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01 May 2020
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5 Reasons to Join a Club at HBS

Aaron Hancock is a member of the HBS Class of 2021. He serves as Senator for Section H and is the Chair of the Senate Clubs Committee. He is also one of the incoming Co-Presidents for the African American Student Union (AASU). Aaron is originally from Charlotte, NC and... View Details

10 Oct 2023
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Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

https://formenergy.com/form-energy-breaks-ground-on-form-factory-1-in-weirton-wv/. “Future-Proof Your City or Town with BlocPower.” BlocPower. Accessed August 10, 2023. https://www.blocpower.io/municipalities. “GE Vernova announces $50... View Details

December 2023
Article

Advances in Power-to-Gas Technologies: Cost and Conversion Efficiency

By: Gunther Glenk, Philip Holler and Stefan Reichelstein

Widespread adoption of hydrogen as an energy carrier is widely believed to require continued advances in Power-to-Gas (PtG) technologies. Here we provide a comprehensive assessment of the dynamics of system prices and conversion efficiency for three currently prevalent... View Details

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17 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Blue Skies, Distractions Arise: How Weather Affects Productivity

applications—a process comprising about 600,000 individual data-entry tasks. The research team matched that data to meteorological data in Tokyo during that period. (Tokyo is a city that sees its share of sunny weather and torrential... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

corridor of Southwest Baltimore. Factories and warehouses supplied the city with everything from furniture to gelato, and people flocked to the strip’s shops, theaters, and saloons. Just to the south, a series of elegant row houses earned... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

01 Mar 2024
News

Case Study: Testing the Waters

triathlon in Miami and immediately got to work, with a mix of weekday workouts and longer weekend sessions. But training through a New York City winter can go only so far in preparing a person for exertion in the Miami heat. “I really... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade

25 May 2021
Research & Ideas

White Airbnb Hosts Earn More. Can AI Shrink the Racial Gap?

example, a 2017 study found that across 72 predominantly Black New York City neighborhoods, Airbnb hosts were five times more likely to be white. And the same study found that white Airbnb hosts in Black neighborhoods earned an estimated... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert; Technology; Accommodations

06 Sep 2022
Blog Post

Student Spotlight: Summer Internships in Business & Environment

purpose-built full-electric 16-ton truck designed for urban logistics, reducing the environmental impact of freight deliveries in cities by an estimated 1.2M tons of CO2 by 2025. Dallin's role prior to HBS was an Engagement Manager at... View Details

05 Nov 2021
Blog Post

Video Blog: Why I Decided to Pursue an MBA at HBS

And so you feel very well insulated and guarded from everything else kind of happening. It's like all the distractions of a big city are completely barred off. And so it's nice to be in a little bubble where it's just literally your... View Details

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

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About the Project - U.S. Competitiveness

around the country. Recent convenings on campus have brought together leaders from diverse sectors to develop the research and to identify ways that business leaders, policy makers, educators, and others can apply the ideas and improve U.S. competitiveness in their... View Details

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Tethys | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

Skip to Main Content Tethys Search Baker Library Search Search Search Overview The Tethys Mos aic Morgan Hall, Harvard Business School Founded in 300 BCE, the Syrian city Antioch-on-the-Orontes (in modern Turkey) was a major center and... View Details

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McArthur Hall | About

chaired the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada from 2006 to 2015. Attendees at the April 1999 dedication of McArthur Hall included the former Dean’s friends, colleagues, and family, as well as Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, who spoke about the close relationship... View Details

20 May 2024
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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

June 2012
Case

Buro Happold (Abridged)

By: Robert G. Eccles and Ryan Johnson

In 1996, Ted Happold, the founder of the engineering services firm Buro Happold, passed away, and Padraic Kelly became the firm's new managing director (MD). One of his first initiatives was "Aim for Growth," which was intended to help the firm grow beyond its current... View Details

Keywords: Learning And Development; Managing Growth; Organizational Design; Diversification; Client Management; Leadership Skills; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Leadership Development; Management Skills; Training; Programs; Customer Relationship Management

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04 Sep 2019
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A Guided Experience into the World of Entrepreneurship

lived on the east coast before. “I’m getting to try out New York City – it’s been wonderful exploring the many facets of this world-class city!” Although his post-graduation career plans remain open, he knows his future explorations will... View Details

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

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Cluster Studies - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Development in Inner Cities Economic Development in Rural Areas Cluster Studies International Cluster Competitiveness Profiles Cluster Studies Cluster Studies Clusters are geographic concentrations of interconnected companies, specialized... 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

12 Jun 2023
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What Does PRIDE at HBS Mean to You?

watch the latest Sex and the City episode (yes, the original series on HBO, before there was streaming), and venture out into the gay nightlife scene in Boston. HBS PRIDE helped me to be a whole person at HBS – celebrating both the... View Details

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