Cities - Publications - Faculty & Research

23 Apr 2014
HBS Case

Are Electronic Cigarettes a Public Good or Health Hazard?

make "vapes" attractive to children. Some states and cities responded with restrictions on sales and advertising, and, in April, the Financial Times reported that the World Health Organization will call for e-cigarettes to be... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Advertising

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

A pall hangs over Sochi. Not since the bribery scandal overshadowed the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City has an Olympic Winter Games been so fraught with controversy. Fears of a terrorist attack by Islamic extremists; outrage over Russia's... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

26 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 26

the team would continue to rise to new challenges. He knew change was both energizing and difficult, and that every victory had to be followed by the next play. He paused in his New York City office to think about how his team had handled... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Sep 2019
News

Skydeck Voices: Finding My Muse

20,000 people to 150,000 people and it's a beautiful area, and I see this kind of old school development happening, you know and these big box stores and people coming and buying huge city blocks and making these really kind of boring... View Details

01 Feb 1999
News

Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office

urban development. "Playing an active role in a relatively small city and a relatively small state, you get to know the mayor and the governor, and you can actually make things happen," Lazarus says. Wherever possible, he tries to point... View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar

05 Aug 2016
News

Accelerating Change on Medicine’s Final Frontier

franchise the NeuroLaunch model worldwide, and he’s already in talks with groups in London, Singapore, and Israel. Over the next year, the company will hold neuro startup forums in a number of cities to begin building a global community... View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Sep 2005
News

WATER Ltd.

between sectors within countries, as international. Agriculture will need ever-greater amounts of water to feed growing populations, even as burgeoning cities — with their greater wealth and political clout — typically draw off more water... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

07 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Steve Jobs Legacy

another star in that constellation. William Kirby (General Management) Steve Jobs's legacy is everywhere, not the least in Chinese cities where the Apple stores are crowded from dawn to dusk, and where there are not only knock-off phones... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Computer; Technology

01 Dec 2013
News

14 for '14

breakup of nations continues: The economic crisis and the concentration of the knowledge economy in a few cities creates enormous incentives for regions to cast off. They begin by demanding ever-greater control over their taxes and... View Details

Keywords: Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Government; Information; Retail Trade

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

Age of Mass Migration By: Tabellini, Marco Abstract—In this paper, I show that political opposition to immigration can arise even when immigrants bring significant economic prosperity to receiving areas. I exploit exogenous variation in European immigration to U.S.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?

by foreign ethnicities, Indians and Chinese in particular, was closely tied to H-1B admission levels. A 10 percent increase in the H-1B population correlated with a 4 percent to 5 percent growth in Indian ethnic invention in dependent View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology

24 Mar 2023
News

Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey

Clubs News Clubs News Toronto Alumni Explore Shift in Talent Markets On February 9, the HBS Club of Toronto held an in-person fireside chat and Q&A with Ethan Bernstein, Edward W. Conrad Association Professor of Business Administration, to explore the post-pandemic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2007
News

Security Chief

remained in New Jersey, where she, too, worked for IBM. Once Parker (known by his nickname “T”) graduated, Alita enrolled at HBS, graduating in 1992, while he headed to New York City for a dream job with Morgan Stanley. Landing an... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; technology-based security business; Management; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

May 2020 (Revised December 2022)
Case

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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22 Jan 2019
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New Research and Ideas, January 22, 2019

the most well-known New York City nonprofits. Will Weiss, the executive director, has witnessed his share of chaos during four years at Big Apple. After a slight resurgence following the precipitous drop in ticket sales during the... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

suited for a young, entrepreneurial organization. Start-up joiners need to do three things well: manage uncertainty, push the limits, and think like an owner. He then outlines four steps for choosing the right company: Pick a domain (find a field you’re passionate... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 25

changes in the minimum wage at the city level. The evidence suggests that higher minimum wages increase overall exit rates for restaurants. However, lower quality restaurants, which are already closer to the margin of exit, are... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2010
News

Money Matters

major cities and hold regular meetings to screen investment prospects, India has few such active networks. It’s not surprising then that 85 percent of the capital raised by Agarwala and Varma — they are not at liberty to disclose the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

13 Jan 2021
News

Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”

top of the world, but it's facing competition and frankly, an ecosystem that is globalizing. And to give you a sense of how this story might evolve, I think we can look to a different city and a different technology. A hundred years ago,... View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

Model Patient

mandatory coverages such as in vitro fertilization) — is more expensive than originally anticipated. Another drawback is that an important cost-cutting feature — comparative-pricing information for services and procedures across cities... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Health, Social Assistance

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