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September 2015
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GovDelivery

Is government the biggest, worst customer in the world? And is that a reason for venture investors to back companies that sell to government or to stay away? It had been seven years since Scott Burns joined his friend Zach Stabenow to get a company called GovDocs off... View Details

Keywords: GovDelivery; Public Entrepreneurship; B2G; Business-to-Government; Scott Burns; Entrepreneurship; Government Administration; Venture Capital; Information Technology Industry; Public Administration Industry; Web Services Industry; Minnesota; United States

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08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

many of its most influential citizens. Yet a small group of opponents catalyzed a local movement that, despite being outspent 1,500 to one by the bid’s boosters, ultimately caused the city to back out in 2015. [DAD can be appropriate for... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

05 Jul 2023
News

GCC Alumni Celebrate Grand Opening of New Club Center

Clubs News Clubs News The HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council recently marked the grand opening of "The House"—a new permanent club headquarters and collaborative space located in Dubai and open to all HBS alumni living in or visiting the Gulf region. According to... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Online Business Strategy Courses | HBS Online

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 City Square... View Details

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The Caring Company

Photos, Citi Pay Gap, Caregiving Crisis: Broadsheet January 17 Kristen Bellstrom & Emma Hinchliffe 17 Jan 2019 | Fortune Why Business Should Support Employees Who are Caregivers Danielle Kost 17 Jan 2019 | HBS Working Knowledge Harvard... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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In My Humble Opinion: Role Model

Theater before moving to New York City in 2012. TV and Off Broadway followed, and in 2022 Qarnain was cast as Mrs. Biology-Kumar and a Muslim cleric, Zaida Khan, in Life of Pi. After opening in October 2022 at the American Repertory... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; acting; theater; diversity; career path; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

Chair of Harvard's MBA Elective Curriculum—the second year of the MBA Program—and as course head of The Entrepreneurial Manager, taught to all 900 first-year MBA students. He twice co-led a Harvard Innovation Lab course, Cultural Entrepreneurship in New York View Details

08 May 2024
News

Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) Awarded Medal of Freedom

transformed how we consume information. He’s changed us. He’s challenged us, as well, to solve the toughest challenges from gun violence to climate change. And as mayor, he rebuilt the city of New York after 9/11, channeling our spirit of... View Details

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Eduardo Avalos

about your hometown? I grew up in Santa Ana, CA. It is an immigrant gateway city for many families including my own. The leadership in Santa Ana deeply represented the communities it served. From all levels of life, I was surrounded by... View Details

26 Jun 2020
Research & Ideas

Why Japanese Businesses Are So Good at Surviving Crises

people in the area regained confidence that life was returning to normal. Niinami’s company also donated lunch to Soma City elementary school students for three days in April before the school could get lunch service going again. When he... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

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Alumnae Circles - Alumni

applications during the annual enrollment cycle in the following regions*: Austin Boston Chicago Houston London Los Angeles Paris Philadelphia New York City Raleigh San Francisco Seattle Washington, D.C. * Most regions encompass the View Details

15 May 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, May 15, 2018

"millions of people living and working in space." Elon Musk, founder of SpaceX, has laid out plans to build a city of a million people on Mars within the next century. Both Neil deGrasse Tyson and Peter Diamandis have been given... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

23 May 2018
Research & Ideas

How to Know If Your Neighborhood Is Being Gentrified

downsides, starting with the loss of affordable housing and the tearing apart of established communities. The escalation in housing prices often forces the poorest residents to move out, making way for new occupants who are richer—and whiter. These social pressures... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

16 May 2023
In Practice

After Silicon Valley Bank's Flameout, What's Next for Entrepreneurs?

Like: Why Digital Is a State of Mind, Not Just a Skill Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Technology; Financial Services

10 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Time to Move On? Career Advice for Entrepreneurs Preparing for the Next Stage

fold it into a paper airplane and toss it from a city window or into the sea. Instead of writing, you could also use natural objects to represent things (e.g., an acorn to represent your tough outer shell or a dried leaf to represent... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

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Baker Library / Bloomberg Center | About

Henry Bloomberg, the late father of New York City Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966). The architectural and intellectual centerpiece of the HBS campus, Baker Library was dedicated in 1927 and named for George F. Baker (1840-1931), the... View Details

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The Railroads: The First Big Business - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

the railroads linked port cities to outlying areas, and, by the 1850s, they pushed westward and helped settle the frontier. From eastern terminals, American railways grew at an astonishing pace: from 23 miles of track in 1830 to 240,000... View Details

03 Oct 2005
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The Truck Driver Who Reinvented Shipping

older ports witnessed the financial resurgence of port cities that had adopted containerization. His business got an additional boost when the Port of Oakland, California, invested $600,000 to build a new container-ship facility in the... View Details

Keywords: by Anthony J. Mayo & Nitin Nohria; Manufacturing; Transportation; Aerospace

29 Sep 2022
Op-Ed

Inclusive Leadership Advice: Get Comfortable With the Uncomfortable

Gibson. To help us, we brought on stage a group of performers from Second City, the Chicago-based company that established the first ongoing improvisational theater troupe. Second City is the place where Tina Fey, Bill Murray, and many... View Details

Keywords: by Francesca Gino

Portrait Project

Jourdan Henry

I sat at a square, stainless-steel table that was cold to the touch. Two New York City Police Department detectives were on either side of me. I was interrogated as they sought to uncover why a juice box was missing or how a window was... View Details

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