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15 Oct 2013
First Look

First Look: October 15

Publications August 2013 Economic Development and Cultural Change The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" By: Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, and Eric Werker Abstract—As is now well documented, aid is given for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

negotiating too narrowly with those who have formal power and authority. Negotiation experts have a patriarchal name for a version of this classic—and avoidable—mistake: Decide-Announce-Defend or DAD. Along with gaining the full-throated support of New York View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he received an outpouring of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

20 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Why the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge is a Social Media Blockbuster

emulated? Anything that can contribute to social capital. The content must be easy to create but not as easy as photographing one's morning cappuccino. For example, someone in Toronto snapped a selfie with the controversial mayor Rob... View Details

Keywords: by John Deighton

29 Jan 2021
Op-Ed

How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

immunized. To counter their distrust, one Israeli Arab mayor directly called more than 25,000 Israeli Arab phones to urge them to get vaccinated, describing the act as “holy for everyone.” At the same time, a leading Orthodox Jewish Rabbi... View Details

Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim

09 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

rather than inventors and builders” Once chief of staff to the late Boston mayor Thomas Menino, Weiss isn't just engaging in wishful thinking. He's seen firsthand how entrepreneurs within government can cut through red tape. Weiss... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

18 Jan 2021
Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

adapting the skills and practices of entrepreneurship for the public sector,” he says. Before joining the HBS faculty and creating the MBA course Public Entrepreneurship, Weiss was chief of staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. In 2010,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

consider becoming candidates. This is not a call for privatization of services (like trash pickup), which is already widespread. Instead, it's a suggestion that the job of mayor itself be awarded by voters to a private firm. Unlike other... View Details

Keywords: by Eric Werker

09 Oct 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

Treasurer, faced a decision with potential personal and political ramifications: whether or not to ask the city’s Mayor to join a class action antitrust suit against the city’s creditors for actions they took during the Global Financial... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

camp offered nothing except the status quo. Anyone watching the national UK television debate on Tuesday could compare the hope and passion of the Leave campaign, led by former London mayor Boris Johnson, with the plodding, half-hearted... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

17 Dec 2001
Research & Ideas

Enterprising Women

offered by "emotional intelligence," a quality more often credited to women than men? New Yorker Susan Willet Bird cited Mayor Rudy Giuliani's transformation in the public eye from dictator to benign emperor, a reversal which... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

planned and managed in a much more efficient and sustainable fashion than in a dispersed population. Mayors of the world's largest cities agree, with New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg leading a global... View Details

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

12 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

The New Real Estate

diversification and reduce risk. This is the new world of real estate finance which, as my friend Harvard Business School professor Andre Perold will argue, is just catching up with everyone else. Sustainable Development Sustainable development hit a "tipping... View Details

Keywords: by Arthur I. Segel; Construction; Real Estate

18 May 2015
Research & Ideas

Advertisers Get Serious About Playing With Their Brands

seemingly in mid-air (he later admitted the hoax) and "who's playing whom?" such as Toronto mayor Rob Ford's selfie-mania with constituents. Click to watch. Going Too Far Given the loose, spontaneous nature of social media marketing,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Advertising

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Competitiveness: Paths Forward," an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation. "I believe... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

principal, and other people. It's working on the level of new alliances, and for IBM, a new set of relationships. 4. Be flexible to replicate success Kanter: The next step for P-TECH is replication. You have the support of [New York] View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

19 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Designing Cities for a Sustainable Future

On a June day in Manhattan with temperatures heading into the 90s, a straphanger named Mike is taking his customary subway ride to work. People are grumbling about the heat, but hey, it's summer, it's supposed to be hot, and besides, "Whaddya gonna do?" New Yorkers... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

President since 2003, and the secular urban elite, whose party this year won the mayoral elections in Ankara, Izmir, and Istanbul. How this tension plays out will also have a formative influence on Turkey’s trajectory. About the Author... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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