Sustainable Cities - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Apr 2001
Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

geographic roll-ups; sometimes they involve deals between big companies. They also involve a bigger stretch — into a different country, not just into an adjacent city or a state. The likelihood of success depends in part on the companies'... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower

09 Jun 2024
Blog Post

The EC Formula: MBA Class of 2024 Looks Back

factoring in long-term economic sustainability should be standard in developing any corporate strategy—something I learned through the course and have already been able to apply. After taking this course, I firmly believe that what’s good... View Details

01 Mar 2023
News

Step Change

different in this sprawling city of 20 million than it is in Silicon Valley or any other entrepreneurial hot spot. Yet, 10 or 11 years ago, incubators and accelerators were only emerging concepts in Egypt. An Arabic word for entrepreneur... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Abdelrahman Gabr – Koree; entrepreneurship; women; venture capital; Egypt; developing economies; Finance

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General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Vikram Gandhi : Winner of the 2021 Teaching Recognition Award for Excellence in Sustainable Finance Education from the Financial Times and the Impact and Sustainable Finance Faculty Consortium for the... View Details

07 Oct 2020
Blog Post

7 Coming Out Stories from the HBS PRIDE Club

a conflicted Catholic from Ohio, I packed my bags and made my way to New York City at 18 years old. New city, new school, new chapter, new identity. First day of college with a fresh start where no one knew who I was before – I could be... View Details

22 Feb 2022
News

Breaking News

shown that those scrappy, community-based weeklies and monthlies serve a vital role in society, curbing political polarization and boosting civic participation. They also remain an unparalleled check on city and town councils, school... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dana Smith; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information

30 Jun 2021
In Practice

The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021

What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I... View Details

Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland

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Harvard Business School

assistant buyer and rose to overseeing buying in Europe and Asia. He was one of the first Black executives at Macy's. Wilkinson later moved to the New York City Transit Authority, becoming executive officer for surface transit with... View Details

04 May 2021
Blog Post

Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month at HBS

those of many other AAPIs, immigrated to the U.S. from Vietnam with no money. When the North Vietnamese took over the city of Saigon, my grandparents were forced to sign away their businesses to the government and escaped persecution of... View Details

06 Aug 2019
Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

Kenny: : "This flat tire needs a man," says the narrator of the Goodyear Tire commercial that aired during the inaugural Super Bowl between the Green Bay Packers and the Kansas City Chiefs in 1967. The ad featured a damsel in... View Details

Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting

August 2012
Teaching Plan

Living PlanIT (TP)

By: Robert G. Eccles, Amy C. Edmondson, John Macomber and Ryan Johnson

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May 12, 2015
Article

Small Wins Go a Long Way in Improving U.S. Rail Transportation

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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February 2012 (Revised September 2013)
Case

Edward Lundberg and the Rockville Building: Energy Efficiency Finance in Commercial Real Estate

By: John D. Macomber and Frederik Nellemann

A commercial landlord analyzes options for funding and accomplishing energy efficiency retrofit. The situation is complicated by lease terms and uncertain effectiveness of the intervention. Students must grapple with obstacles including changing energy prices,... View Details

Keywords: Finance; Real Estate Industry

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11 May 2015
Research & Ideas

A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure

sensors and other road technology are helping to improve safety for drivers. For example, Street Bump, a smartphone app created by the city of Boston, can detect potholes from the bumps cars experience on roads and send the locations of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Transportation

February 2022 (Revised March 2022)
Case

National Electric Vehicles Sweden (NEVS): Materializing a Vision

By: Shane Greenstein and Elena Corsi

In 2021, the car manufacturer National Electric Vehicle Sweden (NEVS) faced the challenge of securing funding from its investor to launch an innovative mobility solution based on fleets of shared autonomous driving (AD) cars. The system was complex as it required the... View Details

Keywords: Autonomous Vehicles; Product Design; Sustainable Cities; Transportation Networks; Auto Industry; Sweden; Europe

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May 2018
Teaching Note

Environmental Platform LEEDership at USGBC

By: Michael W. Toffel and Timothy S. Simcoe

Teaching Note for HBS No. 618-027. View Details

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October 19, 2011
Article

What's the Greenest Building? The Problem With Ranking Systems

By: Auden Schendler and Mike Toffel

Keywords: Environmental Sustainability; Buildings and Facilities

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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... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

21 Feb 2023
Interview

How Miami Can Become a Global Climate Solutions Hub

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter

Miami has been described as the epicenter of the climate change crisis in the country. But how can Miami transform its climate vulnerability into solutions? Harvard Business School professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter released a study in 2022 that focused on Miami’s climate... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; ＂Solutions Approach; Network; Future; Change; Economic Growth; Environmental Management; City; Miami

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