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- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
unemployment. Nevertheless, a minimum wage increase is controversial. Why is that? Because the conversation is really about much more than a technical debate on the costs and benefits. Most people are aware that the long-term economic path for the View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
by venture capital in the past decades, there were many failures. But collectively, the companies that did succeed represent a significant fraction of the private-sector jobs in the United States today. The... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Rebooting Europe
percent in the next two years. Global patent filings from the EU also dropped to record lows, hovering at a dismal 5.8 percent of global filings in 2013. (In comparison, the United States was at 22.3... View Details
- 01 Jun 2001
- News
Eric C. Feagler: Against the Odds
When he graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1990 with a degree in aerospace engineering, Eric Feagler (MBA 2001) had already been accepted by the Navy’s elite flight training program. After a... View Details
- Web
Black Business Leaders and Entrepreneurship | Baker Library
potential target customers including jobs and occupations, educational attainment, employment status, school enrollment, health, housing, and more. Suggested Resources United States Census Bureau Demographic... View Details
- 26 Jul 2011
- News
An Entrepreneur of the Arts
moved to the United States in 1993 and settled in Chicago. An early blooming entrepreneur, Efimova founded Russian Pointe, her first company, in 1998 while she was a junior in college. Russian Pointe, a... View Details
- 03 Aug 2011
- News
No Ducking the Debt Ceiling
paragon of fiscal management” compared to how the United States and its political leadership is doing. Among a number of Tweeters with multiple tweets on the subject, Professor of Management Practice Bill... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Who Owns Yoga?
people,” Deshpandé says. The enterprising Bikram, born in 1946 in Calcutta and known worldwide by his first name, began studying yoga as a four-year-old. He arrived in the United States in 1971, opening his... View Details
- 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 15 Jan 2015
- Webinars: Trending@HBS
High Impact Women Entrepreneurs: Insights from Pioneers who are Changing the Game
During this webinar, Professor Lynda Applegate, faculty chair of the HBS Owner/President Management program, will discuss new research that is developing profiles and case studies on women entrepreneurs who founded new ventures that have become successful high-growth,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
No Nukes
Often overshadowed by higher-profile conflicts, North Korea’s nuclear intentions have concerned the United States for many years. Now it is a high-stakes test of diplomacy in which China, Japan, Russia, and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Alumni Clubs Put Skills to Work
Program, says Janet Cahill, associate director of Alumni Relations at the School. Taking HBS on the road for the Centennial, more than fifty faculty members will deliver special presentations to clubs in the United View Details
- January 2002 (Revised July 2004)
- Case
Renationalization of Railtrack?
Railtrack faces bankruptcy five years after its privatization. Railtrack's performance deteriorated since its privatization in 1996, exhibited by its weakening financial health, unsatisfactory services, poor safety record, and mismanaged investment program. In October... View Details
Keywords: Rail Transportation; Privatization; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; State Ownership; Rail Industry; United Kingdom
Dyck, Alexander, and Irina L. Christov. "Renationalization of Railtrack?" Harvard Business School Case 702-032, January 2002. (Revised July 2004.)
- 2022
- Case
Charting a Course for Boston: Organizing for Change
By: Lisa C. Cox, Mitchell B. Weiss and Jorrit De Jong
Michelle Wu had been elected on the promise of systemic change, but four days after her November 2021 election and just eleven days before taking office as mayor of Boston, she was still considering how best to staff and manage a range of over-arching priorities.... View Details
Cox, Lisa C., Mitchell B. Weiss, and Jorrit De Jong. "Charting a Course for Boston: Organizing for Change." Cambridge, MA, United States: Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Case, 2022.
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
of San Francisco. Wu is currently chairman of the US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants as well as a Presidential Innovation Fellow working on the Development Innovation Ventures project at the United View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 24 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
Something Ventured, Something Gained: A European View of Venture Capital
States. But that was then; this is now. Just in the past few years, said Lerner, "we've seen a lot more syndication transactions across the United States and Europe and more early-stage involvement by... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Springboard Boosts Funding Prospects for Women Entrepreneurs
applicants by a committee of top venture capitalists and business leaders from around New England. In opening remarks, HBS Dean Kim B. Clark said entrepreneurship has become not only a tremendous engine of growth in the United View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors
By: William R. Kerr
The ethnic composition of US inventors is undergoing a significant transformation - with deep impacts for the overall agglomeration of US innovation. This study applies an ethnic-name database to individual US patent records to explore these trends with greater detail.... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Geographic Location; Patents; Ethnicity; City; Innovation and Invention; United States
Kerr, William R. "The Agglomeration of U.S. Ethnic Inventors." In Agglomeration Economics, edited by Edward Glaeser, 237–276. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 2010.
- Profile
Laura Sandoval
In the late ‘80s, Laura Sandoval’s mother emigrated from Peru to the United States to find a better a future. “We faced some tough immigration challenges,” Laura says. When her father later joined her mother... View Details
- 2021
- Case
Leading Through Challenging Times: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
By: Michael Norris, Rawi Abdelal and Kimberlyn Leary
Keisha Lance Bottoms took office as Mayor of Atlanta in 2018 with a progressive agenda and hopes to “keep Atlanta moving forward, leaving no one behind.” She was an Atlanta native, had previously served as a local judge and city councilor, and came into office with... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; City; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Social Issues; Economy; Atlanta; United States
Norris, Michael, Rawi Abdelal, and Kimberlyn Leary. "Leading Through Challenging Times: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms." Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Case 0036TC, 2021.
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Taking That Hill
sought challenging environments, and I get a lot of pleasure when people say they want to take that hill, and we take that hill together.” As PPG’s growth surges internationally, it’s overseas where new and different hills are increasingly popping up. As the... View Details