MIT Sloan Management Review Article on The Detroit Hustle

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  • Courtney L. McCluney, Morela Hernandez
  • MIT Sloan Management Review
  • 2020

Detroit is a city that has undergone a number of crises in recent memory. It has suffered from the long and painful departure of its auto industry, mismanagement of city funds resulting in a 2013 bankruptcy, and decades of “white flight” to suburban communities. The cumulative result has been a norm of underfunded neighborhoods and economic instability.

About the Author

Morela Hernandez is an associate professor of business administration at the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia (@dardenmba). Links to Hernandez’s work are online at morelahernandez.com. Courtney L. McCluney (@dardenmba) is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Links to McCluney’s work are online at courtneylmccluney.com.

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