Governance - Publications - Faculty & Research

06 Dec 2021
News

Monaco's Digital Transformation

country’s own digital security agency handles all encryption. Genta, who brings to his role a background in business leadership at Google, Amazon, and Orange, also worked with his team to develop the Monaco ID card, a secure way for a user to log in online and easily... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

derail us." What's the business leaders' mood? It varies by region. In Europe, the feeling is that there will be continued economic progress, that markets will work well, but that there is an unwillingness or inability of democratically elected View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

03 Jan 2014
News

Jim Coutts Was Trudeau’s Right Hand

Keywords: Trudeau; Canada; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

01 Sep 2007
News

Letters to the Editor

Upon Further Review I found “Fixing America’s Leadership Deficit” in the June Bulletin to be a brief but exciting summary of the three-person panel discussion that took place at the Kennedy School of Government last March. For a while, it... View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

people value risk reduction and predictability. They should want to empower governments to take sensible steps toward the establishment of institutions that put a price on the carbon dioxide. Energy production and consumption, which are... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities

Profile

Kim Chen

Why was earning your MBA at HBS important to you? I sought to expand the way I think about my career and business and the context in which both operate. I knew HBS would help me do so by exposing me to a diverse set of classmates, topics, and sides of many important... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

01 Sep 2020
News

Making Democracy Work

A democratically elected government is essential to free-market capitalism—a strong democracy provides the foundation necessary for capitalism to benefit all, rather than only a few. Today, democracy is in decline around the world, and... View Details

30 Aug 2012
News

Fundraiser makes the most of time at convention

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

29 Feb 2016
HBS Case

Bigbelly's Big Bet on the Digital Trash Can

cities” field. “I wanted to explore the opportunities and challenges of selling to government in a company that is moving from selling hardware in big chunks to selling software as a service,” says Weiss, the MBA Class of 1961 Senior... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Energy

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

01 Dec 1999
News

Q & A: Herb Kohl

the cracks. But for the most part, the money is spent in a legitimate way. We are always trying to do a better job, but we still have the best, most effective, most efficient government in the world. What are your proudest... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

01 Dec 2013
News

14 for '14

will run on inertia with partisan gridlock blocking any change in direction. But in the 50 states there are 25 with a GOP governor, house, and senate (population 165 million), and 13 with complete Democrat control (population 81 million). There, united View Details

Keywords: Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

03 Oct 2012
What Do You Think?

Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

may be "found mostly in state and community colleges and not so much in the Ivy leagues." But Hugh Quick commented, "Beware of government interference with schools." One positive example put forward was that of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

06 Apr 2017
News

From Lobster Traps to Border Fencing

prisons, and nuclear facilities. The fences have mesh openings that are too small to allow people to get a grip with their fingers or to allow a cutter to work effectively. Knott sees the possibility of a big order from the US government... View Details

Keywords: Donald Trump; homeland security; Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

03 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

Everyone Knows Innovation is Essential to Business Success—Except Board Directors

solely up to management to ensure a company retains its competitive edge, a proactive board can help to provide the guidance needed for the future. Related Reading: Managing for the Longterm The Real Duty of the Board of Directors View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2000
News

Looking to the East

studied at Tokyo University, is president and CEO of Fanuc India, an arm of Japan-based Fanuc, a world leader in factory automation and robots. Kulkarni was invited by the Indian government to participate in the meeting because of his... View Details

08 Dec 2017
News

Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits

alumni either currently serving in or running for office: National/State Government Seth Moulton (MBA 2011; Congress in Massachusetts, reelected 2018) Joshua Harder (MBA 2014; running for Congress in California) Jared Henderson (MBA 2007;... View Details

Keywords: politics

Profile

Andrew Pratt

Andrew Pratt (MBA 2015) wants to ensure that the United States remains competitive in science and technology, both in business and education. View Details