Mayor - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Mar 2011
News

Maximum Cities

conference "Investing in Cities of the 21st Century" delved into once-distant challenges that have suddenly arrived on the planet's collective doorstep. "The cities of the 21st century are being built right now in the developing world," said David Miller, former View Details

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

01 Jun 2002
News

East Side Story

In January, veteran New York state senator Roy Goodman (MBA '53) was appointed president and CEO of the United Nations Development Corporation by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA '66). In accepting the position, Goodman, a... View Details

Michael R. Bloomberg

expansive financial coverage. He parlayed his initial success on Wall Street into a full-service financial news media empire including radio stations, television programs, and Internet coverage before becoming the Mayor of New York City. View Details

Keywords: Entertainment & Broadcast Media

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Nikhil Patel Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results Mobility in the Motor City: My Summer at the City of Detroit Office of the Mayor Nikhil... View Details

01 Jun 1999
News

Spangler Center Groundbreaking

With six inches of fresh snow underfoot, Dean Kim B. Clark and a hardy assembly of HBS students, faculty, and staff welcomed a group of distinguished guests to campus in late February to participate in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Spangler Center. Boston View Details

18 Jan 2021
Book

How Thinking Like a Startup Helps Governments Solve More Problems

adapting the skills and practices of entrepreneurship for the public sector,” he says. Before joining the HBS faculty and creating the MBA course Public Entrepreneurship, Weiss was chief of staff to Boston Mayor Thomas Menino. In 2010,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

07 Mar 2017
News

From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World

general director. With a lengthy career in industry and politics as well as academia, Giscard D’Estaing is a former mayor and member of the French Parliament and is chairman of the Committee for a World Parliament. He is also honorary... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

01 Jun 2003
News

Portraits from the Class of 2003

services, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation Duties Included: taking care of Yankee and Shea stadiums Description of Her Employees: carpenters, plumbers, electricians, blacksmiths; 111 men, 9 women; average age: 45 Enjoys: international cooking, theater, baseball... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments

consider becoming candidates. This is not a call for privatization of services (like trash pickup), which is already widespread. Instead, it's a suggestion that the job of mayor itself be awarded by voters to a private firm. Unlike other... View Details

Keywords: by Eric Werker

01 Dec 2011
News

Letters to the Editor

and I’ll continue speaking out in support of New York’s and the C40’s innovative approaches. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) New York, NY Environmental Action In the article “The City Solution,” Mayor... View Details

Keywords: HBS Show; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

01 Sep 2009
News

Keys to the Kingdom

domain became Rhea’s literally overnight last May, when he was appointed chairman of the New York City Housing Authority by Mayor Michael Bloomberg (MBA ’66). Critics noted that Rhea, who was previously an executive at JPMorgan Chase and... View Details

Keywords: Real Estate

26 Jul 2011
News

An Entrepreneur of the Arts

In 2009, she cofounded the Russian Foundation of Chicago, a non-profit group dedicated to raising awareness of Russian culture in Chicago, which she served as president of for two years. In 2010, Chicago’s Mayor Richard M. Daley asked... View Details

Keywords: ballet; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management

26 Feb 2008
News

The Right Stuff at HBS

cheerleaders, family members, coaches, business and civic leaders, school officials, and the mayor of Boston. Harvard University also chipped in, helping with the purchase of commemorative rings (complementing special jackets donated by... View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

18 Nov 2021
Op-Ed

5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation

principal, and other people. It's working on the level of new alliances, and for IBM, a new set of relationships. 4. Be flexible to replicate success Kanter: The next step for P-TECH is replication. You have the support of [New York] View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Competitiveness: Paths Forward," an HBS initiative, was an appearance by Boston Mayor Thomas Menino, who was brought in by wheelchair but rose to his feet to speak about how the city could be a model for the nation. "I believe... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

01 Sep 2011
News

The City Solution

the mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) is also the chairman of the C40, a group of fellow mayors from the world’s 40 largest cities who have banded together to fight climate change.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

14 Nov 2024
News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details

06 Jun 2023
Blog Post

Harvard Business School Announces 2023-24 Leadership Fellows

of Boston - Office of the Mayor TARYN STAMPER, The Nature Conservancy MIMI VERDONK, OneTen Coalition, Inc. RYAN WARREN, Harlem Children’s Zone CAROLINE ZHENG, City of Cambridge CONNIE ZUO, Whitney Museum of American Art Hear from the... View Details

Keywords: Social Enterprise

19 Aug 2011
News

i-lab Buzz

rooms and open areas, again with a flexible floor plan. A café that opens onto a patio will provide the necessary caffeine and nourishment to fuel the founders of future start-ups. The i-lab’s official debut is set for November 18, with appearances scheduled by Harvard... View Details