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- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
a new sector on top of existing infrastructure and industries is in fact the best way for a city to accelerate the growth of an entrepreneurial ecosystem—better by far than attempting to replicate the... View Details
- 25 Feb 2002
- Research & Ideas
MNCs in Asia: Investing in the Future
the automotive industry's growth over the next ten years," said Newman, noting that four of those countries—China, India, Thailand, and South Korea—are in Asia. Protectionism is one of GM's biggest challenges, Newman said, with... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Web
Transportation - Business & Environment
Battery costs for electric vehicles have dropped 85% since 2010. [38] Challenge Globally, transportation is the fastest-growing source of GHG emissions. Reducing GHGs from this sector is difficult because economic growth usually requires... View Details
- 05 Apr 2011
- First Look
First Look: April 5
Authors:Tiona Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract Building on research in strategy formation and organizational innovation, this paper reports on a field study of a young company in the sustainable cities industry. We examine how company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Ed Tian: Boardroom Revolutionary
nationwide high-speed, high-capacity fiber-optic network covering fifteen coastal cities and over 80 percent of the domestic data services market. With backing from shareholders, including the Ministry of Railways (fiber is being run... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
opportunities around the world, to which they would otherwise not have access.” Why, in your opinion, is MOGUL important? “With over a million users upon launch, MOGUL is now visited by over 208 countries and 17,878 cities worldwide, just... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Everything Old Is a New Opportunity
series of summit-style events that bring like-minded technology and design innovators together with experts in the field of aging. The next step will be scaling the enterprise through local chapters in cities around the world and raising... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Ready for Takeoff
financial district of Brooklin to the favelas of Real Parque. Cars buzz by. "See here?" she says, pointing to the bridge. At 6:30 p.m. on most days, it is a sea of snarled traffic, a city hallmark. But when Brazil's national team kicks... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
donated to nonprofits, Accion Chicago is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to build communities through entrepreneurship. We all know that small business is the growth engine of any economy. This is even more true for distressed... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
Competitiveness: Paths Forward," an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation. "I believe... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 26 May 2016
- News
Sunil B. Mittal, OPM 27, 1999
around his vision, Sunil Mittal easily could have followed in his father’s footsteps and earned a name for himself as a politician. Instead, he chose to focus his talents on changing the world as an entrepreneur. Growing up in Ludhiana, a large View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 07 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela
a personal point of view, it was remarkable to see tens of millions of people from all walks of life, rich and poor, gather together in what was literally a pop-up city and go about their daily and religious lives, inhabiting tents of one... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- What Do You Think?
Two Decades Later, is the 'New Economy' Finally Here?
potential for ecommerce growth in the country which relies (on) a lot of machine learning and AI the growth rate through the new economy prospects is just starting to take off here in Bangladesh.” Jacob... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
both nature and humankind. We asked a group of Harvard Business School faculty members to offer their views on the many facets of "going green." Amy C. Edmondson, Novartis Professor Of Leadership And Management The world's cities are... View Details
- 07 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers
Sometimes city governments issue zoning requirements prohibiting the construction of giant retail stores. The latest: Swansboro, North Carolina, where town residents are hotly debating an ordinance that, in effect, would ban construction... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
steam-powered cable car in San Francisco in the 1870s inaugurated the era of street railways in urban areas (it also spared horses the burden of pulling heavy loads up and down the city’s steep roads). Within a decade, cable cars were pulling millions of passengers... View Details
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
incremental change, while also seizing new markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation rule the day. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50401 forthcoming European Economic Review Taxation, Corruption, and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
From Das’s Desk
Education, each of you has experienced both moments of growth and times of great challenge as you have navigated your career and life. The question we hope to answer with the findings of this survey is whether and how HBS can be a valued... View Details
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
CCP relied on the manipulation and distribution of the national land supply either to stimulate economic growth or to rein in an overheating economy. China’s land institutions, therefore, share “complementarities” with fiscal and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 1998
- News
Former HBS Dean Fouraker Dies at 74
HBS program for international senior managers in Switzerland. He also encouraged HBS professors to give their advice and guidance to help create business schools abroad in cities such as Tehran and Jerusalem. "Larry Fouraker was a true... View Details