Government As A Platform - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Jun 2005
Research & Ideas

Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?

cost-related reasons, governments back Linux because having access to the source code allows them to verify that sensitive data is treated securely. Binary code makes it hard to figure out who has access to information flowing in View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology

20 Oct 2015
First Look

October 20, 2015

illustrative example, we show that production subsidies of higher investment and production cost technologies (such as carbon capture and storage technologies) have no effect on the firm's optimal total capacity when firms own View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

22 Apr 2015
Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

capital encourages business development." They gave a ranking of close to 6 before the crisis and 1.3 in 2014. To make things worse, credit rating agencies imposed filters that automatically downgraded ratings of Greek corporations... View Details

Keywords: by George Serafeim

22 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Online Banks Fill Funding Needs for Small Business

which other online upstarts such as Amazon.com changed retail and Square changed the small business payments business. A few factors account for the rapid growth of the entrants. First, institutional debt... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Banking; Financial Services

06 Apr 2007
What Do You Think?

Will Market Forces Stop Global Warming?

becoming referred to as the "China price," or (3) a combination of both. As Nancy Sullivan said, "Business will not do it without government. View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

24 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

that the product will grow its revenue eight times by 2018. Visually identified by a mascot, Miip seeks to reimagine adverting by becoming a user's trusted companion on the mobile phone, introducing them to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Competition the Cure for Healthcare

their staff physicians to find doctors that have certifications in all the states even though the Clinic is a preeminent medical center. There are a striking number of other examples such View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Health

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

Naik’s images with household income levels for some 2,400 blocks, provided by the city online. “The incomes act as labels for the images, and then the machine learns the association between how the features relate to those incomes,” says... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

26 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

Evolving for Success [Part One]

Kanter, an authority on organizational change who advises major corporations and governments on these very issues, lays out a blueprint to help readers get a handle on work,... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

03 Apr 2019
Book

Fintech's Game-Changing Opportunities for Small Business

United States economy, and how innovation in financial services will reduce the friction and barriers in small-business lending, helping more of them thrive. In our Q&A, Mills, who served as a member of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Banking; Financial Services

24 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Why the Internet Doesn’t Change Everything

of sorts. They have allowed entrepreneurs to build empires out of fiber and thin air and to establish these empires in a realm without rules. They have challenged governments and their traditional... View Details

Keywords: by Debora L. Spar

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

year, reaching half that production capacity in January and the rest by the end of April. Yet if governments had invested enough upfront to bring the second half online just three months earlier, the economic savings would have topped... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

01 Jan 2020
What Do You Think?

Why Not Open America's Doors to All the World’s Talent?

the abuse of H-1B visas is as old as the program itself. “I had 3 trainees; each learned a different facet of my job. None of them had near the knowledge or experience View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

06 Mar 2006
What Do You Think?

The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

would advocate a discontinuation of operations after attempting unsuccessfully to resist meeting government demands for private information. Some suggested more complex strategies. Among those in favor of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

06 Apr 2020
Research & Ideas

Where Do Workers Go When the Robots Arrive?

the economy at large absorb adverse economic shocks? Or does the local population decline, stuck in economic decay? The answers to those questions are vital for economists, policymakers, and local governments to decide View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing

06 Nov 2012
Op-Ed

Stop Talking About the Weather and Do Something: Three Ways to Finance Sustainable Cities

The wrath of Hurricane Sandy has illuminated a fundamental question: How do we ensure that our cities are resilient in the face of inevitable future disasters? A destroyed city is not a sustainable city. I'm making the case that it's time to stop complaining about... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

04 Oct 2007
What Do You Think?

Has Managerial Capitalism Peaked?

Internet, it doesn't take a billion dollar R&D platform to discover the next technology platform." Jim Winkelmann agreed, but with a caveat: "The rebirth View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

more as we move into the fall. In the meantime, chances are we can expect a significant amount of market volatility. So what do we do now? For starters, I believe that the federal View Details