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- 01 Jun 2023
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The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
Image by John Ritter Image by John Ritter In the wake of the Snowden leaks in 2015, the New York Times dropped the bombshell news that one company had played a unique role in enabling the National Security Agency’s domestic spy program. The report, “AT&T Helped US Spy... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
companies are emerging is so different. It’s not that the raw stock of entrepreneurship is different in either country. But the ways in which Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs — whether they are businesspeople, social or even political... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
time in this world taken away and then given back, you want to use it in the very best way you can.” Looking back on his childhood, the friendly, unassuming Massie, who is executive director of the nonprofit Coalition for Environmentally Responsible View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
been met would substantially curtail illicit financial flows,” says Baker. “I believe in the power of the signature.” For its part, the World Bank cites five elements as key to reducing corruption: increasing political accountability;... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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Insights into Business in Islamic World
Bridging differences in political and economic systems has always been one of the challenges of international business. Where religious beliefs influence those systems heavily, as is increasingly the case in Islamic countries, the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
HBS faculty members and doctoral students with a combined expertise in energy issues, political science, and technology. “Our goal was to produce a plain English book that would provide a framework for thinking about the energy future,”... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
JD/MBA degree as a way to ensure that he’d have all the necessary tools to do so. But as his time at Harvard drew to a close, Singer continued to wrestle with what to do next. Law, public policy, and politics offered the most obvious... View Details
- 21 Dec 2022
- News
HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion
Harvard Gazette How invasion may hit U.S., global economies [Thomas D. Cabot Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Economics at Harvard] Kenneth Rogoff sees possible fallout in stock, energy markets, worsening of inflation, increase... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books
in the two banking systems can be traced to their distinct institutional and political histories. The authors argue that while Canada has preserved a Hamiltonian financial tradition, the United States has favored the populist Jacksonian... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
The Devil You Don’t Know
capacity. In illustrating this point in a book on macroeconomics that I wrote a number of years ago, I quoted three people: President Herbert Hoover, who was the US president when the Great Depression started; President Franklin Roosevelt, who succeeded him and was... View Details
- 16 Dec 2016
- News
An Environmental Epiphany
to make the transition from a communist planned economy to a market economy. And we felt incredibly privileged to be part of that process. We became good friends with the then, Prime Minister Philip Dimitrov. We started the International... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
recruited Moss, an expert in risk management, to provide historical context to the financial crisis and a framework for reform. For his efforts, the panel acknowledged his key role “in conceptualizing and drafting” significant parts of the final product. Not everyone... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
revenues should be used. As long-term investors, we support EITI for these reasons. And because it contributes to building trust, it helps make clear what we as a company are contributing to our host societies, and strengthens governance and View Details
- 01 May 2015
- News
Celebrating and Supporting Leadership
events. "In America and around the world, the public has lost trust in business," says Hess. "Business and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
WATER Ltd.
tax-averse citizens. Turning over water operations to private companies that can offer economies of scale, financial resources, expertise, and efficiency is an attractive option. Privatization, however, troubles some consumer advocates... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
gained influence. Influence transcended power, and power politics contrasted with quiet service. Canadian Women in the Sky: 100 Years of Flight by Elizabeth Gillan Muir (HRPBA 1958) (Dundurn Press) This is the story of how women in... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
average companies in France, Germany, and Japan may all look quite different from each other, those countries’ best-performing multinationals look quite similar. “When you consider the top-quartile companies across multiple sectors — such as B2B, B2C, services, View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Innovative Thinking Fuels Nascent Startup Scene
cultural and political specificities and the economic realities of this diverse region,” explains Ivashina. “That gives them the upper hand.” Although many startups have identified and seized upon opportunities, there are also several key... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
radicalized. A postal worker, he was a union activist and organizer and an active supporter of the NAACP. So there were a lot of conversations about social problems and the politics of race.” Young Richard grew up and went to high school... View Details
- 25 Apr 2014
- News
Investing in Innovation
and society have never been more divided. Even as the economy has recovered, trust has not. As business leaders, we need to remind the public that business is a force for good and is fundamental to societal progress by creating jobs,... View Details