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September–October 2022
Article

Case Study: What's the Right Career Move After a Public Failure?

By: Jon M. Jachimowicz and Francesca Gino

“Reunions are for happy people,” Mariani Kallis said to her friend Whitney on the phone. “I’m not going.” “Come on, it won’t be the same without you,” Whitney pleaded. “Besides, no one is happy right now. Everyone’s life is a mess.” “I’m pretty sure none of our... View Details

Keywords: Career Decisions; Personal Development and Career

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June 2020 (Revised July 2023)
Case

Time Out: The Evolution from Media to Markets

By: Kate Barasz and Eva Ascarza

In February 2020, Time Out’s chief executive officer Julio Bruno is evaluating the strategic direction of the company. Over the span of five decades, Time Out — the global media and entertainment brand — had gone from a self-published counterculture publication in... View Details

Keywords: Branding; Media Businesses; Hospitality; Hospitality Industry; Digital; Brands and Branding; Media; Marketing; Marketing Strategy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United Kingdom; United States

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Over a decade ago, renowned innovation... View Details

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

29 Nov 2022
Research & Ideas

Is There a Method to Musk’s Madness on Twitter?

and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: iStockphoto/hapabapa View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette; Technology

20 Aug 2020
Book

From the Plow to the Pill: How Technology Shapes Our Lives

For centuries, the creation of innovative technology—from steam engines and automobiles to computers and smartphones—has dramatically changed the nature of our work. Less deeply understood has been the impact of technology on the inner currents of our personal lives,... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Partners - Case Method Project

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30 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Amager Bakke: A Look into the Future of Waste Incineration

greenhouse gas emissions far below EU regulatory requirements, the plant’s own environmental approved limits, and even current state-of-the-art reference levels. Our impressions The facility has a beautiful and creative design, both externally and internally. The plant... View Details

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Healthy Outcomes - Managing the Future of Work

2019 | VOA: Press Conference USA An Economy of Talent: Harvard’s Bill Kerr On ‘Talent Immigrants’ Jeff Cunningham 29 Jan 2019 | Chief Executive Thinkers50: William Kerr 21 Jan 2019 | Thinkers50 The Stealth Productivity Drain on American Workers Alix Langone 18 Jan 2019... View Details

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HBS - The year in Review

Sami Pal, Coney Island Prep Brittany Peck, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research Nathan Rosin, City of Boston, Office of the Mayor Taryn Stamper, The Nature Conservancy Mimi Verdonk, OneTen Coalition, Inc. Ryan Warren,... View Details

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Executive Education | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

superintendents in member districts of the Council of the Great City Schools. This three-day program helps participants explore key topics in strategy, management, and governance, including building capacity for district improvement,... View Details

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Economic Development in Rural Areas - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Economic Development in ... Economic Development in Rural Areas The economic performance of rural regions in... View Details

November 2020 (Revised June 2022)
Case

Community-First Public Safety

By: Mitchell B. Weiss and Sarah Mehta

How many police officer positions to fund? In August 2020, the question facing St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, which might have seemed routine to another mayor at another time in another place, was anything but. A pandemic had rendered the city some $19-$34 million short... View Details

Keywords: Race; Law Enforcement; Governance; Decision Making; Safety; Social Issues; Public Administration Industry; United States; Minnesota; Saint Paul

December 2012 (Revised July 2013)
Case

The “Chongqing Model” and the Future of China

By: Meg Rithmire

Since opening to the global economy in 1979, but especially since entering the WTO in 2001, China's economy grew at rates around 10% annually by attracting FDI and promoting exports. After the financial crisis that began in 2008 and depressed demand in the United... View Details

Keywords: China; Public Sector; Private Sector; Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Public Administration Industry; China

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details

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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

metaverse. Seoul’s mayor planned for a metaverse platform for his city and then followed through with an early version. What have they learned? Should others in public and private life follow? McKinsey predicts a $5 trillion opportunity... View Details

2021
Chapter

The Economic and Political Effects of Immigration: Evidence from the Age of Mass Migration

By: Marco Tabellini

Between 1850 and 1920, during the Age of Mass Migration, more than 30 million Europeans moved to the United States. European immigrants provided ample supply of cheap labor as well as specific skills and know-how, contributing to American economic growth. These... View Details

Keywords: Age Of Mass Migration; Political Ideology; Political Economy; Assimilation; Immigration; Economics; History; United States