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20 Aug 2024
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Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports

08 Nov 2023
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Cities Are Ramping Up to Make the Most of Generative AI

14 Oct 2019

Check Us Out: MBA LGBTQ Open House in New York City

This event includes a panel with admissions officers, and a networking fair. The session will address the specific interests of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community, however, the event is open to all candidates - regardless of background. View Details

08 Feb 2016
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Alumni in Mexico City Connect Around a ‘Vision’ for the New HBS

Alejandro Ramirez Magana (MBA 2001) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Mexico City Regional Event, February 8, 2016 Alejandro Ramirez Magana (MBA 2001) delivered remarks at The HBS Campaign Mexico City... View Details

2015
Teaching Note

Career Pathways, Performance Pay, and Peer-review Promotion in Baltimore City Public Schools

By: John J-H Kim, Susan Moore Johnson, Christine An and Geoff Marietta

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9 AM – 4:30 PM EDT, 06 Jun 2023
Career Events

Renewal: A Workshop for Work and Life Transition in New York City

Do you find yourself considering new ways to contribute to family, community, or work? This program will allow you to look more deeply into the essential elements that are always present when making the decisions that bring you closer to work and life fulfillment.Join... View Details

December 2000
Teaching Note

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

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne

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Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; Education Industry; New Jersey

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26 Feb 2020
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Richard Florida: the creative class in the age of the superstar city

Nearly twenty years ago, Richard Florida famously identified the “creative class,” an amalgamation of knowledge workers and those in the arts, culture, and design fields. He established creativity as a basic economic force. Amid increasing inequality and unstable work... View Details

18 Aug 2023
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Citi Wealth Adviser Accused of Steering Older Clients Into Money-Losing Film Projects

December 2000
Teaching Note

Bell Atlantic and the Union City Schools (A): The Intelligent Network TN

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ellen Pruyne

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Keywords: Telecommunications Industry; New Jersey

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12 Nov 2015
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Airbnb Pledges to Work With Cities and Pay ‘Fair Share’ of Taxes

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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; Urban Development; Entrepreneurship; City; Mining; Mining Industry; United States

April 2003
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The Role of Wages and Auditing during a Crackdown on Corruption in the City of Buenos Aires

By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky

We study the prices paid for basic inputs during a crackdown on corruption in the public hospitals of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, during 1996 97. We find a well-defined, negative effect on the measures used to capture corruption. Prices paid by hospitals for... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Compensation and Benefits; Accounting Audits; Buenos Aires

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6 PM – 8 PM EST, 06 Nov 2014

New York City Alumni: Determining Your Career Elements & Connecting with HBS

Kristen Fitzpatrick, Managing Director of HBS Career and Professional Development, and other senior members of the CPD team will share with HBSCNY the resources available to you and guide you through a quick exercise to see what elements are most essential in your... View Details