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06 Dec 2021
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Monaco's Digital Transformation

his third year leading Monaco’s digital transformation, Genta is capitalizing on the country’s strengths in pursuit of this vision to further public service and enhance economic prosperity. “What makes Monaco different is that we have an... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2009
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Damon Silvers

representing a large part of what remains of the American industrial economy. Should these companies file for Chapter 11 and fail to get financing, there could be a loss of several million jobs. But the threat is far worse than those... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Oct 1997
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After 27 Years at HBS, Shapiro Shifts Professional Focus

Shapiro taught a wide variety of MBA courses, among them Industrial Marketing, Sales Management, Creative Marketing Strategy, and Integrated Product Line Management. He also taught in many Executive Education programs and held various... View Details

01 Jun 2010
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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 public... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

25 May 2011
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Singapore Star

engineering at Cambridge University, he set his sights on Harvard for postgraduate education. The Singapore government, for its part, thought that was a good move too, but felt that Yeo could best serve his country by earning a Master of View Details

01 Feb 2001
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The Doctor Is In

ramifications that need to be dealt with as public policy. As for the notion that private-sector efficiency automatically reduces costs, consider that most private health insurance companies spend 10 to 30 percent on View Details

Keywords: healthcare; Health, Social Assistance

25 Apr 2014
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Strategists analyze market forces—great strategists also look beyond the market

Traditionally, corporate strategists define industry structure, competitive positions, resources, and knowledge flows as the key sources of competitive advantage. Within these sources, they look for areas of opportunity in the market that... View Details

01 Dec 2015
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Leading Boston and Beyond

or public sector positions, giving those organizations the opportunity to use the managerial and analytical skills of a MBA to build capacity. Since the program’s launch in 2002, the City of Boston Mayor’s Office has hosted 13 fellows.... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

the best possible solution to complicated public policy problems,” he says, weighing all the evidence against a gut feeling. Beyond his business acumen, it’s also possible that Mitsotakis inherited a bit of political instinct. The prime... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2000
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In War-Torn Liberia, Student Gains a Wealth of Experience

environment." A joint-degree candidate working on her MBA at HBS and her master's in public administration at the Kennedy School of Government, Ballou spent eight weeks in the West African nation, helping... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Mining (except Oil and Gas); Mining

01 Jun 1996
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Four Professors to Retire

has also written articles for many publications, including Management Science, Public Administration Review, Annals of the History of Computers, and the Harvard Business Review. A 1952 graduate of Purdue... View Details

Keywords: Elaine Gottlieb and John Prestage

01 Jun 1999
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McArthur Hall Dedication

Clark highlighted McArthur's four-decade association with the School. He spoke of McArthur's arrival in 1957 as a young MBA student from Vancouver, his scholarship in the Doctoral Program, and his subsequent achievements as a faculty member and View Details

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

01 Jun 2011
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Four-Letter Word

to a calling — what can I do to help?” Miller said. “I always wanted to go into public service,” which he did, after writing a letter to Treasury Secretary and fellow Goldman alum Henry Paulson (MBA ’70). One Treasury project Miller has... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Sep 2009
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A Student Plan Goes to Washington

charter the CGC, while funding would come predominantly from public investors. To launch the college, the proposal seeks a congressional mandate to require companies receiving federal TARP bailout money to allocate three board seats to... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs; Administration of Economic Programs

01 Jun 2016
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Imagine an Economy Without Wall Street

out on an entrepreneurial path but was thwarted by the country’s lack of a finance and lending infrastructure. A similar shortcoming in the mortgage and lending industry also delayed his family’s ability to buy a house until his father... View Details

Keywords: Wall Street; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

20 Sep 2011
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A Taxing Question

The Obama administration reportedly is considering big changes in the broken system for taxing the foreign income of US corporations. US multinationals have piled up overseas cash holdings in excess of $1 trillion, according to some... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Accounting, Tax, Bookkeeping, Payroll Services; Professional Services

04 Sep 2019
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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 Research at HKS (photo by Susan... View Details