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- 15 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
A Mass Crisis Can Overwhelm Health Care. Liberia Found a Solution.
experience, can do this with a high degree of informational accuracy, calm, and safety.” In 2013 in Liberia, ahead of the heaviest part of the Ebola crisis, some 79 percent of health care spending came from overseas development... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Class of 2007 Fellowship Awarded
completely engaging,” says Kim, a graduate of the University of Illinois. Interested in social enterprise, during his first year Kim met Nancy Barry (MBA ’75), former president of Women’s World Banking, at an HBS field study event. Barry invited him to View Details
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IFC: Singapore; Shaping a Global Innovation Hub - Course Catalog
also examine the role of Singapore in the evolving geopolitical environment. We will spend time on the various ways in which the Singapore Government has helped create the infrastructure, workforce, policies... View Details
- 24 Sep 2020
- News
The Race for a Vaccine
quickly on the initial steps of the COVID-19 vaccine. The type of research he envisions would require government investment, he says, but not much. “You’re talking $10, $20 million dollars per vaccine preclinical,” he points out. “It’s... View Details
- 04 Oct 2004
- What Do You Think?
Does Speed Trump Intellectual Property?
placing too much emphasis on patent protection? Are government regulations protecting intellectual property applied far too broadly these days? Should they be limited to certain industries, products, or processes where they can be judged... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- Profile
Anthony Tan
trying to do and I don’t blame them,” Tan told the FT. Unlike many startups, Grab Taxi faced a raft of local issues, both logistical and political, that made his effort even more difficult. Dealing with unions, government... View Details
- 30 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 30
PublicationsHappy Money: The Science of Smarter Spending Authors:Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton Publication:Simon & Schuster, forthcoming Abstract If you think money can't buy happiness, you're not View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
reforms.) Why would we expect the people that exhibited such behavior in the past to now change their actions? Allowing the Greek government to spend more money would leave the country with more debt,... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
aggregate this information through various forms of screening, certifications, and online reviews. “Fundamentally, occupational licensing exists to increase consumer trust in service providers.” Government regulation also exists to ensure... View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
News Corporation—a multinational media conglomerate that includes BSKYB, Dow Jones, Fox News, 20th Century Fox and Star, among other units—announced earlier this year that it has become climate neutral, meaning that its operations have no net impact on global climate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2003
- News
HBS Releases 2003 Financial Report
its commitment to transparency at a time when the School is involved in a $500 million capital campaign. It also highlights the School’s unusual business model. Unlike most schools, HBS does not accept government and third-party faculty... View Details
- 20 Jun 2016
- News
Having an Impact on Development and Poverty Issues
Photography by Susan Young Even though government spending and philanthropic capital are powerful tools for helping people improve their lives and rise out of poverty, there are still problems with them.... View Details
Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman
- 13 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 13
help those they agree with while the second is the dependence of peoples' self-esteem on the extent to which they perceive that others agree with them. Government spending crowds out the charity that ensues... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2004
- What Do You Think?
For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?
spending up to 5 percent (and in some cases more) of this year's operating income (and perhaps next year's as well) to assure an internal control structure whose integrity they can endorse in writing. But one has to ask whether this is an... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
world. Among economic scholars, field research often takes place within the walls of corporations, non-profits, small businesses, or government entities. Ideally, these organizations eventually can apply the findings of the research to... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Feb 2005
- Research & Ideas
The World in Your Palm?
have added phones and other functions. But no cameras, Tyneski said. RIM's primarily business users can't take cameras into many business and government sites. The architecture of a device needs to represent the function, Tyneski... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
Illustration by Vahram Muradyan Illustration by Vahram Muradyan With one quarter of all renters spending more than half their income on housing in the United States, as Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found in 2017, about 11... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 22 Mar 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
eventually use our platform in order to make an impact. 2. Take advantage of opportunities to work with non-MBAs We are incredibly lucky to spend our first year talking about challenges in life and business with 94 smart, funny, candid,... View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond
allowing bonds to be rolled over into private sector retirement accounts; and generally making it easier to purchase bonds by expanding distribution to outlets such as the post office and Wal-Mart. "The federal government View Details
- 01 Jan 2003
- News
Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964
information you have. Ultimately, this process leads you to a zone for judgment; it's a process I have used throughout my career." COMMUNITY OUTREACH Director, The Council for Excellence in Government Director, Capital Partners for... View Details