Public Speaking - Publications - Faculty & Research

28 May 2019
News

A More Perfect Union

voter participation, and strengthening the pipeline of leaders entering political races. For Ballou-Aares, this mission is personal. Growing up with a single mom and limited resources, riding the subway back and forth to public school,... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

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Case Method 100 Years | Baker Library

Case Method 100 Years From the publication of the first case in 1921 to teaching the case method online during the 2020 pandemic, we’re marking the centennial of the case method in 2021 with these milestones, while looking forward to... View Details

01 Sep 2007
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To The Rescue

to be an emergency there had to be bleeding,” explains Venkat Changavalli, the CEO at EMRI. “If someone just collapsed or fell down, people would stand around and look.” A massive statewide advertising blitz and public education campaign... View Details

Keywords: Garrett M. Graff; emergency response networks; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance; Telecommunications; Information

01 Mar 2011
News

Local Hero

recounts during an interview at his memorabilia-filled office at the Giants’ AT&T Park. No stranger to wacky publicity gimmicks, Finley eventually agreed to let the low-watt station broadcast games for the first few weeks of the season,... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

01 Mar 2019
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The One That Got Away

delivery business in a number of countries, including the UK, France, Italy, Brazil, and Canada. It went public in 2014, became a FTSE-100 company in 2017, and is currently worth $5 billion. That’s the price of an incorrect answer to... View Details

29 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Consumer-centered Health Care Depends on Accessible Medical Records

what is clear is that the organization will have to be one that both consumers need and doctors trust, says John A. Quelch, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and Professor in Health Policy and Management at the... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Health; Technology

23 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 23, 2007

these reforms led to sustained economic growth. However, these reforms were legislated by a parliament under the domination of a military dictatorship, and were followed by economic instability, the need to renationalize some firms and by rising inequality. In 2005,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Oct 2021
Blog Post

First-Gen Voices: Eric Westphal on Tapping into the Global Alumni Network & Making a Difference Across Borders

said I needed to come live with them.” At 11 years old, Westphal moved to Massachusetts to be with his parents where he learned English and attended public schools in the Greater Boston area. As Westphal neared the end of high school ,... View Details

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

exchange of letters in which the publisher defended Carson’s source material and its decision to issue the book, Velsicol backed away from its warnings. No lawsuits against Silent Spring were filed before or after its publication. Upon the book’s View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

23 Dec 2014
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First Look: December 23

Publications December 2014 Journal of Political Economy Transition to Clean Technology By: Acemoglu, Daron, Ufuk Akcigit, Douglas Hanley, and William R. Kerr Abstract—We develop a microeconomic model of endogenous growth where clean and... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

public knowledge. She is also the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women's freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement. She currently serves on the national boards of the... View Details

01 Jun 2007
News

Profiles from the class of 2007

who speaks fluent Hebrew, Arabic, and English and who has long been involved with peace-related initiatives and nonprofits, that experience convinced him “to work on the business side of peace.” “Peace in the Middle East,” he says, “will... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Lewis I. Rice

01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella

years” in a Financial Times poll of 4,000 executives. He recently spoke about the public policy and business challenges ahead. U.S. consumers complain loudly that prescription drugs cost too much. What’s your response? We have a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance

10 Mar 2021
News

New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books, Podcasts

author, speaker, and podcast host, focus on loss. New York Times bestselling authors Chris Bohjalian and Gretchen Rubin write about the importance of reading. Now compiled as an anthology, these essays speak to the ever-increasing demands... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

15 Nov 2004
Research & Ideas

Solving the Health Care Conundrum

providers are beginning to offer unique services, creating the facilities and organizations to effectively deliver them, and gathering the data to show superior performance and to continue to improve. Public policy can help accelerate... View Details

Keywords: by Michael E. Porter; Health

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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

be published in April 2020. Rebecca sits on the boards of Amgen and of Idexx Laboratories. Her publications include the books Leading Sustainable Change and Accelerating Energy Innovation: Lessons from multiple sectors. She was named one... View Details

27 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Employee-Suggestion Programs That Work

policy at the Harvard School of Public Health. Trained as an industrial engineer, Tucker is interested in the perspective of frontline workers in productivity and process improvement, including how internal supply chains and other... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Guttry

14 Nov 2017
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New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53461 2017 Making Research Matter: A Psychologist's Guide to Public Engagement Government and Organizations: Transforming Institutions Using Behavioral Insights By: Dalton,... View Details