hbr.org/search/313111-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 613-100 Open Innovation at Siemens The case describes Siemens, a worldwide innovator in the Energy, Healthcare, Industry, and Infrastructure & Cities sectors, and its...
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Anna Secino
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2014
Culture by Bozidar Novak (OPM 43, 2013) (Brodschneider & Kotnik) A collection of short essays centered on the topic of Maribor, Slovenia, a city of about 100,000 that was named one of the two European capitals of culture for 2012. The...
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- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
passes through some of the world's most revered cultural, historical, and holy sites, ending in the city of Hebron/Al-Khalil at the tomb of Abraham. With Abraham as a venerated patriarchal figure for Islam, Judaism, and...
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- 25 Jun 2014
- Lessons from the Classroom
FIELD Trip: Conquering the Gap Between Knowing and Doing
of the back of her house, selling chemical products on the side," laughs Mayo. "To their credit, students were excited to help with the business despite the tiny revenues, but we decided to pull the plug and found a more suitable project with a partner in a...
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- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
just told me that I'm crazy to open here because the city picks up things for free. It's crazy to charge $300 to pick something up when they can get the same service for free! We had never heard of that in Vancouver, but that's a big...
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Jun 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?
because it draws upon the power of the founding myths of the country (the myth of success, the frontier myth, the city on a hill) and reinterprets these myths in a way that provides meaning for men who work in large companies in an...
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by Manda Salls
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
important if the no-action side wins. Grassroots support for actions that benefit cities and regions will help creative local leaders move forward even when national or state policies are unfavorable. 2. Quality and safety is crucial for...
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by Rachel Layne
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Profiles from the class of 2007
party in Boston that raised more than $2,000 for the Irish Hospice Foundation, a nonprofit based in Dublin that supports the development of hospice care. It’s part of an active off-campus life, which is dominated by her love of sports. In addition to running the New...
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Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
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Cities and Climate Adaptation” Career Focus This course prepares students to invest in, advise, or lead organizations in the context of increasing pressures of global urbanization, resource scarcity, and perils relating to climate change....
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- 21 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 21
these features may also facilitate discrimination based on sellers' race, gender, age, or other aspects of appearance. In this paper, we test for racial discrimination against landlords in the online rental marketplace Airbnb.com. Using a new data set combining...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 10 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 10
of an Italian design based bicycle manufacturer evaluates if reducing costs by outsourcing would impact its brand. The company was founded in 2005 in Italy by three friends, and in its first five years it had enjoyed steady growth and built a strong reputation for...
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Sean Silverthorne