City Innovation - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Location, Location, Location: The Strategy of Place

right way, and that means you can't focus as much on the base business back home," Alcácer says. In addition to making sure the resources are in place, corporate leaders must decide which strategic locations to target. Companies often blindly follow their rivals... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

05 Oct 2023
Blog Post

A Pathway to Public Service: Brandon Moore (MBA/MPP 2025)

career. It’s achievable no matter the scope of your position. Whether you’re a local city councilor, state legislator, or U.S. Secretary of State, every day at work is another opportunity to improve the lives of others. In considering my... View Details

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Events - Business & Environment

Keywords: MBA Program; Mar 09 Social Enterprise Conference 2025 09 MAR 2025 | HBS Campus Open to the Harvard Community The theme of SECON this year is "A New Roadmap for Impact", exploring innovative solutions for creating lasting change... View Details

18 Mar 2016
Blog Post

What is an IFC?

An IFC (Immersive Field Course) is a class for second year students where the vast majority of content consists of an on-the-ground assignment to learn about and advise on real problems. I enrolled in an IFC focused on building cities... View Details

01 Sep 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows

and hold an expansive definition of social enterprise.” Marlíse Arellano-Sutton. Marlíse comes from Boston Children's Hospital’s Innovation & Digital Health Accelerator, where she led sourcing, launch, and scaling of digital health... View Details

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Online Business Essential Courses | HBS Online

online programs (From a 2023 survey of participants across all HBS Online programs, conducted by City Square Associates). Better overall experience (From a 2023 survey of prospective learners, conducted by View Details

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

remembers. "Eventually, the IRS found a way to grant the status." Innovation Laboratories In the past five years, cities around the world have increasingly become laboratories in innovation,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Business Books, 2018. Vodafone: Managing Advanced Technologies and Artificial Intelligence , Harvard Business School case, 2018. With Emer Moloney. Transformation at ING (A): Agile , Transformation at ING (B): Innovation , and... View Details

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

the committee has steadily broadened its purview, now advising on a broad range of issues including innovation and acquisitions in addition to labor practices and resource sustainability. A close examination of Nike's experience has led... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

productive. That’s a missed opportunity. Questioning is a powerful tool for unlocking value in companies: It spurs learning and the exchange of ideas, it fuels innovation and better performance, and it builds trust among team members. And... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

07 Jul 2023
News

A Community Hunger Solution with Global Ambitions

to innovate,” he says. Innovation was important throughout the pandemic as the Robin Hood Army tried to reach senior citizens in lockdown. So the organization partnered with WhatsApp and Uber, India’s largest ride platform. “We realized... View Details

09 Nov 2022
In Practice

COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost

06 Aug 2021
Blog Post

Socioeconomic Inclusion at HBS: Alexis Jackson (MBA 2021)

which she had worked so diligently. “Even though I enjoyed the company and people, I began to realize that it wasn’t a good fit for me. I had ambitions to explore a variety of industries and technologies. I also wanted to approach View Details

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

hazards on city streets? Wei and four schoolmates at Peking University had launched ofo on their campus with 1000 bikes in fall 2015. Since then, they had deployed 6.5 million. The question now was how many more? The Social Purpose of the... View Details

31 Oct 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 31, 2017

Potential of Patient-Reported Outcomes By: Rotenstein, Lisa, Robert S. Huckman, and Neil Wagle Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53372 forthcoming Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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The Gift of Global Talent

influence of a handful of global cities continues to grow, the three core approaches taken by corporations so far offer a playbook for companies that find themselves outside the action in today’s concentrated View Details

16 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

handling safety will no doubt yield product innovation in packaging, no-touch technology for ordering, paying, restrooms, and even entry and exit from restaurants, and cleaning and sanitizing protocols and products. Air circulation within... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

building “the world’s greenest battery” to fight climate change was a difficult—and perhaps unrealistic—goal. How much could Northvolt really contribute to the European effort against society’s greatest challenge? Leadership and Climate Action in View Details

23 Jan 2008
First Look

First Look: January 23, 2008

economists, to kidney exchange, and school choice in New York City and Boston. Third-World Multinationals: A Look Back Author:Louis T. Wells Periodical:In Emerging MNEs from Emerging Markets, edited by Ravi Ramamurti and Jitendra V.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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