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- 01 Jun 2016
- News
In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)
Richard Vietor’s course Business, Government, and the International Economy put many things in context.” Number of state visits since taking office: 57 trips to 49 countries, including Iraq, Iran, Indonesia, Ukraine, Afghanistan, and 12... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
considerably," says Jones. "But it doesn't appear to be a great driver at all." California was a hotbed of wind turbine development in the 1970s and 80s, yet far from the list of states ranked by wind resources. Areas with... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2005
- News
One-on-One with Edwin Reed
organizations. With more than 18,000 members, Allen’s congregation is the largest in the state of New York; the 2,500-seat Greater Allen Cathedral, the organization’s centerpiece and the site of Reed’s office, regularly fills to View Details
- 14 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 14
(defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory factor is the impact that commodities have on the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Making a World of Difference
understanding, and trust between Arabs and Jews in Israel. Each year, the fund awards grants to a variety of applicants from schools, summer camps, hospitals, and nonprofits. "We are interested in developing people's capacity to relate to... View Details
- 31 Oct 2014
- Op-Ed
Ebola’s Call To Arms About Disaster Preparedness
disease is also stymied by the fact that public health in the United States is largely relegated to the states, which vary in their commitment and capacity, and none of which have the resources of the federal government. Ebola may serve... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
jurisdiction, and therefore protection, of the states involved. Intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), whose members are states, represent an important attempt to span this abyss. IGOs are mandated variously to smooth economic... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Rival Visions
United States had no plan for funding its huge debts. It had no stable currency, no sound credit system, no central bank, no reliable securities markets, and almost no corporations. By 1795, Hamilton's policies had corrected all of these... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
of higher education are in the process of slow-motion self-destruction. The University of California system, once the greatest system of public higher education in the world, has been weakened and made increasingly dysfunctional due to View Details
- Portrait Project
Anthony Terrizzi
stray from the behaviors we know are right. I am responsible for my choices, and I have an obligation to align my capacity for independent thought with my moral compass. I’m committed to actively monitoring my behavior so I’ll know when... View Details
- Portrait Project
Tom Doyle
capacity to receive. And when the day comes to settle my accounts, I hope that together we have created lasting value and I will have lent as generously as I have borrowed. View Details
- 31 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Improving Fairness in Flight Delays
approach, you can get more efficiency out of the system and still have a nice balance of fairness when you have two conflicting programs in the system." According to the US Congress Joint Economic Committee, the cost associated with domestic flight delays in the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
@Soldiers Field
Two hives, installed on the first-floor roof of Batten Hall, are home to Italian honeybees that have the capacity to produce 10 pounds of honey annually. They will be maintained by a local nonprofit dedicated to researching bee health.... View Details
Keywords: Dwyane Wade
- 13 Sep 2019
- Blog Post
An Uncommon Summer: Project Management at an Education Non-Profit
This article is a repost from the Social Enterprise Initiative blog. Prior to Harvard Business School, I spent eight years on active duty military service as an Aviation officer and helicopter pilot in the United States Army. My career... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Responds to Financial Crisis
Economic Crisis: Diagnosis, Analysis, and Action quickly reached capacity of eighty alumni, says Bobbi Carrey, director of focused programs. Half of the participants for the March program reside abroad, she adds. “The economic crisis that... View Details
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
emergent machine of the sovereign state. Yet such strategic interaction rarely yielded a decisive victory for either the secular state or for religion. By tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- Portrait Project
Abhi Sharma
aspirations to those of every underpaid schoolteacher, every relentless entrepreneur, and every child back home. I know the odds don't seem particularly favorable. Yet I also know that together we have the capacity to change them. And who... View Details
- 18 Jan 2012
- News
Charter Supporter
learning experience,” she said), briefly retired in her mid-30s for a stint as a snowboard bum in Colorado, and headed up Wisconsin’s Commerce Department as Secretary in Governor Jim Doyle’s administration. In addition, she worked in various View Details
- 30 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
Health Care Under a Research Microscope
taking care of ill patients and how we manage that act, how you design the processes that execute on that goal, and how you design the organizations that support those processes." I think Harvard and HBS have the capacity to make... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
A For-Profit Business That Makes Education Accessible
developing world where there are fewer educational opportunities, those in the developed world who cannot afford the available options, and those affected by the upheaval in business and schooling caused by the pandemic. For instance, in the United States, Alison is... View Details
Keywords: April White