public policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2002
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Bad Times for Business

true. But this has really made me think more about the role that institutions and public policy play and about how vulnerable the system is unless we really do have checks and balances. In addition to formal... View Details

01 Dec 2012
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From Where We Stand

chairman and CFO, BankBoston, Cumberland Foreside, Maine As context, I come from a family dedicated to public service. After graduating from HBS, I spent 20 years at a (then) large bank (25,000 employees, strong international presence,... View Details

12 Jul 2021
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Alumni Confront the COVID-19 Crisis

operations, remotely disinfecting public buildings and hospitals. "The White Knight drones were in R&D for the last two years; we developed and manufactured them in the last two months in readiness to execute aerial delivery of emergency... View Details

10 Aug 2022
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Skydeck Live: Stage Not Age

science and health services from Harvard’s School of Public Health, even she couldn’t successfully navigate the health care system for her mom. It set her on a path of discovery that led to not only a better understanding of the... View Details

17 Nov 2022
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Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change

Schenk, director of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, asked some of our alumni how they view this moment and how they are looking to capitalize on it. Julia Trotman Brady (MBA 1997) Partner, Valo Ventures This is the most consequential View Details

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

basic business operations, reduced payroll by 35,000 employees, and updated and consolidated its inefficient IT systems. To refocus and reenergize employees, he also implemented a number of policy changes. Bonuses and variable pay, for... View Details

01 Mar 2013
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Opening the Door

technologies on the health-care industry. A highly rated teacher, she is also an acclaimed public speaker, board member, and policy adviser whose expertise on health-care management has influenced private-... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Dec 2020
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Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers

students, but also those from Harvard’s medical school, engineering school, and public policy and health school—understand how to disseminate their health care innovation ideas. If they are very serious... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2010
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Rx for Too Big to Fail

pulling the financial system back from the brink. This marked a sharp contrast to the disastrous “liquidationist” policies of the early 1930s, when public officials (particularly at the Federal Reserve) were... View Details

Keywords: David Moss; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Apr 2002
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Student Conferences Spark Discussion, Promote Interaction

results will come through the consistent pursuit of policies that streamline the judicial process, strengthen corporate governance, and liberalize markets." Fitzhugh Conference Marks Three Decades of Achievement In celebration of its... View Details

Keywords: H Naylor Fitzhugh; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Jun 2022
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Blissful Thinking

good news: They got everything they wanted,” Brooks said. “Here’s the bad news: They wanted the wrong thing. The result is that they’re not as happy as they could be. We need to teach a class on happiness,” Brooks concluded. A social scientist with a PhD in View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustration by Dan Winters

01 Oct 2000
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Faculty Retirements

and other government and industry groups on issues involving business-government relations and policy formulation. In addition to teaching and consulting, Sloane has served as a director of numerous companies and on the advisory boards to... View Details

01 Mar 2023
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Clearing the Air

investor interest is rising in both the public and the private sector: In December, the US Department of Energy announced $3.7 billion worth of programs and prizes meant to further kick-start the industry; In April, payments giant Stripe... View Details

Keywords: April White and Dan Morrell; Illustrations by Richard Borge

01 Sep 2011
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The City Solution

mitigation. And because cities are discovering that the greener they are, the better their quality of life and the greater their competitive advantage, they have by necessity become innovative, reality-based drivers of environmental View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Jun 2007
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Profiles from the class of 2007

policy issues remained strong. He enrolled at HBS because he believes that, more so than policymakers, “managers who lead health-care systems are the ones today who are introducing needed changes.” At the School, Jain has done three... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

18 Aug 2021
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Alumni on the Black Lives Matter Movement

blessing,” the authors present “an unapologetic look at our often-overlooked role in America’s social, political, psychological, and economic history” and describe their new publication as a playbook “to help Black unicorns ‘team up’ and... View Details

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