Urbanization - Publications - Faculty & Research

April 2006 (Revised February 2007)
Case

Rebuilding the New Orleans Public Schools: Turning the Tide?

After Hurricane Katrina, the New Orleans Public School System is faced with rebuilding from the ground up. The challenge is enormous, as is the opportunity to remake the lowest performing public school system in Louisiana and one of the lowest performing in the nation.... View Details

Keywords: Programs; Natural Disasters; Urban Development; Education; Infrastructure; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; New Orleans

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26 Apr 2018
Cold Call Podcast

Why JPMorgan Chase Is Investing Millions in Detroit

Keywords: Re: Joseph L. Bower; Financial Services

Fast Answer

Real estate: emerging markets

Workspace Introduction. Urban Land Institute
Search the Urban Land Institute collection of research reports for access to their regional Emerging Trends in Real Estate series. The site also allows you... View Details

29 Sep 2015
News

Juan Salgado Honored for Immigrant Education Efforts

complete an adult basic education, improve language abilities, and acquire job skills.” And in 2010, Salgado opened a charter school that offers counseling and support to students beyond graduation through the first two years of postsecondary education or training.... View Details

Career Coach

Warren Radtke

been a small business owner. Work Experience: General Electric, Right Management Consultants, Interim Executive assignments in Human Resources/Talent Management; Director of a nonprofit urban grant making agency; Small business owner... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Education; Entrepreneurship; Commercial Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Banking; Financial Services (All); Investment Management; Financial Services (All); Private Equity; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Manufacturing; Social Enterprise

01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution

the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group), Bloomberg sees cities as focal points in the struggle against global warming and climate change. Urban areas are now home to half the world’s population, consume half the world’s energy, and,... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

16 Sep 2016
News

Offshore Learning

capital campaign and expansion of the nonprofit organization’s programs, which include science education, character development, and summer learning opportunities for 6,500 local adolescents annually. A key initiative is a multiyear experiential learning program for... View Details

15 Aug 2017
Blog Post

Where Work Meets Passion: A Summer In Community Development

estate development and business investment. Having studied architecture before transitioning to urban and African-American studies in my undergraduate program, it was a relief to discover that developers, not architects, actually build... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

22 Sep 2015
News

Balancing Progress and Preservation

Terminal, Bryant Park, and the surrounding neighborhood—working for a time with Dan Biederman (MBA 1977), a pioneer in revitalizing urban spaces through public-private partnerships—Zuckerberg joined the family-owned Samson Investment... View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Big Turnout for Business Plan Contest

27. The winner of the business venture track, OsComp Systems, is commercializing an innovative technology that forces natural gas through pipelines at lower cost and with greater efficiency. The social venture track winner, Urban Water... View Details

Keywords: contests; awards; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

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Vinit Hase

the EtA landscape, highlighting on-campus resources, online research, and investor connections. He is also skilled in guiding students through the internship selection process tailored to their interests and backgrounds. Vinit's expertise is particularly valuable in... View Details

Robert E. Wood

implement his vision. Building the stores in urban areas so as not to further detract from the catalog-driven rural business, Wood’s chain stores were immensely successful. In addition to this success, Wood created the Allstate Insurance... View Details

Keywords: Retail

01 Mar 2005
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One-on-One with Edwin Reed

first commercial strip development in 1983. Since then we have pursued a strategy that has overcome historical biases and roadblocks to urban reinvestment. How did you contribute to this strategy? I led a comprehensive study that helped... View Details

Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

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Other Unpublished Work

Creative Financing of New York City Projects

By: Dutch Leonard

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Urban Scope; New York (city, NY)

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25 Apr 2014
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Creation of parks connects people to nature and each other

grasslands, for example—the Trust does it all, from inner-city parks to the wilderness of Alaska. This kind of conservation can require some complicated business deals; Rogers, a former urban developer, likes the art of closing. The Trust... View Details

February 2008 (Revised May 2012)
Supplement

The Big Easy, Not So Easy: The Letter

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Ben Creo

A short, supplemental case to "The Big Easy, Not So Easy" (208-068). Doris Koo must respond to new challenges at Lafitte in New Orleans. View Details

Keywords: Natural Disasters; Housing; Projects; Risk Management; Urban Development; Reputation; New Orleans

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26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

600 urban centers accounting for roughly 60 percent of global GDP. The creation of this economic and social value, however, involves the consumption of considerable natural resources. For example, cities today contain 50 percent of the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

February 2020
Case

Rotoplas: Bringing More and Better Water

By: John D. Macomber and Carla Larangeira

Private companies were being turned to for potable water in the world’s megacities due to impacts of climate change including droughts and flooding. Mexico City had endured several water-related crises, with its population suffering from floods, droughts, water... View Details

Keywords: Water Supply; Water Management; Finance; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Business and Government Relations; Latin America; Mexico

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January 2013 (Revised March 2015)
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Hudson Yards—The Other Side of the Tracks?

By: Christopher M. Gordon, John D. Macomber, A. Eugene Kohn and Lisa Strope

Stephan Ross, CEO of Related Companies, is considering an opportunity to invest $1 billion for the air rights over the Hudson Rail Yards in New York City. The investment would allow Related to build a platform over the operating rail tracks and develop this blighted... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate; Property; Growth and Development Strategy; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)

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