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- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
by climate change by managing resources more efficiently, pursuing new strategies in the wake of climate change, and bringing climate-ready products to market. On May 15, over 100 Harvard Business School alumni and local and regional leaders from industries and View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
An Economy Undermined
became securities-trading companies more than money-raising companies. Meanwhile, an ideological war was developing in the country between those who believed government was largely the cause of the economic problems that bedeviled the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions
1960), former chief economist, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada The United States has the worst of all worlds: a relatively high marginal tax rate that influences behavior negatively, but a considerably lower average tax rate that precludes... View Details
- 08 Dec 2017
- News
Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits
2005), the former state auditor of New Mexico, who was elected mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico in November; Margaret Busse (MBA 2001), who is running for Massachusetts state senate; Adem Bunkeddeko (MBA... View Details
Keywords: politics
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
will elect five members of the University's Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association. Candidates for Overseer The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard's two governing boards, the other being the President and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
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Crash Pad
available for specific conversion projects, which could also be helped by a move to loosen land-use laws at the state level. In October 2023, Boston launched generous property-tax abatement for conversions. City leaders hope the program... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Rx for Too Big to Fail
the scourge of too big to fail. One is to break up the largest financial institutions, possibly with a new and improved Glass-Steagall law. The other is to perfect a bankruptcy process for super-sized financial firms so they can fail safely without the need for View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Banishing Balkan Ghosts
was spotted in 1986 by Alain Gomez (20th PMD), the charismatic chairman of the French electronics giant Thomson, who tapped him as his special assistant. In 1988, Djelic went to the United States to help with a new Thomson acquisition,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
States has seen a marked improvement in energy efficiency, but solar has proven not to be the most promising alternative energy source. In contrast to his call for energy independence, other voices put environmental protection first, with... View Details
- 19 May 2015
- News
Getting Ready for Success
nonetheless. She cofounded Minds Matter, a now-nationwide mentoring and college preparatory nonprofit that launched her on a lifelong mission to improve public education. Named Woman of the Year by the California State Assembly in 2014... View Details
- 01 Mar 2015
- News
Case Study: The Speed of Light
states across the country and in some cases abroad (Canada, the Caribbean, Europe). Expansion to markets like California—which has five times the solar capacity of New Jersey—is potentially very lucrative. But we’ve been hesitant to take... View Details
- 28 Jun 2011
- News
Beyond Case Writing
Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Bright Future for Green Business
“There’s no better horse in the world you could possibly hitch your cart to.” That’s how Matthew Nordan summed up the state of clean, green energy at the School’s Building Green Businesses conference in early March. During the session... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
Paulson Advocates Regulatory Reform
will look not at the trees, but at the whole forest.” He also called for new government power to impose an orderly liquidation of any failing financial institution. Lacking that authority, Paulson said he had to use “duct tape and baling... View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Faculty Books
Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss (Cambridge University Press) After years of emphasis on governmental inefficiency and the need for deregulation, interest is growing... View Details
- 16 Aug 2013
- News
Women's Business Leader
Carla Harris Photo courtesy of Carla Harris On August 12, President Obama announced his intention to appoint Carla Harris (MBA 1987) to be the Chair of the National Women's Business Council (NWBC). Harris is a prominent global investment professional and business... View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
Promoting work/life balance
As U.S. Secretary of Labor, The Hon. Elaine L. Chao (MBA 1979) helped American workers address the competing demands of their work and home lives. (Published May 2015) View Details
- 17 Sep 2021
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
When Xiao Wang (MBA 2014) and his parents immigrated to the United States from China three decades ago, the process was a difficult and expensive one. The family spent the equivalent of five months’ rent on an immigration attorney to... View Details