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14 Feb 2019
News

Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

will in turn provide politicians with the political capital and will to make changes. “There is a way to turn this around if we make it more personal,” she said. “People may not care about the health of the planet, but they sure as hell... View Details

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Experience Kevin Amateshe 18 May 2017 I recently had the opportunity to attend an Executive Education Program: Strategic Leadership in ... How Americans from All Walks of Life Can Thrive in an Era of Political Polarization Sol Erdman 11 May 2017 View Details

01 Mar 2009
News

The Myth of Laissez-Faire

“myth of laissez-faire” that has been promoted by wrong-headed economists (Milton Friedman), opportunistic politicians (including Bill Clinton), and poor readings of history (even antigovernment presidents, including Jefferson, used... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2006
News

Can the United States Avoid a Fractured Future?

We’re bringing religion and some very personal terms into it. A whole series of fissures that have sat quiet in this country for a long time can be revived if there isn’t space for moderation. What can be done to bring the country together? Every View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Finance; Health, Social Assistance

13 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

feeling that way, however, when most of what we see government doing is slinging potshots on the news, says Norton. "The American people think government does nothing because most of what they see is politicians talking," he... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

16 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 16, 2010

We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Making Sense of Past and Present

in the world? Some stories and questions troubled me so much that I could not stop thinking about them. Are successful entrepreneurs those who know how to best exploit legal loopholes and their network? Do we need to cozy up to powerful View Details

25 Aug 2003
Research & Ideas

Should You Sell Your Digital Privacy?

thoroughly nasty industry. The saddest thing about it is that it will not put an end to uninvited outbound telemarketing. You'll still get calls from firms you deal with, including those you have no choice but to deal with such as local phone companies. View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls & Sean Silverthorne; Advertising

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

extension, which historically has not been a matter of contention. The juxtaposition with a change in leadership at the Federal Reserve also adds to the concern. And finally, I think that businesspeople have long had an attitude that, well, View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Dec 2002
News

Hong Kong Club Thrives, Plans Next Global Alumni Conference

parlayed into the planning for Shanghai. “For my sins,” he jokes, “I was appointed the chairman of the speakers committee for the GAC.” The conference, “From the Commanding Heights to the Market: The Changing Face of Business,” will present entrepreneurs, professors,... View Details

25 Jan 2012
News

Is Tax Reform Viable?

to invest in the careers of politicians who will vow to keep our unfair tax advantages. —Dal LaMagna (MBA 1970) is president and CEO of Brooklyn, New York–based IceStoneUSA, which makes countertops out of recycled glass and cement. The... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

helped large Greek companies and startups compete more effectively. But that hasn't happened.” Greek politicians are blaming, first, one another based on the party affiliation, and second, their European creditors for imposing harsh... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

and characteristics provide a unique set of opportunities for entrepreneurs and investors in the developed world and within emerging markets themselves, as well as for politicians and stakeholders searching for paths to development. But... View Details

07 Apr 2003
What Do You Think?

Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

responsibility of business leaders (in both the U.S. and E.U.) to take charge of the situation. We cannot allow politicians to act alone in their never-ending quest for votes and popularity." C. J. Cullinane, without being specific,... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

15 Aug 2007
Op-Ed

3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk

time when politicians are looking more actively at the investment vehicles that, directly or indirectly, facilitate risk transfer to insurance companies and pension funds. Political activity will increase further should some of the new... View Details

Keywords: by Mohamed El-Erian; Financial Services; Banking

01 Dec 2018
News

Raising the Barrio

recently been the headquarters of a drug dealer known as “Tarzan.” It was a symbolic gesture, Rodríguez Larreta acknowledges, but an important one. “Our biggest obstacle was the lack of credibility. For years, [residents] have had View Details

Keywords: April White

14 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 14, 2009

have a positive change in the year after their investments abroad. SWFs where politicians are involved have a much greater likelihood of investing at home than those where external managers are involved. At the same time, SWFs with... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 26, 2010

of capital. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-040.pdf Friends in High Places Authors:Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy Abstract In this paper we demonstrate that personal connections amongst politicians, and between View Details