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How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

The High Line redevelopment in winter, New York City. sx70 A new study of gentrification shows that the addition of a coffee shop or restaurant in your neighborhood could be an early indicator that housing prices are about to spike. The... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 Jul 2020
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Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive

and 8 million employees out of work—three times the job losses seen by any other industry. While some restaurants began reopening in May and June, most featured only takeout, delivery, or outdoor dining options due to local restrictions.... View Details

Keywords: by Michael S. Kaufman, Lena G. Goldberg, and Jill Avery; Food & Beverage

March 2018 (Revised March 2018)
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JPMorgan Chase: Invested in Detroit (A)

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris

Beginning in 2014, JPMorgan Chase launched Invested in Detroit, a $100 million philanthropic investment in the city over five years. The bank worked with local economic development organizations, workforce development organizations, small businesses, philanthropies,... View Details

Keywords: Local Economic Development; Workforce Development; Philanthropic Investment; Financial Institutions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Urban Development; Business and Community Relations; Banking Industry; United States; Michigan

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17 Nov 2016
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What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women

dismantling of Clinton in virtually every stump speech. Many women (and men) who supported Trump bought into the false dichotomy that a woman leader can be either competent or likeable, but not both. What came into question was Clinton’s... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

community. Read More Rock Summer Fellows Rock Summer Fellows enables students to continue to explore their entrepreneurial path, both as founders and as those interested in joining early-stage startups, through a 10-week summer fellowship that provides not only... View Details

25 Jul 2011
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How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

and what subjects to teach, without concern for economic or political agendas. Responsibly exercised, this freedom is a great intellectual and competitive advantage. Traditional universities benefit society... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

30 Apr 2020
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Fighting Climate Change Requires a New Capitalism

Rebecca Henderson spent her young adult years living two lives. At work, she preached the risks of resisting change to MBA students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, drawing on lessons she learned while watching factories close as a management consultant.... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Energy

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

changed me today. I feel like a new person, with a new thought process, driven by purpose, committed to doing the right thing. Mayank Dubey Manager, Marketing Communications Sustainable Business Strategy What sets HBS Online apart? Our... View Details

25 Jun 2020
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Harvard Business School Class of 2021 Student Profiles

Health Care Club, Co-President, PRIDE Club, Soccer Club, Tech Club, Management Consulting Club Christina Byrd “While working on cross-functional and strategic initiatives at Uber,” says Christina, “I realized how important it was to speak the language of any role in... View Details

27 Feb 2017
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Reputation is Vital to Survival in Turbulent Markets

organizations? Khanna: Leaders interviewed for the Emerging Markets project are generally considered to be iconic stewards of their society. They may be great business people, they may be prominent regulators, they may be people who built important nonprofits View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

20 Jul 2011
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Five Discovery Skills that Distinguish Great Innovators

two-thirds of our innovation skills still come through learning—from first understanding the skill, then practicing it, and ultimately gaining confidence in our capacity to create. This is one reason that individuals who grow up in View Details

Keywords: by Jeff Dyer, Hal Gergersen & Clayton M. Christensen

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About the Center - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Faculty for more details). In addition, the Center participates in the design and delivery of the START orientation program for new HBS faculty as well as various case method teaching programs offered by HBS to faculty from business schools outside the United States.... View Details

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For Organizations | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

four courses, which can be taken independently or completed together in any order to earn a comprehensive certificate. Business in Society Courses at HBS Online Discover how to align purpose with profit and... View Details

12 Dec 2005
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Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

enough about the general practice of management that they can communicate effectively with the management team. A lawyer who can't read an income statement or understand the rudiments of strategy is far less... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

climate change and their discipline through examples of cases they have written or taught. 9:40 a.m. Toward a Decarbonized Future: Who Pays? Who Profits? Faculty Moderator: Peter Tufano (MBA 1984, PHDBE 1989) , Baker Foundation Professor... View Details

13 Jul 2020
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Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

criminal justice reform, other issues like that, health care reform, but the nexus between corporate America and what Black America needs and the most, in my opinion, is employment. And so if we can do something about the 5.5 million African Americans between 18 and 26... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

03 Mar 2021
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Multimedia Case Explores the Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations

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Philippe Rival

community impresses me by its breadth. Think of any interest, hobby or career path, no matter how niche, and you will find like-minded students here. This extends beyond the campus: the alumni network is... View Details

22 Feb 2018
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The New History of American Capitalism

antebellum North and South into one narrative, for example, while scholars have attempted to integrate the West more broadly into an understanding of American capitalism. Similarly, issues raised by the history of capitalism transcend firm temporal markers such as the... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

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