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- 23 Jan 2008
- First Look
First Look: January 23, 2008
approach to policy making. In 2005, the Governor of Arizona issued an Executive Order to create a roadmap for the state to achieve statewide electronic health data exchange between various entities in the health care delivery system. The... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Oct 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018
case:https://hbsp.harvard.edu/product/417023-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School 418-034 Kurt Summers: Investing in Our Chicago (Abridged) In 2016, Kurt Summers, the Chicago City Treasurer, considered his future in Chicago politics. With an unpopular View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 04 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why Most Leaders (Even Thomas Jefferson) Are Replaceable
than six years as governor and was boosted by family connections. Mukunda's findings support the LFT theory that unfiltered presidents often turn up at the high and low ends—four of the five highest ranked presidents and four of the five... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
firm; whereas in California, they don't exist. You can debate on whether or not they're enforceable in Massachusetts—quite often they're not. But in some states, you just don't have them at all. So that factors into a manager's practice and thinking. Policymakers—like... View Details
- 08 Nov 2024
- News
Latino Alumni Banquet Marks 20th Year, Atlanta Club Celebrates 90 Years of Connection
Social Enterprise Initiative,” says HBSCA Co-President Burunda Prince (MBA 1987). “The Leadership Breakfast Series has featured different mayors of Atlanta, governors of Georgia, and many CEOs, including Ed Bastian of Delta, Carol Tome of... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
silence his anticorruption activities. The deputy governor of Kirov called the charges "complete nonsense." Another case, Caijing Magazine, set in China, looks at how an inside-outsider, Wang Boming, uses his independent... View Details
- 29 May 2001
- Research & Ideas
Race Does Matter in Mentoring
multibillion-dollar electronics corporation. On his first day in the lab there, he encountered a large banner that read, "George Wallace for President." That proclamation for the pro-segregationist former governor of Alabama was... View Details
Keywords: by David A. Thomas
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
single person who was hired during my time at Kohl's. How did you first get involved in politics? In the mid-1970s then Governor Pat Lucey asked me to be state chairman of the Democratic Party. When the Senate seat opened up in 1988, many... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 04 May 2017
- News
Going the Distance
Economic Development under Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. “I had learned from [HBS professor] Michael Porter about the synergy that comes from establishing industry clusters, and that became our focus. We became metrics driven and also... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Letters to the Editor
Obama, by contrast, is the most liberal U.S. senator. When it comes to the presidential arena, of course, HBS alumni are well-represented in the Republican Party, including President George W. Bush (MBA ’75) and former Massachusetts View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
death in a quantity equivalent to two grains of salt, has become a major factor contributing to the spike in overdoses. Last year, recognizing the fast-moving and shapeshifting nature of these and other alarming developments, Langford approached Georgia View Details
- 20 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 20
the deflation that had plagued Japan since around 2000 and to increase the Japanese growth rate. The first of this three-pronged approach consisted of appointing a central bank governor who committed himself to raising the inflation rate... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 25
divisions between the North and the South. Document three is excerpted from Whig Senator Theodore Frelinghuysen of New Jersey's six-hour speech to Congress opposing Indian removal. Document four is excerpted from a speech by Senator John Forsyth, a Democrat and former... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Conference Brings Global Perspective to Cape Town
who created the country's postapartheid economic blueprint, discussed both the progress made in the five years since the first democratic elections were held and the challenges to come. Chris Stals, governor of the South African Reserve... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
measure, however, begs the question of who should do the measuring? The Congressional Oversight Panel saw merit in several options. The regulator “could be an existing agency, such as the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
reliance on evidence to inform their decision-making, and their openness to revisiting decisions when needed, business leaders should certainly be doing the same. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, for example, has made frequent and... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 16 Aug 2024
- In Practice
Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?
Kamala Harris was part of an administration that passed the largest climate combat bill in history, and Governor Tim Walz led Minnesota to declare a goal of zero carbon emissions by 2040. The other side features candidates who want to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 25 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51704 Harvard Business School Case 902-412 Tobacco and the Future of Rural Kentucky Governor Patton decides how to use settlement funds to develop a long-term plan for... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth
and won the 1994 Massachusetts Democratic primary for lieutenant governor before losing in the general election. Since 1996, Massie has guided CERES, a national coalition of some 85 groups that includes environmental organizations and... View Details
- 10 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 10
Charlotte region's economic development "energy capital USA" initiative that was announced by North Carolina Governor Beverly Perdue, city, and business leaders in April 2009. Five years later, on October 28, 2011, he and more... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel