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- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
greatest success factor: disciplined leadership. The authors relate the stories of executives who have successfully broken through the barriers of growth to identify what they all have in common. They supplement these findings with decades of View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: A Fair Share
—Assistant Professor Ethan Bernstein (MBA/JD 2002, DBA 2013) I will give the industry some credit and say that it has come around in the last couple of years. I launched RelayRides in the fall of my first semester at HBS, and it took me a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Alumni Book Briefs
Greatest Competitor as Our Greatest Teacher by Ann Lee (MBA 1995) (Berrett-Koehler Publishers) Fully aware of China’s shortcomings, particularly in human rights, Lee details the policies and practices—in areas ranging from education and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
Research Brief: As the Wind Blows
United States had little to show for its investment before a new administration slashed funding. In the 1980s, California’s progressive energy initiatives led to a massive boom in wind energy, but when the policies expired, the entire... 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
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Terrorism, Insurance, and Uncle Sam
In the wake of the September 11 attacks, business in general and the insurance industry in particular are examining ways to manage the high cost of insurance against acts of terrorism. Appearing before the Senate Committee on Commerce,... View Details
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
group, Connell gained 85 percent ownership of the industrial companies with a leveraged buyout that created the Connell Limited Partnership. Last year, the four firms remaining in the Partnership accounted for revenues of more than $1... View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
shaping the business environment and, in turn, influencing performance at the industry and firm level. Since joining the faculty in 1989, Emmons has conducted extensive research on the interaction between government View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
The Doctor Is In
finance, it seems, are never far from the minds of anyone in health care these days, even at fiscally sound MGH, the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospital that is recognized as an industry model. Indeed, with its conflicting mix of human... View Details
- 11 Oct 2022
- News
On Balance
Gender Equality Agency, a position she calls “a very clear practice and policy leadership opportunity, backed by data.” The government organization, established in 1986 as the Affirmative Action Agency, is tasked with promoting and... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 09 Jan 2014
- News
Tapping into Opportunity
between Florida and Georgia, and some are among water districts within a single state, such as California. Shankar has worked on this issue as well, coauthoring the water policy paper that has driven California's water conservation... View Details
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
system with an annual budget of only $10 million, helping network members get what they need to succeed as microfinance institutions and change agents. Under Barry's leadership, the organization has also led the microfinance industry in... View Details
- 08 Oct 2013
- News
The Green Giant
The old-fashioned assumption of the environmental movement was that business and industry were the problem. World Wildlife Fund President and CEO Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) is bullish that they can be part of the solution. A new breed of... View Details
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Digital Health Care: Empowering Consumers
come. But this is a highly regulated, technology-intensive industry with third-party payers, not a retail industry. It’s a very unusual sector and you need to know a lot about how it works. How do you align your innovation with that... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003
of regional dynamics. Oil industry Postwar oil-field pacification and reconstruction policy has failed. Oil production is under half the 1990 level, and still - after 7 months - under two-thirds the... View Details
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
percent of 2005 emissions. Importantly, the IRA, IIJA, and CHIPS Act together represent a return to industrial policy in the US, with significant direct investments and incentives for the onshoring of... View Details
- 01 Feb 2001
- News
New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated
In late November, a distinguished group of HBS alumni, faculty, and friends gathered on campus at a celebratory dinner to pay tribute to the legacy of the late H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33). A leader of industry and a pioneer in business... View Details
- 01 Sep 2010
- News
Alumni Books
collapse, reveal how botched policy responses made a bad situation worse, and focus on lessons that the practice of finance must learn to avoid a repeat in the future. How to Be a Fierce Competitor: What Winning Companies and Great... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
explains. “Given that women make 82 cents on the dollar, this income gap affects not only earnings but also retirement savings, creating a gender pension gap. Some of that is because of the industries we go into, and also because we are... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 13 Dec 2022
- News
The First Five Years: Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
everyday workers and families. Christine: "We've been able to contribute to the state in the following ways: "We presented an economic development policy proposal to the state's Speaker of the House and legislature in May 2022 "We... View Details