Residency - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2024
News

Crash Pad

When 4753 North Broadway opened in 1924, the neoclassical tower represented the height of American architectural design, a terra-cotta temple of capitalism at the heart of Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. Over the next century, a series of banks occupied the spacious... View Details

Keywords: Amy Crawford; illustrations by Kathleen Fu; building coversion; housing crisis; innovation; real estate; Real Estate

19 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Tata Power - Trombay Thermal Power Plant Takeaways

impressive monitoring system. However, the truth is that opportunities to add capacity with new dams are limited. Building dams is difficult due to the complex siting requirements and opposition from local residents who are often... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

two grown children, he resides in Chevy Chase, Maryland. What are the key nonmilitary components of fighting terrorism? Above all else, the key is good intelligence. The objective is to stop terrorists from attacking in the first place,... View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; Government

07 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Banning Big-box Stores Can Hurt Local Retailers

Sometimes city governments issue zoning requirements prohibiting the construction of giant retail stores. The latest: Swansboro, North Carolina, where town residents are hotly debating an ordinance that, in effect, would ban construction... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

05 Mar 2024
Blog Post

IFC India: Our Godrej Site Visit

time and effort in conserving the mangroves that reside on of its headquarters land just outside of Mumbai. India has an interesting CSR policy, which came up a few times in our conversations with companies. In 2013, India enacted a law... View Details

October 2014
Case

Teckentrup: A Door to Managing Difference

By: Clayton Rose, Jerome Lenhardt and Daniela Beyersdorfer

For Kai Teckentrup, the owner and co-CEO of the German "Mittelstand" door manufacturer Teckentrup, balancing competitive pressures, demographic realities and values were at the heart of the diversity program that he had started and championed at the company. Beyond... View Details

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16 Jul 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Obamacare

Harvard MBA Philip Stevens as a member of the project team. Together, they realized early on that the state pool of 345,000 uninsured Connecticut residents was hardly a homogenous group—within it were young people who didn't want... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

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The Space Renaissance Is Launching: Is the World Ready? | Working Knowledge

powerful and, to economists, beautiful—is that they thrive on and empower this decentralized knowledge. Markets work because they bring together the unique knowledge and ideas that reside in each of us, as individuals, including you.... View Details

22 Dec 2022
News

LGBTQ+ Alumni Forums Expand; 2023 Alumni New Venture Competition Is Underway

since many of the potential members reside in New York City. Donaher encourages anyone interested in the LGBTQ+ Forums to join the HBS Pride Alumni Association at presidents@hbspridealumni.org or contact him at pauldonaher20@gmail.com.... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

affordable housing, but figured he’d give it a shot. “I really enjoyed the work,” he says. “It was such a contrast. You could be working with attorneys in New York and Washington in the morning and working with the residents of the... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

01 Mar 2011
News

The Path to Economic Revival

about is a discussion about strategic capabilities that need to reside within the country. Pisano: Unlike other nations, we don’t have a national economic strategy. There’s this big debate about whether we should have one. My answer is... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

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1.5 Attendance | MBA

provides details related to all matters concerning HBS class attendance. Residency Requirement All MBA students are required to be in residence in the Boston area during the academic term and attend all... View Details

14 Mar 2016
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Connection between 1930s Weather and Today's Labor Unions

There’s something curious about the labor force in the United States. Identical jobs and industries have become unionized in some states while remaining nonunionized in others. Unionization levels vary greatly from state to state. As of 2013, 20 to 25 percent of... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

03 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Brand Lessons From the Nobel Prize

given to "those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit to mankind." "The heart of the brand, the essence of the brand, resides in the will of Alfred Nobel," says Greyser. He continued, "people associated... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

07 Feb 2005
What Do You Think?

If You Blink, Will You Miss?

blink take place "behind a locked door" in our brains, one that he suggests resides somewhere between the conscious and the subconscious. (This suggests that the subtitle—"the power of thinking without thinking"—may... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 15, 2008

Levine, G. Paul DeRosa, and Serena S. Hu Publication:Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (forthcoming) Abstract Currently, approximately ninety percent of the six hundred twenty graduating orthopaedic residents are planning on entering a... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at Research and Ideas, March 6, 2018

archetypal American town increased trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2, Boston residents who interacted with a website that visualized both service requests (e.g., potholes) and efforts by the city... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

something that hadn't been done in 81 years—make an illegal drug legal. “They do not need to buy it at a fancy store—they'll go to a back alley basement shop as long as the product delivers” Of course, the question remains: How will state View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

28 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Why Manufacturing Matters

Washington. "Industrial policy" involves some degree of central planning. What we're talking about is a discussion about strategic capabilities that need to reside within the country. Pisano: Unlike other nations, we don't have... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Manufacturing

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

death. Professor Alvin Roth has used his expertise in game theory, experimental economics, and market design to create a program that helps match kidney donors with potential recipients. His work also matches medical residents with jobs... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

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