New York City - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2010
Teaching Note

Merger of Equals: The Integration of Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (TN) (A) (B) & (C)

By: Ryan D. Taliaferro and Clayton S. Rose

Teaching Note for [210016], [210025], and [210028]. View Details

Keywords: Banking Industry; New York (state, US)

Citation

Purchase

Research Summary

New Venture Growth

Young and no Money? Never Mind: Strategies for New Venture Growth. Being revised (R&R) for Organization Science.

Mukti's dissertation, "Great Oaks from Little Acorns Grow: Strategies for New Venture Growth," explored how intangible resources such... View Details

25 Aug 2016
News

Announcing the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

do—how well cities are run will affect the future of the planet in profound ways.” Within the next four years, as many as 300 mayors and 400 top mayoral aides will participate in the initiative’s executive training programs. This... View Details

Keywords: Government

The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing

Today’s mega-cities have a footprint problem. They are developing horizontally, not vertically, with vast areas of low sprawl reaching out for miles from Sao... View Details

January 1999
Case

Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (D): Results and Replication

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne

The last in a five-part series about Bell Atlantic Corp.'s technology-in-education partnership with the Union City, New Jersey school system. Reviews the various outcomes of the partnership called Project Explore, from the perspective of Bell Atlantic managers and... View Details

Keywords: Mobile and Wireless Technology; Strategic Planning; Change Management; Leadership Development; Outcome or Result; Horizontal Integration; Partners and Partnerships; Trends; Education; Technological Innovation; Telecommunications Industry; Education Industry; New Jersey

Citation

Educators

Purchase

Web

American City Business Journals | Baker Library

American City Business Journals Local business news and digital editions from major U.S. cities. Read More Features electronic versions of the Book of Lists for many cities, including ranked lists of... View Details

Web

Buildings & Cities - Business & Environment

the world’s population lives in cities, cities are an important place to innovate to reduce greenhouse gases. Several types of innovations offer promise [36] : Energy demand-reducing innovations that increase the efficiency of existing... View Details

31 Dec 2015
News

You, New and Improved

November 1996 (Revised September 1997)
Case

BancZero New Product Development

By: Marco Iansiti and Alberto Moel

The Mexico City office of a large U.S. bank is asked by clients to develop currency swaps, a derivative financial product. This case deals with the new product development process in financial services, and the problems and issues that are raised in product development... View Details

Keywords: Product Development; Banks and Banking; Financial Instruments; Situation or Environment; Problems and Challenges; Risk and Uncertainty; Volatility; Banking Industry; Mexico City; United States

Citation

Educators

Purchase

22 Sep 2015
News

Putting Entrepreneurial Skills to Work in City Hall

Now teaching HBS’s first course in “public entrepreneurship,” Professor of Management Practice Mitchell Weiss (MBA 2004) served as chief of staff for late Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, helping lead what the New View Details

2018
Chapter

The Logic of Agglomeration

By: Gilles Duranton and William R. Kerr

This review discusses frontier topics in economic geography as they relate to firms and agglomeration economies. We focus on areas where empirical research is scarce but possible. We first outline a conceptual framework for city formation that allows us to contemplate... View Details

Keywords: Agglomeration; Clusters; Innovation; Cities; Industry Clusters; City; Innovation and Invention

Citation

Find at Harvard

Read Now

01 Aug 1998
News

A Roaring Success in the Windy City

technology. He emphasized that while the School remains firmly rooted in its traditional mission - to educate leaders by building knowledge - new strategies will be needed to meet the challenges of today's dynamic world. Clark used... View Details

11 Jun 2009
News

Despite Odds, Cities Race to Bet on Biotech

2012
Other Unpublished Work

Professional Managers at Political Crossroads: Xia Pingfang at the Bank of China in New York and London, 1939 to 1951

By: Elisabeth Koll

Citation

Web

Fighting Poverty in New York City: SE Summer Fellow Clara Steiner (MBA 2026) | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

10 Jul 2000
Research & Ideas

Cable TV: From Community Antennas to Wired Cities

networks, encouraged cable's growth, under the theory that "the enemy of my enemy is my friend." FCC Chairman Nicholas Johnson, an ardent supporter of the wired cities concept, championed a series of FCC actions helpful to the... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas R. Eisenmann; Media & Broadcasting; Consumer Products; Entertainment & Recreation

The 4 Types of Cities and How to Prepare Them for the Future

The prospect of urban innovation excites the imagination. But dreaming up what a “smart city” will look like in some gleaming future is, by its nature, a utopian exercise. The messy truth is that cities are not the same, and even the most innovative approach can... View Details

2015
Working Paper

The Logic of Agglomeration

By: Gilles Duranton and William R. Kerr

This review discusses frontier topics in economic geography as they relate to firms and agglomeration economies. We focus on areas where empirical research is scarce but possible. We first outline a conceptual framework for city formation that allows us to contemplate... View Details

Keywords: Agglomeration; Clusters; Cities; Innovation; Industry Clusters; City; Innovation and Invention

Citation

SSRN

Read Now