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  • 17 Aug 2015
  • News

The Play Alchemist

do is take technology and combine it with human nature to create meaningful products.” After she graduated, Matthews did a stint at a startup, but soon left that position to help launch Uncharted Play, a company based in New York City... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
  • 11 Sep 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 11, 2018

government than residents who received no transparency at all. Study 3 leveraged proprietary data from a mobile phone application developed by the city of Boston through which residents can submit service requests; the city’s goal was to... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 13 Jan 2015
  • First Look

First Look: January 13

highlight the traits of cities (e.g., size, industrial diversity) that theoretical and empirical work link to innovation, and we discuss factors that help sustain these features (e.g., the localization of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Best of HBS Working Knowledge 2009

face of public transportation in cities and smaller communities? HBS professor Benjamin G. Edelman weighs the benefits and opportunities for entrepreneurs and for society. "Right now, the field is wide open," he says. TOP 5... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 10 May 2016
  • First Look

May 10, 2016

Promises and Limitations of Improved Measures of Urban Life By: Glaeser, Edward L., Scott Duke Kominers, Michael Luca, and Nikhil Naik Abstract—New, "big" data sources allow measurement of city characteristics and outcome... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 24 Mar 2023
  • News

Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey

killing close to 50,000 people in 11 cities and destroying or severely damaging upwards of 70,000 buildings, Nancy Hammerman (PMD 69, 1995) immediately thought of her classmate in Turkey, Nuzhet Atabek (PMD 69, 1995). "Living in Los... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 12 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 12, 2017

in the ways they do business. Moreover, hub firms themselves must do a better job leading responsibly for the good of all, not just creating and capturing value but doing more to sustain other players in the ecosystem. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 01 Feb 1998
  • News

Not Your Typical Business Conference

The weather in New York City was dreary drizzle on a fall day last October 25, but on the third floor of 42nd Street's Grand Hyatt Hotel, there was pure sparkle in the air. More than one hundred HBS alumnae from all over the country and... View Details
  • 07 Feb 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

2017 New York: Oxford University Press Managing Risk in Reinsurance: From City Fires to Global Warming By: Hauter, Niels Viggo, and Geoffrey Jones, eds. Abstract—This is the first book to provide a comprehensive history of the reinsurance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Past Issues - Alumni

2022 New Urban Order Looking into the not-too-distant future of tomorrow’s sustainable cities Breaking News With a novel funding and ownership model, the National Trust for Local News offers a path to keep... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2025
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books

Edited by Margie Kelley Unlocking Innovation: A Leader's Guide to Turning Bold Ideas Into Tangible Results By Robyn Bolton (MBA 2005) Page Two Press Only 1 in every 50,000 incubated ideas reaches $1 million in sales. If you ask most corporate executives why their... View Details
  • 29 Mar 2023
  • News

Supporting Earthquake Victims in Turkey and Syria

project that will employ locals in a traditional handicraft business. The effort is centered in southeast Turkey, a region known for its production of high-quality Adiyaman carpets. By building a sustainable industrial and commercial base... View Details
  • 22 Apr 2014
  • First Look

First Look: April 22

fixed effects, controls for the quantity of sustainability disclosure, and alternative ways of measuring IR. Moreover, I show that investor activism on environmental or social issues or a large number of concerns about a firm's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 08 Oct 2013
  • First Look

First Look: October 8

disruption, the authors offer three scenarios for the future of consulting. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2013/10/consulting-on-the-cusp-of-disruption/ar/1 August 2013 Manufacturing & Service Operations Management Sustainable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2007
  • News

Profiles from the class of 2007

who speaks fluent Hebrew, Arabic, and English and who has long been involved with peace-related initiatives and nonprofits, that experience convinced him “to work on the business side of peace.” “Peace in the Middle East,” he says, “will not be View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice
  • 11 Oct 2016
  • First Look

October 11, 2016

service requests to their city government. Users who viewed photos of city workers responding to their service requests were more likely to continue using the app over the ensuing 13 months, demonstrating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2020 (Revised December 2022)
  • Case

Soofa: Displaying the Right Path?

By: Jeffrey J. Bussgang, Amy Klopfenstein and Amram Migdal
In November 2019, Sandra Richter, co-founder and CEO of Soofa, a network of advertising-supported digital bulletin boards, must decide between two different fundraising and expansion plans for her company. One plan entails raising $15 million in a Series A round and... View Details
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  • 12 Jan 2010
  • First Look

First Look: Jan. 12

Turkey, where Abraham first heard the call to "go forth." It passes through some of the world's most revered cultural, historical, and holy sites, ending in the city of Hebron/Al-Khalil at the tomb of Abraham. With Abraham as a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 28 Jan 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Read All About It! Newspapers Lose Web War

REALCities.com links city guides from over forty different markets with a very powerful user interface. Its national job board, CareerBuilder.com, is one of the leading national job sites, recently acquiring Headhunter.net. The Washington... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.

conflicts.” Her solution could provide answers for the policymakers about to gather in Stockholm. “Our experience in Northern Kenya has taught us that the best means of conflict prevention is building resilience through inclusive and View Details