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- March 2003
- Article
Technological Development and Medical Productivity: The Diffusion of Angioplasty in New York State
By: David M. Cutler and Robert S. Huckman
A puzzling feature of many medical innovations is that they simultaneously appear to reduce unit costs and increase total costs. We consider this phenomenon by examining the diffusion of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)—a treatment for coronary... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Cost; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Performance Improvement; Product; New York (state, US)
Cutler, David M., and Robert S. Huckman. "Technological Development and Medical Productivity: The Diffusion of Angioplasty in New York State." Journal of Health Economics 22, no. 2 (March 2003): 187–217.
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
planned and managed in a much more efficient and sustainable fashion than in a dispersed population. Mayors of the world's largest cities agree, with New York View Details
- 2009
- Book
The Story of American Business: From the Pages of The New York Times
By: Nancy F. Koehn
This book sketches some of the most important people and moments in the last 150 years of U.S. business history. View Details
Koehn, Nancy F. The Story of American Business: From the Pages of The New York Times. Boston: Harvard Business Press, 2009.
- June 2012 (Revised November 2012)
- Case
The Rise of Circuit City Stores, Inc.
By: John R. Wells and Galen Danskin
In fiscal 2000, Circuit City was at the top of its game. The world's leading consumer electronics retailer had delivered record sales and profits for the first year of the new millennium. It was a fitting moment for Richard Sharpe, the CEO of the last 14 years, to step... View Details
Keywords: Change Management; Strategic Planning; Competition; Retail Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; North America
Wells, John R., and Galen Danskin. "The Rise of Circuit City Stores, Inc. ." Harvard Business School Case 713-401, June 2012. (Revised November 2012.)
- 2002
- Article
High Performance Firms in a Complex New China: A Tale of Six Cities
By: Rohit Deshpandé and John U. Farley
Deshpandé, Rohit, and John U. Farley. "High Performance Firms in a Complex New China: A Tale of Six Cities." Journal of Global Marketing 16, nos. 1/2 (2002): 207–229.
- 04 Apr 2022
- News
Strengthening City Hall’s Foundations
In an opinion piece published by the Jerusalem Post on April 4, 2022, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) announced a new management training program to support mayors in Israel. The Bloomberg-Sagol Center for City... View Details
- 01 Jun 2019
- News
City on a Hill
cycles could leave on rural and postindustrial America. And having taught special education at a high school on New Mexico’s Navajo Nation reservation as part of Teach For America after finishing his undergraduate degree, he understood... View Details
- December 2017
- Teaching Note
Vicki Fuller: Chief Investment Officer of New York State's $150+ Billion Employee Pension Fund
By: Steven Rogers and Valerie Mosley
Teaching Note for HBS No. 317-044. View Details
- July 1998
- Supplement
Bell Atlantic in Union City
In this pioneering project to wire a school for the Internet and put computers in students' homes, Bell Atlantic combined its need for a beta site for a technology trial with the school reform efforts of the Union City, New Jersey public schools, under the leadership... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Social Enterprise; Internet and the Web; Education; Business and Community Relations; Education Industry; New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M. "Bell Atlantic in Union City." Harvard Business School Video Supplement 399-501, July 1998.
- 13 Nov 2006
- Other Presentation
Clusters and Economic Development: Towards a New Model for Regions and Inner Cities
Presentation delivered at the Brownfields Conference, Boston, MA. View Details
Porter, Michael E. "Clusters and Economic Development: Towards a New Model for Regions and Inner Cities." Brownfields Conference, Boston, MA, November 13, 2006.
- December 1998
- Case
Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (B): Education Reform in Union City
By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne
The second in a five-part series about Bell Atlantic Corp.'s technology-in-education partnership with the Union City, New Jersey school system. Reviews the education reform efforts planned and implemented in the school system, which coincided with the partnership and... View Details
Keywords: Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Change Management; Partners and Partnerships; Information Technology; Education Industry; Telecommunications Industry; New Jersey
Kanter, Rosabeth M., and Ellen Pruyne. "Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (B): Education Reform in Union City." Harvard Business School Case 399-043, December 1998.
- August 2009 (Revised June 2011)
- Case
Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc. 2006
This case centers around a dispute between the owners and the players regarding the profitability of professional baseball teams in connection with the negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement. The case describes the financial statements of the baseball... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Financial Statements; Profit; Labor Unions; Measurement and Metrics; Agreements and Arrangements; Performance; Sports Industry; United States
Palepu, Krishna G. "Kansas City Zephyrs Baseball Club, Inc. 2006." Harvard Business School Case 110-022, August 2009. (Revised June 2011.)
- 03 Jun 2016
- News
Again in a Great City
structure rises from among low-slung concrete buildings. Will this become “Cummings land”? Reimagining New Center: Peter Cumming's current development projects (Click to open in new tab) The Fisher Building... View Details
Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Bloomberg’s Gift to Boost Cities
“Running a city is one of the most complex jobs on the planet. A mayor is responsible for overseeing unwieldy bureaucracies, managing budgets, making policy, implementing programs, bringing legislators together, harnessing technology,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
2017 in Education: Investing in the Next Generation of Workers
for a successful educational experience in later years. And second, there is a new “culture of completion” in higher education, in which institutions are focusing on improving graduation rates for all students. Smart business leaders... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City
economy," is ripe for economic vitality, says HBS Professor Michael E. Porter. And, as he explained in a plenary session called "Inner City Renewal" at the HBS 2001 Global Alumni Conference, there are hundreds of View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 25 Nov 2008
- News
Saving Citi May Create More Fear
- 23 Jul 2009
- Working Paper Summaries