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  • 01 Mar 2014
  • News

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one-third overweight, the sick care system (it has nothing to do with health) can't keep up. The fix for this is in the realm of public policy. In a country where one of the major political parties denies climate change and pizza counts... View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
  • 01 Apr 1998
  • News

Microfinance's Big Payoff: Michael Chu and ACCION International

outside the banking system. BancoSol's success has spawned competitors in both the nonprofit and formal financial sectors that are eager to serve microentrepreneurs. Every Bolivian political party now includes microenterprise as part of... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2009
  • News

Big Bailouts, Little Debate

very senior policymaker, “we must wait for a widespread panic to solve the political obstacles that are preventing us from acting.” I’m also often asked whether we’ve learned our lesson. To which I can confidently answer: Of course not.... View Details
Keywords: Charles Duhigg; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government
  • 2009
  • Working Paper

Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910

By: Felipe Tamega Fernandes
This paper examines the effect of government intervention via taxation on domestic welfare. A case-study of Brazilian market power on rubber markets during the boom years of 1870-1910 shows that the government generated 1.3% of GDP through an export tax on rubber but... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Welfare or Wellbeing; Rubber Industry; Brazil
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  • October 2002 (Revised November 2002)
  • Case

Welfare State and its Impact on Business Competitiveness, The: Sweden Inc. for Sale?

By: Huw Pill, Petter Johnsson, Ola Nordquist and Ingrid Vogel
The Swedish Model--sometimes presented as a third way between savage capitalism and unrealistic socialism--was much lauded in the 1960s. It was viewed as a strategy that addressed social concerns while supporting economic growth. However, the financial and currency... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Welfare; Government and Politics; Taxation; Competition; Public Administration Industry; Sweden
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  • 04 Nov 2016
  • News

No Grand Plan, but a Clear Mission

been that person who has had it all planned out from the beginning,” Levine recently told The Australian Financial Review. Last year, Levine moved over to Instagram to serve as COO of the photo- and video-sharing social media site that Facebook acquired in 2012. “I... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

The Governor’s Admission

estimate that, despite its modest size, Lynch’s Granite State exports more than $2 billion annually in goods and services. Lynch, who was inaugurated in 2005, entered politics after resuscitating national furniture-maker Knoll, Inc.,... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Government
  • Web

Forest L. Reinhardt | About

Energy, and on Business and the Environment, analyzing these topics from economic and political perspectives, and considering the strategies both of incumbent firms and startups. Professor Reinhardt has developed two courses for Harvard... View Details
  • 02 Mar 2016
  • What Do You Think?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

Is the Discussion of Infotech Security versus Privacy a Waste of Time? Summing Up Discussion of this month’s question devolved into a debate about the usual issues: privacy versus security, Apple versus the FBI, citizens versus their government. These are important... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology
  • 06 Dec 2013
  • Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Remember Nelson Mandela

Editor's note: With the death of Nelson Mandela, the words of the Roman poet Horace (65 - 27 BC) seem particularly appropriate in celebrating his life and achievements in freeing South Africa from the oppression of apartheid and leading his country into a new era of... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria, Linda Hill, Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Gautam Mukunda
  • 13 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens

Henry David Thoreau once said, "That government is best that governs least." Easy for him to say. Stuck out by himself at Walden Pond, he never had to deal with potholes on his morning commute or broken streetlights at night. It can be fashionable to rail... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 05 Jun 2013
  • Op-Ed

Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change

Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
  • 23 Jul 2009
  • Working Paper Summaries

Informed and Interconnected: A Manifesto for Smarter Cities

Keywords: by Rosabeth Moss Kanter & Stanley S. Litow; Technology
  • 1986
  • Chapter

Mercantilism and the Market: Antecedents of American Industrial Policy

Keywords: History; Economic Systems; Policy; Government and Politics; United States
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  • 2024
  • Working Paper

Immigrant Entrepreneurship: New Estimates and a Research Agenda

By: Saheel Chodavadia, Sari Pekkala Kerr, William R. Kerr and Louis Maiden
Immigrants contribute disproportionately to entrepreneurship in many countries, accounting for a quarter of new employer businesses in the US. We review recent research on the measurement of immigrant entrepreneurship, the traits of immigrant founders, their economic... View Details
Keywords: Immigrant Employment; Immigration; Entrepreneurship; Demographics; Innovation and Invention
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  • October 2, 2024
  • Article

A New Skills Deal for America

By: Gerald Chertavian
Keywords: Education; Personal Development and Career; Society; Government and Politics
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  • 2021
  • Article

Public Health Risks Arising from Food Supply Chains: Challenges and Opportunities

By: Lu Chen, Donovan Guittieres, Retsef Levi, Elisabeth Paulson, Georgia Perakis, Nicholas Renegar and Stacy Springs
Safe, healthy, and resilient food supply chains are essential to ensuring the livelihood and well-being of humans and societies, as well as local and global economies. However, the ability to provide and sustain access to nutritious and safe food continues to be a... View Details
Keywords: Food Safety; Adulteration; Malnutrition; Supply Chain; Health; Government Administration; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • fall 1982
  • Article

Risk-Spreading Properties of Common Tax and Contract Instruments

By: James K. Sebenius and Peter Stan
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Taxation; Contracts
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  • November 2001 (Revised February 2002)
  • Background Note

Note on Tax and Accounting Treatment of Restricted Stock Awards, Nonqualified Stock Options, and Incentive Stock Options and the Securities Law Applicable Thereto

Outlines the tax and accounting treatment of restricted stock awards, nonqualified stock options, and incentive stock options, including the effect of making a Section 83(b) election for unvested stock. View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Taxation; Accounting
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  • March 1997
  • Case

Private Management and Public Schools (A)

Examines the prospects for private management in U.S. public schools. Introduces the U.S. system of education and the concerns driving the education reform process. Focuses on the education and business strategies of Education Alternatives, Inc. (EAI), Public... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Value; Education; Government and Politics; Education Industry; United States
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