Business And Public Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

1986
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Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: K. Andrews, J. Bower, C. R. Christensen, R. Hamermesh and M. E. Porter

Keywords: Business Ventures; Corporate Strategy; Policy

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December 2004
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Old Rules and New Realities: Corporate Tax Policy in a Global Setting

By: Mihir A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Taxation; Policy; Business Ventures

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Policies to Influence Perceptions about COVID-19 Risk: The Case of Maps

By: Claudia Engel, Jonathan Rodden and Marco Tabellini

Choropleth disease maps have become an important tool for informing the public about the risks posed by COVID-19. In a survey conducted in the U.S. state of Georgia in June 2020, we randomly assigned respondents to view either of two maps. The first one reported... View Details

Keywords: Disease Surveillance; Health Pandemics; Risk and Uncertainty; Perception; Policy

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RCS Policies - Research Computing Services

notice will be sent out 1 to 2 business days before the retention. Only in an extreme situation, we may only give 4 hours notice. Links: Scratch/storage descriptions and View Details

19 Sep 2021
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‘A Watershed Moment’: With Public Debuts of Toast and Ginkgo, Boston Is Remaking Its Startup Scene

21 Jun 2016
News

MAP Policy Enforcement in an Omnichannel World

2023
Working Paper

Crowding in Private Quality: The Equilibrium Effects of Public Spending in Education

By: Tahir Andrabi, Natalie Bau, Jishnu Das, Asim Ijaz Khwaja and Naureen Karachiwalla

We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public-school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program was randomized at the village-level, allowing... View Details

Keywords: Product Differentiation; Public Sector; Private Sector; Spending; Education; Competition

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1991
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Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: J. L. Bower, Christopher A. Bartlett, C. Roland Christensen, Andrall E. Pearson and Kenneth R. Andrews

Keywords: Policy; Cases

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1978
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Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews and Joseph L. Bower

Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases

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13 Sep 2004
Research & Ideas

Cash and the Woman-Owned Business

Building sufficient cash reserves to launch a business and managing subsequent fundraising are challenges for every entrepreneur, but they are particularly daunting tasks for women. Women often come up short... View Details

Keywords: by Candida Brush, Nancy M. Carter, Elizabeth Gatewood, Patricia G. Greene & Myra M. Hart

24 Apr 2014
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Working to improve California's public education system

Katherine Welch (MBA 1988) found her passion in working to improve public education in California. In this video she reviews how she arrived at this personal and civic mission, serving as a board member of... View Details

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4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy | MBA

4.6 HBS Campus Demonstration Policy 4.0 General Policies This policy outlines guidance and requirements for and... View Details

05 Oct 2011
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On Corporate Taxes, Put the Public in Publicly Traded: View

March 2017 (Revised February 2020)
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Corey Thomas and the IPO

By: Steven Rogers and Derrick Collins

Corey Thomas, the African American CEO of the company Rapid7, must decide if it is the right time to take the 15-year-old company public, as it stood poised to capitalize on what appeared to be the next frontier for digital technology markets—cybersecurity. In spite of... View Details

Keywords: Business Finance; Capital Markets; Private Equity; Internet and the Web; Initial Public Offering; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry; Web Services Industry; United States

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2022
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Science-based Entrepreneurship in India: A Policy Glass (as yet) Quarter-Full

By: Tarun Khanna

India is celebrated for a resurgence of de novo entrepreneurship in recent decades. Entrants have engaged in creative risk-taking to provide market-based solutions for private or social needs despite not being scions of wealthy industrial or business families. In this... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Innovation and Invention; Science; Policy; Investment

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25 Jul 2023
Research & Ideas

Could a Business Model Help Big Pharma Save Lives and Profit?

reasonable profits and reduced Hepatitis C, and rates of which are expected to fall by 86 percent between 2020 and 2030, according to Egypt’s Ministry of Health. This... View Details

Keywords: by Esther Schrader; Pharmaceutical; Health

March 1, 2022
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Widespread Use of National Academies Consensus Reports by the American Public

By: Diana Hicks, Matteo Zullo, Ameet Doshi and Omar Isaac Asensio

In seeking to understand how to protect the public information sphere from corruption, researchers understandably focus on dysfunction. However, parts of the public information ecosystem function very well, and understanding this as well will help in protecting and... View Details

Keywords: Reports; Surveys; AI and Machine Learning; Knowledge Dissemination; Knowledge Use and Leverage

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1987
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Business Policy: Text and Cases

By: C. Roland Christensen, Kenneth R. Andrews, Joseph L. Bower, Richard G. Hamermesh and Michael E. Porter

Keywords: Policy; Information; Cases

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30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman