Partisan Polarization in Local Politics
A growing body of scholarship investigates the extent to which national partisan polarization filters down to the local level.
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Leadership, Happiness, and Your Start-Up Life
The author is a professor at both the Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Business School, “where instead of covering traditional businesslike subjects such as finance and accounting, I teach happines
The Effects of a Place-Based Intervention on Resident Reporting of Crime and Service Needs: A Frontier Matching Approach
Prior research has found that reporting of crime incidents and service needs remain low in many U.S. cities.
An Exploratory Study of Mayoral Transition Work
A new mayor's transition period is widely regarded as important to their overall success, yet mayoral transitions have received little research attention.
The Data-Informed City: A Conceptual Framework for Advancing Research and Practice
Over the last decades, scholars and practitioners have focused their attention on the use of data for improving public action, with a renewed interest in the emergence of big data and artificial intel
The Data-Informed City: A Conceptual Framework for Advancing Research and Practice
Over the last decades, scholars and practitioners have focused their attention on the use of data for improving public action, with a renewed interest in the emergence of big data and artificial intel
Performance Management in Collaborative Governance: A Review of the Literature and Synthesis of the Challenges
When public, private, and nonprofit organizations work together to solve complex social problems, questions emerge regarding how their collaborative performance can be managed.
Performance Management in Collaborative Governance: A Review of the Literature and Synthesis of the Challenges
When public, private, and nonprofit organizations work together to solve complex social problems, questions emerge regarding how their collaborative performance can be managed.
Learning From Setbacks in Collaborations
Cross-sector collaboration can help cities tackle complex social and economic problems, but results are mixed.
To Make Your Workplace Fairer, Take Charge of Its Norms
Think of all the times you started a new job. You probably learned about key policies and formal processes around things like vacation time.
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