Local Government Finance - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 1990 (Revised November 1992)
Case

06 Jan 2012
Op-Ed

Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail

hinder environmental policy. Towards More Effective Ratings It's not impossible: some metrics already exist. For example, Corporate Responsibility's 100 Best Corporate Citizens already credits companies that are members of the US Climate Action Partnership (USCAP), a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Information; Publishing

01 Jun 2015
News

Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

to a new working paper coauthored by Lecturer Abigail Allen, the opposite is often true. When the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) proposed stricter public pension accounting standards in 2012, many state governments balked.... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

01 Jun 2013
News

Lesson Plans

been effective. The issue is finding the dollars and the leadership to do that." SOLVING THE HR DILEMMA "It's difficult to recruit the skill level we need for district-level finance positions when most people capable of overseeing a $100... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

1987
Chapter

State Trading and the Futures Market

By: James E. Austin and Kenneth L. Hoadley

Keywords: Futures and Commodity Futures; Government and Politics; Financial Markets

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01 Oct 2002
News

Banishing Balkan Ghosts

It's past midnight and the Minister of Finance and Economy is home early from work, fumbling around in the kitchen of his spartan apartment, trying to find something to eat. He's two years into the job, but meals and sleep still occur... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Sep 2011
News

Charged Up

company opened a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in Livonia, Michigan, thanks in large part to $249 million in financing from President Obama’s stimulus package, with a second plant coming online in Romulus, Michigan. “The... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; batteries; Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing; Manufacturing

19 Jul 2011
News

Brightening the Future

in working with government and NGO players to get his hybrid solar network up and running. “To have large scale and sustainable impact in helping the poor, it is essential to enlist the power of business and the markets in a way that... View Details

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

18 May 2017
News

Pioneer Spirit

engaged, which led him to exploring government contracts. First came several contracts with the US Postal Service to produce lobby desks, which were followed by several deals to build waterproof plywood shipping containers for gas masks... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

March 2024 (Revised June 2024)
Case

Miami’s Climate Tech Potential (A): The State of Play

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone

Miami-Dade County led the work to get South Florida designated a national climate resilience tech hub, the only one of 31 focused on climate change, an urgent major issue for the region in light of global warming and sea level rise. Venture capitalists saw the... View Details

Keywords: Technology; Climate; Entrepreneur; Development; Startup; Climate Change; Venture Capital; Investment; Entrepreneurship; Green Technology; Government Administration; City; Miami

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02 Mar 2020
News

Educating the Whole Student

the work and seeing what the needs are, every day, of teachers, students, and families—then you just don’t understand,” says Liu, who later worked on education policy in the government and nonprofit sectors. Her experience at Codman... View Details

Keywords: April White; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Apr 2022
Blog Post

Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower

Climate Stories Episode #3: Keith Kinch, BlocPower Retrofitting buildings in inner cities is just one element of BlocPower’s groundbreaking sustainability strategy. In this episode of Climate Stories, BlocPower’s General Manager Keith Kinch talks about the company’s... View Details