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- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
confined by Geneva. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had this romantic vision of the Great West that drove him to travel and see so much of the country. He lived in Maine, he taught French at Harvard, he visited New View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
learning to analyze images. Using these techniques, he took some 3,600 images of New York City blocks, obtained from the Google Street View Image API, and “taught” the computer to recognize various features,... View Details
- 12 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Solving COVID'S Mental Health Crisis
community through board work at Rising Ground and Service Program for Older People, both of which have rallied to help New York City through the crisis,” he says. Pandemic exposes underlying weaknesses in... View Details
- 20 Apr 2010
- First Look
First Look: April 20
School Supplement 310-077 After its successful new U.K. venture, the Hospital for Special Surgery wants to do more of the same, without decimating its core New York City... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
electorate projected to double to 15 percent by November from 7.4 percent in 2000, according to Pew Research Center. “A new New York Times/Siena College Poll showed a steady... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
landscape. Small, innovative, entrepreneurial companies are popping up everywhere to address the small business credit market." Mills cites the example of OnDeck Capital, a New York web-based company... View Details
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
control over brands is explicitly ceded to the public for marketing purposes. As I write this, the Binghamton, New York minor league professional baseball team is thought to be on its way to being named the... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Climate Change
On Sunday, 300,000 activists took to the streets of New York for the People's Climate March, the biggest climate protest in history, and the United Nations on Tuesday held the Climate Summit. In the spirit of Climate Week, we present insights from members of the... View Details
- 19 Dec 2005
- Research & Ideas
Public Education Goes to School
district on the HBS campus each summer. Most of the materials for the program are new cases we develop in urban school districts, along with a few classic business school cases such as Southwest Airlines and the View Details
- 08 Jul 2015
- What Do You Think?
Do Americans Work Too Much and Think About Work Too Little?
"The Problem With Work Is Overwork," The New York Times, May 31, 2015, p. BU4. James Heskett is coauthor with W. Earl Sasser, Jr. and Leonard A. Schlesinger of the upcoming book, What Great Service... View Details
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Ingredients of a Deal Disaster
momentum until the deal was virtually closed. Neither side did its due diligence on their mutual perceptions of the real underlying social contract—partly because of the cultural chasms dividing old-line industrial Japan, creative Hollywood, and the View Details
- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
more urgent. Health care workers from areas where there are fewer cases are already traveling to hotspots like Boston and New York to help, Trelstad says. Central to the case study is a decision Last Mile... View Details
- 07 Dec 1999
- Research & Ideas
Henry Heinz and Brand Creation in the Late Nineteenth Century
efficiently as possible. Increasing the company's product line was a potentially quick, inexpensive way to shape a nascent market for processed food. It was also a means, Heinz reasoned, of building the brand. In the 1870s, branding was a View Details
Keywords: by Nancy F. Koehn
- 06 Aug 2014
- What Do You Think?
What Is Warren Bennis’s Legacy?
Summing Up Was Warren Bennis's Optimism Regarding the Future of Leadership Warranted? In a recent obituary for Warren Bennis in the New York Times, former executive and HBS Professor Bill George was quoted... View Details
- June 2024
- Teaching Note
Skills-First Hiring at IBM
By: Boris Groysberg and Sarah Mehta
Teaching note for “Skills-First Hiring at IBM,” case no. 422-013. View Details
Keywords: Competency and Skills; Experience and Expertise; Talent and Talent Management; Human Resources; Human Capital; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Jobs and Positions; Job Design and Levels; Job Interviews; Society; Societal Protocols; Technology Industry; United States; New York (state, US)
- 04 Sep 2001
- Lessons from the Classroom
Getting Back on Course
feedback. Based on the success of the beta test program, she expects the program to run again. "Next time," she said, "it will not be in Boston but rather in alumnae hot spots such as New York... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- September 2020 (Revised February 2023)
- Teaching Note
Uber: Competing Globally
By: Alexander J. MacKay
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-404. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Model; Geography; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Strategy; Globalization; Multinational Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Disruptive Innovation; Innovation Strategy; Law; Management; Growth and Development; Growth Management; Markets; Demand and Consumers; Consumer Behavior; Network Effects; Emerging Markets; Market Design; Market Entry and Exit; Market Participation; Supply and Industry; Industry Structures; Planning; Strategic Planning; Relationships; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Labor and Management Relations; Networks; Adaptation; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Advantage; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; Information Technology; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Digital Platforms; Transportation Networks; Transportation; Transportation Industry; Technology Industry; Africa; Ghana; Asia; China; Shanghai; Shanghai Shi; India; New Delhi; Europe; United Kingdom; London; England; Latin America; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US); South America; Colombia
- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details
- January 2009
- Teaching Note
Bunge: Food, Fuel, and World Markets (TN)
By: Tarun Khanna, Santiago Mingo and Jonathan West
Teaching Note for [708443]. View Details
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
integration, ease of use, and security that Teams provides. I have NO commercial relationship with MS, so the thoughts above are completely independent. But the competition between Slack and Teams is not just about ‘free.’” Matthew BernsteinNew York, View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost