Government and Politics - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2014
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Feedback

Our inaugural Android and Kindle editions debuted in September, joining the iPad edition in our tablet offerings. For details on downloading these, visit alumni.hbs.edu/tablet Afghanistan’s Hope and Light... View Details

Keywords: feedback

01 Sep 2003
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Patrick Moreton

An expert on competition in telecommunications and new technologies, Patrick S. Moreton (MBA ’91) takes the long view. Despite congressional efforts to tighten controls over media ownership and the current... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

manager for Chrysler in Pakistan, Turkey, and the Philippines before coming to HBS. But it did not prepare him for the economic disparity and differences in political systems... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

because of the actions of an unscrupulous few,” she told the audience in Burden Auditorium. “Each of you has an extraordinary opportunity to help turn around the crisis in confidence we face today. You are the future business leaders of our country. You can View Details

01 Jun 2022
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Research Brief: Weatherproofing Renewables

From its seat at the tip of South America, belted by the equator, Colombia enjoys fairly steady temperatures—an evenness that’s counterbalanced by the seesawing of two rainy seasons and two dry seasons every year. Those peak periods of... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2008
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A Force for Good

was a very different business from the academic programs, and it had to be managed accordingly. It needed a different organization, different kinds of people, and different View Details

Keywords: Jeffrey L. Cruikshank; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Monetary Authorities-Central Bank; Finance; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Wood Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Rail Transportation; Transportation

01 Apr 1999
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Time to Vote in University Elections

will elect five members of the University's Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard's two governing boards,... View Details

21 Mar 2019
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Helping Veterans Build Careers

Navy veteran Dan Goldenberg (MBA 2003) was a week into life as a HBS student when the 9/11 attacks occurred, compelling him to join the Reserves just months after leaving active duty. It was a defining moment in the balancing of his military/civilian life, View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Feb 2000
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No Place Like Home

Income Housing Coalition. Across the nation, government cutbacks on construction, maintenance, and subsidies for low-income housing, combined with the booming economy's overheated real-estate market, have... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Apr 1999
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Spirit at Work

ultimatums or drawing lines in the sand, the kind of petty, superficial responses that really only create enemies. If someone blew up at me, instead of firing him, I'd say, 'Let's work together.' I deferred to the wisdom of my team and... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso

01 Jan 2006
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Philip L. Yeo, MBA 1976

supporting private-sector research; another $2 billion was earmarked for R&D that the government wanted scientists and engineers to pursue to help local enterprises improve their technology View Details

01 Jan 2006
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Sir Ronald M. Cohen, MBA 1969

something they want to preserve for the future. That’s what happened in Northern Ireland, and I think the Middle East will go down that path some day, too.” Finally, Cohen heads a British government task... View Details

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

Palepu: Through tax deferments on pension money, society is giving tax breaks so that people can save and invest for the long term. And so one idea that has been proposed is that, because the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Dec 2017
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Yoga Inc.

consultant told him, but Vaccaro politely declined. His current business model, such as it is, works just fine. And the search for additional models continues. DeCoons sees boutique studios dedicated solely... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Halber

01 Mar 2010
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Money Matters

other policymakers to remove regulatory barriers that entangle Indian start-ups. Worse than government red tape is the lack of risk capital for emerging firms, says HBS professor Tarun Khanna, an expert on the Indian View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Finance

01 Dec 2017
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Global Perspectives

second-largest continent: Africa. “Policymakers, investors, and builders can learn from the African experience, where public-private partnerships and deployments of technologies are illuminating new ways to... View Details

01 Dec 2003
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HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report

its commitment to transparency at a time when the School is involved in a $500 million capital campaign. It also highlights the School’s unusual business model. Unlike most schools, HBS does not accept government View Details

Keywords: Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

04 May 2017
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Going the Distance

Photo courtesy of Martin Frey Martin Frey (AMP 165, 2003) didn’t plan to become the first person in the world to climb the Seven Summits and sail the Seven Seas, an achievement that earned him placement in the Guinness World Records. Yet... View Details