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- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
reached middle and high school, the gap between the high-achieving students and those who needed academic support grew considerably. A few years later, Stanford University released a study that confirmed her observations. “Chicago had... View Details
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Jennifer Kelly
made a difference by working through grassroots organizations; I saw ways businesses could contribute that were not dependent on donations." As an example, Jennifer refers to the Manila Water Company. "They found a way to lower the cost of delivering water to... View Details
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Lauren Booker
the 1960s and '70s. At Yale, Lauren exhibited the family traits of social activism and leadership, becoming the head of the Black Student Alliance and co-founding a magazine entitled Sphere, "focused on global citizenship awareness." As an View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Short Takes
he writes. In his working paper "Flexibility: The New Social Contract between Individuals and Firms?," Bradach studies independent contractors, companies that use their services, and staffing agencies that bring the two parties together.... View Details
Keywords: Judith Ross
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Tools & Resources | Institute for Business in Global Society
the causes and impacts of economic disparities, exploring factors such as race, gender, and geography, and discusses how businesses can play an essential role in bridging these divides. Slides presented at the BiGS Mexico City Roundtable Case View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
mobility. To explore possible solutions, in another recent study Choudhury evaluated how policy changes around worker location in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) improved productivity. The USPTO employs about 8,000... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
executive programs have substantial negotiation components as well. The unit's research methods include everything from analyzing negotiations in progress to psychological lab studies with subjects in negotiation experiments to running... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 03 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
HiHome Sweet HiHome
created a special concentration in housing and urban innovation at Harvard. He also co-founded BreakTime, a Boston nonprofit that provides career development for young adults experiencing homelessness. “I wanted to use housing and cities... View Details
- 21 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse
competing incentives in building the metaverse, our view is that the metaverse can still succeed,” they write, “but it might call for a shift in mindset and an openness to learning from seemingly distant domains of knowledge.” Along those lines, they invoked the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
and increased fuel costs, according to a 2011 Texas Transportation Institute study. And that's not just rush-hour mobs. A 2006 study of New York City and Los Angeles estimated that up to one-third of the traffic in those cities consisted... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; 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
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South Asia - Global Activities 2020
44 HBS students traveled to the small Sri Lankan fishing town of Hambantota, currently undergoing a major redevelopment, and found it to be a microcosm of the entire two-week study experience in January 2020. Pictured: Students in front... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
do on its own. In addition, the research led to a survey of ten other alliances in his new book, The Collaboration Challenge. Austin found that most of the partnerships he studied went through three stages of development he terms "the... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
for the first time in nine years, we asked former chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Board of Directors Kirk Sykes (OPM 26, 1998)—current president and managing director of the Urban Strategy America Fund—to field your... View Details
- 16 Jun 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Technology
over the last three decades, educational performance in the United States has shown only marginal improvement, and lags that of other developed countries in Europe and Asia. While some school districts have excelled, the majority of districts, including most View Details
- 28 Mar 2016
- News
Drawing Connections Between Business and Art
experiences and internships around the world. While in Boston, Shibayama became close with some Boston University students and was surprised by the prominence of the liberal arts at American universities, which was not the case in Japan. “American undergraduates mostly... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 18 Jan 2012
- Research & Ideas
Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs
have built national or global organizations that have achieved social impact. This focus on success stories has led to a skewed view of social entrepreneurship as nothing more or less than a field of huge, realized dreams. “A big weakness of the existing qualitative... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 15 Nov 2011
- First Look
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... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
models, and partnerships involved in eight early "ecocity" projects to begin to identify success factors in this emerging industry. Ecocities, for the most part, are viewed as a means of mitigating threats to the natural environment while creating View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
HBS Students Help Rebuild New Orleans
fund would help restart the hard-hit New Orleans business community. Several faculty also made the trip to New Orleans, including Professor Herman (“Dutch”) Leonard, whose work on crisis management led him to study businesses that... 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
- 15 Mar 2011
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First Look: March 15
Publication:The Accounting Review 86, no. 2 (March 2011) Abstract Recent accounting scholarship has used statistical analysis on asset prices, financial reports and disclosures, laboratory experiments, and surveys of practice. The research has View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne