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- 18 Mar 2016
- Blog Post
What is an IFC?
An IFC (Immersive Field Course) is a class for second year students where the vast majority of content consists of an on-the-ground assignment to learn about and advise on real problems. I enrolled in an IFC focused on building cities because I am deeply interested in...
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- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
other projects produced the nation's first big-city 311 app that allows citizens to alert government to potholes and graffiti. He also helped cut through zoning laws to create the Boston Innovation District on a vast and underdeveloped...
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by Michael Blanding
- 08 Apr 2019
- Sharpening Your Skills
The Life of Luxury and How to Sell It
decision making? Researchers are finding a link between luxury and self interest, an insight that may help curb corporate excesses. Honda Created a Civic for Very Light Jets. How High Will It Fly?How Honda Aircraft Corporation moved from...
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- 25 Apr 2024
- News
Origin Stories
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Dan Morrell: Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Where we come from and how we were raised has a profound effect on who we become. The recipients of this year’s Alumni Achievement Award grew up...
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- 04 Apr 2018
- Research & Ideas
Smart Cities are Complicated and Costly: Here's How to Build Them
Chombosan Much promotion of smart cities assumes that municipalities will take a proactive, top-down, technology-first approach to urban progress. Thus far, these initiatives look for some forward-thinking city official (or immensely deep-pocketed private investor) to...
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- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Breaking News
shown that those scrappy, community-based weeklies and monthlies serve a vital role in society, curbing political polarization and boosting civic participation. They also remain an unparalleled check on city and town councils, school...
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Building Collections | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
the first woman to own and direct a brokerage firm that was a member of the NYSE. She was a pioneer in the discount brokerage field. Throughout her career, Muriel Siebert was actively involved with a wide range of non-profit, civic and...
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Connell House | About
leadership. The Connell family’s philanthropy has also had a significant impact on innovations in the MBA Program. About the Name William F. Connell (1938-2001) was a visionary business leader, known for his strategic skills, ethical...
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- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council...
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Margie Kelley
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Partners & Fellows | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Planning and Redevelopment Agency City of Cambridge City of Chicago Mayor's Office City of Detroit Mayor's Office City of Sacramento Mayor's Office City of San Jose Mayor's Office Civic Builders Clinton Foundation HIV/AIDS Initiative...
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- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
ripples to others. Companies with the strongest stakeholder and partner orientations are best able to survive and transcend crises, because they can plan together, gain local knowledge from each other, and draw on good will to get back to business quickly when the...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 May 2021
- HBS Case
How Four Women Made Miami More Equitable for Startups
Noting that many urban youth lacked tech skills, she and her husband Derek Pearson launched Code Fever, a company offering training camps and hackathons for young people, and transformed a vacant building in a historically Black neighborhood into a co-working space and...
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by Carolyn DiPaolo
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Entrepreneurial Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Bussgang: Honored as The Civic Tech Innovator of the Year in 2015 by Civic Tech Challenge and Generation Citizen. Jeffrey J. Bussgang: Named one of Boston's 50 Most Powerful...
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- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I...
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by Kathryn Haviland
- 01 Aug 1998
- News
High Honors
Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch and the Virginian-Pilot. Despite his youth, Batten gained the respect and admiration of his colleagues. He made ethical, careful reporting a top priority, strongly supported school desegregation, and encouraged View Details
- 04 Feb 2016
- News
From Super Bowl to STEM Bowl
and give middle school students a window into the tech future. Members of the HBS Association of Northern California's Community Partners Program worked with the Santa Clara Office of Civic Innovation (OCI)...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
Tech for the People
help San José partner with innovative tech firms to address high-impact civic challenges. He knew the city had worked with Airbnb to make emergency housing available after the recent disaster, and he...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
NYC Club Hosts Nonprofit Summit
inspired by the increased demand for services provided by nonprofits, said club president Bruce Marcus (MBA ’80). Sonal Shah, director of the White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation,...
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- 25 Feb 2017
- Blog Post
3 Reasons I Chose to Attend HBS
been able to take this risk. HBS’s support for entrepreneurship, including the Harvard Innovation Lab and the Rock Center for Entrepreneurship, provides the perfect incubator to explore this path. HBS also offers summer funding options...
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Gabriel Handel | About
across departments and functions. His ongoing priorities include strategic and financial planning, technology planning, capital projects, design and use of the campus, major events and convening initiatives (e.g., Commencement, DIALOGUE), community engagement,...
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