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- 21 Nov 2005
- Research & Ideas
The Geography of Corporate Giving
This typology is similar to work on how industry membership influences companies. For example, regarding governmental factors, the city of Detroit created an Enterprise Zone to attract local inner-city corporate spending. Cleveland firms... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
James McNerney Jr.
mingled technological achievement and pure courage. It’s hard not to respect each and every one of them. Did you know what you wanted to be when you were growing up? I wanted to be the center on the Detroit Red Wings hockey team. And if... View Details
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
in a government facing a future of deficits. Paul Krugman has suggested that the infrastructure program would likely be a “giveaway to cronies with little new investment.” There is always the possibility for educational scams. But we know how to do this. Organizations... View Details
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Research Resources | Baker Library
Land Met Adams,” in Steve Cist, editor, The Polaroid Book: Selections from the Polaroid Collections of Photography, 24–29. Köln and Los Angeles: Taschen, 2005. Juntunen, Arthur. “Land Camera Gets Black-White Film.” The Detroit Free Press... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Reality to News Biz: Drop Dead
from publishing weekly to biweekly. Knight Ridder, the Wall Street darling that owned the Philadelphia Inquirer and Detroit Free Press, is no more, having been swallowed and largely written off by a peer whose own fortunes then... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
The Case for Studying Financial History
where we try to ease the pain of the death of at least one, possibly two, of these companies. That’s wise because it would be a tremendous shock to confidence if unemployment was to suddenly leap up by a million or more. But the long-term future of View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Growing Home
Mito, and so there aren’t many high net worth tourists coming into Mito because there are not many places for them to stay. DM: What can your experience with Mito teach other cities facing similar challenges? YH: I read an article saying that JP Morgan has focused on... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
advertisers, historical and real-time traffic information to insurance underwriters, and more. Mistele was a Detroit kid, the son of a lawyer, who had an early interest in technology. “When I was in high school, I worked for an electrical... View Details
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2025
- News
Patch Work
200,000 calls to Colorado to persuade voters to back an election-reform initiative on the ballot, and a much smaller effort to remind Detroiters to return their completed ballots. Text messages had been dispatched to give Pennsylvanians... View Details
- 10 Apr 2006
- Research & Ideas
American Auto’s Troubled Road
dominance. Toyota, shunning these approaches, took advantage of this Detroit "blind spot." While less generous in its compensation packages for workers, Toyota "strives to use its labor force in flexible, creative, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
any student support for the employees, and the employees themselves were thrilled.” Twenty-five years later, he frequently testifies before Congress on behalf of labor’s agenda. Between staff phone calls, an unflappable Silvers weighed in on a variety of topics. Is... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
written a series of case studies on Minneapolis–St. Paul, Charlotte, and Detroit that look at the initiatives business leaders in those regions have launched to improve competitiveness. How do you plan to get alumni involved with the... View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration
Detroit was the Silicon Valley of its day at the turn of the 20th century. Kendall Square is the pride of Boston activity these days, but was rather quiet and sleepy even ten years ago. Special innovative and entrepreneurial clusters,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 04 Oct 2018
- News
“A Shout Through Time”
help. First, he used a genealogy website that showed him that the surname had a high concentration in the Detroit area. And then, he ran a targeted search on Facebook for the name in that area. There were some hits, but no luck on a... View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- News
A Creator in the Era of Disruption
story of Detroit tell us about what will happen to the Valley if it ignores those lessons? This episode of Skydeck was co-produced with contributor April White, with additional production by PRX Productions. It was edited by Craig... View Details
- 23 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 23, 2015
Business School Case 315-106 Advanced Leadership Field Perspectives: Detroit No abstract available. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/315106-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 415-044 The Board of Directors at... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2013
- First Look
First Look: September 24
as well as liquidity and duration. Comparison of the ex-post performance of bonds acquired by insurance companies does not show outperformance but higher volatility of realized returns. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45580 August 2013... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
in China (and, by extension, the world), is in the process of certifying a small electric SUV with the US Environmental Protection Agency. GAC Motors, one of China’s top 10 automakers, debuted a similar vehicle at the Detroit auto show in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
The Camel and the Unicorn
superpower: Innovation. In this episode of Skydeck, we’re kicking off a three-part series called “Out of the Valley.” It will focus on the work of Alex Lazarow (MBA 2010), a venture capitalist and author of the book, Out-Innovate: How Global Entrepreneurs from Delhi to... View Details