Publications

2004
Case

Bristol City Schools (BCS)

By: Richard Elmore, Allen Grossman and Modupe N Akinola

Keywords: Education; Local Range

23 Oct 2014
News

Harvard in Mexico City

October 2013 (Revised June 2014)
Case

Demarketing Soda in New York City

By: John A. Quelch, Margaret L. Rodriguez, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Christine Snively

In 2013, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg tried and failed to institute a ban on serving sizes of large sugary beverages. Obesity posed a large public health risk to the city. Mayor Bloomberg's proposed ban was one of many attempts to combat the rising threat of... View Details

Keywords: Soda; Public Health; Business And Public Policy; Obesity; Business and Government Relations; Public Sector; Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Marketing; Health; City; Food and Beverage Industry; New York (city, NY)

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

three, are crucial elements. For a burgeoning global population that is increasingly migrating to the world's urban centers, designing livable cities that can effectively function with scarce natural resources is critical. In talking... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

May 2011 (Revised March 2013)
Background Note

Location Choice for New Ventures: Cities

By: William R. Kerr and Ramana Nanda

Location choice is a critical decision for entrepreneurs. This note explores how entrepreneurs should think about different city options through a systematic framework that encompasses professional and personal issues. We use the intellectual frameworks of the cluster... View Details

Keywords: City; Business Startups

March 2018 (Revised June 2018)
Case

City Year at 30: Toward Long-Term Impact

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and James Weber

In 2018, City Year was a 30-year-old nonprofit that recruited and organized teams of young-adult “volunteers” (corps teams) to provide a year of citizen service. It had 3,100 corps members serving in 327 schools located in 28 U.S. cities. In its early decades, City... View Details

Keywords: Education; Service Operations; Nonprofit Organizations; Growth and Development Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Resource Allocation; Change Management; Social Entrepreneurship; Middle School Education; Secondary Education; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Human Capital; Growth Management; Service Delivery; Organizational Design; Social Enterprise; Poverty; United States

04 Apr 2022
News

Strengthening City Hall’s Foundations

In an opinion piece published by the Jerusalem Post on April 4, 2022, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) announced a new management training program to support mayors in Israel. The Bloomberg-Sagol Center for City Leadership, created in... View Details

Keywords: Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

22 Jul 2010
News

A Bold New Model for Sustainable Cities

August 2012
Supplement

Milwaukee (B7): Rocky Marcoux, Commissioner of City Development, City of Milwaukee

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Matthew Bird

Keywords: Management; Wisconsin

August 2007 (Revised April 2008)
Teaching Note

Marketing New York City

By: V. Kasturi Rangan, Anita Elberse and Marie Bell

Keywords: Marketing

A truly smart smart city investment requires looking at three dimensions: characteristics of cities, capital requirements for various initiatives, and the decision-making process. I suggest decision makers in these initiatives follow an analytical sequence of... View Details

05 Dec 2013
News

Smart cities: Are smart cities empty hype?

Fast Answer

Employers by city (United States)

How do I find the major employers in a U.S. city or metropolitan area? Use the American City Business Journals database. Digital editions of weekly business journals and electronic versions of the... View Details

01 Jun 2019
News

City on a Hill

been blighted by changes in industry.” Finally, Marietta says the lack of resources and infrastructure means that anyone committed to growing local enterprises and organizational capacity beyond the big city must be prepared to tackle... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Clay Cook

22 Oct 2014
News

Initiative for a Competitive Inner City recognizes inner city entrepreneurs

June 2018
Teaching Note

Berkshire Partners: Party City

By: Victoria Ivashina and Jeffrey Boyar

Teaching Note for HBS No. 218-028. View Details

Keywords: Turnaround; Fundraising; Cross-fund Investment; Private Equity; Vertical Integration; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; United States