Publications

For Harvard College undergraduates and MBA students

Today we often hear that American democracy is broken - but what does a healthy democracy look like? How has American democratic governance functioned in the past, and how has it changed... View Details

1997
Chapter

The Deutsche Bank

Keywords: Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Germany

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February 2001
Teaching Note

French Pension System, The: On the Verge of Retirement? & (Abridged)

Teaching Note for (9-798-032) and (9-799-143). View Details

Keywords: Public Administration Industry; France

August 1996 (Revised January 1998)
Teaching Note

Deutsche Bank, The TN

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Keywords: Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

1998
Working Paper

Limited Liability and the Birth of American Industry: Theory Meets History

1998
Working Paper

Stop-Loss Capitalism: The Ex Ante and the Ex Post of Debtor Protection in America

2002
Book

When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager

Keywords: Risk Management

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1999
Chapter

Courting Disaster: The Transformation of Federal Disaster Policy since 1803

Keywords: History; Natural Disasters; Policy; United States

March 2001
Teaching Note

Creating the International Trade Organization TN

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March 2001
Teaching Note

Crisis at the Federal Reserve: Arthur Burns and the Stagflation of 1973-75 TN

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Keywords: United States

March 2001
Teaching Note

Free Trade vs. Protectionism: The Great Corn-Laws Debate TN

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Keywords: Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Great Britain

April 1997
Teaching Note

Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution TN

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Keywords: United States

2004
Book

When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager

Keywords: Failure; Government and Politics; Risk Management

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2005
Working Paper

Macro for Managers

This note attempts to provide a conceptual overview of macroeconomics. Designed for managers and students of management, it emphasizes fundamental ideas and relationships, rather than mathematical models and formulas. The note identifies—and is structured around—three... View Details

Keywords: Macroeconomics; Money; Relationships; Performance Expectations

1997
Working Paper

Courting Disaster? The Transformation of Federal Disaster Policy Since 1803

01 Dec 2000
News

Faculty News

first time. David A. Thomas, an authority on mentoring, executive development, and workplace diversity, becomes a chaired professor as the inaugural incumbent of the H. Naylor Fitzhugh Professorship of... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

September 1995
Teaching Note

Unemployment in France: "Priority Number One" TN

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Keywords: France

1998
Working Paper

Public Risk Management and the Private Sector: An Exploratory Essay