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- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 11 May 2020
- Op-Ed
Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness
from South Korea at age 11 without speaking English, was among the pharmaceutical leaders who briefed President Trump on vaccine development in March. The flow of global talent responsible for bringing these innovators to American shores... View Details
Keywords: by William R. Kerr
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
(again) American political leaders have repeatedly tried and failed to stem spiraling drug costs. US President Donald Trump said in May that he expected drugmakers to voluntarily cut their costs, providing few details. However, a Wells... View Details
- 27 Jan 2016
- Research & Ideas
A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential
Re-entering the political sphere, Minor’s research begs the question of how this could apply to the current presidential race. The paper does not make claims in this regard, but Minor says the two-front running candidates have already been associated with financial... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- Web
What Happened When TikTok Songs Went Silent for Three Months | Working Knowledge
for a day in January, then returned after President Donald Trump overruled a law passed by Congress and upheld by the US Supreme Court, delaying enforcement of the ban. As TikTok users and content creators wait to see how the ban plays... View Details
- 19 Dec 2016
- Research & Ideas
The 10 Most Popular Stories of 2016
and Donald Trump attracted lots of attention. Here are the year’s 10 most popular research-related stories, columns, and op-eds on Working Knowledge: How Uber, Airbnb, and Etsy Attracted Their First 1,000 Customers Thales Teixeira studies... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 07 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Strategies Mirror Personal Returns of Top Execs
several years while fellow billionaire Warren Buffett paid $1.8 million in taxes for 2015. “The decision to accelerate that dividend was driven in large part by the executives’ preferences” The issue is not that Trump knew about tax... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
iStock Even as President Donald Trump and Republican leaders seem set on a course to weaken Obama-administration consumer protection regulations, a soon-to-be-published study reports that 7.3 percent of financial advisors in the United... View Details
- 20 Jul 2020
- Op-Ed
It's Time for a Bipartisan Health Plan for Employers and Employees
Individual Coverage Health Reimbursement Arrangements (ICHRAs), to buy Section 1301 qualified health plans in the individual market. We advocate that the Trump rule be expanded to designate the Public Option as one of the insurance... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
A Capital Asset
nature preserve and perhaps the most pristine marine area in the world,” Cohen notes. But collecting that gem of the Pacific would be trumped by her lead role in a Florida swampland deal: the landmark agreement designed to restore the... View Details
- 07 Dec 2015
- Research & Ideas
The Rise of Personalized Entrepreneurial Finance and Other VC Trends
individuals who (with a few exceptions, like the Donald Trumps of the world) prefer to fly under the radar, even while investing significant amounts of their own capital in various startups. So it’s been hard to study them, and the work... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Globalization Revisited
“platform” could be added features shared by most successful companies. In “Culture, Customer Centricity, and Globalization,” HBS professor Rohit Deshpandé and the Tuck School’s John U. Farley assert that “organizational factors trump... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
people blamed the financial sector, rightly or wrongly. This time around, the government basically came out swinging with a massive response under President Trump and then a doubling down on that under President Biden. What lessons can... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 17 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
The Reputation Risks of Sharing Fake News
posts. Would you share this headline? In both 2021 and 2022, Jordan and colleagues surveyed more than 3,000 participants to gauge their reactions to 588 headlines. The list included false headlines such as “Hispanic Woman Claims Love Child with Trump” and true... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
- 15 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 1/5
January 27, 2020 – the beginning of my second semester here at HBS: January 28, 2020: Constructing a Nation: The United States and Their Constitution February 10, 2020: Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act February 13, 2020:... View Details
- 20 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How Small Businesses Can Survive the Coronavirus Outbreak
the Trump Administration authorized $7 billion in disaster loans for small businesses affected by COVID-19. The program helps businesses in states that have declared emergency status borrow as much as much as $2 million and repay it over... View Details
- 18 Jul 2016
- Research & Ideas
Is Greed Ruining Private Equity Firms?
unfairness in terms of compensation, you are likely to move on. It’s an important element that could trump the continuity of the firm.” It’s interesting, she continues, because you might think that founders would care about legacy and the... View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
The Path out of Polarization
was that the “Russians” discovered this dysfunctional truth space and then took advantage of it. I think that whoever was responsible must have been absolutely shocked by the outcome. There was not, as far as we can tell, a plan to put President View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
contract.” Of course this leads to the question of whether or not this sort of thing can be contracted. Should boards specify limits on CEO activism? What do you think? Original Column A series of recent events triggered the question at the top of this column. They... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 24, 2007
Luce's magazines often resonated with readers, allowing him to quickly trump competitors such as Newsweek, Forbes, The New Yorker, Esquire, and National Geographic. Yet Luce was also criticized for occasionally using his imaginative style... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne