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- 01 Mar 2023
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Step Change
their own priorities, was a time-consuming challenge for Enan, he recalls. “It was a real exercise in navigating various congressional committees and the general power structure in Washington,” Harmon says. “Enan’s ability to relate to... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
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New Urban Order
what assets to protect and which people to move? We all hope Al Gore and Greta Thunberg fix everything, but if they don’t, then homeowners, businesses, universities, and governments will have to do something.” If the pandemic laid bare... View Details
Keywords: Kathleen Fu, Deborah Blagg, Julia Hanna, and Maureen Harmon; illustrations by; energy; environment; sustainability; entrepreneurship; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services
- 25 Aug 2022
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Up on the Corner
the government of Angola on foreign direct investment. That experience, coupled with childhood memories of the painful structural adjustment programs foisted on Cameroon by the IMF (her own mother lost her... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Future Vision
of individuals we recruit to the School. Of course, once more diverse people have joined our community, we must support them by developing a culture of inclusion that enables every individual to achieve their best. The institutional View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
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Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction
structure is a textbook duopoly, they add, surrounded by a “political industrial complex” of special interests, donors, and lobbyists, resulting in competition that fails to deliver what citizens should expect: practical and effective... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
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Q&A - Dirty Money: Raymond Baker Explores the Free Market's Demimonde
falsified invoices, and sham transactions by overseas nationals who place that money into outside secure accounts, mostly in U.S. institutions. Whether the individual behind these ill-gotten gains is a murderous "godfather," a corrupt View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
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Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
with the oil crises of the 1970s, but unlike the United States, where the government invested hundreds of millions in technology development, the Nordic country saw more organic and long-term growth. Its smaller private firms focused on... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Research Brief: Capitol Gains
FOR MORE INFORMATION Legislating Stock Prices Psst looking for a hot stock tip? Forget the Wall Street Journal. Try the Congressional Record. HBS professors Lauren Cohen and Christopher Malloy, with Dartmouth's Karl Diether, analyzed the complete legislative record of... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Letters to the Editor
differential in rates. In 1986, the US government equalized the rates, and we saw no difference in the activity of people investing. Also, for the life of me, I don’t understand the rationale behind the 15 percent carried interest rate,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Enron’s Legacy
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron’s board (which was... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
now GFI, Baker has become a leading expert on the world’s shadow financial structure and illicit money supply. He also understands corruption’s human toll. Burned into his memory is the Nigerian lady who helped care for his children,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Setting the Legislative Agenda
shadow financial system. Create a new system for federal and state regulation of mortgages and other consumer credit products. Create executive pay structures that discourage excessive risk taking. Reform the credit rating system. Make... View Details
- 25 Sep 2008
- News
Been There, Seen That
the appropriate market structure for raising capital, but of the role of government and regulatory oversight in managing those structures.” And here is another panelist, HBS professor Joe Bower: “To what... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Breakthrough International Negotiation
Dick Cheney built an international coalition to support the Gulf War. In Breakthrough International Negotiation: How Great Negotiators Transformed the World's Toughest Post-Cold War Conflicts, HBS associate professor and negotiation expert Michael Watkins and Kennedy... View Details
- 03 Oct 2019
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Skydeck Live: Galactic Returns
Bezos’s Blue Origin was still three years away from launching its first test vehicle. Today, Morgan Stanley estimates that the global space economy is worth $350 billion—and projects that it will grow to $1 trillion by 2040. Garriott de Cayeux says that the change from... View Details
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Ask the Expert: On the Fly
couple of years will see more experimentation with baggage pricing. The success of Emirates is due in part to the fact that airline, airport, and air traffic control work together under one “boss” shareholder—ultimately owned by the View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
rethink our corporate governance structure in fundamental ways for the 21st century. There are three things we have to think about during the conference. First, when did executive pay become unmoored from... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
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Private capital, public good
private capital to fund preventative social programs that address various challenges, such as recidivism, health disparities, and homelessness. If pre-specified program outcomes are achieved, government repays investors and provides an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
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Profiles from the Class of 2005
government factories employed a majority of the city’s 300,000 inhabitants (including Mlotok’s parents) until market reforms obliterated the industry, leaving thousands penniless. “The mid-1990s were the worst time,” recalls Mlotok, who... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
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HBS Alumni in Harvard Leadership Roles
With new and continuing appointments, HBS alumni are playing key roles in the governance structure of Harvard University. In September, Theodore Wells (MBA 1974/JD 1976) was elected to the Harvard... View Details