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01 Mar 2017
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Alumni Take Cold Calls in New York City

Alumni gathered in New York City in November for a dynamic case discussion — a special benefit for members of the HBS Fund Investors Society. John Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at HBS, joined... View Details

30 Mar 2015
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Giving back to the city that he calls home

One of the proudest moments for Howard R. Leibowitz (AMP 106, 1990) when he served as director of intergovernmental relations for the City of Boston was to create a computer access center for residents of public housing in Brighton.... View Details

28 Feb 2024
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Cities Where People Have the Best Money Management Skills

19 Dec 2023
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Are U.S. Cities Preparing for the Flooding to Come?

25 Jan 2023
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The Road to the C-Suite, with Citi CFO Mark Mason

experience transformational. “It was an opportunity to learn with and from Black people from all over the world,” he says. He went on to play key roles at Marakon Associates and Lucent, before joining Citi in 2001. To read more Bulletin... View Details

Keywords: Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

11 Jun 2009
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Despite Odds, Cities Race to Bet on Biotech

11 Jan 2016
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The Future of Cities Depends on Innovative Financing

Keywords: social impact bonds; urban development; developing economies; infrastructure; social impact investing

15 Nov 2024
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Taking AI Experimentation to the Next Level in Cities

28 Mar 2016
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The Alum Building a Brand New City in Panama

Colombian billionaire Jaime Gilinski (MBA 1980) is the man behind what Forbes calls “the most audacious real estate project in the world”: the redevelopment of Howard Air Force Base along the Panama Canal. After the United States left in 1999, Gilinski—a successful... View Details

06 Nov 2014
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Harvard Finds New Partner in City Hall's 'Urban Mechanics'

Keywords: Boston; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

31 May 2023
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Digital Nomads: Are They Crowding Cities or Reviving Them?

19 Feb 2021
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Boston City Hall Vet Named New Chief of Staff

Keywords: Boston; COVID-19; local government; nonprofit; communication; leadership; Government

06 Nov 2012
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Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

01 Apr 2002
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Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City

grassroots community organizations; the increasing tendency of businesses, large and small, to identify the inner city as an untapped market; a drop in urban crime rates; and the "unshackling" of inner View Details

Keywords: Paul Grogan; Peter Tufano; David Crockett; Diana Barrett; Real Estate