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- 04 Aug 2020
- News
How Business Can Advance Racial Equity
steering our government, especially at the federal level on any of these topics—on public health, on climate, on equity—is unfortunately absent. April White: Lisa, you very well described this world of despair and of pride and of cautious... View Details
- 07 Oct 2002
- Research & Ideas
What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence
conflicts of interest. For example, the change in the commission structure in 1974 created a whole new dynamic that influenced the role of research by investment banks. And the growing importance of consulting at public accounting firms... View Details
Keywords: by Harvard Management Update
- Web
2018 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Elena was appointed to the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ (AICPA) National Commission on Diversity and Inclusion. She is a magna cum laude graduate from University of NY at Albany and received her Executive Coaching... View Details
- 10 Jul 2000
- Research & Ideas
The State of the Markets
for truly independent regulators is of considerable importance. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fulfills that function in the United States, but regulatory bodies abroad lack the clout of subpoena power and can be swayed by... View Details
Keywords: by James E. Aisner
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Financing New Ideas - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
my definition of the word—constructive. I am building men and companies." Georges F. Doriot, in "General Doriot"s Dream Factory," Fortune , August 1967 50 Doriot also championed a global community of venture capitalists by promoting... View Details
- 30 Apr 2025
- News
A Social Enterprise Talk in DC; Canadian Alumni Talk Trade; Meet the Leader: HBS Club of Colorado
DC Panel Looks at Social Enterprise in a New Government Landscape The HBS Club of Washington, DC teamed up with the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative (SEI) on April 2, to present an alumni panel discussion on social impact titled “New Perspectives in Social Enterprise,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
less than 25 percent. Part of the problem is polarization. We’ve talked ourselves into thinking that the other party wants to destroy what’s good about America, instead of thinking of it as “His Majesty’s loyal opposition” as they say in the UK. I’ve always liked that... View Details
- 21 Jan 2014
- News
Climbing to New Heights
appreciative of warmth, shelter, a shower—all those things you generally take for granted." But, Petzel adds, he also feels an obligation to give back. Based in London, where he works for Goldman Sachs, he became acquainted with Community... View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 17 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 17, 2007
decision for firms that aspire to develop platform-mediated networks is whether to preserve proprietary control or share their platform with rivals. A proprietary platform has a single provider that solely controls its technology, for example, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
the company and the industry." And Lorenzo Ferlazzo comments, "I would maybe run a slew of guidance measures in commentary . . . and suggest analysts use their own initiative to communicate their interpretation to the... View Details
- 03 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 3, 2018
working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51347 Harvard Business School Case 118-061 The Whistleblower at International Game Technology Robert Mayhem, a senior manager at International Game Technology, had filed a whistleblower report with the U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Read All About It!
paths to pedal. In 1893, the roads became a cause of concern for the federal government as the U.S. Post Office Department instituted a system of rural free delivery (RFD). Members of the National Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry — an... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Long Run
entrepreneur—would take him far away from Calhoun, he returned in 1997 to give his three daughters the opportunity to grow up in the close-knit community he remembered from his childhood. He continued his work across the private and... View Details
- 04 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
My Summer of Joy with the National Parks Service
Care Units. I came to school passionate about access and equity in health care, and curious about systemic barriers to resources that allow communities to live healthy lives. As soon as I got to campus though, I realized I had no idea how... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
pro quo deals between agents and third parties, and to suggest how legal and institutional reforms might curb harms and enhance benefits. In this comprehensive Handbook, top scholars in the field provide specially commissioned essays,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Ali Allawi
support their proxies than we have now, but no direct military involvement. Is there anything that can be done to bring about reconciliation among the various groups? One approach is to federalize the country, giving the Shias, Sunnis,... View Details
- 23 Jan 2008
- Op-Ed
A House Divided: Investment or Shelter?
places on peripatetic journeys: People summered in Newport, wintered in Manhattan, or toured Europe, moor-less, for years. If you had asked an Edith Wharton matron where home was, she would have asked what you meant. Home As Anchor When the View Details
- 20 Jan 2015
- News
Patient Medical Records, Pocket-sized
by federal law, in order to receive government reimbursements. “As a provider with limited resources and tremendous pressure to decrease cost, we can only focus on so many initiatives at once,” notes Kevin Donovan, CEO of Mt. Ascutney... View Details
- 01 Aug 2002
- News
Class Day & Commencement
to observe that at one time he had told his study group that he intended to live in Australia and, as a consultant, travel the world while learning about different business models. Instead, Brown said, “I'm going back to my hometown of Washington, D.C., to work for the... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Antitrust in Historical Perspective
Before he became a federal judge, the controversial Robert Bork once labeled antitrust "a policy at war with itself." In this case, he was right. Antitrust laws are problematic. That is not, however, to say that they are without value.... View Details
Keywords: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow