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03 Apr 2007
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First Look: April 3, 2007

Working PapersNone this week Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Dec 2008
First Look

First Look: December 9, 2008

of Wall Street rather than developing nations. And the crisis raises questions about the development policies of Asian nations: Did too-close "crony" relations between politicians and owners of major banks or firms pave the way... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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2.9 Leaves of Absence | MBA

2.9 Leaves of Absence 2.0 Academic Information and Policies Whether voluntary or involuntary (as described below), students may be on one or more leaves of absence for no longer than five years in the aggregate, without the possibility of... View Details

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Doha Tantawy

internship, Doha will explore strategy consulting with Ernst & Young in New York. Looking ahead, she believes "the Middle East is a white space to be developed. I'd like to be involved in change in a broader way. Maybe politics? Maybe industry restructure?... View Details

Keywords: Retail/Hospitality; Consulting

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Session Types | Information Technology

pianist Lisa Qiya Li ‘23 and cellist Maddie Tucker ‘23. Play Video duration: 1:28 The Arts of Communications Candace Bertotti, adjunct lecturer in public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, used the HBS Live Online Classroom to help MBA... View Details

01 Jun 2015
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The End of Cows?

today: It may have unpredictable economic outcomes, but that shouldn’t mean we reject innovation. “We need to be aware from a public policy perspective what all the ramifications are going to be for the economy,” he says, “but at a basic... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer; Food and Beverage Stores; Retail Trade; Scientific Research and Development Services

01 Jun 2013
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The Long View

resulting research creates a deeper understanding of the issue at hand and, when we're successful, can impact both scholars' and policymakers' approaches to the problem. In some cases, terrific policy proposals emerge as well, but that's... View Details

December 2018 (Revised May 2019)
Case

Darling Ingredients International

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred

Led by CEO Randall Stuewe, Texas-based Darling Ingredients International was a rendering firm with $3.7 billion in 2017 revenues. Since 2003, Darling had transformed from U.S. focused into a global player in the processing of biological waste from meat and foodservice... View Details

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January 2004 (Revised October 2006)
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Electronic Arts in Online Gaming

By: Thomas R. Eisenmann and Justin Wong

Electronic Arts (EA), the world's largest independent video-game publisher, must decide whether to support Microsoft's initiatives in online gaming. Historically, EA has been platform-agnostic, releasing versions of its titles for all major console platforms. However,... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Digital Platforms; Network Effects; Policy; Customer Focus and Relationships; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Revenue; Segmentation; Sales; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Electronics Industry

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02 Mar 2018
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Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents

likely to have broader negative consequences. If the president’s goal was to impact China, which produces over half the world’s steel and aluminum, this policy might not succeed. China is only the eleventh biggest exporter of steel to the... View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini; Steel; Manufacturing

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Rawiah Abdallah

forget which class you're in because the cases always include multiple issues — finance, entrepreneurship, government policy — like the real world. It's not about functions in isolation; it's how they interact, the overall strategic view.... View Details

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Inessa Lurye

she says. "But my background in public policy is very useful. Maxwell has a strong sense of mission, which is integral to the kind of organization I wanted to join." Many useful lessons from HBS In her current role, Inessa works... View Details

18 Feb 2016
Blog Post

Honing an Interest in Healthcare at HBS

internship with a well-known healthcare expert organization to do some consulting work. I also took a class in health policy over at the Kennedy School, and spent quite a bit of time in and out of class with a small core of students from... View Details

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Filippo Mezzanotti

ability of a firm to finance itself. On the one hand, this analysis wants to provide evidence on how self-interested politicians can leverage their political power to extract personal rents, by favoring the access to credit of politically connected firms. On the other... View Details

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Lucky Ones Coffee: Employing People with Disabilities | Information Technology

Higgins, authored this case study to better understand the pervasive issues of unemployment and underemployment among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The case study examines how social attitudes and public View Details

01 Jun 2016
News

Rethinking Housing in the Motor City

power that housing policy can have on a community and the importance developers could play in the revitalization of America’s cities, especially his hometown. “Detroit has the opportunity to be the biggest revitalization success story... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2014
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Instilling Production with Principles

pro-environmental policies are money savers and the key to her company’s continued success, Yang says. More Retail Revolutions Recycling the Consignment Shop Bigger than the local consignment shop and easier than eBay, thredUP, cofounded... View Details

Keywords: April White; fashion; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2006
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Not a Regular Joe

positions. Her job really comes out of his policy statements. She is trying to re-create the Joe Wilson spirit within Xerox: Let’s create profits for ourselves because we solve problems for other people. What can businesspeople learn from... View Details

Keywords: Lewis I. Rice; Joe Wilson; Xerox; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

01 Dec 2012
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An Advocate for Women's Equality

the armed forces came at this time. On the policy side, Nixon's Labor Department enforced new requirements for contractors to hire and promote women; conducted compliance reviews of universities; and gave the Equal Opportunity Commission... View Details

Keywords: Richard Nixon; Chuck Colson; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

March 2010 (Revised April 2010)
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Deworming Kenya: Translating Research into Action (A)

By: Nava Ashraf, Neil Buddy Shah and Rachel Gordon

Karen Levy and her colleague, Margaret Ndanyi, have spent the last six months planning and preparing for a national Kenyan program to target school children most at risk for parasitic worm infection. One week after its launch, the program seemed to be going well but... View Details