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- 29 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 29
International Christopher M. Gordon and Chad M. CarrHarvard Business School Case 212-056 Dirigo International is proposing a major expansion of their life sciences research and manufacturing facilities in the heart of a major city and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
type of investment? A: Yes, it may be true that Boston (or any other city) benefits by keeping its football team or baseball team. But, another city without a team also would benefit from taking away Boston's team. And, as a result, View Details
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by Manda Salls
- 16 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Brand Power from Wedgwood to Dell: Part One
beginning his business, people were pouring into the cities as urbanization accelerated. The family farm and even the family plot, was disappearing. For the first time, women were going into the paid workforce in large numbers, as they...
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2016
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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...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018
the city of Boston, Massachusetts, show that revealing the “submerged state”—ensuring that citizens can see the often-hidden work that government performs—enhances both perceptions of and engagement with government. In Study 1, viewing a...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2002
- Research & Ideas
Building ’Brandtopias’—How Top Brands Tap into Society
was premised on an allegory about hillbillies, which working class people outside America's cities found valuable at a time when American ideology was all about engineering life and technological progress. Holt describes the geographical...
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by Martha Lagace
- 21 Aug 2012
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First Look: August 21
across and within metropolitan areas, but the endogeneity of these measures bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near Pittsburgh led that city to specialization in industries, like steel, with significant...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2018
- Sharpening Your Skills
8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager
iPhoto In an interview about his recent book Profits and Sustainability, which portrays the iconoclastic entrepreneurs who built green startups in the 19th century, Harvard Business School historian Geoffrey Jones notes that being a business-environmentalist can be...
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- 24 Jun 2016
- Op-Ed
Why Brexit is a Big Deal
multinationals may relocate their headquarters to stay within the EU. The global attractiveness of British higher education will take a hit. But the city of London will remain an important global financial center; Frankfurt will try again...
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by John Quelch
- 28 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 28
him to start a back-office services firm for their insurance company clients, which grew into ReSource Pro. By year-end 2007, ReSource Pro employed 250 people, of whom only four were U.S. based. With aggressive growth plans, Bruno began examining potential View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Nov 2011
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First Look: November 15
prevailing research norm. The Role of Finance and Private Investment in Developing Sustainable Cities Author:John D. Macomber Publication:Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 23, no. 3 (summer 2011) Abstract Three trends will drive urban...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Apr 2011
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First Look: April 5
Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities industry. We examine how company...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Steve Jobs Legacy
another star in that constellation. William Kirby (General Management) Steve Jobs's legacy is everywhere, not the least in Chinese cities where the Apple stores are crowded from dawn to dusk, and where there are not only knock-off phones...
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- 15 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions
a very different outcome,” Glaeser says. "There’s an urgent need for data and evidence to help guide the decisions leaders are grappling with." In a perfect world, there would be something akin to the health inspection ratings that some View Details
- 13 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 13
Viceira and Ricardo Gimeno Publication:Spain in the EMU (forthcoming) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Download the paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/lviceira/Europroject_20091112-ALL.pdf What Makes a City Entrepreneurial?...
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Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
new venture, come to terms with YouTube, the leading video-sharing site on the Internet, or maintain a nonexclusive strategy? Purchase this case: http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/ b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709447 Consumer Lending in Japan: View Details
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Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
have flattened significantly. The Ohio State University is located in Columbus, Ohio, one of the most rapidly developing major cities in the US. In addition to the University, Columbus is home to the Ohio state capitol as well as major...
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- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’
predictions. Some forecasters built sales forces to travel from office to office in lower Manhattan or in Boston and Chicago. Others sent their representatives to Rotary Clubs and churches in smaller cities and towns to give lectures....
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by Walter A. Friedman
- 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007
cancellations of interviews they had scheduled. Furthermore, without a match, many programs hired more local fellows, and fewer from other hospitals and cities than they did during the match. Wages, however, seem not to have been...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Sep 2005
- What Do You Think?
What are the Lessons of New Orleans?
security company, of which I was a director, to that of the New York City Police Department. A direct result has been a number of arrests by the NYPD of criminals fleeing buildings guarded by the private security firm. Contrast this with...
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by James Heskett