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Jessica Tisch (JD/MBA 2008) has a problem. And she couldn’t be happier about it. It’s a chilly February morning in Lower Manhattan, and Tisch, who was appointed commissioner of the Department of Sanitation (DSNY) last April, has only hours to pivot the world’s largest... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

01 Mar 2019
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The Burden Legacy

incoming MBA Class of 2004 to restore confidence in America’s free enterprise system after public trust in business had been shaken by the Enron and WorldCom scandals. And in the wake of the global financial crisis, former Treasury... View Details

Keywords: Linda Kush

09 Nov 2023
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From the Brink

government was going to run out of money, and coming up with policy solutions. “We had a cross-functional team. We had experts on sovereign restructurings from the international division. We drew in the economic team, the legislative... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

01 Jun 2023
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Bridging the ESG Data Gap

partner reporting and portfolio monitoring. Launching a startup was not Murday’s original goal in attending HBS. She grew up in a Rust Belt city outside of Chicago and expected to work in the public sector after studying View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

01 Sep 2023
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History Matters

coordinate the effort. They raised funds to rescue financial institutions, the New York Stock Exchange, and the City of New York. They worked with US treasury secretary George Cortelyou to move gold reserves to the places of greatest need. They actively shaped View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Dec 2023
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Research Brief: Staying in the Game

Illustration by Peter Hoey In Monopoly, declaring bankruptcy has a very permanent consequence. Game over; you lose. In the paper “Life After Death: A Field Experiment with Small Businesses on Information Frictions, Stigma, and Bankruptcy,” HBS professor Shai Bernstein... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

11 Oct 2023
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Soldier On

There's so many different types of mayor in the United States and abroad. In its formal position, you sit in the middle, you help to craft policies and procedures, you set the vision for your city, you approve, at least for us, a $1.1... View Details

22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order

Increase waste recycling in general. And, finally, focus on capturing the energy generated when decades-old trash decomposes. Public policy is a big factor in making a lot of this happen, Jackman points out.... View Details

Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services

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HBS Professor Emeritus James I. Cash, Jr., and Senior Lecturer Robert. F. Higgins Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

United States: Where’s the Strategy?

No silver lining in partisan gridlock

Why babus can’t be ignored

Corporate Governance 2.0

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2020 Vision: What to Expect in Healthcare Finance Over the Next Decade

‘Management by Walking Around’ programs in hospitals may do more harm than good

Learning from a Different Past

Gifts of the Immigrants, Woes of the Natives: Lessons from the Age of Mass Migration

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