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- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA
Edited by April White A US military convoy was halted on a road north of Fallujah, among the most dangerous cities in Iraq. There was a possible IED in its path. They needed orders: Should they reroute? At the same moment, another Marine... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive
The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan W. Rivkin, and Mihir A. Desai... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Immigrants Who Built America’s Financial System
mobility and absence of ties to land, to slave society, or loyalty to any particular state, worked to their advantage. No one had written about that before. So my editors and I agreed that this should be a separate book. Q: Albert... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Where the Jobs Are
With U.S. economic recovery limping along and unemployment hovering above 9 percent, the Washington debate over regulatory and tax policies needed to spur economic revival has shifted into high gear. Outside the View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Richard Kondo (MBA 1999)
“My most rewarding mission.” —Blending military leadership and private industry best practices Richard Kondo (MBA 1999) served as a US Navy Submarine Officer in Japan and later pursued a medical device career in marketing and business... View Details
Carissa Bryce Christensen
security strategy for the US and allies. Carissa guest lectures at Harvard Business School, Georgetown School of Foreign Service, The Wharton School, and the National Defense University. She is frequently interviewed by the Wall Street... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Philippines Outreach
Bradley: A “civilized man,” making an impact in Washington and beyond. The owner and chairman of the Atlantic Media Company, publisher of the Atlantic magazine and the National Journal, David Bradley (MBA 1977) has been called “ ‘the most... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- News
A Winning Formula
others—that he finds in northern Virginia and Washington DC. Because the area is not as tech-focused or as awash in VC funding as Silicon Valley, he said, “Our entrepreneurs have to be scrappier.” Ramos, who grew up in Drexel Hill,... View Details
- 12 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 12
technology high school model to Chicago, where the Mayor championed five similar reinvented high schools, with five employer-partners including IBM, and with IBM's overall support, and back to New York City and State, as well as to View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
currently have an incentive to keep money abroad. A temporary holiday of the repatriation tax coupled with the tax on excess cash holdings would help ensure that the disgorged cash would be used productively in the United States. Coupling... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Navigating rough waters
bank through the financial crisis of 2008, including its rescue of Bear Stearns and acquisition of Washington Mutual. "Our aim is to be the world's most trusted and respected financial services institution," says Dimon, whose management... View Details
- 23 Mar 2023
- News
SVB Crash Analysis
collapse rocks Washington and Wall Street. More Turbulence Likely Ahead After Bank Collapses Former US Treasury secretary and Harvard professor Larry Summers says regulators have significant tools at their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Gene Markowski (MBA 1973)
innovation and disruption. But I think it’s a two-way street. There are military concepts—like the focus on structure and ethics—that are useful in the business world, too. I often have business people tell me stories about how they spent... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
The Military and the MBA: Chris Howard (MBA 2003)
lay on his cot having been in the country for 12 hours as the mortars came in, trying to figure out how he was going to take this unit and find the bad guys ” When I came back from Afghanistan, I told Professor Jim Cash that the Harvard Business School case study... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit
remarks, Professor David Gergen, director of the Center for Public Leadership at KSG, lamented the performance of Washington pols. “As a group, the people running Washington over the last twenty years have... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 11 Jun 2012
- Research & Ideas
When Business Competition Harms Society
high. But when meeting customer demand is bad for society at large, then competition has a flip side," says Victor Bennett, an assistant professor at the USC Marshall School of Business, who cowrote the paper with Lamar Pierce of View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
charter permitting preemption of state law. The Internet is not bound by any one state, and the market for loans online is no exception—regulation must reflect this new reality. However, regulators should not simply mandate all federal... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
Despite those accomplishments, however, his first application to the prestigious Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) was turned down. "I had one year to deal with my failure," Safin relates. He used that time to... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 01 Sep 2006
- News
Private Sector and Public Interest Meet at Global Leadership Forum
AIR AND SPACE: GLF participants enjoyed cocktails and dinner at the popular Washington museum. PHOTOGRAPHS BY DANUTA OTFINOWSKI There has never been a time when there have been as many challenges facing this country as there are now, nor... View Details
- 3 PM – 8 PM EDT, 30 Oct 2017
HBS Alumnae Circles Open House and Training 2017: Washington, D.C.
HBS Alumnae Circles are taking new members - are you interested?
Register for this upcoming open house to learn more. View Details