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- 01 Jun 2012
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The American Dream
mobile home in rural Washington State while her enterprising father, a truck driver, was building his own company, is running as a pro-business Democrat and advocate for the middle class. “I come from those roots,” she told the Santa Rosa... View Details
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Books
of each affected the actions of others, culminating in the “mass hysteria” (another chapter title) leading to the crash. Buy, Lie, and Sell High provides specific suggestions for reforms to the regulation process in the United States that... View Details
Keywords: Nancy O. Perry
- 07 Nov 2018
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The Results Are (Mostly) In
Massachusetts Third Congressional District after winning a primary contest against a crowded field of nine other Democratic candidates. A former Marine and member of the Texas House of Representatives and State Senate, Van Taylor (MBA... View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Going Public: Raymond M. Jefferson
On October 18, 1995, U.S. Army Captain Ray Jefferson was excited about his future. The West Point graduate had eagerly accepted challenging assignments commanding Ranger and Green Beret units in the United States and in Japan. He was a... View Details
Keywords: Mary Ellen Gardner
- 10 Jan 2017
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Street Smarts
government agencies in 40 states and 60 countries worldwide. “Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Fighting Back from a Knockout
Politics can be a thankless game — to the victor go the spoils, but so too the headaches. Consider the case of Steve Laffey (MBA 1986), the newly elected Republican mayor of Cranston, Rhode Island. Last November, three days after winning the city’s mayoral contest,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
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Beacon of Liberty
Kashmir Photo courtesy Sharjeel Kashmir It’s a beautiful morning in Jersey City as I stretch after my regular jog in Liberty State Park. I marvel that this is my neighborhood and my view. In front of me, the Hudson River lies at the feet... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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2017 in Health Care: Telemedicine Has Arrived
The technology behind telemedicine—health care delivered remotely and asynchronously—has been improving for years, but in 2017, the United States hit a tipping point. This year, Kaiser Permanente’s CEO announced that of the company’s 100... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
Making History, Starting Over
British government to declare a state of emergency and place businesses on a three-day workweek to conserve electricity. It would take more than luck to grow a business in such conditions. By 1977, two of... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
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HBS Debaters Muzzle Yale Bulldog
In November, in the friendly confines of Spangler Auditorium, the HBS debate team talked circles around a visiting contingent from the Yale School of Management and won a 2–1 decision. As reported by the Harbus, the motion up for debate was, “This House believes that... View Details
- 24 Dec 2014
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Working against Al Qaeda’s financial networks
As president of her own global advisory firm, Celina Realuyo (MBA 2000) has merged business and banking skills to help the US government track down and disarm Al Qaeda since September 11, 2001. (Published December 2014) View Details
- 06 Nov 2009
- News
Health Reform Paths Not Taken
rationing.” The system works because the government requires Swiss insurers to offer coverage to everyone, regardless of medical history. And everyone is required to buy insurance, with government subsidies... View Details
- 01 Mar 2024
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Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China
Illustration by Patric Sandri Over the last five years, global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress from the pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and general anti-globalization sentiments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trade... View Details
- 18 May 2015
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Changing the conversation on US infrastructure challenges
with the HBS US Competitiveness Project, Kanter convened a national summit at HBS that drew leaders from government, business, labor, technology, and community coalitions. Together, they worked on overcoming barriers that have prevented the United View Details
- 01 Dec 2011
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Letters to the Editor
and I’ll continue speaking out in support of New York’s and the C40’s innovative approaches. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) New York, NY Environmental Action In the article “The City Solution,” Mayor Bloomberg states that climate... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
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University Elections
May 31. Results of the elections will be announced on Commencement Day, June 6. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard’s two governing boards, the other being the President and Fellows, which is more commonly... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
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Fast Forward
Illustration by Chris Gash The School’s US Competitiveness Project launched four years ago with a simple but ambitious goal: figure out how companies in the United States can better compete in the global economy while raising living... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
The Meaning of Ramadi
Campbell (MBA '07) Courtesy Donovan Campbell One day in April 2007, my phone started ringing during a customer analytics class at HBS. I kept hitting silence, but the phone kept ringing. Thirteen calls and one very annoyed professor later, I got the hard news: The... View Details
- 16 Oct 2014
- News
Innovating for International Aid
was born in Taiwan, and my mother and I came to the States when I was just about five,” explains the 46-year-old Wu. “When we first arrived, my family really struggled. Living through that process, we were assisted by organizations that... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman