City - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Aug 1998
News

A Roaring Success in the Windy City

In 1943 John H. Johnson sent a letter to Eleanor Roosevelt inviting her to write for Negro Digest, a fledgling magazine that he had recently founded with a $500 loan. The First Lady politely replied that she was too busy at the time. Thirty days later, Johnson inquired... View Details

22 Jan 2014
News

Leading Investors Leaving Mark in City Philanthropy

Keywords: Youth Villages; homeless; Children; Baupost; Jewish; Broad Institute; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

12 Feb 2015
News

City Governments Are Using Yelp to Tell You Where Not to Eat

20 Aug 2024
Cold Call Podcast

Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey F. Rayport; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation

20 Aug 2024
Interview

Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports

By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Brian Kenny and Nicole Tempest Keller

Angel City Football Club (ACFC) was founded in 2020 by venture capitalist Kara Nortman, entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, and actor and activist Natalie Portman. As outsiders to professional sports, the all-female founding team had rewritten the playbook for how to build a... View Details

Keywords: Brands and Branding; Gender; Franchise Ownership; Business Model; Sports Industry

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16 Dec 2018
News

Nashville’s Star Rises as Midsize Cities Break Into Winners and Losers

2014
Case

New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

By: Y. Grushka-Cockayne

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March 1990 (Revised May 1996)
Teaching Note

Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc., Teaching Note

By: Kenneth A. Merchant and Krishna G. Palepu

Teaching Note for (9-187-088). View Details

Keywords: Sports Industry

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15 Feb 2022
News

2022’s Best & Worst Cities at Money Management

15 May 2024

HBS Information Session in Ho Chi Minh City

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details

20 Oct 2017

HBS Information Session in Mexico City (Evening Event)

This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include a presentation by a member of the Admissions Board. Please register for this event as soon as possible as capacity is... View Details

11 Jul 2017

HBS Women’s Information Session in New York City

Join us for an information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective students who want to learn about the community of women at HBS and the MBA Program. The event is designed for women, but all are welcome. The event... View Details

04 Oct 2016

HBS Information Session at BCG in Mexico City

This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The information session will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to ask questions to alumni. Check-in will begin at 7:30 AM. View Details

13 Jun 2016

HBS Women’s Information Session in New York City

This event is designed specifically for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA program and the community of women at Harvard Business School. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to ask questions to alumnae. Registration... View Details

28 Jul 2015

HBS Women’s Information Session in New York City

This event is designed for prospective women applicants to learn more about the MBA program at Harvard Business School. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to ask questions to alumnae. Registration for the event will begin at 6:30 PM. View Details

05 Jun 2019
Podcast

Investing in innovation: boosting growth beyond superstar cities

Can a Manhattan Project on steroids revitalize languishing US regions and drive balanced economic growth? In their book Jump-Starting America: How Breakthrough Science Can Revive Economic Growth and the American Dream MIT economists Jonathan Gruber and Simon Johnson... View Details

The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing

Today’s mega-cities have a footprint problem. They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao... View Details