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  • 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
  • 02 Sep 2019
  • What Do You Think?

Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?

have flattened significantly. The Ohio State University is located in Columbus, Ohio, one of the most rapidly developing major cities in the US. In addition to the University, Columbus is home to the Ohio state capitol as well as major... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Service
  • 09 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Excerpt: ’Fortune Tellers’

predictions. Some forecasters built sales forces to travel from office to office in lower Manhattan or in Boston and Chicago. Others sent their representatives to Rotary Clubs and churches in smaller cities and towns to give lectures.... View Details
Keywords: by Walter A. Friedman
  • 03 Apr 2018
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New Research and Ideas, April 3, 2018

trust in government and support for government services. In Study 2, residents of Boston, Massachusetts, who interacted with a website that visualized both service requests (e.g., potholes) and efforts by the city government to address... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Nov 2007
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First Look: November 6, 2007

cancellations of interviews they had scheduled. Furthermore, without a match, many programs hired more local fellows, and fewer from other hospitals and cities than they did during the match. Wages, however, seem not to have been... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Jan 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond Heroic Entrepreneurs

like, you need to include everyone in your tent not just the giants like Teach For America and City Year." To that end, Lee has teamed up with HBS Associate Professor Julie Battilana to collect and analyze quantitative data on social... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 3

weaknesses within Citi began to emerge. In addition to missing the coming of the real estate crisis, Citi had had poorly managed internal operations, overvalued acquisitions, and grown heavy from... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 08 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

worked like this: The New York City Department of Education asked students to submit a ranked list of the five high schools they'd most like to attend, and the students would oblige. Next, the department would photocopy the list and send... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health
  • 26 Oct 2010
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First Look: October 26, 2010

feet of building. Hang Lung Properties has enjoyed success in residential building in Hong Kong but has focused on very limited projects in China, notably two retail properties in Shanghai. After a decade in Shanghai the firm decides to enter second-tier Chinese View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Oct 2017
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First Look at Research and Ideas, October 3, 2017

whether EforAll has the capacity to expand, and if so, which new city it should expand to first. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/818007-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 418-020 GROW: Using Artificial... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Nov 2013
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First Look: November 26

identification. The latter instruments are developed by combining panel variation on the development of new technologies across U.S. cities with historical settlement patterns for migrants from countries. The instrumented elasticity of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 19 May 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Privacy Protection Notices Turn Off Shoppers

Warning Labels Work! What’s the Antidote to Surveillance Capitalism? Would You Live in a Smart City Where Government Controls Privacy? Do you pay attention to privacy policies? Share your insights below. View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Retail
  • 19 Apr 2004
  • Research & Ideas

Ground-Floor Opportunities for Retail in India

country's urban centers. "The consumer in India is far more aware than he ever was," said Jain. It may take time for the "shop 'til you drop" mentality to take firm root in the cities and reach the country's more rural... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Consumer Products; Retail
  • 02 Jul 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

promise to his father, putting the lessons he had learned to good use as he oversaw the family's operations in Fargo. But after three years, he was ready for a change. One possibility was a job offer in New York City with an international... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness
  • 17 Jun 2014
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First Look: June 17

School Case 314-005 Equity Awards at GulfShore Rigging No abstract available. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/product/equity-awards-at-gulfshore-rigging/an/314005-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 514-003 Demarketing Soda in New York View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
  • Case

Sarvajal: Water for All

By: John D. Macomber and Mona Sinha
Entrepreneur wrestles with business model using SMS and RFID technology, franchising, and leasing to rapidly grow off-the-grid water purification business without subsidies. The company seeks to provide potable water services to rural and urban India where the public... View Details
Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Business Model; Communication Technology; Private Sector; Social Entrepreneurship; Cost Management; Rural Scope; Emerging Markets; Infrastructure; Problems and Challenges; Information Infrastructure; India
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  • 21 Aug 2018
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New Research and Ideas, August 21, 2018

on firm exit in the restaurant industry, exploiting recent changes in the minimum wage at the city level. We find that the impact of the minimum wage depends on whether a restaurant was already close to the margin of exit. Restaurants... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Mar 2018
  • Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

Business MBA students participating in Harvard Business School’s Climate Change Challenge offer ideas on how companies can negate impacts from a changing environment. Understand that solutions don’t come easily ‘Big Teaming,’ Audacious Innovation, and the Uncompleted... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy
  • 11 Feb 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

structured loans usually carry a few years of guaranteed low interest, which allows local governments to reduce the cost of their debt quickly and obviously. But after the honeymoon period, these loans end up carrying highly variable interest rates resulting from... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
  • 06 Nov 2012
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First Look: November 6

Zuzul and Amy C. Edmondson Abstract This paper explores how entrepreneurs grow a new business in a nascent industry. Through a longitudinal, qualitative study of a new company in the nascent smart cities industry, we examine how company... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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