Northwestern United States - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

investors lose. The idea has garnered much discussion in the United States since President Obama proposed spending up to $100 million on social impact bond pilot programs when announcing the 2012 budget in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

26 Aug 2008
First Look

First Look: August 26, 2008

interests behind their investments. Many SWFs also lacked disclosure or transparency regarding their activities or investment goals. Countries such as the United States felt that some kind of international... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Dec 2011
Research & Ideas

The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance

that area. The real question is, when are these different methods appropriate, and under what circumstances? In international development there's been a lot of experimentation that hasn't quite made its way to the United View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

in the past and now influence clinical trials and participate in regulatory decision-making. Yet these developments are far from universal and are taking very different forms around the world. Building on data showing that pharmaceutical firms headquartered in the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

magazine added that “the U.S. just might be the world’s biggest washing machine for dirty money.” Baker concurs, noting that the U.S. Treasury Department asserts that virtually 100 percent of dirty money presented for deposit in the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2001
News

Stephen M. Moret: A Campaign for Positive Change

poll. This spring, the second annual poll garnered an impressive 92 percent response rate among first-year students. Moret was first drawn to student affairs at Louisiana State University, where he had been admitted on a music scholarship... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

19 Aug 2013
News

Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers

Nairobi." In 2010, Keshavjee was one of four representatives from Kenya to be invited by Barack Obama to Washington for the Presidential Summit on Entrepreneurship, "to deepen ties between business leaders, foundations, and social entrepreneurs in the View Details

Keywords: Agriculture; Finance; Health, Social Assistance; Management

01 Dec 2008
News

NYC Club Hosts Nonprofits

Northern California Events in conjunction with students Madrid and Barcelona Northern California Video conferences with faculty Pakistan Philippines Topics addressed at the events included “Innovation, Regulation, and Biomedical Business in Germany and the View Details

14 Mar 2007
Op-Ed

Government’s Misguided Probe of Private Equity

jointly underwriting public corporate offerings. Nor is this unique to the United States. Britain's Financial Services Authority has announced that it is increasing its scrutiny of private-equity firms. Among the problems or risks... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

01 Dec 2009
News

Hope for Reform Dims

declared. “That caused the credit markets worldwide to seize up. The system went into a state of shock.” With Lehman’s abrupt demise, Thain suddenly faced the possibility that his own troubled firm, Merrill Lynch, could be next. “To... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Administration of Economic Programs; Government

01 Sep 2011
News

Faculty Books

Practice Kaplan. He notes that such questions might include: Do I state my vision and priorities clearly? Does the way I spend my time enable me to achieve my top priorities? Do I give subordinates timely and direct feedback they can act... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

01 Mar 2014
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Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014

black rights offers a firsthand view of the debates, boycotts, marches, and negotiations that would change the face of race relations in Chicago and the United States at large. Think Inside the Box: Discover... View Details

30 May 2019
What Do You Think?

Is There a Distinctive West Coast Style of Management?

Jamie_Hall SUMMING UP: Does West Coast Management Need Adult Supervision? There is a distinctive West Coast style of management in the United States. It is characterized by, among other things, open-minded leadership, fast... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

January 2013 (Revised October 2015)
Case

Pittsburgh

By: Eric Werker, Meg Rithmire, Benjamin Kennedy and Andrew Knauer

The case narrates the development of Pittsburgh from the 1940s to 2012. It analyzes the collapse of the steel industry in the early 1980s, the city's subsequent decline, and the city's later re-emergence as a hub for higher education, the tech sector, and the... View Details

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college or university may still apply. Candidates must be eligible to work in the United States without visa sponsorship. International students with OPT or OPT/STEM are eligible to apply. Harvard University... View Details

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Curriculum | MBA

the Making of the United States as a Global Power Fundamentals of Negotiation Analysis Enhancing Your Personal Leadership Effectiveness One HKS Elective Course Joint Degree Program Seminar taught by HBS... View Details

01 Feb 2017
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Is the Next Jobs Crisis Just Ahead?

for jobs if government doesn’t invest in the forthcoming change, change will be painfully slow if at all.” Should we be addressing the next jobs crisis now? What do you think? Original Column It’s clear that the focus of the new United... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

01 Aug 2012
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Should CEOs Worry About ‘Too Big to Succeed?’

take their organizations beyond that point in terms of size? Phil Clark posed the question, "Is there a 'right size' for a company?" If so, how do we know? How many companies that you can think of are right-sized? What do you think? Original Article... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing; Financial Services

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Globalization and Emerging Markets - Course Catalog

for a government in an emerging or frontier market, as well as for those who wish to acquire a richer conceptual understanding of the nature of capitalism, globalization, and economic development worldwide. The unit of analysis of the... View Details

02 Apr 2019
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New Research and Ideas, April 2, 2019

findings about the impact of mass shootings on gun policy. First, mass shootings evoke large policy responses. A single mass shooting leads to a 16% increase in the number of firearm bills introduced within a state in the year after a... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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