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- 06 Jun 2018
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The Business of Social Justice
the foundation—partnering with teachers’ unions and grassroots advocacy groups to make lasting and impactful policy changes—may be more important today than ever, as the Trump Administration threatens budget cuts to View Details
- 11 May 2016
- News
World Bank Vice President and Treasurer: Negative Rates Not the Answer
Reacting to a spate of nations adopting negative interest rates—essentially charging depositors for parking their money—World Bank Vice President and Treasurer Arunma Oteh (MBA 1990) told Bloomberg News that the policy could weaken banks.... View Details
- 01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air
investor interest is rising in both the public and the private sector: In December, the US Department of Energy announced $3.7 billion worth of programs and prizes meant to further kick-start the industry; In April, payments giant Stripe... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
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Change of Pace
policy and the expression of faith in public life. He will also lend his expertise to nuts-and-bolts issues, such as assessing the financial risks involved in the diocese’s possible support for a housing... View Details
- 21 Oct 2013
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Moving the Needle
Seegull coauthored a policy paper, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and others, focused on engaging the federal government in impact investing to achieve social and environmental outcomes. "That opened my eyes to the world of... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
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Faculty Q&A: Cents and Sensibilities
a wide set of public goods, including support for the poor. Your research is ultimately hopeful about finding a middle ground on issues like the minimum wage and tax policy. You can think that people have only crude knowledge about the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
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Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
In 1993, as President Clinton's newly sworn-in Secretary of Labor, Robert B. Reich had hoped his first formal public policy decision would be a veritable home run. Instead, he found himself dealing with what... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Squeeze Play
LAMAGNA: A fondness for novelty and gadgets, but a commitment to politics and public policy as well. Dal LaMagna (MBA ’70) says he’s writing a memoir titled Failing to Get Ahead, the Washington Post (May 30,... View Details
- 04 Sep 2019
- News
Accelerating Scientific Discovery
Amitabh Chandra, Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS and Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?
always sets the accurate worth of a company—that so-called misvaluation is merely an illusion perceived by managers. But to him that point is an academic one. “Ultimately,” he says, “company managers are making these [cash policy] decisions, not finance scholars.”... View Details
Keywords: Francis Storrs
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Laura Alfaro to Costa Rican Post
HBS associate professor Laura Alfaro is taking a leave of absence from the School to serve as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in her native Costa Rica. At 38, Alfaro, who has no prior service in Costa Rican View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
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Jesse Markham Dies at 93
federal antitrust laws. The author of 12 books and more than 150 articles, Markham arrived at HBS from Princeton University. “I came here because the theories on which public policy was being built in... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development
fight corruption. “These citizen-driven initiatives are raising public awareness as never before and demand that CEOs pay attention,” he says. In Russia, thousands of anonymous contributors identify corrupt government procurement... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
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“Where can we find such a person?”
whole technology landscape is going, how related firms are progressing, and how its work fits into that context.” He also cites public policy issues and government involvement; intellectual property... View Details
- 07 Feb 2017
- News
Shaping Singapore
Trained as an architect, Koon Hean Cheong (AMP 173, 2007) was initially disappointed when she found herself in a planning role in Singapore’s Public Works Department after graduation. “It wasn’t where I wanted to go,” she told The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
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HBS Launches Alumni Survey
MBA. The magazine asked the schools to provide contact information for the Class of 1992. Five business schools — Wharton, MIT Sloan, Yale, the Marshall School at the University of Southern California, and HBS — declined. “At HBS, we have a long-standing View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
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Tax and Grow
© politicalcartoons.com/Jimmy Margulies With the U.S. economic recovery stuck in low gear and traditional monetary and fiscal policy options seemingly exhausted, now is a good time to consider more novel approaches to stimulating growth.... View Details
- 31 Mar 2017
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Turning Teachers into Leaders
Sophie Lippincott Ferrer (MBA 2006) is a senior consultant with Education First, a national policy and strategy consulting firm that partners with education leaders to design and accelerate policies and... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey
family median income and wealth parity, the proper public policy goal. “Those revenues would be used for grants for down payments on primary residences; for high-quality, targeted View Details
- 02 Mar 2020
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Educating the Whole Student
witnessed the seemingly intractable achievement gap between white students and students of color. She saw teachers and administrators struggling to provide the support that communities needed beyond the classroom. Liu went on to study View Details