Urban Planning - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

next stage." In the first, or philanthropic, stage (which some partnerships skip entirely), the parties assume the traditional roles of "benevolent donor" and "grateful recipient." For example, urban community-service nonprofit City Year... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

03 Jun 2016
News

Again in a Great City

Above: Cummings in the iconic Fisher Building, known as “Detroit’s largest art object.” Cummings and his partners are redeveloping the 28-story landmark. A trip through downtown Detroit with Peter Cummings (OPM 13, 1988) is part urban... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

01 Sep 2015
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

perfect set of slides to convince investors to back you and your venture. The authors, veterans of the startup world, show you how to create a compelling pitch deck and how to plan and execute a fundraising road show to garner financial... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

finding allies in several HBS professors bolstered my confidence to take the leap. When I graduated, I had nothing but a business plan and the $3,000 pitch prize. Then came the $25,000 HBS fellowship in 2009. Today, we are a $3 million... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Real Estate

01 Jun 2024
News

Crash Pad

When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

change the world. The conversation, including five key insights from the P-TECH experience, has been edited for length and clarity. 1. Plan for change at scale Kanter: Just to develop the first P-TECH school, you had to deal with the K-12... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

President Trump’s infrastructure plan and a counterproposal by Senate Democrats are rising toward the top of the national agenda. All agree that there is a pressing need to fix the collapsing bridges, potholed roads, crashing trains, and... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

(or planned to rely) exclusively on noncommercial sources of funding (like charitable donations and foundational grants) to five for projects that relied exclusively on commercial revenue—retail sales, for example. For female founders,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

Building codes are finally being rewritten, although the U.S. is still far behind Northern Europe. The real challenges will be in rewriting zoning codes, redensifying communities, and creating area-wide planning especially difficult in... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

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Past Issues - Alumni

alumni are influencing the way education does business Can Business Smarts Save the Charter School Revolution? Lesson Plans Alumni working in every corner of education weigh in on the best path forward Minding The Gap An innovative... View Details

01 Sep 2006
News

Light Years Ahead

new President, what is the status of planning for the future Allston campus? I think the vision of the future Allston campus is pretty broadly shared in the University community, and there is considerable momentum to carry the process... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

19 May 2015
First Look

First Look: May 19

urban development at the national level and in three cities in a single Chinese region. The study reveals that the initial liberalization of land was reversed after China's first contemporary real estate bubble in the early 1990s and that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Mar 2016
News

Drawing Connections Between Business and Art

Holdings plans and manages corporate art collections and art support programs in his native Japan. The best known of these is the Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program, which buys about 200 works a year from emerging Japanese artists... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

development interests on asset management, risk management for global investment, and negotiation and deal structuring. He also served in a variety of leadership roles: as chair of the Finance Unit (1986-88); as senior associate dean, director of Faculty View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

25 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

the Harvard Divinity School. She is a world expert on pilgrimages and the author of definitive books about the rivers of India. Prof. Rahul Mehrotra, chair of the department of urban planning and design at... View Details

Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

01 Sep 2016
News

Offshore Learning

Photography by Neal Hamberg If your middle-school science class is studying New England’s green crab population, chances are you’ll get a lot more excited about the origin, life cycle, and environmental impact of this remarkable invasive species if the lesson View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Outward Bound; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

companies offer a direct stake in the company's performance through stock, a share in profits, or both. Companies with employee stock ownership plans report significantly higher sales growth and higher revenue per employee than do... View Details