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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Nowcasting the Local Economy: Using Yelp Data to Measure Economic Activity

By: Edward L. Glaeser, Hyunjin Kim and Michael Luca
Can new data sources from online platforms help to measure local economic activity? Government datasets from agencies such as the U.S. Census Bureau provide the standard measures of economic activity at the local level. However, these statistics typically appear only... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Analytics and Data Science; Local Range; Social and Collaborative Networks
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  • 2012
  • Book

Talk, Inc. : How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power Their Organizations

By: Boris Groysberg and Michael Slind
How can leaders make their big or growing companies feel small again? How can they recapture the "magic"--the tight strategic alignment, the high level of employee engagement--that drove and animated their organization when it was a start-up? As more and more... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Interpersonal Communication; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Spoken Communication
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  • March 2012
  • Article

Enriching the Ecosystem

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter
To remain a leader in innovation, the United States needs the support of foundational institutions that help seed, grow, and renew enterprises. Historically, these institutions-such as universities, venture creators, labor markets, and job-training programs-have tended... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Organizations; Research and Development; Social and Collaborative Networks; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
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  • 25 Mar 2024
  • Blog Post

DC Alumni and BEI Present Talk on Inequality and Climate Change

definitely a marquee event for us,” says Patil. “We had people from government, policy, banking, and industry associations. It was a diverse group, and we saw many young alumni as well.”Coady says the program was part of the BEI’s Alumni in Climate View Details
  • 07 Oct 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Alumni Perspectives from the Midwest

Join Josh Nelson, a member of the MBA Admissions Office, as he moderates a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experience and the incredible HBS network in the Midwest. View Details
  • Web

Board Diversity Network: 2024 Fall Events Recap - Blog: RGE Report

Initiative’s Board Diversity Network (BDN) hosted three alumni events this fall to demystify the process, particularly for women and people of color who continue to be underrepresented on corporate boards. The three events featured advice... View Details
  • 07 Nov 2023

Intro to Deferred Enrollment Programs: A Multi-School Event

You're invited to a live discussion on Deferred Enrollment Programs hosted by top MBA programs. The event will feature a moderated conversation and the opportunity to network with each participating institution. View Details
  • 21 Oct 2021

Alumni Perspectives from Brazil

Join Fernanda Miguel, Executive Director of the HBS Latin America Research Center, as she moderates a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experience and the incredible HBS network in Brazil. View Details
  • 15 Dec 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Alumni Perspectives from Saudi Arabia

Join the HBS Middle East & North Africa (MENA) Research Center as they moderate a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experiences and the incredible HBS network in Saudi Arabia. View Details
  • 22 Sep 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Alumni Perspectives from Argentina, Chile and Colombia

Join Fernanda Miguel, Executive Director of the HBS Latin America Research Center, as she moderates a panel of fellow alumni discussing their MBA experience and the incredible HBS network in Latin America. View Details
  • 04 Oct 2021
  • Blog Post

Tapping into “Nontraditional” Private Equity and Venture Capital Talent at HBS

lead a new venture and his ability to network. For example, in the past Mbanusi would never have described his experience creating and building the Made in Durham Youth Network as “founding” but he made a powerful shift in his language.... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Venture Capital
  • 21 Oct 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Student and Alumni Perspectives from Pittsburgh

Join Josh Nelson, a member of the MBA Admissions Office, as he moderates a panel of current students and fellow alumni as they discuss their MBA experience and the incredible HBS network in Pittsburgh. View Details

    Andrew W. Preston

    Under Preston’s leadership, United Fruit grew from a small banana seller into a large tropical fruit enterprise, with extensive distribution networks and landholdings, as well as operations in the U.S., Europe, the Caribbean and Latin... View Details
    Keywords: Food & Tobacco
    • 2008
    • Thesis

    Being B-Boys: Style, Identity, and Respect Among New England and Miami Street Dancers

    By: Curtis K. Chan
    This study examines the phenomenon of a street dance known as "b-boying" to explore how dancers locate, negotiate, and perform identities, as well as the tensions that occur concomitantly. Drawing on data from participant-observation, interviews, and diverse archival... View Details
    Keywords: Social Psychology; Identity; Negotiation; Social and Collaborative Networks; Boundaries; Conflict and Resolution; Arts; Northeastern United States; Miami
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    • January 2011 (Revised April 2011)
    • Case

    TripAdvisor

    By: Sunil Gupta and Kerry Herman
    By 2010, TripAdvisor was the largest travel site in the world operating in 24 countries and 16 languages, with listings for 455,000 hotels, 92,000 attractions and 564,000 restaurants in over 71,000 destinations worldwide. It had over 40 million reviews from 35 million... View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Growth and Development Strategy; Social and Collaborative Networks; Internet; Service Industry; Travel Industry
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    • March 2009 (Revised September 2011)
    • Case

    Zopa: The Power of Peer-to-Peer Lending

    By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski, Isabel Fernandez-Mateo and David Chen
    Zopa, a U.K.-based peer-to-peer lending company, connected individual lenders and borrowers via an online interface. The company charged a small fee for completed loan transactions but has not turned a profit. Zopa offered two platforms, Markets and Listings. Markets... View Details
    Keywords: Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Market Participation; Digital Platforms; Social and Collaborative Networks; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
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    • September 2006 (Revised December 2007)
    • Case

    Go Red For Women: Raising Heart Health Awareness

    By: V. Kasturi Rangan and Marie Bell
    In 2003, the $654 million American Heart Association (AHA) approached Cone, Inc. (a brand and communications agency) to develop a corporate sponsorship strategy that would raise $75 million over three years. Within 12 months, the AHA launched the highly successful Go... View Details
    Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Marketing Communications; Social Marketing; Nonprofit Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks
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    • 01 Jun 2013
    • News

    Collective Wisdom

    Faculty Q&A LAKHANI: Crowdsourcing isn't just for software anymore—everyone from carmakers to biotechs are using it to solve seemingly intractable problems. Crowdsourcing—it's a relatively new word for the centuries-old approach of opening a challenge to outside... View Details
    Keywords: crowdsourcing; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
    • Web

    U.S. Competitiveness Project - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Delivery Project The Institute for Cancer Care Innovation MOC Network ICIC U.S. Cluster Mapping Project U.S. Competitiveness Project FSG Shared Value Initiative Social Progress Imperative AllWorld Network... View Details
    • 26 Feb 2018
    • News

    Teaching Farmers New Tricks of the Trade

    Erik Malmstrom (MBA 2012) is general manager of crop marketing for the Farmers Business Network in California. In this video, he describes how the organization is helping transform the agriculture space using data analytics and sharing... View Details