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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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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
  • 2021
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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
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  • July 2021
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Outsourcing Tasks Online: Matching Supply and Demand on Peer-to-Peer Internet Platforms

By: Zoë Cullen and Chiara Farronato
We study the growth of online peer-to-peer markets. Using data from TaskRabbit, an expanding marketplace for domestic tasks at the time of our study, we show that growth varies considerably across cities. To disentangle the potential drivers of growth, we look... View Details
Keywords: Two-sided Market; Two-sided Platforms; Peer-to-peer Markets; Platform Strategy; Sharing Economy; Platform Growth; Internet and the Web; Digital Platforms; Strategy; Market Design; Network Effects
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  • May 2019 (Revised September 2019)
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Mobike and ofo: Dancing with Titans (A)

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Haibo Zhao
This case address pacing issues – how fast does a company need to scale? It also examines the role of investors in determining company strategy and exit.
Mobike and ofo were two dominant players in China’s emerging dockless bike-sharing market, that allowed users... View Details
Keywords: Information Technology; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Competition; Value Creation; Governance; Economics; Business Startups; Strategy; Business Exit or Shutdown; Entrepreneurship; Infrastructure; Transportation; Bicycle Transportation; China
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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
  • 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
  • 07 Jun 2023
  • Blog Post

My One Case: MBA Class of 2023 Looks Back

keeps going back to the case “Anomalie.” The company was founded by two HBS graduates who, while planning their own wedding and shopping for the bride’s wedding gown, discovered that a city in China produces more than 75 percent of the... View Details
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Online Leadership and Management Courses | HBS Online

network, including the HBS Online Connext conference, HBS faculty events, and HBS Online Community Yes No *Considered more impactful than other online programs (From a 2023 survey of participants across all HBS Online programs, conducted by View Details
  • 07 Nov 2023
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Love and Money

professional photographer. Because everyone is Googling you or making snap judgments about you from your dating profile, from your LinkedIn profile, and I think too many of us don't pay attention to having a high-quality photo. So find a photographer in the person's... 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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Frameworks & Key Concepts - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Nations, regions, states and cities all require clear economic strategies that engage all stakeholders, boost innovation and ultimately improve productivity. Porter on Prosperity “National prosperity is created, not inherited. It does not... View Details
  • November 2020 (Revised June 2022)
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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
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  • December 2012 (Revised July 2013)
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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
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  • 01 Mar 2024
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Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

    Think Outside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time

    One of the leading business thinkers in the world offers a bold, new theory of advanced leadership for tackling the world's complex, messy, and recalcitrant social and environmental problems.

    Over a decade ago, renowned innovation... View Details
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    Skydeck - Alumni

    professional matchmaker Rachel Greenwald (MBA 1993) Soldier On Newport News Mayor Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) , a Marine Corps veteran, on managing through a school shooting crisis—and what it takes to turn around a city Skydeck Voices:... View Details
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    Online Finance & Accounting Courses | HBS Online

    (From a 2023 survey of participants across all HBS Online programs, conducted by City Square Associates). Better overall experience (From a 2023 survey of prospective learners, conducted by City Square... View Details
    • 01 Jun 2023
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    Curb Appeal

    trash collection to snow removal. If the forecast is correct, DSNY will have to clear 5 to 6 inches from 6,500 miles of city streets—a task that involves fitting plows to 2,000 garbage trucks and salt spreaders while continuing to collect... View Details
    Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government