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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
In the Spotlight
time to board work with other cultural institutions, although “it’s clear that NYCO will take up the lion’s share of Baker’s time in the near future,” declared the Opera News (September 1, 2007). In an interview, Baker noted that the NYCO was founded in 1943 by View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
City Hall’s Headbanger
Above: photo by Minesh Bacrania As mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Tim Keller (MBA 2005) is focused on bread-and-butter initiatives that drive down crime and attract business. And he’s been successful on both counts since taking office...
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Julia Hanna
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
KPMG for Mayor!
becoming candidates. This is not a call for privatization of services (like trash pickup), which is already widespread. Instead, it’s a suggestion that the job of mayor itself be awarded by voters to a private firm. Unlike other...
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- 19 Apr 2017
- News
Chicago Becomes a Hub of Startup Action
Silicon Valley’s name is dominant in the history of entrepreneurship. So where does that leave other cities that want to get in on the action? On April 13 in Spangler Auditorium, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and a panel of area business...
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- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
planned and managed in a much more efficient and sustainable fashion than in a dispersed population. Mayors of the world's largest cities agree, with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg leading a global...
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- 01 Jun 2002
- News
East Side Story
In January, veteran New York state senator Roy Goodman (MBA '53) was appointed president and CEO of the United Nations Development Corporation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA '66). In accepting the position, Goodman, a...
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- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Keys to the Kingdom
domain became Rhea’s literally overnight last May, when he was appointed chairman of the New York City Housing Authority by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA ’66). Critics noted that Rhea, who was previously an executive at JPMorgan Chase and...
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Real Estate
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
adapting the skills and practices of entrepreneurship for the public sector,” he says. Before joining the HBS faculty and creating the MBA course Public Entrepreneurship, Weiss was chief of staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. In 2010,...
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by Martha Lagace
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
consider becoming candidates. This is not a call for privatization of services (like trash pickup), which is already widespread. Instead, it's a suggestion that the job of mayor itself be awarded by voters to a private firm. Unlike other...
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by Eric Werker
- Web
Ripple Effect | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
concern for others in need,” he says. After graduation, it led Nicolette to a position through the HBS Leadership Fellows Program as Advisor to the Mayor in the City of Boston Mayor’s Office. “I wouldn’t have had access to that...
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- 01 Dec 2011
- News
Letters to the Editor
and I’ll continue speaking out in support of New York’s and the C40’s innovative approaches. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) New York, NY Environmental Action In the article “The City Solution,” Mayor...
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- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
Competitiveness: Paths Forward," an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation. "I believe...
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by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) is also the chairman of the C40, a group of fellow mayors from the world’s 40 largest cities who have banded together to fight climate change....
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- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
In 2020, the city of Detroit logged some 7,000 calls involving mental health emergencies—a critical issue, notes Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who says, “When the mentally ill turn to the police for a response, the system is broken.” To fix...
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- 26 Feb 2008
- News
The Right Stuff at HBS
cheerleaders, family members, coaches, business and civic leaders, school officials, and the mayor of Boston. Harvard University also chipped in, helping with the purchase of commemorative rings (complementing special jackets donated by...
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- 19 Aug 2011
- News
i-lab Buzz
rooms and open areas, again with a flexible floor plan. A café that opens onto a patio will provide the necessary caffeine and nourishment to fuel the founders of future start-ups. The i-lab’s official debut is set for November 18, with appearances scheduled by Harvard...
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- 19 Oct 2011
- Research & Ideas
Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future
On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers...
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- 26 Feb 2008
- News
The Right Stuff
leaders, school officials, and the mayor of Boston. Harvard University also chipped in, helping with the purchase of commemorative rings (complementing special jackets donated by New Balance) for all the players and cheerleaders. Featured...
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Garry Emmons
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Back in Business
way. It was Primary Day. As was his habit on this occasion of civic duty, Joseph J. Lhota (MBA '80) had risen early at his Brooklyn Heights home in order to vote at his local polling place before departing for Lower Manhattan and his City Hall office. His boss, View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Spangler Center Groundbreaking
With six inches of fresh snow underfoot, Dean Kim B. Clark and a hardy assembly of HBS students, faculty, and staff welcomed a group of distinguished guests to campus in late February to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Spangler Center. Boston View Details