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  • January 2013 (Revised October 2015)
  • Case

Pittsburgh

By: Eric Werker, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy and Andrew Knauer
The case narrates the development of Pittsburgh from the 1940s to 2012. It analyzes the collapse of the steel industry in the early 1980s, the city's subsequent decline, and the city's later re-emergence as a hub for higher education, the tech sector, and the... View Details
Keywords: Google; Population; City Growth; Shale; PNC; Tom Murphy; Luke Ravenstahl; Public-private Partnership; Tax Increment Financing; Brownfields; Renaissance; Industry Clusters; Industry Growth; City; Business and Government Relations; Taxation; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Nonprofit Organizations; Higher Education; Technology Industry; Health Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Pittsburgh
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  • 17 May 2022

Information Session in Pittsburgh

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details
  • 2002
  • Other Unpublished Work

Clusters of Innovation Initiative: Pittsburgh

By: Michael E. Porter
This regional report examines the composition and performance of the Pittsburgh regional economy, how industry clusters developed and innovation arose, how clusters affected the region's economic future, and how the region can establish a strategy and action program to... View Details
Keywords: Clusters; Economics; Industry Clusters; Economy; Growth and Development; Pittsburgh
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  • October 2018 (Revised September 2020)
  • Case

Testing Autonomy in Pittsburgh

By: Mitchell Weiss and Brittany Urick
Pittsburgh’s mayor had been among the first to welcome self-driving vehicles but was now one of many needing to react after a pedestrian fatality involving an autonomous Uber in Arizona. He had originally preferred to roll out “the red carpet” instead of the “red... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Government Innovation; Government Experimentation; Autonomous Vehicles; Mayor; Mayor Peduto; Cities; Mobility; Automation; Uber; Argo Ai; Aurora Innovation; Aptiv; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Innovation and Invention; Transportation; City; Safety; Business and Government Relations; Transportation Industry; Auto Industry; United States; Pennsylvania; Pittsburgh
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  • October 2020
  • Teaching Note

Testing Autonomy in Pittsburgh

By: Mitchell Weiss and Mariana Oseguera Rodriguez
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  • 21 Aug 2019

Information Session in Pittsburgh

Join us to learn more about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. You will have the opportunity to hear from local alumni about the value of the HBS MBA. View Details
  • 27 Oct 2020
  • Video

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Student and Alumni Perspectives from Pittsburgh

  • 22 Jun 2023

HBS Information Session in Pittsburgh

Join us for an in-person information session about the Harvard Business School MBA Program. This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to... View Details
  • 23 Feb 2022
  • HBS Seminar

Lise Vesterlund, University of Pittsburgh

  • 21 Mar 2018

HBS Information Session in Pittsburgh

Join us for an information session designed for prospective applicants to learn more about the MBA Program and life at HBS. The event will include an admissions presentation and the opportunity to meet local alumni. View Details
  • 09 Apr 2013
  • HBS Seminar

Andrew Stephen, University of Pittsburgh

  • 18 Apr 2023
  • HBS Seminar

Peggy Liu, University of Pittsburgh

  • 07 Nov 2024
  • HBS Seminar

Mark Ma, University of Pittsburgh

  • 17 Nov 2018

Life At HBS Chat - Pittsburgh

Join an information session about the Harvard MBA Program. This informal event will be hosted by a student at Harvard Business School. Topics to be covered include the academic experience and HBS community. Check-in for the event will begin at 6:15 PM. View Details
  • February 1993 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

Bidwell Training Center, Inc. and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild: Preparation in Pittsburgh

By: James L. Heskett and Roger H. Hallowell
Bill Strickland, executive director of both Bidwell Training Center and Manchester Craftsmen's Guild, has built a highly successful training organization to enable underprivileged minorities in Pittsburgh to escape the cycle of poverty. His success has led to questions... View Details
Keywords: Training; Non-Governmental Organizations; Leadership; Society; Competency and Skills; Pittsburgh
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  • 19 Jun 2018
  • News

Pittsburgh Alumni Annual Meeting Features PPG’s McGarry

Clubs News Clubs News Outgoing HBSA Pittsburgh President Bill Slivka (MBA 1976) (left) stands with guest speaker Michael McGarry (AMP 169 2005), Chairman and CEO of PPG, at the Association's Annual Meeting. Outgoing HBSA View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 25 Oct 2018

HBS Information Session at The University of Pittsburgh

Join us to learn more about Harvard Business School and the 2+2 admissions process to the MBA at HBS. The event will include a presentation about our college programs and an opportunity to ask questions with a member of the MBA Admissions team. View Details
  • 21 Oct 2020

Geographic Regions Webinar Series: Student and Alumni Perspectives from Pittsburgh

Join Josh Nelson, a member of the MBA Admissions Office, as he moderates a panel of current students and fellow alumni as they discuss their MBA experience and the incredible HBS network in Pittsburgh. View Details
  • February 2024
  • Supplement

Can Cities Beat the Heat? (B10): Pittsburgh Climate Action Snapshot

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Coelin P. Scibetta and Jacob A. Small
Climate snapshots provide a summary of climate actions that occurred between 2018 and 2024, highlighting major green initiatives, innovations, carbon mitigation strategy, and action across multiple levels of government and the private sector. Snapshots also provide an... View Details
Keywords: Mitigation Policies; Carbon Footprint; Climate Finance; Mobility; Adaptation; Renewable Energy; Climate Change; Problems and Challenges; Sustainable Cities; City; Innovation Strategy; Investment; United States; Pittsburgh
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  • 23 Jan 2018
  • HBS Seminar

J. Jeffrey Inman, Katz School of Business, University of Pittsburgh