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- 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...
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- 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...
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Dan Morrell
- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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- 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...
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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...
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- 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,...
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- 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...
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- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
The book Capitalism at Risk first appeared in 2011. The problems it identified with social inequality, global trade strife, and environmental degradation have only accelerated by 2020. The new edition of Capitalism at Risk, subtitled How Business Can Lead, is expanded...
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by Martha Lagace
- 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...
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- 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://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45580 August 2013...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Jan 2021
- News
Silicon Valley’s “Detroit Moment”
And the capital of innovation wasn't Silicon Valley. It was Detroit. And at the time, the top three car companies were there and hundreds of entrepreneurs were building car companies where company service is a booming industry. Fast forward, what happened? Today, View Details
- 01 Apr 1997
- News
Facing the Music
Detroit to Los Angeles in 1972, adds that the current stagnation can also be attributed to "a lack of hits" on the part of the major labels and increased competition for the consumer entertainment dollar. In 1996, efforts by big stars...
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Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 13 Feb 2020
- News
Not Throwing Away My Shot
consider to be a classic innovation community. The same way we think of Silicon Valley now, or maybe Detroit in the 1920s with the automobile industry. Okay, there's all these musicians, there's all this music. It's in the air. New...
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- 17 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 17
supply chain. Many OEMs sole-sourced customized microprocessors from the fab, so its shutdown forced the "Big Three" of Detroit and Japan to shut down production as well. Data from two automotive customers in particular,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Jul 2021
- News
Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis
(MBA 1976)—to raise an additional $6 million. APRIL 21 Martin Dober (MBA 1998), managing director of Invest Detroit Ventures, recently teamed up with investors and donors to launch the Tech Startup Stabilization Fund, a $3 million fund...
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America on the Move - U.S. Competitiveness
unless U.S. businesses have a bigger stake in the issue, they can't be knowledgeable contributors to public-private planning. Bright spots are springing up regionally. Atlanta and Detroit have plans underway for airport-passenger rail...
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