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- January 2010 (Revised March 2011)
- Case
Ben Bernanke: Person of the Year?
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Matthew C. Weinzierl
In response to the economic and financial crisis of 2008–2009, the Federal Reserve greatly expanded the scale and scope of its activities. Though lauded by many experts for its actions, the Fed and its chairman, Ben Bernanke, faced harsh criticism from some public...
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Keywords:
Financial Crisis;
Central Banking;
Governance Controls;
Policy;
Crisis Management;
Power and Influence;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Matthew C. Weinzierl. "Ben Bernanke: Person of the Year?" Harvard Business School Case 710-051, January 2010. (Revised March 2011.)
- November 2006 (Revised August 2012)
- Background Note
A Strategic Perspective on Bankruptcy
By: Bill George, Jim Sharpe and Andrew N. McLean
An overview of bankruptcy procedures in U.S. courts, recent filing data and a framework for evaluating a reorganization with creditors or considering opening a court-supervised reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.
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Keywords:
Bankruptcy;
Financial Distress;
Turnarounds;
Legal Aspects Of Business;
Liquidation;
Boards Of Directors;
Hedge Funds;
Strategy;
Law;
Governing and Advisory Boards;
Negotiation;
Crisis Management;
Policy;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Credit;
Financial Crisis;
United States
George, Bill, Jim Sharpe, and Andrew N. McLean. "A Strategic Perspective on Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Background Note 407-035, November 2006. (Revised August 2012.)
- 27 Feb 2020
- Blog Post
Taking the LEAP into the Case Method
Dr. Baozhong Su now is an Asian Fellow at Ash Center for Demo Governance and Innovation, Harvard Kennedy School. As a professor, he comes from the College of Economics and Management, China Agricultural...
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- 18 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'
of policy On a broader level, the findings argue for more open immigration policies for skilled workers. Even if such a policy didn’t immediately translate to jobs, it could...
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- June 2000
- Article
What Do A Million Observations on Banks Say About the Transmission of Monetary Policy?
Kashyap, Anil, and Jeremy Stein. "What Do A Million Observations on Banks Say About the Transmission of Monetary Policy?" American Economic Review 90, no. 3 (June 2000).
- March 16, 2021
- Article
From Driverless Dilemmas to More Practical Commonsense Tests for Automated Vehicles
By: Julian De Freitas, Andrea Censi, Bryant Walker Smith, Luigi Di Lillo, Sam E. Anthony and Emilio Frazzoli
For the first time in history, automated vehicles (AVs) are being deployed in populated environments. This unprecedented transformation of our everyday lives demands a significant undertaking: endowing
complex autonomous systems with ethically acceptable behavior. We...
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Keywords:
Automated Driving;
Public Health;
Artificial Intelligence;
Transportation;
Health;
Ethics;
Policy;
AI and Machine Learning
De Freitas, Julian, Andrea Censi, Bryant Walker Smith, Luigi Di Lillo, Sam E. Anthony, and Emilio Frazzoli. "From Driverless Dilemmas to More Practical Commonsense Tests for Automated Vehicles." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 118, no. 11 (March 16, 2021).
- December 2011 (Revised February 2012)
- Case
Doug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox
By: Jose B. Alvarez and Ryan Johnson
Keywords:
Food;
Policy;
Social Issues;
Business Model;
Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Retail Industry;
United States
Alvarez, Jose B., and Ryan Johnson. "Doug Rauch: Solving the American Food Paradox." Harvard Business School Case 512-022, December 2011. (Revised February 2012.)
- Article
The Market for Catastrophe Risk: A Clinical Examination
By: K. A. Froot
Keywords:
Catastrophe Risk;
Corporate Finance;
Cost Of Capital;
Banking And Insurance;
Asset Pricing;
Hedging;
Banking;
Insurance;
Decision Choice And Uncertainty;
Financial Markets;
Policy;
Risk Management;
Natural Disasters;
Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A. "The Market for Catastrophe Risk: A Clinical Examination." Journal of Financial Economics 60, nos. 2-3 (May 2001): 529–571. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 8110, February 2001. Reprinted in The Economics of Natural Hazards, part of the International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series edited by Mark Blaug, Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2003.)
- Web
Annual Report 2019 - Annual Report 2019
Serafeim Professor, Accounting & Management New Faculty Eva Ascarza Associate Professor, Marketing Alberto Cavallo Associate Professor, Business, Government & the International Economy Amitabh Chandra Professor, Technology & Operations...
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Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning
By: Meira Levinson, Alan C. Geller, Joseph G. Allen and John D. Macomber
At least 62 million K-12 students in North America—disproportionately low-income children of color— have been physically out of school for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. These children are at risk of significant academic, social, mental, and physical harm...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Public Health;
Air Quality;
Social Determinants Of Health;
Schooling Hesitancy;
Vaccine Hesitancy;
Racial Injustice;
Inequity;
Inequality;
Health Pandemics;
Education;
Health Care and Treatment;
Policy;
Race;
Equality and Inequality
Levinson, Meira, Alan C. Geller, Joseph G. Allen, and John D. Macomber. "Health Equity, Schooling Hesitancy, and the Social Determinants of Learning." Art. 100032. Lancet Regional Health – Americas 2 (October 2021).
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
BOOK: You Can't Enlarge the Pie
psychology professor at the University of Pennsylvania, argue that too many government decisions and initiatives are shaped by psychological biases and unproductive thinking habits. The result, they say, is a public-policy mindset that's...
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- Profile
Elsa Sze
officials and other policy makers. The Agora gives participants the opportunity to express concerns, "vote" in polls, and exchange ideas among themselves and with political leaders. In Sze’s words, The Agora is "a way to...
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- 01 Jan 2004
- News
Minoru Makihara, 75th AMP, 1977
Senior Corporate Advisor, Former Chairman, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mitsubishi Corporation Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Harvard College, 1969 A.B., Government LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "By...
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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Christensen and Vernon Remembered
version of the School's Business Policy course. Named a full professor in 1958 and the first George F. Baker, Jr., Professor of Business Administration in 1963, Christensen began the second major phase of his career in 1968, when Dean...
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Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">India -- Politics and government -- 21st century Social entrepreneurship -- India Add additional topic keywords, date ranges, and/or limit...
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- 24 Jul 2014
- Op-Ed
Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home
facilitate the expatriation of US corporations. Such transactions reflect the effects of policies and of the changing structure of multinational firms. From a policy perspective, the transactions highlight...
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- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
whether it’s national security or immigration or healthcare, all had climate implications and required climate considerations. So, for my next role, I joined the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and worked on a climate...
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- 01 Mar 2013
- News
2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness
A second survey of nearly 7,000 HBS alumni and just over 1,000 members of the general public found ongoing concern regarding America's ability to compete in the global economy but wide agreement between liberals and conservatives on the direction national View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
in two markets where much of the raw material is the same, we regulate the market for therapies that could save existing lives much more than the market that creates new lives. Is there any country that seems to be ahead of others in coherent View Details
- 16 Dec 2020
- Blog Post
Faculty Books Published in 2020
fixing market capitalism? Business—not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass...
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