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13 Jan 2015
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First Look: January 13

highlight the traits of cities (e.g., size, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these features (e.g., the localization of entrepreneurial finance).... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28

The final study found that automobiles with more expansive drivers' seats were more likely to be illegally parked on New York City streets. These findings are consistent with research showing that (a) postural expansiveness leads to a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Jan 2010
Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

face of public transportation in cities and smaller communities? HBS professor Benjamin G. Edelman weighs the benefits and opportunities for entrepreneurs and for society. "Right now, the field is wide open," he says. TOP 5... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

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Harvard Business School

key activist leader in the community development efforts of major U.S. cities including San Francisco and Los Angeles and runs a real estate consultancy firm in Los Angeles. Read More Read Less Lillian Lincoln Lambert, MBA 1969 The first... View Details

21 Jan 2016
Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

public school students from all over New York City would meet to discuss one or two works of art from the collection in depth. The conversation was moderated by a wonderful museum educator named Rika Burnham, who had a talent for allowing... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Entertainment / Media / Sports

08 Mar 2019
Blog Post

“There’s no quick shortcut to success:” Zorpads takes off

in New York City working as a healthcare consultant, and Wiegele, who spends his days working in product marketing for Hot Wheels in Los Angeles, credit their partnerships for allowing them the freedom to explore the creative side of this... View Details

25 May 2016
Research & Ideas

How Consumers and Businesses are Reshaping Public Health

transmitted electronically and interpreted by specialist doctors working in city hospitals. When the time from data collection to treatment can be cut thanks to mobile health care, lives can be saved. Mobile health is gaining traction in... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Health

14 Oct 2009
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First Look: October 14

and one external—and ends with the senior management team debating the candidates' merits. Purchase this case: http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/410055-PDF-ENG Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (B) Harvard Business School Supplement... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Jul 2014
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Team Players

city or region wins the rights to host a Super Bowl, it is required to form a host committee, Blumkin explains. "The NFL controls the game and all surrounding events. Our responsibility was to welcome guests into the region, help people... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed

committed to finding solutions that enable current residents to live and prosper here. What’s ahead for Allen and for you? We will continue to implement our strategic plan in this area, but more of my time will be allocated to taking the Allen model of faith-based... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

01 Mar 2003
News

All in a Day's Work

on the third floor of Palladio Hall, a handsomely renovated Renaissance-style building located in the inner-city neighborhood of Roxbury. Mardie Oakes sits in a cubicle near high windows that let in the noise of sirens and city buses... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Boston Community Capital; Samsung; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Real Estate

20 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Taking Your Shot in the Sports Industry with Adam Laitsas (MBA 2016), SVP, Head of Marketing for Madison Square Garden Sports Corp.

new role and making an impact on the sports industry from the front office. Posting Up on Wall Street Sports have been a part of Laitsas’ life for as long as he can remember. Growing up in the inner city of Los Angeles, Laitsas was always... View Details

21 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

What Happens in Vegas Could Shape the Metaverse

When science fiction writer Neal Stephenson dreamed of the metaverse—a term he coined in his 1992 novel Snow Crash—he envisioned a long city street that’s “always garish and brilliant, like Las Vegas freed from constraints of physics and... View Details

Keywords: by Scott Nover; Computer; Information Technology

13 Feb 2020
Blog Post

Know Your Audience – Recruiting HBS Students for Manufacturing

motivated by location. “Students need to know the location before making a decision, both for full-time and internship roles” said Kristen. For many first-year students, a summer internship is an opportunity to see if a new city could be... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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Energy & Environment Club’s Icelandic Adventure! - Blog - Business & Environment

Blog Blog Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author HBS Faculty Author HBS Staff Author Students Topics Topics Accelerating Climate Solutions Conference 2023 Alumni Alumni Programs Alumni in Climate Networking Series Business & Environment... View Details

01 Jun 2000
News

Long-Term Investor: Dick Jenrette

mansions and grandeur of a former era certainly made an indelible impression." His interest in architecture piqued, the young Jenrette discovered a natural talent for drawing elegant houses and for shaping canals, bridges, and whole View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Apr 2001
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Q&A: Suzy Wetlaufer

Suzy Wetlaufer (MBA 1988) describes working at the city desk of the Miami Herald, where she was a reporter for two years, as “tremendously fun and exciting.” However, she adds, “I just never got comfortable invading people’s privacy —... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Jun 2013
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Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution?

districts, importing new structures and idealism to traditional schools or building an emerging form of charter—within a school district, but with autonomy in operations and curricula. Essentially, he'd be "restarting" the schools, changing the administration but... View Details

Keywords: David McKay Wilson; charter schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

May 2020 (Revised December 2022)
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Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Amy Klopfenstein and Amram Migdal

In November 2019, Sandra Richter, co-founder and CEO of Soofa, a network of advertising-supported digital bulletin boards, must decide between two different fundraising and expansion plans for her company. One plan entails raising $15 million in a Series A round and... View Details

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28 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 28, 2018

implications for pay inequality and pay transparency Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54750 Digitizing Disclosure: The Case of Restaurant Hygiene Scores By: Dai, Weijia (Daisy), and Michael Luca Abstract— Collaborating with Yelp... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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