City - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2020
Blog Post

How to Fit in at HBS

our cities and keeping them clean. Yet what has struck me the most during my reflection is not the fact that I made it here and felt like I fit in despite my family’s story. I made it here and fit in because of it. I realized that for the... View Details

26 Jul 2022
Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

restaurants, causing consumers to avoid those with bad ratings. Restaurants, in turn, often respond by cleaning up their act, according to an analysis of Yelp reviews, OpenTable reservations, and data from the New York City Department of... View Details

Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail

May 2018 (Revised October 2018)
Case

Argentina Power—Don't Cry for Me Argentina

By: Nori Gerardo Lietz and Sayiddah Fatima McCree

In 2016, Bruce Wayne, Managing Director of Energy Finance Corporation (“EFC”), was refining the Investment/Credit Committee materials for the development of up to 10 power generating plants in Argentina. As a subsidiary of the much larger International Conglomerate... View Details

Keywords: Cross Border; Energy Markets; Infrastructure Finance; Infrastructure Development; Business Subsidiaries; Business Cycles; Macroeconomics; Energy Generation; International Finance; Project Finance; Government and Politics; Demand and Consumers; Infrastructure; Utilities Industry; Energy Industry; Financial Services Industry; Argentina; Latin America

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21 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

How Major League Baseball Clubs Have Commercialized Their Investment in Japanese Top Stars

Keywords: by Isao Okada & Stephen A. Greyser; Sports

21 Jun 2022
HBS Case

Free Isn’t Always Better: How Slack Holds Its Own Against Microsoft Teams

Set Tech Hubs: How Software Brought Talent and Prosperity to New Cities Is A/B Testing Effective? Evidence from 35,000 Startups Related reading from the Working Knowledge Archives Schumpeterian Competition and Diseconomies of Scope:... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Information Technology; Technology

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HBS Entrepreneurship Summit - Alumni

, Partner, G2 Venture Partners Paris Wallace (MBA 2007) , CEO, National Cycling League Josh Yguado (MBA 2004) , CEO & Co-Founder, Jam City About HBS Alumni Relations HBS Alumni Relations fosters deep and meaningful connections between... View Details

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Historical Data & Sources - Business History

Regan, MBA 2016 Download Data Set in Excel Telegraphic Communication J. G. Bartholomew, ed., Atlas of the World's Commerce (London: George Newnes, 1907), pp. 30-31, map. Telephone Rates between NYC and Select Cities Historical Statistics... View Details

20 May 2024
Blog Post

Get to Know Class Day Student Speaker Erik Roberts

to do long term, the type of impact I want to have, and what I need to do to convince people to join me in the fight.” Roberts’ chosen fight is climate change, and he’s aiming to do it via taste buds. After a summer internship at Gramercy Tavern in New York View Details

Research Summary

Land in China's Political Economy

By: Meg Rithmire

Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform

Published October 2015

China since the 1980s has been the scene of unprecedented efforts at urban construction and growth, even in the absence of privatization... View Details

17 Oct 2013
Working Paper Summaries

Sharing Design Rights: A Commons Approach for Developing Infrastructure

Keywords: by Nuno Gil & Carliss Y. Baldwin

April 2009 (Revised August 2010)
Case

Buro Happold

By: Robert G. Eccles and Kerry Herman

Padraic Kelly became Managing Director (MD) of the engineering services firm Buro Happold in 1996. One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current size where it was constrained by a structure of having each... View Details

Keywords: Training; Entrepreneurship; Leadership Development; Growth and Development Strategy; Management Skills; Organizational Culture; Programs

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28 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Racism and Digital Design: How Online Platforms Can Thwart Discrimination

guest. In a related paper, researchers found that African American hosts in New York City typically charged less than other hosts on the platform for similar listings. "The research demonstrates that African American guests were... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Travel; Entertainment & Recreation; Service

13 Jun 2019
Blog Post

Expanding My Worldview Through FIELD Global Immersion

exams wrapped up in May my classmates and I flew to 12 different cities around the world for our FGI capstone projects. My destination city was Seoul and my Global Partner (GP) was a 25-person start-up on... View Details

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Video - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Cities: The Strategic Agenda Revitalizing Inner Cities: The Strategic Agenda by Michael E. Porter Video of Keynote presentation at the Inner City Economic Summit, Initiative for a Competitive Inner City, Detroit, MI September 2015... View Details

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Jiaojun Wang

Chinese city with over three thousand years of history, I was gripped by ancient civilizations and all their untold stories. What is your favorite childhood memory? My dad could not hide his excitement when he took me and my mom to the... View Details

03 Oct 2017
Sharpening Your Skills

7 Effective Ways to Lead Teams

creating a team to build a city of the future. The Importance of Teaming Fast-moving work environments need people who know how to team on the fly. Pulpit Bullies: Why Dominating Leaders Kill Teams A high-powered boss can lead a team into... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

16 Oct 2015
Blog Post

HBS and the Arts

public school students from all over New York City would meet to discuss one or two works of art from the collection in depth. The conversation was moderated by a wonderful museum educator named Rika Burnham, who had a talent for allowing... View Details

28 Feb 2023
Research & Ideas

Can Apprenticeships Work in the US? Employers Seeking New Talent Pipelines Take Note

rates, says Fuller, who suggests more targeted guidance and outreach to shrink the gap. In recent years, CareerWise has begun to expand, with new programs in cities including New York and Washington, DC, as well as rural locations in... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

30 Nov 2018
Blog Post

8 Reasons the Section Experience is the Best Part About HBS

C classmates visit Mexico City together Earlier this month, a section mate took us to Mexico City, his hometown. While it's always fun to travel, there is something special about going to someone’s home country and seeing it through their... View Details

01 Sep 2023
News

History Matters

a big lesson of this crisis: Several leaders in the New York financial sector stepped forward to rally a response. They included John Pierpont Morgan; James J. Stillman, who led City National Bank; and George F. Baker of the First... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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