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- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B1): Birmingham Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Natania Elias and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
- August 2012
- Supplement
Milwaukee (B2): Thomas Barrett, Mayor of City of Milwaukee
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss, and Matthew Bird. "Milwaukee (B2): Thomas Barrett, Mayor of City of Milwaukee." Harvard Business School Supplement 313-061, August 2012.
- 04 Aug 2023
Coffee Chat with HBS PRIDE in New York City
Join a current HBS student from PRIDE, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! Registrants can stay for the full two hours... View Details
- 01 Aug 2018
Harvard Graduate School Information Session in New York City
This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. Candidates with an interest in pursuing a joint degree between two of these schools are particularly encouraged to attend. View Details
- 24 Jul 2017
Harvard Graduate School Information Session in New York City
This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard Law School and the HBX CORe online program. The event will include an admissions panel followed by a fair to learn more about each graduate... View Details
- 20 Jul 2017
HBS Diverse Perspectives Information Session in New York City
This event will be co-hosted by HBS MBA Admissions, the African-American Student Union (AASU), the Latino Student Organization (LASO), and HBS Alumni Clubs. This event is designed for prospective students who want to learn more about life at HBS and the value of an MBA... View Details
- 29 Jul 2015
Harvard Graduate School Information Session in New York City
This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about Harvard Business School. In addition, admissions representatives from Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School will be in attendance to discuss their programs. Registration for the event will... View Details
- 19 Feb 2021
- News
Boston City Hall Vet Named New Chief of Staff
- 2015
- Working Paper
Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Sari Pekkala Kerr and William R. Kerr
We study entrepreneurship and growth through the lens of U.S. cities. Initial entrepreneurship correlates strongly with urban employment growth, but endogeneity bedevils interpretation. Chinitz (1961) hypothesized that coal mines near cities led to specialization in... View Details
Keywords: Industrial Organization; Chinitz; Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Mines; Industry Clusters; Entrepreneurship; City; Mining; Mining Industry; Pittsburgh
Glaeser, Edward L., Sari Pekkala Kerr, and William R. Kerr. "Entrepreneurship and Urban Growth: An Empirical Assessment with Historical Mines." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 13-015, August 2012. (Revised May 2015.)
- March 2015
- Supplement
MELF and Business Culture in the Twin Cities (C)
By: Clayton S. Rose and David Lane
Leaders of the many Fortune 500 firms headquartered in Minneapolis-St. Paul have a long history of engaging collectively, and with educational, political and social leaders, to deal with important community issues. Focusing on the participation of leading CEOs in the... View Details
Rose, Clayton S., and David Lane. "MELF and Business Culture in the Twin Cities (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 315-080, March 2015.
- 31 May 2023
- News
Digital Nomads: Are They Crowding Cities or Reviving Them?
- 13 Jul 2017
HBS Social Enterprise Information Session in New York City
This event is designed for prospective MBA candidates with an interest in social enterprise. HBS Admissions will be joined by the Social Enterprise Initiative and local alumni. View Details
- 2015
- Working Paper
Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co-evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities
By: Nikhil Naik, Scott Duke Kominers, Ramesh Raskar, Edward L. Glaeser and Cesar Hidalgo
Urban change involves transformations in the physical appearance and the social composition of neighborhoods. Yet, the relationship between the physical and social components of urban change is not well understood due to the lack of comprehensive measures of... View Details
Naik, Nikhil, Scott Duke Kominers, Ramesh Raskar, Edward L. Glaeser, and Cesar Hidalgo. "Do People Shape Cities, or Do Cities Shape People? The Co-evolution of Physical, Social, and Economic Change in Five Major U.S. Cities." Working Paper.
- 2017
- Book
Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming
By: Niels Viggo Hauter and Geoffrey Jones
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance industry from the nineteenth century to the present day. Reinsurance developed at the fringe of financial services and, for most of its existence, was largely unnoticed outside the expert... View Details
Keywords: Insurance; Risk Management; Business History; Globalization; Risk and Uncertainty; Financial Services Industry; Insurance Industry; Africa; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; Asia
Hauter, Niels Viggo and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming. New York: Oxford University Press, 2017.
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
Consumer Lending in Japan: Citi CFJ (TN) (A) & (B)
Teaching Note for 709017 and 710018. View Details
- 08 Jan 2024
Coffee Chat with Current Student in Mexico City (8 AM)
Join current HBS student, Camila Flores, in a casual setting to hear more about life as a full-time MBA student at Harvard Business School. This session will primarily be an informal Q&A, so come prepared with your questions! View Details
- 08 Oct 2019
HBS MBA Program Breakfast Chat for Women in Mexico City
Join us before work for a casual breakfast and conversation with local HBS alumni. This event is designed for prospective students to learn more about the MBA Program, the admissions process, and the community of women at HBS. View Details
- 08 Dec 2016
- News
100 of the Most Exciting Startups in New York City
- 2007
- Book
Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States
By: Henry G. Cisneros, Jack F. Kemp, Nicolas P. Retsinas and Kent W. Colton
In Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States, Henry Cisneros, Jack Kemp, Kent Colton, and Nicolas Retsinas put political views aside to address the impediments to housing and homeownership at the state and local... View Details
Cisneros, Henry G., Jack F. Kemp, Nicolas P. Retsinas, and Kent W. Colton. Our Communities, Our Homes: Pathways to Housing and Homeownership in America's Cities and States. Harvard University, Joint Center for Housing Studies, 2007.
- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B5): Detroit Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details