Urban Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Apr 2012
First Look

First Look: April 17

investigates the urbanization of the Indian manufacturing sector by combining enterprise data from formal and informal sectors. We find that plants in the formal sector are moving away from urban and into... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 1996 (Revised November 1996)
Case

Supermarkets in Inner Cities

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias

Excerpts from five articles that present the challenges and opportunities inherent in opening and operating supermarkets in inner-city neighborhoods. View Details

Keywords: Urban Scope; Market Entry and Exit; Alliances; Business and Government Relations; Problems and Challenges; Development Economics; Business and Community Relations; Business Ventures; Strategic Planning; Cooperation

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curriculum. Existing first–year required courses such as "Human Behavior in Organizations" and "Planning and the Business Environment" started to incorporate case studies on Black entrepreneurship and corporate expansion into urban... View Details

01 Jun 2006
News

HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans

assess public education reform needs, and assemble different aspects of the city’s recovery plan into a report to be submitted to President George W. Bush (MBA ’75). The trip inspired an ongoing effort that has sent some students back to... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development

19 Apr 2004
Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

India's economic growth is an exciting new playing field for the retail industry and for entrepreneurs looking to get in on the ground level, a panel of that country's businessmen agreed. Rising incomes, increased advertising, and a jump in the number of women working... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail

18 Oct 2016
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October 18, 2016

difference-in-difference estimation strategy to compare non-nodal districts based upon their distance from the highway system. For the organized portion of the manufacturing sector, we find that GQ led to improvements in both urban and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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John Clayton

professor, but more importantly from the 89 peers in your section.” For his summer internship, John plans to broaden his background skills as a summer associate with McKinsey & Co. in Atlanta. Long-term, “I’d like to tackle View Details

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

Games are breathing down the city fathers' necks, there's no room for discussion or compromise when people's homes (especially those of low-income residents) need to be razed for Olympics construction. Bottom line: From an urban View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

companies alike, this means organizations that are investing in and marketing resource productivity at scale—whether sharing assets or adding insulation. In the real estate and urban planning world, this... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

17 Apr 2014
News

York Street Partners, Busbud Take Top Honors in Alumni New Venture Competition

debut on the public capital markets. It also has developed the corporate strategy for the country's Urban Development Authority; enabled a $400 million investment in transforming the education sector of the country; and formulated... View Details

Keywords: New Venture Competition; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

22 Apr 2013
Research & Ideas

Earth Day: Recent Research on Sustainability

Funding the Design of Livable CitiesAs a burgeoning global population migrates to the world's urban centers, it's crucial to design livable cities that function with scarce natural resources. John Macomber discusses the critical... View Details

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Judging | New Venture Competition

the venture, go-to-market plan and the capabilities and background of the team. You can learn more about the judging criteria through our New Venture Competition (NVC) 2025 Judging Rubric (pdf). Finals Judges Business Track, 2024 Aaron... View Details

06 May 2022
Blog Post

Career Advice: Starting a Sustainable Startup

scooters), and more, and I had a blast playing my small part in the future of mobility. Throughout this work, sustainability came up as a common thread, and I found myself consistently drawn to the intersection of sustainability and urbanization. With the creativity... View Details

25 Jul 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52939 forthcoming Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Computer Vision Uncovers Predictors of Physical Urban Change By: Naik, Nikhil, Scott Duke... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

01 Oct 1997
News

Meeting the Challenges of Third-World Development

by providing management, business training, and technical assistance to needy enterprises and institutions. Now on a fellowship earning a master's degree in public administration and a certificate in urban and regional View Details

18 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs

sample of fellowship applications between 2006 and 2011, yielding some 3,500 profiles of social entrepreneurs in their nascence. They coded the profiles with several criteria, including the aims of the projects and their beneficiaries, the proposed business models, and... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

14 Dec 2016
Blog Post

Career Paths: From Finance to Social Enterprise

consulting. I set my sights on consulting when recruiting for summer internships. I didn't end up finding a consulting internship, but I landed a role at a start-up analyzing opportunities and developing a plan for international... View Details

01 Jun 2017
News

Streamlining the Supermarket

shopping every year, Pedró adds. Orders placed online will be ready for curbside pickup in 30 minutes (home delivery will be available for a low fee). TakeOff also plans to partner with grocery stores, so that customers can shop for items... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition

include Mark Pincus (HBS ’93) of Zynga and Jeremy Stoppelman (HBS ’05) of Yelp. This year’s New Venture Competition may yield the famous names of the future. The following represents a sampling of past participants who executed their View Details

28 May 2013
Research & Ideas

Can LEGO Snap Together a Future in Asia?

Danish carpenter Ole Kirk Kristiansen, the family-owned company grew over the decades, moving from wooden toys to plastic "bricks," the building blocks of its construction sets. The products are designed around play themes such as View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Entertainment & Recreation

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