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- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Where Are the Innovators in Health Care?
providers, abetted by legislators and insurance companies, have made it virtually impossible for them to succeed. Unlike any other U.S. industry, consumers do not set prices, yet they provide all the money through taxes for government... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Damon Silvers
workplaces have resembled the secret ballot elections that we saw in the Soviet Union, where elections were conducted in an environment in which it was not really possible for people to make a free choice. What are the legislative... View Details
- 17 Oct 2014
- News
Laying the groundwork for a career in Africa
Nneka Ezeigwe (MBA 2015) is looking to make an impact in her native Nigeria through entrepreneurial ventures and work in the public sector. (Published October 2014) View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
A Day’s Pay
Times (June 3, 2010). “It’s kind of hard to take the farmworker out of the kid and the legislator when you come from farmworker stock and you see what your parents and grandparents have gone through.” As for the future, Florez said public... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
Eric Werker You spent much of 2009 to 2011 in Liberia advising President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf while on leave from HBS. What did you learn from that experience? Good ideas and great strategies are cheap and easy; what's expensive and difficult is implementing change.... View Details
- 02 Feb 2017
- News
Growing and Competing at the Local Level
Buckley Brinkman (MBA 1986) is executive director/CEO of the Wisconsin Center for Manufacturing and Productivity, which provides consulting services and programs to help manufacturers grow their businesses and become more profitable. In this video interview, he talks... View Details
- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
difficult for people who have been incarcerated to find jobs and rent apartments,” he notes. “Politically, I’m fairly conservative—a quintessential free-market capitalist. But our Dignity of Work task force is working closely with the ACLU on criminal justice View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 09 Nov 2017
- News
Paving the Way for Veterans to Serve in Congress
cosponsoring a piece of major legislation with a member of the opposing party at least once a year. Barcott says studies show veterans make open-minded lawmakers. They’re used to working collaboratively, which makes them more likely to... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
their companies are international, still do not know enough about markets and business practices abroad. Similarly, recent American presidents, presidential candidates, and legislative leaders have shown an appalling lack of knowledge and... View Details
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968
day they arrive for overnight delivery. Mixon has also turned Invacare's talents and resources into other activities that help its customers. For years the company has lobbied for the passage of legislation like the Americans with... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
How to Spur Prosperity
LERNER: The federal government lacks a clear, rational process for spending $40 billion to boost the nation’s clean-tech industry. Across the decades and around the globe, governments have tried various approaches to kick-starting entrepreneurial activity. In his new... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
conflict in the US government is causing a stalemate in advancing legislation and setting policy and that income gaps are creating a social divide not seen since the 1930s. Read the complete essay View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
been knocking it out of the park for some time.” Harder, a former student of Moss’s, puts it this way: “I felt like Washington was a house on fire, and too many arsonists were being elected.” Representative Josh Harder (MBA/MPP 2014), Photo credit: Courtesy of Josh... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 12 Feb 2015
- News
How Yelp Can Help
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
choice among those alternatives. That’s where these personal commitments can come into play. We’ve been teaching this case since 2016, and there are moments when I think we have the privacy issue under control, that we have a sense of what’s required, and we can put... View Details
- 02 Sep 2021
- News
Back to School
legislative bills and trying to pass a budget; we are now in an emergency-management situation,” he recalls. Difficult as that time was, it set Simmons up as the perfect candidate for his next role. In April 2021, after Cardona was... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Déjà Vu All Over Again
Financial Crises, 1830s–1930s” uses letters, photos, cartoons, old money, and legislative documents to chart four economic implosions that occurred in 1837, 1873, 1907, and 1929. While offering a fascinating glimpse into the unique... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Making a Difference in the World
The City Solution: Facts and Figures p. 32 “half the world’s people ” U.N. Habitat report (“Cities and Climate Change – Global Report on Human Settlements”) March 2011 p. 33 “2 percent land mass most of its emissions.” UN Habitat Report March 2011 “ largest annual rise... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Head Games
legislation intended to protect the health of minors? The Bulletin first looked at the business of sports in 1998 with a cover story titled “Running Up the Score.” That article featured Stephen A. Greyser, Richard P. Chapman Professor... View Details