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- 15 Oct 2020
- Research & Ideas
IT Job Wages Are No Longer 'Exceptional'
areas are Silicon Valley, Seattle, New York City, and Washington DC. Indianapolis ranked 81 in 2012, 58 in 2006, and 95 in 2000. Among the lowest ranked in 2018, Little Rock, Arkansas was number 128 in 2012,... View Details
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
"private-public entrepreneurs" who establish private businesses that sell to government agencies or sometimes to citizens directly. In Philadelphia, for example, Textizen enables citizens to communicate with city health and... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 08 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 8, 2015
new urban data sources and illustrate how they can be used to improve the study and function of cities. We first show how Google Street View images can be used to predict income in New View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
Americans needed to rebuild it twice: once to handle the initial excavations, and then again when Lake Gatun drowned much of the original route. The New Company owned most of the city of Colon, but its... View Details
- 01 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 1
Vadim Kogan Abstract—"The 2010 Vancouver Winter Games lost $223 million, astonishing for a 17-day event. Next year's London Summer Games, which cost a record Olympic rights fee of $1.18 billion, are expected to lose at least as much..." wrote Richard Sandomir... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jul 2023
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2023
Leadership on Climate Change by Joan Fitzgerald. I will also dip into Palaces for the People by Eric Klinenberg, a book about “social infrastructure” more generally, which offers insight into urban green spaces, an achievable climate solution. Klinenberg describes... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 18 Jan 2021
- Book
How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems
Will it solve the problem?” the answer would likely be no. The best is only the best yet, so I think as possibilitists, we must beware best’s siren call. Following the [2013 Boston] marathon attacks, the decision was made to cancel that... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jun 2024
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2024
As the vacation season looms, Harvard Business School faculty members share recommendations for a little light reading. Spoiler alert: Lessons in Chemistry tops two of their beach-read lists. For those whose brains can’t—or won’t—turn off, HBS faculty also suggest some... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 17 Dec 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Medical Tourism
Patients with resources can easily go where care is provided. "Historically doctors moved from Africa and India to London and New York to provide care. Now we are basically flipping it around and... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
parking. With the right combination of price, speed, and convenience, PRT could beat the private automobile. There are already routes that are faster by bicycle than by car, particularly when you consider parking. PRT can widen the gap. In the very densest cities—parts... View Details
- 11 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?
culture, setting off a K-Drama (Korean television drama) and K-Pop (Korean pop music) craze, with music exports, for example, expanding ninefold to $277 million in 2013. Think virally and socially. When New View Details
- 20 May 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness
At an event at Harvard Business School that was three parts analysis and one part rally, participants tried to chart a new path forward for the sluggish US economy—a move that may require a new definition of... View Details
Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette
- 16 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Turning One Thousand Customers into One Million
than Uber, which ramped up its business incredibly fast. Having proven the original business model in San Francisco and New York City, Uber’s founders realized that in order to choose their next target... View Details
- 24 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy
The world's fair in New York City at the end of the depression decade was a big deal. Planning began in 1935. The fairgrounds covered 1,216.5 acres in what had been a garbage... View Details
Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow
- 30 Jun 2022
- HBS Case
Peloton Changed the Exercise Game. Can the Company Push Through the Pain?
Critics in a New York Times article called the ad “sexist and dystopian,” and The Atlantic published a piece with the headline: “Peloton Doesn’t Understand the People Who Love It Most.” ‘A pretty hard fall’... View Details
- 29 Feb 2016
- HBS Case
Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can
more targeted advertisements based on the demographics of the passers-by. The LinkNYC program rolling out in New York City will provide a combination of high-speed Wi-Fi and... View Details
- 24 Feb 2014
- Research & Ideas
Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’
cities across 192 countries. The researchers found that black hosts were charging approximately 12 percent less for rental properties than were nonblack hosts. Analyzing a data set that focuses on New View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
from Airbnb may have forced the hotel to lower its rates for those rooms. Airbnb rooms were more plentiful in cities with a big demand for accommodations, as well as areas with higher-priced hotels, like New... View Details
- 05 Aug 2014
- First Look
First Look: August 5
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=15-001.pdf Cases & Course Materials Harvard Business School Case 414-078 The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board In 2014, as the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) has just brought former... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
at handling COVID-19 consistently highlight their attention to the data, their reliance on evidence to inform their decision-making, and their openness to revisiting decisions when needed, business leaders should certainly be doing the same. View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman