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October 2018 (Revised July 2019)
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Sidewalk Labs: Privacy in a City Built from the Internet Up

By: Leslie K. John, Mitchell Weiss and Julia Kelley

Email mking@hbs.edu for a courtesy copy.

By the time Dan Doctoroff, CEO of Sidewalk Labs, began hosting a Reddit “Ask Me Anything” session in January 2018, he had only nine months remaining to convince the people... View Details

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01 Mar 2018
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‘We were just doing what needed to be done’

worked at a Roxbury-based housing development company. Willis has spent his career focused on urban development projects and continues to run his real estate consultancy firm in the Los Angeles area. From... View Details

08 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

The Critical Computer Science Principles Every Strategic Leader Needs to Know

than others. “Every company today needs to think of themselves as a tech company,” says Andy Wu, the Arjun and Minoo Melwani Family Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. “Whether you’re in retailing or you’re a law firm or a View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Technology; Information Technology

14 Jan 2022
Blog Post

Want Hybrid Work to Succeed? Trust, Don’t Track, Employees

Neeley says. “It became really important for managers to ask, ‘How’s it going? How are you doing? How can I help?’” As life begins to normalize, Neeley urges managers to retain that emphasis on employee well-being. “When people are working from home, they are giving up... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

their coming to the right decisions. I take great pride in the fact I recruited him to the Board.” — HBS professor emeritus Warren McFarlan “When I think of Howard, I think creativity, intelligence, energy, wide-ranging curiosity, friendship. Working with him to start... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

29 Sep 2009
First Look

First Look: September 29

indivisibility of residential real estate that prevents homeowners from deleveraging when property values decline and homeowner equity deteriorates, conspire to create a "ratchet" effect in which... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Aug 2013
Research & Ideas

Read All About It: Digital CEO Buys Traditional Media!

Is there a method to their madness, investing in what has been widely characterized as a dying business? Of course there are plausible explanations for their purchases that have nothing to do with economics. Their motives might include both the public good (maintaining... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Journalism & News; Publishing

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

purpose. They can also bring commercial benefits to sponsors of soft drinks, telecoms, athletic gear, and other products. But there are no gold, silver, or even bronze medals for the Olympics' host city and country. In fact, for them it's almost always a financial... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

20 Jun 2016
Research & Ideas

When Predicting Other People's Preferences, You're Probably Wrong

predicting other people’s tastes, we tend to assume that liking one thing precludes enjoying another, dissimilar option. (Photo: iStockphoto) For example, a real estate agent might forego the opportunity to... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail

24 Mar 2023
News

Exploring Talent Markets; Aid for Turkey

Clubs News Clubs News Toronto Alumni Explore Shift in Talent Markets On February 9, the HBS Club of Toronto held an in-person fireside chat and Q&A with Ethan Bernstein, Edward W. Conrad Association Professor of Business Administration, to explore the post-pandemic... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

09 Mar 2023
News

Four Alumni Clubs Mark Milestone Year

Interest Group (SIG) on real estate investing in the fast-growing Dallas/Fort Worth market, several group tours behind the scenes of Texas companies such as Central Market, a major local grocery chain, and... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Sep 2021
News

Skydeck Voices: For My Next Act

always worse than you think they are and take longer to fix and cost more. But the goal of what I do is like building community. I've been a real estate developer since the early 1980s and it's always about... View Details

01 Mar 2013
News

Making Change

continue to thank us for the information we provide, which confirms there is a real need out there. What's been most surprising? Even with a good idea, it's hard to figure out how to make money. What's the biggest takeaway? There's never... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; housing; gay rights; diabesity; disability; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

01 Sep 2024
News

Alumni Books

deprives owners of the time and ability to do what they do best, which further dampens individual economic achievement. Thanks to the “residential real estate pricing cartel,” the authors say homeownership... View Details

28 May 2019
News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2019

Photographed by Susan Young; edited by Julia Hanna See full profiles and more photographs here. Marla Beck (MBA/MPA 1998) CEO and Cofounder, Bluemercury Inc. First job: Accounting work in her dad’s real View Details

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“It’s like a pie-eating contest” | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

lot of things I learned at HBS. I’d say about five percent of my work drew upon my TOM [Technology & Operations Management] coursework, and the other 95% was LEAD [Leadership and Organizational Behavior].” Josh was given significant responsibility for investigating the... View Details

15 Aug 2012
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Shaping a Business and a Community

Keywords: Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate; Real Estate

03 May 2016
First Look

First Look, May 3, 2016

ambitious goal of creating a showcase high-tech city from scratch. The collaboration brought together software entrepreneurs, real estate developers, city government officials, architects, builders, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

Millennial Net worth another round of backing? Purchase this case:http://harvardbusinessonline.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=804173 The Pilgrim Assurance Building 206-078 A local real View Details