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- May 2023
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Gentrification and Retail Churn: Theory and Evidence
By: Edward L. Glaeser, Michael Luca and Erica Moszkowski
How does gentrification transform neighborhood retail amenities? This paper presents a model in
which gentrification harms incumbent residents by increasing rental costs and by eliminating
distinctive local stores. While rising rents can be offset with targeted... View Details
Keywords: Gentrification; Neighborhoods; Impact; Local Range; Transition; Civil Society or Community; Welfare; Economic Growth
Glaeser, Edward L., Michael Luca, and Erica Moszkowski. "Gentrification and Retail Churn: Theory and Evidence." Art. 103879. Regional Science and Urban Economics 100 (May 2023).
- Article
Keeping Score on Community Investment
By: Robert S. Kaplan
Kaplan, Robert S. "Keeping Score on Community Investment." Leader to Leader, no. 33 (Summer 2004): 13–19.
- 15 Oct 2024
- News
Ratan Tata, Visionary Business Leader, Dies at 86
Ratan Tata (AMP 71, 1975), who was one of India’s most admired leaders, died on October 9, in Mumbai. The Tata Group announced his death in a statement. He served as chairman and chief executive of the Tata Group from 1991 to 2012, during which time profits multiplied... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
feared—but Japanese emergency crews were able to replenish the spent-fuel pool water in the nick of time, preventing massive evacuation of Tokyo. US regulators took notice. In 2012, Popik and Mott cofounded the nonprofit Foundation for Resilient View Details
- Fall 2021
- Article
The Problem of Social Benefit
By: Frank Nagle
Economists have obsessed over the question of negative externalities, but market arrangements can also generate positive externalities. We should consider how to harness them for public good. View Details
Nagle, Frank. "The Problem of Social Benefit." Stanford Social Innovation Review 19, no. 4 (Fall 2021): 34–39.
- March 2014 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Ghurka
By: Jose B. Alvarez, Walter J. Salmon and Christine Snively
Ghurka was a 38-year-old luxury leather goods brand that specialized in leather and twill luggage, handbags, and accessories. Brightwork Brand Holdings Corp. acquired it as an asset purchase in 2011. Ghurka, under CEO John Reuter, worked to re-launch the brand with a... View Details
- September 2008 (Revised August 2010)
- Exercise
If We Blew It Up, Then We Could....
By: Stacey Childress
By setting up a thought experiment, this exercise challenges students to examine their own assumptions about the meaning of the word "public" in public education, as well as to understand competing assumptions held by others. View Details
Childress, Stacey. "If We Blew It Up, Then We Could...." Harvard Business School Exercise 309-042, September 2008. (Revised August 2010.)
- April 2005
- Article
Partisan Social Happiness
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
We use a new approach to study questions in political economy that relies on data on the subjective well-being of a large sample of people living in the OECD over the period 1975-1992. Controlling for the personal characteristics of the respondents, year and country... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Partisan Social Happiness." Review of Economic Studies 72, no. 2 (April 2005): 367–93.
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
When North Carolina governor Pat McCrory recently signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act, in response to a Charlotte city ordinance that, among other things, would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender... View Details
- March 2022
- Supplement
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)
By: Rawi Abdelal, Jonathan Schlefer and Cressida Arkwright
Supplements the (A) case. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 raised questions about democratization and a possible reshaping of the global order. It arose from deep roots in the history of both nations but also turned on contingent decisions by their... View Details
Abdelal, Rawi, Jonathan Schlefer, and Cressida Arkwright. "Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 722-066, March 2022.
- winter 1992
- Article
Challenging Conventional Explanations of Cooperation: Negotiation Analysis and the Case of Epistemic Communities
Sebenius, James K. "Challenging Conventional Explanations of Cooperation: Negotiation Analysis and the Case of Epistemic Communities." International Organization 46, no. 1 (winter 1992): 323–365. (Reprinted in:
Knowledge, Power, and International Policy Coordination. Studies in International Relations, 323-366,
edited by Peter M. Haas. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1997.)
Knowledge, Power, and International Policy Coordination. Studies in International Relations, 323-366,
edited by Peter M. Haas. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 1997.)
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Joel Shapiro Untitled 2003 | About
Joel Shapiro Untitled , 2003 Joel Shapiro (American, born 1940), Untitled , 2003, bronze. HBS Art and Artifacts Collection , 2005.22 . © 2023 Joel Shapiro / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York . Joel Shapiro (American, born 1940),... View Details
- 22 Oct 2014
- News
Translating business success into meaningful societal impact
Ash Dahod (MBA 1981) talks about using his business success to benefit society through philanthropy in his local community and in a large-scale housing development project in Mumbai, India. (Published October 2014) View Details
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Jenny Holzer Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest… 2015 | About
Jenny Holzer Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest , 2015 Jenny Holzer (American, born 1950), Selection from Survival: It is in your self-interest , 2015, Carrara White marble bench. Courtesy of the artist and Cheim & Read . © 2020 Jenny Holzer, member... View Details
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Charitable Lead Trust - Alumni
distribution to your heirs Expert management services provided by Harvard at no cost to you Accelerated charitable income tax deduction in some circumstances Membership in the John C. Whitehead Society How it Works You can create a trust... View Details
- June 1992
- Teaching Note
Episcopal Retirement Homes, Inc., Teaching Note
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Charitable Remainder Trust - Alumni
receives credit for the full amount of your gift Membership in the John C. Whitehead Society How it Works You can create a CRT with stock, cash, real estate, or other assets. Depending on your age, the minimum gift ranges from $150,000 to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2016
- News
The Big Business of Little Loans
Ensuring that quality, Teo says, means focusing not only on growing fast but also on growing well. For Funding Societies, that means a borrower must have at least $250,000 in revenue and meet with a loan officer before the Funding View Details
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- Portrait Project
Marwan Chaar
not even the energy companies we blame the most. We as a society are responsible for our environmental impact. I hope to change the way people produce and consume energy, starting in the region of the world that is the most wasteful: the... View Details