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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
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
emeritus Sam Hayes: “The October 19 crash also calls into question the de facto rules and regulations that we’ve been working with for the last fifty years or so and how far we have come from the assumptions underlying the reform View Details
- 01 Dec 2007
- News
Mead Treadwell
sciences, climate, biology, and human development. While we focus on research goals, our advice is tied to major policy issues as well. For example, the commission advocates ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), in effect since... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
M.I.A. Boards
you can’t regulate your way to strong leadership or good character any more than you can legislate morality. Companies and their shareholders have to want to change their boards — and to help make board members perform better. Formal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
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Too Big To Fail
the need to identify and regulate financial institutions that pose systemic risks at the top of its list of critical problems in need of legislative repair, along with limiting leverage and reforming the credit rating system (see Setting... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
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It’s the Economy
viewed government as the problem, not the solution. see article AFL-CIO associate general counsel Damon Silvers (MBA ’95) sees the future of the American middle class as closely linked to a controversial legislative agenda to revive the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
addition, a scandalous love affair had ruined Hamilton's chances to be President (which, despite being foreign-born, he was eligible to become by law at the time). Hamilton remained in office until early 1795, implementing the legislation... View Details
- 30 Aug 2021
- News
One and the Same
Taking notes is often seen as a gendered, secretarial role—something to be avoided at all costs if you were a young woman hoping to make an impact early in your career. But Mary Wooldridge (MBA 1994) saw it differently. “If you are holding the pen, there is a huge... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
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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
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
That’s incredibly innovative. But some of the regulations don’t address—or sometimes even prevent—this innovation. The legislative process is slow and cumbersome, and to have these regulations not be able to be responsive is a mistake. My... View Details
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
The City Solution
global CO2 emissions. They also remain the hubs and engines for the world’s economic, political, cultural, and social development. Fortunately, because of their legislative power to regulate buildings, density, energy use, and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Golden State of Mind
legislative process. Both can seek support from a select group of investors to help enact the proposals as law. This and Draper’s six-state push are not even his first forays into the public sector. After pulling his children from public... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 02 Aug 2018
- News
Can Marketing Help Halt the Heroin Epidemic?
what should the State be doing. What's should the State agencies be doing, what should the Georgia legislature be doing, both budget wise and legislatively. And we were very happy that when the first few months of releasing that white paper, George passed two key... 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 Dec 2020
- News
The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads
(ranked choice voting, open primaries, legislative process reform). Very relevant this season. —Nathan Nemon (MBA 2020) The Second Machine Age: Work, Progress, and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies, by Erik Brynjolfsson and... View Details
- 19 Aug 2021
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A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues
Black-white problems is this wealth disparity, and that that wealth disparity is approximately $153,000. Therefore, I recommend that readers use a template that we created and included in the book and write to your Congressman or Congresswoman supporting HR 40, which... View Details