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- 03 Dec 2020
- Research & Ideas
Cut Payroll Costs with Transparency, Fairness, and Compassion
Governor Cuomo issued a series of regulations surrounding sick and paid family leave and disability benefits. Employers should also focus on maximizing compassion and care despite the limitations of a virtual work world. Rebecca Knight...
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by Boris Groysberg and Sarah Abbott
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
corporation’s behalf, management has seen Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and the state’s legislature continue to litigate the issue by dissolving Disney’s 55-year-old Reedy Creek Improvement District on June 1, 2023 (providing over a year...
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- 14 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
The Case for Consumer-Driven Medicaid
The Medicaid program provides a much needed health insurance safety net for 52 million of our nation's poor and medically needy, but its price tag threatens the financial stability of the states, growing 9.5 percent in 2004 alone—far in excess of revenues. Fiscally...
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by Regina E. Herzlinger
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
When North Carolina governor Pat McCrory recently signed into law the Public Facilities Privacy & Securities Act, in response to a Charlotte city ordinance that, among other things, would have prohibited discrimination based on sexual...
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- 19 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Political Turmoil and Mexico’s Economy
businesses. They also distributed shares of the bank to the state governor or made a loan to the local state government—with the understanding that it most likely would not be repaid. A number of countries have experienced political...
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by Julia Hanna
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
McCain used high profile surrogates such as Governor Charlie Crist to reinforce concerns about his opponent. Why Don't Companies Go Negative? Unlike politicians, companies hardly ever run negative ads. Pepsi ads don't tear down Coke; they...
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by John Quelch
- 18 Nov 2021
- Op-Ed
5 Principles for Scaling Change from IBM’s High School Innovation
education is a state function, it was crucial to get the governors on board. Working with the governor of New York, we developed a strategy to spread P-TECH across every economic development district in the...
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by Kristen Senz
- 28 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
While Waiting for Japan’s Recovery, Let’s Enhance Supplier Competitiveness at Home
the new competitiveness council created by the White House and would give President Obama an occasion for convening the business community to request specific commitments. Governors and mayors could follow suit. No new government funding...
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by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
- 26 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 26, 2008
http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508038 Ruling the Modern Corporation: The Debate over Limited Liability in Massachusetts Harvard Business School Case 708-016 In 1830, Governor Levi Lincoln, Jr. urged the...
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Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2022
- Research & Ideas
Why Cutting Jobless Aid Isn't the Answer to Worker Shortages
materialized a month or two later if those governors had opted to keep distributing the federal benefits, Kluender says. Unemployment insurance flowing into accounts dropped by $281.50 per week by early September. Yet earnings for those...
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by Rachel Layne
- 13 Aug 2020
- Research & Ideas
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
especially those that were quite loose before the pandemic (for example, southern Europe). "New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has made frequent and effective use of metaphors in the ways that he communicates about COVID-19." Yet, research...
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by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Nov 2019
- Op-Ed
Torched Planet: The Business Case to Reinvent Almost Everything
The world is. on. fire. The Earth is burning. We only have a little time to arrest climate change, and if we fail to do so the consequences will be both dire and irreversible. We have the technology and the resources to fix things, if we want to. We even have a...
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- 06 Nov 2012
- Op-Ed
Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities
The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about...
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- 30 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is a Business School-Industry Collaboration Needed to Attract Black Talent to Campus?
Alzheimer’s Fund, and John Lynch, later Governor of New Hampshire) had a bright idea. Our friends in large business firms seemed to know how to recruit minority summer interns with the potential for longer-term employment. Why not sell...
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- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter
moment of crisis the delegates could have chosen either of two of the most accomplished politicians in America, William Henry Seward or Salmon P. Chase. Both had been United States senators and governors of major states. Both were...
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- 26 Apr 2010
- Research & Ideas
When Other Companies Compete Like Crazy, Dare to Be Different
studies on companies including Microsoft, Sony, and Intel, and consults with consumer marketing companies in the area of innovation. She also serves on the board of directors of Avid Technology and the board of governors of the American...
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by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 17 Jul 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up
workers, as well as chastising former Republican governors Indiana’s Mike Pence (now vice president) and North Carolina’s Pat McCrory for enacting anti-LGBT policies in their states. In the last four months, US hiring has dropped to a...
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by Bill George
- 07 Apr 2011
- What Do You Think?
When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?
Pennsylvania, when the company operating the Three Mile Island power station was found to be issuing information of questionable accuracy, then-Lieutenant Governor William Scranton, responsible for energy policy in the state, went to the...
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- 08 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits
Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas...
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- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/417023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School 418-034 Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago (Abridged) In 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, considered his future in Chicago politics. With an unpopular View Details
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Dina Gerdeman