Publications

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Article

Leverage and House-Price Dynamics in U.S. Cities

Keywords: Price; United States

1984
Other Unpublished Work

Creative Financing of New York City Projects

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Urban Scope; New York (city, NY)

January 1975 (Revised February 1983)
Supplement

First National City Bank Operating Group (B1)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Supplements the (B) case. View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry

March 1974 (Revised June 1995)
Case

First National City Bank Operating Group (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Growth in demands on the bank's "back office" required a totally new approach to management. New stress on systems orientation, objectives, measurement, process design and control has resulted in lower costs, fewer people, and higher quality. Also resulted in fear,... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Banks and Banking; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Production; Outcome or Result; Banking Industry

March 1974 (Revised June 1996)
Case

First National City Bank Operating Group (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Growth in the banking field has produced new demands on the "back office." Traditional management practices in check processing and paper handling operations have resulted in ten years of cost increases and quality loss. New manager of the operating group faces an... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Transition; Banks and Banking; Management Practices and Processes; Managerial Roles; Production; Banking Industry

27 Oct 2017
News

Experts hope cities rise to the occasion

27 Jul 2018

HBS Information Session in Salt Lake City

Join us for an 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 meet local... View Details

20 Aug 2020
Podcast

Tulsa Remote: City branding and community building

Will Covid-19 empty superstar cities? While it’s too soon to say, metros outside the top tier are now in a better position to compete for talent. This plays to the strengths of programs like Tulsa Remote, which helps professionals who work remotely relocate to Tulsa,... View Details

2018
Chapter

The Logic of Agglomeration

By: Gilles Duranton and William R. Kerr

This review discusses frontier topics in economic geography as they relate to firms and agglomeration economies. We focus on areas where empirical research is scarce but possible. We first outline a conceptual framework for city formation that allows us to contemplate... View Details

Keywords: Agglomeration; Clusters; Innovation; Cities; Industry Clusters; City; Innovation and Invention

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December 2019
Supplement

Dreaming of a New York City Restaurant (B)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Michael S. Kaufman

December 2019
Case

Dreaming of a New York City Restaurant (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Michael S. Kaufman

26 Aug 2016
News

Under Armour's value to city overhangs TIF debate

27 Aug 2018

HBS Entrepreneurship Information Session in New York City

This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates who are interested in entrepreneurship. During the session attendees will learn about the resources at HBS for aspiring and current entrepreneurs and our engaged community of student and alumni founders. You will... View Details

May 2023
Case

City Group Hospitality: Executing a Successful Digital Strategy

By: Lynda M. Applegate, Gabriele Piccoli and Joaquin Rodriguez

July 1990 (Revised November 1995)
Case

Hong Kong TradeLink: News from the Second City

Presents a sequence of public information on the promotion of electronic data interchange to improve the competitive posture of Hong Kong. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Information Technology; Hong Kong

October 1975
Case

First National City Bank: Multinational Corporate Banking (A)