Governance - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 2002
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Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

concern for civil rights at home or creating civilian casualties overseas? The President has to find an appropriate balance between taking steps that are effective and respecting our civil liberties. Abraham Lincoln posed the central question in an 1863 speech: Must... View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; Government; Government

24 Nov 2014
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Mayor Walsh names top environmental manager

Keywords: Government

01 Dec 2015
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Leading Boston and Beyond

who have stayed in Boston–in government and private institutions—who still keep our relationship to the City government and public agendas in some way,” says Stephen Chan (MBA 2009), Chief of Staff for the... View Details

Keywords: Jen Myers; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

16 Dec 2014
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Boston's New Environment and Energy Chief Will Walk to Work Every Day

Keywords: Government

Research Summary

Corporate Lobbying Strategy and Foreign MNEs

“U.S. Defense Contracts and the Lobbying Strategies of Foreign MNEs: The Liability of Foreignness and Make-or-Buy Decisions about Political Goods”

Many firms engage in lobbying with the expectation that their lobbying efforts will... View Details

Keywords: Non-market Strategy; Political Strategy; Lobbying; Make V. Buy; Multinational Enterprise; Global Strategy; United States

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

Keywords: Government; Government

Profile

Tony He

look forward to engaging with issues in development and creating positive change. As emerging markets continue to grow, firms and governments are looking to understand how to operate more effectively in these environments and to create... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government

01 Dec 2012
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An Advocate for Women's Equality

government and...the attitudes of those who practiced those skills of public administration and politics." Changes still to come would be authored by women whom Franklin recruited to public service. —SEAN SILVERTHORNE View Details

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

01 Oct 2001
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Philip L. Yeo: The Next Big Thing

To understand the remarkable success of the tiny island city-state of Singapore (250 square miles, 4.1 million people, annual per capita income $24,150), one really need look no farther than Philip Yeo, one of the republic's true pioneers. Literally reshaping his... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Jun 2013
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Africa Looks Ahead

cold-storage facilities" (Guardian, February 1, 2013). Acknowledging that funding such infrastructure will be a challenge, she said "we can't be dependent on donors" but must look to establishing more public-private partnerships, a move that will require View Details

Keywords: United Nations; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

01 Jun 2006
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A Capital Asset

eleven responses and landed three interviews. “It was,” she says, “a searing experience because I felt it was totally directed at women.” Two job offers came from government — OMB and Defense — but Cohen opted for a private-sector... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

25 Aug 2016
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Announcing the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

and administered through Harvard, the initiative will equip city leaders with the tools, skills, and support increasingly required to tackle the complex leadership and management challenges faced in governing cities around the globe. The... View Details

Keywords: Government

01 Apr 2002
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Back in Business

send e-mail to the author: Garry Emmons photos by AP/Wide World September 11, 2001, was a day that New Yorkers will never forget, particularly those who live and work in Lower Manhattan, the city’s business and financial center. With the passage of time, the initial... View Details

Keywords: 9/11; NYC; New York City; Government

01 Jun 2003
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Portraits from the Class of 2003

Street Journal Rank out of 500,000 Candidates in India's Civil Service Exam: 1 Research Interests: disruptive technologies, investment climate, competitiveness and development Recent Honor: named one of the World Economic Forum's Top 100 Global Leaders for Tomorrow Key... View Details

Keywords: Government; Government

01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi

Governing Council. A member of a prominent Shia family who fled after the revolution of 1958, Allawi was educated in England and the United States, worked for the World Bank, and later became an investment banker. He watched the fall of... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Government; Government

01 Sep 2009
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A Student Plan Goes to Washington

Not all financial reform proposals under consideration in Washington sprang from federal agencies and congressional committees. One emerged from HBS. Last spring, students in Professor Rakesh Khurana’s elective corporate governance class... View Details

Keywords: Government; Government; Government; Government