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- March 28, 2021
- Article
How to Reunite America: Commit as Leaders to Serving the Civic Good
By: Matthew Dowd, Billy Shore, Alan Khazei, Michelle Nunn, Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Elisa Basnight
Dowd, Matthew, Billy Shore, Alan Khazei, Michelle Nunn, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, and Elisa Basnight. "How to Reunite America: Commit as Leaders to Serving the Civic Good." USA Today (January 20, 2021).
- 09 Feb 2017
- News
A New Approach to Civics Education
- Awards
Innovator of the Year
Honored as The Civic Tech Innovator of the Year in 2015 by Civic Tech Challenge and Generation Citizen.
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- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper, and now it’s available for the public to View Details
- 06 Dec 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
Honda Created a Civic for Very Light Jets. How High Will It Fly?
- August 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
NewLab: Scaling an Innovation Engine
By: Tarun Khanna and George Gonzalez
Silicon Valley-veteran Shaun Stewart is the CEO of NewLab, a dynamic technology hub headquartered in the storied Brooklyn Navy Yard. Founded in 2016, NewLab fostered a community of entrepreneurs, corporate and government partners, and investors, all seeking to apply...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Social and Collaborative Networks;
Global Range;
Partners and Partnerships;
Networks;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Opportunities;
Brooklyn
Khanna, Tarun, and George Gonzalez. "NewLab: Scaling an Innovation Engine." Harvard Business School Case 723-364, August 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- September 2017 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
Public Entrepreneurs? Picking a Path
By: Mitchell Weiss and Matthew Segneri
Direct entry into government remained an uncommon post-HBS path, with only 1%–2% of recent classes going directly into the public sector. But, for public-minded MBAs, government wasn’t the sole province for public problem-solving. MBAs could join or launch companies...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Careers;
Tri-sector Athlete;
Job Searching;
Government Innovation;
Govtech;
CivicTech;
Civic Technology;
Civic Innovation;
Government Technology;
MBA Class Of 2017;
Social Enterprise;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Public Sector;
Government Administration;
Job Search;
Jobs and Positions;
Innovation Leadership;
Technology Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Weiss, Mitchell, and Matthew Segneri. "Public Entrepreneurs? Picking a Path." Harvard Business School Case 818-005, September 2017. (Revised January 2019.)
- January 2015 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
New Urban Mechanics
By: Mitchell Weiss
Funding to scale Citizens Connect, Boston's 311 app, is both a blessing and a burden and tests two public entrepreneurs. In 2012, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts provides Boston's Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics with a grant to scale Citizens Connect across the...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Civic Technology;
Government Innovation;
Civic Innovation;
Cities;
New Urban Mechanics;
Thomas. M. Menino;
Chris Osgood;
Nigel Jacob;
Connected Bits;
SeeClickFix;
Ben Berkowitz;
Eric Carlson;
Dave Mitchell;
Government Technology;
Open Innovation;
Open Source Software;
Citizens Connect;
Commonwealth Connect;
Entrepreneurship;
Innovation and Invention;
Innovation Leadership;
Innovation and Management;
Open Source Distribution;
Public Administration Industry;
Information Technology Industry;
Boston
Weiss, Mitchell. "New Urban Mechanics." Harvard Business School Case 315-075, January 2015. (Revised March 2017.)
- September 2020
- Teaching Note
Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership
By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Joyce J. Kim
Traditional establishment leadership of Miami is increasingly challenged by a rising millennial generation that is more diverse and brings more innovative and entrepreneurial “outside-the-building” approaches, including impatience for change. Leadership succession is...
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- Web
Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
“firing” organized religion in greater and greater numbers, and what are they “hiring” instead? And what do organizations such as Crossfit have to do with all this? Enjoy this conversation with our own Bob Moesta, co-founder of Jobs theory with Clay, and Casper ter...
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- October 2015
- Case
Bigbelly
By: Mitch Weiss and Christine Snively
To accelerate Bigbelly's sales growth and its "smart cities" positioning, its CEO planned to shift his company from equipment sales to a subscription service. Jack Kutner hoped to re-position Bigbelly's solar-powered trash compacting stations beyond trash and recycling...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Smart Cities;
Government Innovation;
Internet Of Things;
IoT;
Anything As A Service;
Platform As A Service;
Infrastructure As A Service;
PaaS;
Xaas;
Bigbelly;
Jack Kutner;
B2G;
Civic Innovation;
City Innovation;
Government Technology;
Govtech;
Civic Technology;
Entrepreneurship;
Sales;
Innovation and Invention;
Digital Platforms;
Internet and the Web;
Information Technology Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Telecommunications Industry;
Web Services Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Massachusetts;
United States;
Boston;
Chicago;
Philadelphia;
New York (city, NY)
Weiss, Mitch, and Christine Snively. "Bigbelly." Harvard Business School Case 816-005, October 2015.
