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- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
Rossotti Courtesy HBS Press When Charles O. Rossotti (MBA ’64) was appointed commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service in 1997, it was the most feared and loathed of all federal government agencies. People told him that he was taking... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Leading Boston and Beyond
who have stayed in Boston–in government and private institutions—who still keep our relationship to the City government and public agendas in some way,” says Stephen Chan (MBA 2009), Chief of Staff for the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
ask for IOUs in the form of savings bonds instead. In 2007, the federal government distributed tax refunds exceeding $248 billion to more than 114 million filers. Businesses have long capitalized on these refund dollars, which average... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Decision Points
say we didn’t have one.” His book is not intended to change people’s minds, Bush observed; rather, “I’m trying to give modern-day readers and future readers a context for my administration.” After promoting the book, he will be happy to... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
UN President Speaks at HBS
environment. In his presentation “Globalization and the Sovereignty of Nations: Does Globalization Mean That National Sovereignty Is on the Decline?” Kerim, from Macedonia, cited the fight against climate change as an example of “the... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
In Charge
Rogers: An opportunity to be in charge. After serving as the Obama administration’s social secretary for some 18 months, Desirée Rogers (MBA 1985) left that post in 2010 in the wake of a security breach in which two uninvited guests managed to crash a state dinner. But... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley
Doerr’s VC firm, Kleiner Perkins, has invested have received government tax credits, contracts, and loan guarantees. But Doerr distinguishes himself from past practitioners of the energy influence game in Washington. “I have referred to... View Details
- 08 Aug 2018
- News
Getting Life Back in Balance
wife also tend to 20 sheep, two alpacas, three dogs, and a cat. The couple grow their own produce and are awaiting the spoils of a recently planted truffle orchard. Gower says his time at HBS gave him the clarity to take that leap and View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
Bernardino, California. Here, McGee and Hsieh discuss the evolution of the case and the conversations it has inspired, as well as the changing dimensions of the economic systems in which tech companies operate. How did this case first... View Details
- 25 Aug 2015
- News
Sunset in the East?
the medium term, to this government manipulation other than investor psychology? —Jim Daley (MBA 1986) KIRBY: Investor psychology probably is the biggest risk, but another is an overreliance on hard infrastructure investments (roads,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Strange Bedfellows
United States could junk the dual-book system and require corporations to pay taxes, at a considerably lower rate, on profits reported to capital markets. Such a change would save the considerable resources now dedicated to dual-reporting... View Details
- 01 Aug 2019
- News
Investing for Good
projects serve. But I think our work goes far beyond the lives of the projects. Our impact is really about changing mindsets. “Investors should be thinking more holistically about their portfolios, beyond risk and return, and to really... View Details
Keywords: Finance
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
We have been working in Iraq since 1999. I have been 4 times in Iraq since June 2003, most recently last month, traveling all over the country, meeting ordinary people and staying in small hotels, often dining with locals. Things change... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
result in such a revitalized democracy, rather than its demise. Senator Mike Braun (MBA 1978), Photo credit: Caroline Brehman/Congressional Quarterly via ZUMA Press Two HBS alumni in Washington are currently immersed in that change... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
about anything. Franklin Delano Roosevelt made the country believe it could crawl out of a depression, rallied it around social change that created a middle class, and mobilized the greatest military in the world to conquer fascism. After... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Philip L. Yeo: The Next Big Thing
too limited for his schedule. His proposed solution? Run universities like factories, with classes available 24/7. "I would love to take charge of a university and change it," chuckles Yeo, "but no one has been brave enough to offer me... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 07 Aug 2015
- News
Boston Mayor Appoints ‘Chief of Streets’ to Oversee Transportation, Public Works
Keywords: Government
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
The HBS Fund
climate change and income inequality. They also learn how to drive change at their own companies. One student credits the program with completely changing his perspective: “I... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
India's Chidambaram Says Nation Is "Poor Rich"
natural and human resources, poverty nonetheless prevails — some 350 million Indians live on less than one dollar a day. “The government of India faces the challenge of leveraging huge natural and human resources to ensure rapid economic... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
competitiveness. Transformation at this scale will take longer than the typical two-year political cycle, Ballou-Aares says, but already the organization is seeing the first wave of results. Its members are helping drive change in... View Details