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- 02 Jun 2019
- News
A Data-Driven Approach to Gun Policy
extent to which different policies had bipartisan support. By year’s end, they had assessed both the academic and the political landscape of gun violence to see what might work in the current environment. “Looking for evidence-based... View Details
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Merton's Economics Research Wins Nobel Prize
their own assessments of his contributions to the field. Andre F. Perold, Sylvan C. Coleman Professor of Financial Management and chair of the School's Finance unit, noted, "Bob has pioneered the use of sophisticated stochastic calculus... View Details
- 01 Jan 2006
- News
William H. Donaldson, MBA 1958
its history, Donaldson regarded it as an offer he couldn’t refuse. Soon after he arrived, the SEC tackled a scandal in the mutual funds industry. But his agenda was also filled with many other pressing items—refining and implementing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
The Rankings Game
impact unfolds over a career and cannot be measured by getting recent graduates’ impressions of their educational experience, asking recruiters to assess recent hires, or measuring short-term growth in salaries, he explains. “All these... View Details
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Mr. Start-Up
could stray from an assignment to write market assessments and instead create a start-up business plan. “The professor was Walt Salmon, and fortunately he was all for it,” recalls Cassidy, who eventually made good on the plan to launch... View Details
- 07 Sep 2021
- News
Embracing Activism for Social Change
part was creating a crisis intervention team to partner with police patrols in neighborhoods where substance abuse, mental health issues, and homelessness are chronic problems. “The goal is to help first responders better assess... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
With Y2K predictions running the gamut from glitches with home appliances to worldwide economic collapse, Y2K expert John F. Keane (MBA '54) assesses the situation as it appears with one year to go. John F. Keane is CEO and chairman of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Power Trip
School’s Leadership Initiative. But there’s another way to assess business success, as found in the pages of Paths to Power: How Insiders and Outsiders Shaped American Business Leadership. Mayo (MBA ’88) is the book’s coauthor, with HBS... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Pursuing the Ultimate Deal
assess what each side had done to comply with promised actions. Assuming that the cooling-off period takes hold, then foreign ministers from Arab countries and Israel would set up a more comprehensive outline for negotiations. Ross's... View Details
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
assessing needs and identifying financially viable opportunities in this market, we defined an acquisition and property control strategy, secured public/private funding partnerships, and structured responses to competitive pressures. The... View Details
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
Mary Callahan Erdoes
for her analytical skills and sound judgment, Erdoes is particularly sought out for her expertise in assessing complicated financial instruments, such as derivatives. The Chicago native and Georgetown University graduate says that during... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2024
- News
Alumni Books
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books 20+ Years of Urban Rebuilding: Lessons from the Revival of Lower Manhattan after 9/11 By Patrice Derrington (MBA 1991) and Rosemary Scanlon (PMD 42, 1981) Routledge Following the destruction of the World Trade Center and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
High Honors
administration at Cornell and then joined Loews in the marketing department of one of its subsidiaries. When Loews acquired the Bulova Watch Company in 1979, Tisch visited the company to assess it. “The place is a disaster,” he told his... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
essential steps toward achieving cyber security. Such actions include assessing the value of the firm’s vital information, the risks to it, and the appropriate degree of accessibility and protection it warrants. There should be regular,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
voting public. They cast their votes not on ideology and old loyalties, but on a more pragmatic assessment of their own — and their community’s — interests. The last election saw incumbents lose in dozens of congressional districts that... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
informed decisions using data and make the system more resilient, limiting the consequences of bad decisions.” One such effort is the Behavioral Finance and Financial Stability Project, an interdisciplinary research initiative across Harvard and led by Greenwood that... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Ideas in Action
strong—there’s always the next project, the next deadline. Research by Assistant Professor Anat Keinan may help prevent those feelings of regret. In a study of present-day college students and of alumni returning for their 40th reunion, Keinan asked the two groups to... View Details
- 16 Jul 2019
- News
The Making of a Movement
let our emotions dictate our decision. We had to objectively assess whether we were the right people for that role,” David observes. And so began a conversation about the best path forward—a running dialogue that stretched from their... View Details
- 01 Jun 2020
- News
How Sports Should Use Its Timeout
also not an ideal situation for athletes, who feed off of a crowd’s energy. But for the sports leagues and the related startups that can survive this transition period—and not all of them will—it could provide an opportunity to assess and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2004
- News
Books
readers through a step-by-step process for developing a “personal kaleidoscope” that will enable them to assess their own strengths, values, ambitions, and emotions more accurately and to recognize and enjoy success when they achieve it.... View Details