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- 01 Oct 2001
- News
¡Vamos al Cine!
will control 51 percent of the cinemas in Mexico City, one of the world's most-populated urban areas. To reach the working poor, Heyman decided to cut ticket prices by about half in low-income neighborhoods while building the same... View Details
- 01 Jun 2013
- News
Education Innovation
("Charter Revolution Redux"). At Harvard, the Public Education Leadership Project is using best practices in urban school management to train the next generation of district leaders ("Minding the Gap"). The movement to rethink education... View Details
- 04 Jan 2016
- News
Taking Time Out for a Challenge
for pediatric and maternal care—provide essential non-Ebola care in a manner that protected the safety of staff and patients,” Manning says. “I’m proud that we were able to partner with volunteer groups in poor urban communities on... View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Khoo Teng Chye: Technology Turnaround in Singapore
more globally and to be more savvy about business and finance.” Khoo is well-equipped to lead that drive. In 1992, while still serving in the government’s Urban Redevelopment Authority, he completed the School’s Advanced Management... View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
- News
Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
of activities celebrating its 75th anniversary, the HBS Club of Dallas recently presented a fireside chat on “The Future of Dallas,” with Cullum Clark, an urban economist and thought leader on the future of cities. Van Sheets (right),... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
and rational process but through a subjective process. Launching Technology Ventures is for students who plan to work at start-ups and at established companies launching information technology products. Sustainable Cities: Urbanization, Infrastructure, and Finance is... View Details
Keywords: curriculum
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
The Best-Laid Plans
with Urban Water Partners RelayRides explanatory video FashionStake-Reuters story An online shipping platform that uses social networks and smartphones. Low-cost medical care and monitoring that helps seniors to live at home. The “Skype”... View Details
- 17 Nov 2016
- News
Wired for Innovation
wind.” Greenways for Houston Although he emigrated from Ireland as a small child and grew up in Virginia, Skelly has embraced life in Houston, where he serves on the Houston Parks Board and Houston Bike Share Board. He also regularly writes articles on transportation... View Details
- 28 Feb 2011
- News
Rebooting the Human Condition
equally at home negotiating with Mexican guerrillas and sailing the world's oceans (with genomics guru Venter, among others). From 1988 to 1993, Enriquez served as CEO of Mexico City's for-profit urban development agency. Later, as an HBS... View Details
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
Sales Operations Manager, BellSouth Business. Atlanta, GA. Eva M. Plaza, AB '80 cum laude; JD '84, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California, Berkeley. Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, Department of Housing and View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Streamlining the Supermarket
center closest to you, which may be attached to the back of a gas station or convenience store. “Because of their low-cost design and size [most will be 3,000 to 5,000 square feet] we can put fulfillment centers in thousands of places,” Pedró says, including View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 15 Mar 2010
- News
Solving the Water Challenge
Keywords: Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Navigating Success in Volatile Times
Williams, vice president, health, environment, and safety, ChevronTexaco; and HBS professors David Thomas and James Cash. A dynamic discussion about the future of leadership in the African-American community featured Vernon Jordan, senior managing director at Lazard... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Roads to Recovery
"We see infrastructure as a $60 trillion opportunity." —Jeffrey Immelt (MBA 1982), CEO, General Electric "Transportation offers the single best opportunity to make cities livable and affordable." —Scott Griffith, former CEO, Zipcar America has come to a crossroads—but... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
HBS Forum: Business Leadership in the Social Sector
The role of business in improving public education, reducing welfare dependency, and revitalizing urban areas was the subject of a stimulating forum held at HBS on April 6-8. The conference, titled "Business Leadership in the Social... View Details
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Short Takes
the parties assume the traditional roles of "benevolent donor" and "grateful recipient." For example, urban community-service nonprofit City Year began its relationship with Timberland, a maker of outdoor apparel and footwear, when City... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Ask the Expert: Inside the Fed
for the first time in nine years, we asked former chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston’s Board of Directors Kirk Sykes (OPM 26, 1998)—current president and managing director of the Urban Strategy America Fund—to field your... View Details
- 24 Jul 2020
- News
Reimagining Chicago’s Schools
high schools were really hard to crack.” At the time, Zaikos was working for the Chicago Public Schools system as part of the Broad Residency, a program created to bring management professionals into urban education, in an effort to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
A Jolt for the African Coffee Industry
“Normally you’d say ‘sir’ or ‘mister.’ ” From Baker Library: Although coffee culture in many African countries is nascent, the Financial Times reports that demand is on the rise, fueled in part by a growing urban middle class in countries... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making
To develop more effective approaches, he is looking at chemical-manufacturing safety disputes, pollution permit-trading, redevelopment of distressed urban areas, hazardous waste site location problems, and intracorporate negotiation over... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross