City Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

25 Jan 2000
Research & Ideas

Strategic Alliances

next stage." In the first, or philanthropic, stage (which some partnerships skip entirely), the parties assume the traditional roles of "benevolent donor" and "grateful recipient." For example, urban community-service nonprofit City Year... View Details

Keywords: by Nancy O. Perry

14 Feb 2023
News

Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco

opportunities?" The desire to produce thought leadership at a fast pace, the Dean said, is the catalyst for the new Digital, Data, and Design Institute at Harvard (D^3), a lab-based research model that will draw faculty, students, and... View Details

01 Jun 2014
News

The Campaign Begins

The Harvard Business School Campaign Leadership The HBS Campaign Inaugural Event, April 25, 2014 On April 25, alumni leaders joined Dean Nitin Nohria, HBS faculty, and students on the HBS campus to learn about and share in the School's... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

15 May 2019
Blog Post

Instagram Takeover - Arts Society Trek in NYC

With over 70 HBS clubs and 200 leadership positions, HBS takes what you do outside of the classroom very seriously. Although many of the clubs at HBS are industry focused, many are centered on sports, food, art, music, and other... View Details

07 Sep 2021
News

Embracing Activism for Social Change

In 2020, the city of Detroit logged some 7,000 calls involving mental health emergencies—a critical issue, notes Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, who says, “When the mentally ill turn to the police for a response, the system is broken.” To fix... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

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Special Assistant to the CEO | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

organizations, including nearly three years in the New York City Mayor’s Office, Michael Alan Williams (MBA 2018) found his first post-MBA opportunity with The Kresge Foundation. “It was entirely serendipitous,” Michael says. “I intended... View Details

24 Apr 2014
News

Leading in business and in public education

As cochairman of the board of Loews Corporation, Andrew Tisch (MBA 1977) has played a leadership role in one of the largest diversified companies in the United States. He is also using his skills to help improve inner-city education,... View Details

01 Sep 2011
News

Center Stage

Center Stage HBS alumni with close ties to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City gathered in Starr Theater in late July for a special event to celebrate the eight-year collaboration between the School and the center.... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Jun 2018
News

The Importance of Philanthropy

Thanks to the generosity of alumni and friends over many years, HBS is fortunate to have an endowment that provides a foundation of support for core priorities. However, contrary to popular belief, the endowment does not cover all our financial needs. Annual giving to... View Details

Career Coach

Layla A. Ramirez

is responsible for operationalizing, integrating and continuously improving Justworks DEIB strategy throughout its workforce, workplace, and marketplace. Prior to joining Justworks, Layla held DEIB positions at Amazon Web Services (AWS), Netflix, Danaher Corporation... View Details

Keywords: Education; Entrepreneurship; Financial Services (All); Social Enterprise; Technology

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

this strategy actually worked, up until now. “LEED [adoption] is not just something to pay attention to when there's a bid to rebuild city hall.” In a new paper, Public Procurement and the Private Supply of Green Buildings, authors... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

06 Dec 2021
News

Monaco's Digital Transformation

Genta manages 5 percent of the state budget and a staff of 270. His ministry oversees the telecom industry and digital improvements in smart city initiatives, education, and health care, as well as programs and partnerships benefitting... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

Career Coach

Cheryl Rousseau

New York City and Boston. She has also served on the Board of Directors of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and has consistently been involved in community leadership roles.Work Experience: IBM, Credit... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Health Care; Retail

04 Dec 2014
News

Hacking Health Care

for children with cystic fibrosis that teaches them skills to deal with their daily treatment regimens. The pace is scrappy and the conversation engaging. Since launching in 2012, HH hackathons have been held in major cities around the... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

28 May 2019
News

Impact: Toward the Greater Good

Leadership Fellow, used his technology skills to improve city government in California. These stories illustrate just some of the ways that donor support is extending the School’s impact. A Data-Driven... View Details

01 Mar 2012
News

1st-Year MBAs Learn from Global Partners

months of classroom preparation, teams of MBAs arrived January 8 in 12 cities in 10 developing countries, where they worked to complete new product or service projects for 140 partner organizations. (A small number of students who could... View Details

Keywords: Professor Youngme Moon; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

25 Apr 2016
News

Innovating Education to Create College-Ready Academic Achievers

Bronx and Manhattan have graduated 100 percent of their eighth-grade classes to a college-prep high school. “What we are doing for 1,500 students in New York City can become a model for hundreds of thousands of students across the... View Details

25 Oct 2016
News

Dimon on the Federal Reserve, Taxes, and his Optimistic Outlook

In the 45-minute interview with Carlyle Group CEO David Rubenstein, Dimon discussed everything from his early career at Citi to economic policy to the current state of affairs in the United States. “America has the best hand ever dealt of... View Details

22 Sep 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

In his work managing real estate investments at Samson Investment Partners in New York, Lloyd Zuckerberg (MBA 1990) often draws on the same sensibilities that guide his leadership of the nonprofit New York Landmarks Conservancy. “I don’t... View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Dean’s Award

faculty and staff Service Leadership Fellows Launched in 2002, the HBS Service Leadership Fellows Program supports outstanding graduating HBS students committed to leadership... View Details