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Michael Montelongo
Michael Montelongo is a Lecturer of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches Managing Service Operations in the MBA elective curriculum that shows how to effectively design, manage, and improve... View Details
- 2019
- Working Paper
Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration
By: Marco Tabellini
Between 1915 and 1930, during the First Great Migration, more than 1.5 million African Americans migrated from the South to the North of the United States, altering the racial profile of several northern cities for the first time in American history. I exploit this... View Details
Keywords: Migration; Race; City; Financial Condition; Government and Politics; History; United States
Tabellini, Marco. "Racial Heterogeneity and Local Government Finances: Evidence from the Great Migration." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-006, July 2018. (Revised September 2019. Featured in Harvard Magazine.)
Rakesh Khurana
Rakesh Khurana is the Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development at the Harvard Business School. He is also Professor of Sociology at Harvard University, co-Master of Cabot House at Harvard College, and the Danoff Dean of Harvard College.
Professor... View Details
Keywords: executive search
- July 2015
- Article
The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations: Analysts' Perceptions and Shifting Institutional Logics
By: Ioannis Ioannou and George Serafeim
We explore the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) ratings on sell-side analysts' assessments of firms' future financial performance. We suggest that when analysts perceive CSR as an agency cost, due to the prevalence of an agency logic, they produce... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Analysts; Investment Recommendations; Sustainability; Institutional Logics; Environment; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Corporate Governance; United States
Ioannou, Ioannis, and George Serafeim. "The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment Recommendations: Analysts' Perceptions and Shifting Institutional Logics." Strategic Management Journal 36, no. 7 (July 2015): 1053–1081.
- 18 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 18
providing new free housing to tens of thousands of slum dwellers, which is anticipated to be paid for from the revenues from developing and selling market-rate housing. While the primary concerns are cost of construction, cost of capital,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- February 2020
- Case
Seso Global: Building a Blockchain-enabled Property Marketplace in Nigeria
By: Boris Vallee and Yang (Dolly) Yu
The mutual aspiration of addressing the housing shortage and improving real estate market efficiency led Daniel and Phillip to co-found Seso Global in 2017. Seso Global developed a unique integrated platform to streamline and rationalize the process of acquiring and... View Details
Keywords: Fintech; Blockchain; Developing Markets; Entrepreneurial Management; Financing and Loans; Internet and the Web; Business Model; Property; Growth and Development Strategy; Developing Countries and Economies; Real Estate Industry; Africa; Nigeria
Vallee, Boris, and Yang (Dolly) Yu. "Seso Global: Building a Blockchain-enabled Property Marketplace in Nigeria." Harvard Business School Case 220-055, February 2020.
- December 2001 (Revised February 2004)
- Case
Aviation Security after September 11th: Public or Private?
Was the public or the private sector best positioned to provide security and baggage screening services? The suicide attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and the plane crash outside Pittsburgh, marked September 11, 2001, as the date of the most severe... View Details
Keywords: Private Ownership; National Security; Air Transportation; State Ownership; Air Transportation Industry; United States
Dyck, Alexander, and Mehmet Beceren. "Aviation Security after September 11th: Public or Private?" Harvard Business School Case 702-021, December 2001. (Revised February 2004.)
ULI Report Provides Wildfire, Energy, and Economic Resilience Strategies to Sonoma County
Sonoma County, Calif., can enhance its ability to withstand and recover from wildfires by re-envisioning its land use, energy, and housing policies through a cooperative... View Details
- 2021
- Case
Leading Through Challenging Times: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms
By: Michael Norris, Rawi Abdelal and Kimberlyn Leary
Keisha Lance Bottoms took office as Mayor of Atlanta in 2018 with a progressive agenda and hopes to “keep Atlanta moving forward, leaving no one behind.” She was an Atlanta native, had previously served as a local judge and city councilor, and came into office with... View Details
Keywords: Leadership; City; Problems and Challenges; Health Pandemics; Social Issues; Economy; Atlanta; United States
Norris, Michael, Rawi Abdelal, and Kimberlyn Leary. "Leading Through Challenging Times: Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms." Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative Case 0036TC, 2021.
