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- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
preventable deaths, despite its world-class resources and medical technology. The Democratic presidential candidates have been debating the benefits of the “Medicare for All” approach versus a public insurance option. The former would force all of us onto the View Details
- 22 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
How to Build a Better Board
of investors and employees? It turns out that many of the boards of imploded companies such as Enron were composed of smart, honest, well-meaning, people. So what went wrong? How did these massive failures of corporate governance occur?... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 22 Aug 2018
- Blog Post
The National Park Services: A Mini-Business with a Twist
My internship with the National Park Service has given me a unique perspective on park operations. In my view, each park unit (there are 417 in the U.S.!) runs like a mini-business, with a twist. Generally, each park has the following divisions: Resource Management,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 20 Nov 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
In November of 2015 I sat in the upper deck of Faneuil Hall in Boston, looking on as300 people from 80 countries congregated to take their oath as the newest crop of US citizens. Among them was my girlfriend, now fiancé, who had navigated her own journey to the US as... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
technology-driven efforts to sway their votes, and from as far away as Russia, according to US government claims. Social media in general and Facebook specifically were the primary weapons of choice. It worked so well that spending by US... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 17 Jan 2007
- Op-Ed
Learning from Private-Equity Boards
for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron's board (which was... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
and the latest example of zero-sum competition. If drugs are too expensive, let's get the government to pay more. Now that healthcare costs have gotten so high, it is squeezing consumers, employers, state governments, and federal... View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
Compounding the challenge of supporting this population shift, governments from developing to industrialized countries are limited in their capacity and political will to devise solutions to accommodate expanding urban populations.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
Moss believes part of its appeal may be the timeliness of revisiting the country's founding principles at a period when many today see government as dysfunctional. But he points to another element—the experience of learning history... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Outside Voices
has also implemented Deon’s recommendations to expand R&D fellowships, increase the role of visiting fellows, and improve voter registration for the diaspora’s first-ever postal vote. While the think tank is firmly nonpartisan, Xydi says the current View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- What Do You Think?
Have We Carried the Concept of Alignment Too Far?
Summing Up Don't throw out alignment while fighting greed and ignorance in corporate governance Respondents to this month's column have spoken: The cause of investor mistrust of management is not the concept of alignment; it is, among... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Chinese Premier Speaks at HBS
475baf4874c54b74d6872cb82ffdcb34 Amid the backdrop of U.S.-Chinese relations — tension over trade issues and Taiwan’s independence on the one hand, cooperation on terrorism and North Korea on the other — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao spoke at HBS during a four-day trip to... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Q&A: The Post-Pandemic Path
previous financial crisis. “Thankfully, things turned out dramatically different from what we expected,” adds Greenwood. Here, he discusses the scientific, business, and government response that prevented the predictions from becoming a... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Betsy Edwards
organization based in Boston. Her board work is focused on strategic planning, board governance and fundraising. Work Experience: Harvard Business School Director, American Red Cross-Program Manager, Youth Enrichment Services-Board of... View Details
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- 06 Nov 2009
- News
Health Reform Paths Not Taken
rationing.” The system works because the government requires Swiss insurers to offer coverage to everyone, regardless of medical history. And everyone is required to buy insurance, with government subsidies... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Gompers, Merton Honored
The 2002 Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research, offered by the Rodney L. White Center at The Wharton School, has gone to Professor Paul A. Gompers and coauthors Joy Ishii and Andrew Metrick for their paper “Corporate View Details