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- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
should run for office, but what we must do is reform the system so that virtually every elected official can have the freedom I have. That way we can all do a better job. Describe your philanthropic activities. Giving away money has never... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Up for Grabs
WHITMAN: After a successful career at eBay, going for the gold in California. Making her biggest bid in a career built on bids, former eBay CEO Meg Whitman (MBA ’79) threw her hat into the ring in September and formally declared that she wants one of the nation’s... View Details
- 01 Sep 2013
- News
Beantown as a Beacon
Image by C.J. Burton While the US economy is showing signs of recovery, don't pop the champagne just yet, say HBS professors Jan Rivkin and Michael Porter. Onstage at Spangler Auditorium in May, the pair laid out the deeper challenges the nation still faces: labor... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Different: Escaping the Competitive Herd by Youngme Moon (Crown Business) Professor Moon examines what it means for a company to offer something that is fundamentally, comprehensively different. She identifies iconoclastic companies like Apple and Google that have... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
Alumni Books
Loyalty, and Maximize Profits by John A. Goodman (MBA ’71) (Amacom) Managing the Publishing Process by Ralph Hancox (PMD 26, 1973) (CCSP Press) Cured! The Insider's Handbook for Health Care Reform by Stephen S.S. Hyde (MBA ’71) (HobNob... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965
reforming a hierarchical, bureaucratic culture that fostered competing fiefdoms in the corporation. In addition, IBM's reputation as a paternal organization that guaranteed lifetime employment and benefits ignored economic realities. As... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
A Silent Workplace Crisis
Benvenuti Photo courtesy Janet Simpson Benvenuti Although I didn’t realize it until much later, my life changed the day I agreed to become legally responsible for my 78-year-old father and my 77-year-old mother, who suffered from lung cancer and Alzheimer’s disease,... View Details
- 13 Oct 2014
- News
How Uber and the Sharing Economy Can Win Over Regulators
Keywords: sharing economy; Uber; Air BNB; government legislation; public policy; regulation; Hospitality
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
No Place Like Home
in affordable housing as an investor and is reaping handsome returns for its participation. "The primary vehicle for developing new affordable housing is the low-income housing tax credit, part of the Tax Reform Act of 1986," she says.... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Just Keep Our Money
© politicalcartoons.com The government’s ever-evolving rescue of the financial sector has already demanded enormous sums, and President Obama’s economic stimulus package will require many billions more. While a stimulus plan would lead to spending that boosts the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
The End of the Noncompete Clause
shorten the time employees have to wait between jobs or introduce a requirement that former employees be compensated during the noncompete term. In Massachusetts, where Johnson founded Common Commute, a commute-sharing startup, noncompete View Details
Keywords: Janelle Nanos
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Herman I. Safin
political reforms of perestroika -- Safin's educational and professional background has prepared him well for a career in the global economy. The winner of the first public elections ever held at his high school, Safin served as student... View Details
Keywords: Amy E. Dean
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government policies. Ashraf, an economist by... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Cynthia Carroll
Carroll Illustration by Dennis Balogh Founded as a gold mining company in 1917 in South Africa by Ernest Oppenheimer (with help from Herbert Hoover and J. P. Morgan), Anglo American plc is the world’s fourth-largest diversified mining company by market value. Now based... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Alumni Books
The Masters of Private Equity and Venture Capital: Management Lessons from the Pioneers of Private Investing by Robert A. Finkel (MBA ’89) with David Greising (McGraw-Hill) Ten investment and management masters share the wisdom they gained while transforming their... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Alumni Books
measured? How does India’s accountability rank against other countries? Does accountability affect economic and social performance? He examines the mechanisms that hold governance institutions accountable, explains why many governance View Details
- 01 Apr 1998
- News
Student Conferences Inspire Campus Dialogue
financial sector," he declared. Acknowledging that experience in other countries has shown that reform of the financial sector can be an arduous and complicated process, Sugisaki stressed, nonetheless, that Asia's problems in this area... View Details