- Web
Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
they could provide for their families and understanding the ripple effects that employment has on families, on community, on civic organizations. Ari Medoff To me that was a pivotal lecture that I just watched on YouTube or whatever...
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- November 2017 (Revised September 2020)
- Supplement
Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership
Traditional establishment leadership of Miami is increasingly challenged by a rising millennial generation that is more diverse and brings more innovative and entrepreneurial “outside-the-building” approaches, including impatience for change. Leadership succession is...
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Keywords:
Leaders;
Civic Innovation;
Change;
Change Leadership;
Startup;
Scaling And Growth;
Jurisdictional Disputes;
Communication;
Community Impact;
Community Relations;
Leading Change;
Leadership;
Diversity;
Demographics;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Community Relations;
Miami;
Florida
Kanter, Rosabeth Moss. "Miami's Tech Future (D): Developing New Leadership." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-036, November 2017. (Revised September 2020.)
- 15 Nov 2020
- News
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard
quality of the entries were as strong as ever. The Social Enterprise Track, which is sponsored by HBS’s Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI), fosters innovation across Harvard University. This year’s competitors included 53 teams comprising...
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- 2000
- Article
Georgia Regional Transportation Authority: A Case Study of an Innovative Regional Planning Institution
By: Brian Trelstad
The Georgia Regional Transportation Authority (GRTA), a new regional planning institution, is a governor-appointed body of 15 regional leaders with broad authority over land use and transportation planning throughout the state. Created in the summer of 1999, GRTA...
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Trelstad, Brian. "Georgia Regional Transportation Authority: A Case Study of an Innovative Regional Planning Institution." Berkeley Planning Journal 14 (2000): 23–45.
- Web
Podcast - Forum for Growth & Innovation
consulting firms, which had sort of been my hypothesis of what I might do, but then lost interest in those things because I wanted something more civically minded, if you will, and frankly didn't have the time to do the recruiting. And...
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- Web
Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard - HBS Fund Investors Society 2020 Report
University Collaborations Fostering Innovation in Social Enterprise Across Harvard On April 16, video screens were glowing as spectators watched the finale of HBS’s annual New Venture Competition (NVC). COVID-19 turned the competition...
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- March 2018 (Revised October 2019)
- Case
Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad
Silkroad—a cross-cultural music collaboration that world-famous cellist Yo-Yo Ma had spearheaded since 1998, was preparing to celebrate its 20th anniversary. In parallel, Ma was stepping back from his role as the organization’s Artistic Director. Silkroad had come of...
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Keywords:
Managing Diverse Teams;
Leadership Transitions;
Global Innovation;
Music;
Cultural Entrepreneurship;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Music Entertainment;
Leadership;
Transition
Deshpandé, Rohit, Paul A. Gompers, and Scott Duke Kominers. "Yo-Yo Ma and Silkroad." Harvard Business School Case 818-110, March 2018. (Revised October 2019.)
- October 2016 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)
By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home sharing. Airbnb's Molly Turner, global head of civic partnerships; her colleagues at the San Francisco–based home sharing platform; and her counterparts in Amsterdam's...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Innovation;
Sharing Economy;
Amsterdam;
Airbnb;
Molly Turner;
Regulation;
Homesharing;
Tourism;
Business And Government;
Public-private Partnership;
Entrepreneurship;
Business and Government Relations;
Government Administration;
Public Sector;
City;
Tourism Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Travel Industry;
Netherlands;
Europe
Weiss, Mitchell, Emer Moloney, and Vincent Dessain. "Airbnb in Amsterdam (A)." Harvard Business School Case 817-013, October 2016. (Revised March 2017.)
- October 2016
- Supplement
Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)
By: Mitchell Weiss, Emer Moloney and Vincent Dessain
In December 2014, Amsterdam and Airbnb announced an MOU to promote responsible home sharing and to simplify the payment of tourist tax for hosts in the city. It was the most comprehensive agreement that Airbnb had with any city in the world. Its final provision read,...
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Keywords:
Public Entrepreneurship;
Innovation;
Sharing Economy;
Amsterdam;
Airbnb;
Molly Turner;
Regulation;
Homesharing;
Tourism;
Business And Government;
Public-private Partnership;
Business and Government Relations;
Government Administration;
Public Sector;
City;
Urban Development;
Tourism Industry;
Public Administration Industry;
Travel Industry;
Netherlands;
Europe
Weiss, Mitchell, Emer Moloney, and Vincent Dessain. "Airbnb in Amsterdam (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 817-014, October 2016.