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Real Estate Prices by City
Residential Rents and choose appropriate options such as by sqf. etc. select years view data Related sources: (might not be by city) Federal Reserve Economic Data, St Louis FED - scroll down to see data on US commercial real estate prices and real residential property... View Details
- 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
- 03 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 3, 2007
believes that all of St. HOPE's other activities—economic development, civic leadership development, and the arts—are interdependent with transforming urban education. Raises questions of growth, including the challenges of replicating a... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Profile
Mike Watitwa
people from all corners of the world, with different affiliations, beliefs and aspirations in life. As a kid what did you want to be when you grew up? Many things. The most enduring desire was to be a music artist. The Kenyan urban... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
LA Reid’s Song
the rest. And while I always liked having hits, my hits were never based on making music that I thought fit urban radio or alternative rock radio or Top Forty radio. I don’t want only hit records—I did that. I always wanted more. I want... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
on leave as director general of Sri Lanka’s Urban Development Authority) and Jayamin Pelpola (MBA 2010). “It has to be a decision of the heart. I have a passion. Thirty years from now, I want to be able to say this is what I spent my life... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- February 2024
- Supplement
Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B14): San Jose Climate Action Snapshot
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Hailey Chen and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
- Web
Winners & Success Stories | New Venture Competition
nonprofit organization devoted to improving education for all children by attracting and preparing the next generation of outstanding leaders for urban public schools. NLNS aggressively recruits extremely talented people to become View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Rethinking Housing in the Motor City
neighborhood was a product of Detroit’s controversial 1960s urban renewal efforts. “But the way people live today, they want to be close to the action. They want to be close to their jobs. They want to ride their bikes; they want to take... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Portrait Project
Kelly O’Neil
our yard, which was so much more alive than my neighbours' dull lawns. It was an urban garden so big, my sister and I made it our own personal city. We would plant Carrot Road, daydream while wandering down Sweet Pea Avenue, and feast on... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- News
Making Higher Ed Accessible to Africans
who started his first company, Tribeca Designs, an efficient storage CD tower, while a student at Harvard Business School, spent his early post-HBS years working for private equity firms before joining Radio One—an American broadcasting company that targets... View Details
- 11 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 11
on schemas, procedural justice, emotion expression, and prosocial behavior. Land Politics and Local State Capacities: The Political Economy of Urban Change in China Author:Meg Rithmire Publication:China Quarterly (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
- Case
Mayhem on Madison (A)
By: A. Eugene Kohn and David Lane
In his first project, an aspiring property developer negotiates the development rights above a one-story bank branch in Manhattan's tony Carnegie Hill. Community resistance erupted immediately, spearheaded by celebrity and socialite residents. Facing rejection of his... View Details
Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Development Economics; Business and Community Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; New York (city, NY)
Kohn, A. Eugene, and David Lane. "Mayhem on Madison (A)." Harvard Business School Case 208-067, January 2008. (Revised March 2008.)
- March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
- Case
China Vanke (A-1)
By: Lynn S. Paine, John Macomber and Keith Chi-ho Wong
As China's largest homebuilder, China Vanke Co. Ltd. (Vanke) was facing an industry downturn sparked by strong government intervention. Faced with falling prices, Vanke's president must decide whether to keep the company's pricing and product positioning intact, and... View Details
Keywords: Real Estate; China; Green Building; Sustainable Development; Business Government Relations; Leadership; Business and Government Relations; Urban Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Safety; Real Estate Industry; China
Paine, Lynn S., John Macomber, and Keith Chi-ho Wong. "China Vanke (A-1)." Harvard Business School Case 314-104, March 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
- Profile
Andrew Baxter
myself a question: Could I make a difference in the fight to save our environment?" An MBA, Andrew believed, "would give me the skills to do something more for societal change." With a desire to address the impact of global View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- Op-Ed
How Private Investors Can Help Solve Africa's Climate Crisis
Africa and attended an alumni event focused on climate adaptation and urban economic development. This is what we learned: Adaptation finance is real. People we talked to from organizations like the Global Green Growth Institute, African... View Details
- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
Stan Chang: “A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship”
Labs. Stan reached out to Justin for coffee and conversation. “He said the culture was great,” Stan says. “Justin had a great experience there working on deals to invest in other urban innovation companies.” At the same time, Stan pursued... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
organizational process is the key.” For Choudhury, these innovative new models benefit not only the employee and employer. They can also benefit society: “With work from anywhere, people can go back to small towns, reduce urban... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Benaree Wiley
young, Wiley was a pioneer in negotiating a flexible schedule for her public policy consulting work with Urban Systems Research and Engineering. "Of course, as a working parent, any choice you make is demanding," she cautions, remembering... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
competing operations, driving employees toward public welfare systems, and creating urban sprawl. The savings to Wal-Mart customers appears large in relation to the surplus that it passes on to its stockholders. In recent years, the... View Details