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Program Details - Doctoral
inclusive of, and not limited to: Housing. On campus housing at Harvard University; Meals. Meal plan that includes three meals per day in a Harvard dining hall, along with some meals provided at HBS Spangler Center; Stipend. A living... View Details
- Web
2023-2024 MBA Student Budget Class 2024 (EC) and Class of 2025 (RC)-9 months - MBA
Tuition $74,910 $74,910 $74,910 $74,910 HUHS Student Health Fee (SHF) $1,408 $1,408 $1,408 $1,408 Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) $4,120 $4,120 $4,120 $4,120 hushp FOR STUDENT SPOUSES/DEPENDENTS $0 $8,629 $13,310 $15,634 COURSE & Program MATERIALS Fee $2,600... View Details
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Key Dates - Doctoral
Program for Research in Markets & Organizations Key Dates 1ms November 2024 Nov 01 01 Nov 2024 Applications Open Apply here . December 2024 Dec 10 10 Dec 2024 Harvard Summer and Postbac Programs Virtual Open House 5pm - 7pm EST Join... View Details
- 29 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 29
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1471435 Systemic Risk and the Refinancing Ratchet Effect Authors:Amir E. Khandani, Andrew W. Lo, and Robert C. Merton Abstract The confluence of three trends in the U.S. residential View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Dec 2023
- Research & Ideas
Are Virtual Tours Still Worth It in Real Estate? Evidence from 75,000 Home Sales
remains white-hot despite high interest rates. “Maybe it doesn't help you to get a 5 percent sales price rise by using visual tools—but it might help sellers in many other ways,” Troncoso says. Virtual reality for house hunting To parse... View Details
- October 2013
- Case
Mitch Daniels and the State of Indiana
By: Robert Steven Kaplan and Wendy K. Winer
Mitch Daniels, Governor of the State of Indiana, knew he had to make a difficult choice as he sat in his office in December 2010. Should he aggressively push the state legislature to pass comprehensive education reform—a major priority of his administration—or,... View Details
Keywords: Education Reform; Priorities; Leadership; Education; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; Education Industry; Indiana
Kaplan, Robert Steven, and Wendy K. Winer. "Mitch Daniels and the State of Indiana." Harvard Business School Case 414-049, October 2013.
- 26 Jan 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
The Rise and Fall of Demand for Securitizations
- 2010
- Working Paper
Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors
By: Rebecca Henderson and Richard G. Newell
A combination of concerns about climate change and energy security has recently led to significant increases in public funding for energy R&D. Some commentators are suggesting that these increases need to be sustained, and are advocating for increases of as much as... View Details
Keywords: Innovation and Management; Technological Innovation; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Research and Development; Pollutants; Climate Change; Energy Industry
Henderson, Rebecca, and Richard G. Newell. "Accelerating Energy Innovation: Insights from Multiple Sectors." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-067, February 2010. (Revised February 2011.)
- 13 Jul 2016
- HBS Case
How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers
business by finding customers who needed rooms in cities hosting popular events. Source: GoodLifeStudio “If you don’t have a supply of houses and apartments, people are not going to come,” says Teixeira. The problem was, where to find... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
Assessing Assessors
By: Huaizhi Chen and Lauren Cohen
Property tax revenues – the largest discretionary source of revenue for local governments - adjust at a pace that is inconsistent with property values in the US. We show that this form of revenue smoothing may be rooted in the political economy of municipalities.... View Details
Chen, Huaizhi, and Lauren Cohen. "Assessing Assessors." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33238, December 2024.
- 13 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Subconscious Mind of the Consumer (And How To Reach It)
the product is gripped in the hand and in the choice of finish in the device's housing material. In the case of a personal care product, colors and scents known to be evocative of social bonding experiences can be used. In both cases, the... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Mahoney