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- 24 Sep 2014
- News
We Don't Have to Ditch Capitalism to Fight Climate Change
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Q&A: Andrew Kendall
with New Hampshire Audubon to work on global conservation issues in Costa Rica. What are the keys to success in working on environmental issues in a developing country? Costa Rica is known for its... View Details
- 01 Mar 2018
- News
Can a Digital Platform Open Up the Opaque Metals Industry?
20th century at best, if not the first half of the 20th century,” Eykher says. To address the issue of trust, the Open Mineral team verifies the identity of every member and only accepts companies with a good history; they require... View Details
Keywords: Nicole Torres
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India is more Transparent
China, can I believe the financial information in a company’s annual report? “Not really, I say. The annual report does not serve the purpose it does in market economies, that is, to communicate reliable information. “What about analysts’ reports on Chinese companies?... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
What’s after Fannie and Freddie?
Fannie and Freddie, we’re not proposing that the government step in and bail out the existing holders of mortgage-backed securities. The same bailout risk would occur with the proposed private institutions. What we advocate is that the government guarantee only newly... View Details
- 10 Apr 2008
- News
The Sum of Our Own Greatness
Group: Tom Ryder, David Habeeb, and Ruth Page. Inspiration for the title came from a Theodore Roosevelt quote: “We cannot do great deeds as a nation unless we are willing to do the small things that make up the sum of greatness.” For Ryder, who confesses that the film... View Details
- 17 Apr 2020
- News
Decreasing the Wealth Gap
Ray Dalio Ray Dalio As founder of Bridgewater Associates, the world’s largest hedge fund, Ray Dalio (MBA 1973) is well known for his ability to forecast the future. Dalio—whose foundation has committed millions of dollars to improving connectivity and providing laptops... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
moral issue in the end. But to solve the problem, we first have to define it properly. Then it’s for the American people and their leaders to decide what they want to do with the findings.” America has written and spoken widely about his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
“In my senior year,” Massie explains, “I questioned many things, including the existence of God. I issued a challenge, saying, ‘God, if you are out there, I'd like to feel you more in my life.' And God responded with grace and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Faculty Books
The Last Tycoon, and other stories, he addresses issues leaders face, such as the soundness of their vision, their readiness to take on responsibility, the depth of their compassion, and their ability to manage success. Institutions,... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
MBAs on a Mission
young alumni whose stories follow: the chance to make good on making a difference. Andrew Murphy: At the World Wildlife Fund, building consensus at the intersection of conservation issues and global markets: “In places with sensitive... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
appeal only “to the madness of the crowd,” letting complex issues such as energy independence go unresolved. “Between their corruption, their stupidity, and their playing to the crowds,” our political leaders have failed us, Dimon said,... View Details
- 15 Apr 2020
- News
Money Matters
of financial security, because you can't necessarily rely on credit cards or retirement savings for emergencies," she says. "You should have three to six months of living expenses saved up." Returns on that emergency fund are less important than the fact that it must... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges
In recent years, government and business leaders throughout the world have made governance issues a prime focus, as capital markets have increased their scrutiny of countries' and companies' corporate-governance structures, policies, and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
contract with California utilities for $0.14–$0.16 per kWh. As the technology matures and scales, that should fall below $0.10. And these plants can be realized in three to five years, compared with ten or more for nuclear plants. As the rest of the December View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
(photos by Jennifer Heffner) As lead private-sector specialist at the World Bank Group’s Trade and Competitiveness Global Practice, Emiliano Duch (MBA 1991) draws on 25 years of experience in helping countries and regions to develop competitive private sectors.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Books
business conditions has become an essential CEO survival skill. "The challenge of change has given rise to a CEO labor market that places a premium on a person's track record in leading change," write HBS professors Michael Beer and Nitin... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
HBS Students Blog on Economics
A blog launched last year by four HBS students, the Economic Policy Review (www.econblog.org) seeks to provide nonpartisan, balanced commentary on pressing economic issues facing the U.S. economy. Kyle Sable (HBS ’09), one of the EPR’s... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Decision Points
have done things better,” as he spoke about many aspects and issues of his presidency (USA Today, November 9, 2010). Regarding the financial crisis, Bush said that Congress ignored his administration’s urgings to regulate Fannie Mae and... View Details