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May 2024
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Miami’s Climate Tech Potential (B): The 2024 Tech Hub Proposal

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Jacob A. Small

Miami-Dade County led the work to get South Florida designated a national climate resilience tech hub, the only one of 31 focused on climate change, an urgent major issue for the region in light of global warming and sea level rise. Venture capitalists saw the... View Details

Keywords: Climate Change; Venture Capital; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Government Administration; City

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01 Mar 2013
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On the Road

Scenes from the Dean's visits to HBS clubs around the globe in November, December, and January NEW YORK CITY (Photos by Bennet Cobliner) HONG KONG (Photos by Brian Tam) View Details

William H. Danforth

In 1894, Danforth opened a feed business in St. Louis. Over the next several years, Danforth’s Ralston Purina Company established mills in St. Louis and 32 other cities in the U.S. and Canada. Danforth created the famous Chow brand name,... View Details

Keywords: Food & Tobacco

July 2012
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Generation Investment Management

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble

Examines the investment process of Generation Investment Management, a "sustainable" investing firm established in 2004 by David Blood and U.S. Vice President Al Gore. Places students in the position of David Lowish, director of global industrials, who must decide... View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Generation; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants; Welfare; Financial Services Industry; India; United Kingdom

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Alumni Changing the World

Luciana Baigun

Luciana Baigun, MBA 2014, wants to revolutionize the landscape of cities around the world. At the electronic scooter company Bird, Baigun is putting her management skills at the service of others and the planet. View Details

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Pan-American Photograph Collection - Photography Collections - Historical Collections

details of cities where the Companhia Rêde Telephonica Bragantina held properties. Copyright © Presidents and Fellows of Harvard College Harvard University Harvard Employment Digital Accessibility View Details

01 Sep 2014
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The Harvard Business School Campaign: California Regional Events

Mexico City Atlanta Shanghai Palm Beach, FL Dallas London More to follow To learn more about upcoming events and see photos from past events, please visit alumni.hbs.edu/CampaignEvents View Details

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

01 Jun 2014
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The Campaign Begins

1997) Katie Vogelheim & John Hansen (MBA 1985) An interactive experience connected alumni with similar interests. Regional Events Around the World Boston San Francisco New York Chicago Mumbai More to follow Paris São Paulo Los Angeles Mexico View Details

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

24 Apr 2014
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Connecting people and policymakers in a conversation online

but our voices matter every day.” The Agora gives participants the opportunity to express concerns, “vote” in polls, and exchange ideas amongst themselves and with political leaders. With pilots running in collaboration with Harvard College; the View Details

01 Mar 2013
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To the Rescue

organized the event. The Robin Hood Foundation, whose board members fund all of the organization's overhead costs, annually provides $140 million in grants to some 200 New York City antipoverty efforts. Thanks to Bruce Springsteen and... View Details

23 May 2019
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Michael R. Bloomberg, MBA 1966

the Johns Hopkins University Board of Trustees 1997 Publishes Bloomberg by Bloomberg 2001 Elected Mayor of New York City 2012 Launches Bloomberg Philanthropies 2014 Returns to Bloomberg LP as CEO 2017 Coauthors Climate of Hope Founder,... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

24 Feb 2022
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on the Public Sector

industry and role? Public Sector / City Development. At what point did you decide to pursue an MBA, and why? After over a decade of government service, I am focusing on the future of cities that will combine... View Details

Conrad N. Hilton

Starting with one 40-room hotel, Hilton created a massive hotel franchising chain through selective acquisitions including the Waldorf-Astoria. By the end of the 1970s, there were about 250 Hilton Hotels around the globe and 136 Hilton Inns in 124 View Details

Keywords: Restaurants & Lodging

25 Mar 2018
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Modernizing Infrastructure Management

infrastructure every second of every day. No one thinks about it until something goes wrong. “And cities often are in a position where they don't know what's going on with their own infrastructure because they don't have the tools to be... View Details

03 Oct 2019
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Clubs Convene to Focus on Health Care

multiple locations at once was modeled after the larger annual HBS Global Networking Night (coming up on October 16). “We wanted to provide an opportunity for alumni in the HBSHAA to connect within each city and on the same night across... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Health, Social Assistance

28 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Hikes Drive (Lousy) Restaurants Out of Business

which was last raised in 2009. Twenty-nine states and 41 cities have increased the minimum wage above that federal level. “The minimum wage is a big issue, and this is one piece of the puzzle” Opponents counter that government-mandated... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Food & Beverage

Portrait Project

Marie-Anne Popp

I am an adventurer. From the Atacama desert in Chile to the ancient cities of Central Asia, I want to travel, explore and discover. Other cultures and civilizations have so much to teach me about myself and universal human values such as... View Details

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In The Community | About

$ 884 k in funding for the Summer Fellows program , supporting 202 local partners 86 students engaged with local partners, delivering over 3,300 hours of consulting as part of MBA FIELD courses Leadership Fellows: Local Partners Boston Ballet Boston Planning and... View Details

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America's Digital Divide: Where Workers Are Falling Behind | Working Knowledge

Data and Technology America's Digital Divide: Where Workers Are Falling Behind Featuring Shane M. Greenstein and Raffaella Sadun . By Danna Lorch on February 10, 2025 . With rural areas significantly lagging behind cities in computer use,... View Details

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Sue Yang

only somewhat. It paraded stretches of somewhat pulsating shopping centers, a somewhat soaring downtown, patches of somewhat disheveled parks. Nevertheless, it was as rich a place for my imaginings as any bigger city could've been. Little... View Details

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