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  • 10 Feb 2021
  • Blog Post

What You Can Do to Create an Anti-Racist Organization

In the summer of 2020, there was national momentum towards the goal of creating an anti-racist society in the United States. Anti-Racism books flew off the shelves, long overdue conversations were had at work, at home, and in our View Details
  • 07 Jul 2003
  • Research & Ideas

The Organizational Model for Open Source

the open source community are often intrinsically motivated. It is important to realize, however, that hackers are a diverse group. I have interviewed hobbyists, students, academics, software professionals, and government workers who... View Details
Keywords: by Mallory Stark
  • 01 Jun 2022
  • Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.

rights be protected as these new technologies are implemented? Another deals with those countries that are going under water. Who pays restitution for future damage and losses?” “Climate change is a governance issue. It’s a short step... View Details
  • 01 Mar 2012
  • News

Competitiveness at Risk

officials to take steps to enhance competitiveness. “While government policy sets the platform, companies have an essential role in improving the business environment in US communities,” says Porter, the... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Educational Support Services; Educational Services
  • November 2010 (Revised February 2011)
  • Case

BonneSante S.A.

By: David F. Hawkins
IASB and FASB propose new lease accounting rules and the owner of a French chain of fast food outlets is concerned about the impact on his company's balance sheets. View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Policy; Standards; Leasing; Food and Beverage Industry; Retail Industry; France
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  • July 2017
  • Teaching Plan

'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War

By: Rafael Di Tella and Sarah McAra
Teaching Note for HBS No. 718-008. View Details
Keywords: Media Regulation; Media; Government and Politics; Policy; Newspapers; Government Legislation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Monopoly; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Argentina
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  • 09 Dec 2008
  • First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

this choice and increases the chance that governments will under-invest. Policy suggestions that may alleviate this problem are discussed. Download the HBS working paper:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Dec 2015
  • Research & Ideas

The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends

promote entrepreneurial activities have struggled to date. A lot of times, it’s probably fair to say that there are well-meaning government officials who don’t really understand the intricacies of the process and make poor View Details
Keywords: Re: Josh Lerner; Financial Services; Banking
  • 01 Dec 2008
  • News

Faculty Books

neighborhoods, poor-quality housing stock, concentrated poverty, and health hazards. In this book, leading housing researchers, including Lecturer Nicolas Retsinas, examine these problems and assess whether existing government View Details
  • January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
  • Case

General Electric: Compliance Systems

By: Robert L. Simons
After General Electric (GE) is indicted in 1985 for defrauding the Department of Defense, Chairman John F. Welch takes dramatic steps to prevent a recurrence. This case documents the new systems and procedures that are put in place to ensure that all GE employees are... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Communication; Business History; Behavior; Boundaries; Management Style; Cost Management; Electronics Industry
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  • April 1999
  • Case

French Pension System, The: On The Verge Of Retirement? (Abridged)

By: David A. Moss
Surveys the French pension system, its particular institutional characteristics, and some of the critical challenges and opportunities facing French reformers. Like almost every other industrialized country, France has a large pay-as-you-go public pension system that... View Details
Keywords: Retirement; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Economic Growth; Economics; Capital Markets; Wages; Public Administration Industry; France
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  • 29 Jun 2016
  • Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

“Every time we have to decide between Europe and the open sea, it is always the open sea we shall choose” That famous Winston Churchill remark to Charles deGaulle resonates gloomily today. In the worse outcome for the Brexit referendum, the UK electorate tossed away... View Details
Keywords: by Dante Roscini
  • 14 Nov 2024
  • News

How the Insurance Industry Can Weather the Storms

Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Liberty Mutual CEO Tim Sweeney (MBA 1991) says that 2012 was the year that climate change started really showing up on the balance sheet. “This is a horrible... View Details
  • 01 Sep 2016
  • Blog Post

Reflecting on the HKS/HBS Joint Degree Program

year in the MBA program at HBS. This fall I will start the third year of the joint degree program, which combines courses at both schools.  Prior to coming to Harvard, I worked for McKinsey & Company in Mexico and India, and then with the McKinsey Center for View Details
  • 01 Dec 2011
  • News

Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices

public policy, and social challenges. In health care, for example, the dominant policy model assumes that access and affordability are the keys to improving care for the poor. In Ashraf’s view, “We can’t solve the challenges of global... View Details
Keywords: birth control; Government; Government
  • 01 Sep 2005
  • News

Making History, Starting Over

British government to declare a state of emergency and place businesses on a three-day workweek to conserve electricity. It would take more than luck to grow a business in such conditions. By 1977, two of the founding partners had moved... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance
  • 05 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

much thinking on the importance of regions and the policies that should be designed towards them. But there is comparatively little work on what regional governments’ role should be in implementing these View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 18

http://dx.doi.org.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.041 August 2013 The Changing Frontier: Rethinking Science and Innovation Policy Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Renewable Energy By: Nanda, Ramana, Ken Younge, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • September 2009 (Revised August 2012)
  • Case

Novasys Medical

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Lauren Barley
Novasys has developed a new medical device and procedure for the treatment of female stress urinary incontinence that is cheaper and can be performed in doctors' offices. In spite of FDA approval, the American Medical Association has been unwilling to approve the... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Product Development; Business and Government Relations; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States
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  • 04 Sep 2012
  • Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: Indispensable: When Leaders Really Matter

choice matter? Would Seward or Chase have governed as effectively as Lincoln? Was Lincoln indispensable? When groups succeed, leaders often get the credit. When groups fail, leaders often get the blame. Should they? Another way of asking... View Details