University Governance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Dec 2001
News

Corporate Governance Conference Addresses Global Challenges

In recent years, government and business leaders throughout the world have made governance issues a prime focus, as capital markets have increased their scrutiny of countries' and companies'... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Corporate, Subsidiary, and Regional Managing Offices; Management

03 Oct 2017
News

This is Why Our Government is Failing Us

03 Nov 2016
HBS Seminar

Thomas Fujiwara, Princeton University

06 Oct 2016
HBS Seminar

Edward Fertik, Yale University

13 Oct 2010
Research & Ideas

How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt

financial institutions. “Most people agree that the financing of large financial intermediaries put the larger financial system at risk” Can the government do anything to discourage short-term borrowing by the private sector? HBS... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Financial Services

25 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

How Disruptive Innovation is Remaking the University

universities. In this excerpt, they discuss the idea of a university's DNA. In the absence of a disruptive new technology, the combination of prestige and loyal support from donors and legislators has allowed traditional universities to... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen & Henry J. Eyring; Education

November 2004 (Revised July 2005)
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Messier's Reign at Vivendi Universal

By: Rakesh Khurana, Vincent Dessain and Daniela Beyersdorfer

Focuses on a crisis in the board at Vivendi. Highlights the difficulties that arise when dramatic pressure from outside the boardroom affects boardroom dynamics. In this case, there are two events. The first is an unexpectedly large financial loss and a pending cash... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; History; Cash Flow; Acquisition; Performance; Telecommunications Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry

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24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University chose business and government ethics and a good infrastructure for attracting business; while a third panelist selected civil... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

11 Jun 2025
News

Can Universities Survive Politics?

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Government & Public Policy Club | MBA

topics Weekly newsletter highlighting events and resources across Harvard University Partnerships on events and conferences with other Clubs Club Email Address gpp@studentclubs.hbs.edu Club Co-Presidents Aaron Johnson Lucas Carmel Club... View Details

23 Oct 2019
News

Negotiators Share Lessons from High-Stakes Global Diplomacy

Madeleine Albright was interviewed for the American Secretaries of State Project, a collaboration among faculty members at HBS, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Law School designed to extract lessons in negotiation and diplomacy for today’s leaders in public service... View Details

Keywords: University Collaborations

16 Jun 2021
News

Government Creates Online Repository of Local and Global Education Courses

01 Dec 2015
HBS Seminar

Nicola Lacetera, University of Toronto

March 2016 (Revised August 2018)
Case

JPMorgan Chase after the Financial Crisis: What Is the Optimal Scope of the Largest Bank in the U.S.?

By: David Collis and Ashley Hartman

When Jamie Dimon took over as CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPMorgan Chase) in 2005, he reaffirmed the commitment to pursue a "universal bank" strategy—providing a full range of products and services to both retail and wholesale clients. Yet the merits of the universal... View Details

Keywords: Scope; Regulatory Reforms; Universal Banking; Synergy; Optimization; Simplification; Finance; Strategy; Business Strategy; Financial Crisis; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry

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02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

gospel of free markets," seemed suddenly "to forget the universal laws of the market." But the truth is that the federal response should not have come as a surprise, since American lawmakers had long demonstrated their... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard