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- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
legal change applied). These reductions in agency costs were followed by an increase in average leverage and a reduction in interest costs. Finally, we can estimate the welfare implications of agency costs,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
ongoing board capacities. Steeped in the knowledge of what does and does not work in the quest for safe, reliable, and affordable drinking water, Nicole has been working to overcome the repeated challenges that governmental agencies face... View Details
- 01 Sep 2003
- News
Patrick Moreton
An expert on competition in telecommunications and new technologies, Patrick S. Moreton (MBA ’91) takes the long view. Despite congressional efforts to tighten controls over media ownership and the current public outcry against media... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Year 2000 Computer Problem and You: Disaster for Some, Lessons for All
would be replaced. But instead we kept those programs, and to exploit improved technology, we added new ones. So the problem of date handling was never addressed. Now we know that an imperfection we're willing to tolerate today could... View Details
- 27 Mar 2014
- News
From Marx to Marketing
the time a partner at the Athens-based Ulysses Commission Trading Company, an agency company representing foreign manufacturers in the Greek market, watched those dramatic days in late 1989 with mixed feelings. "I knew that the... View Details
- 20 Sep 2013
- News
Connections Add Up
class and outside my class—that whole network is working for me to make a difference," says Morrison. Morrison has been making an impact since 2010, when she assumed the CEO role at the Council for Economic Education, based in New York... View Details
- 08 May 2019
- Blog Post
Top-Notch Talent Begets Top-Notch Talent
Prokanga started with contract and part-time placements but, since then, has expanded to also include full-time roles. “We started by placing primarily consultants with marketing agencies and small startups, focusing on the marketing... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
A Force for Good
years, which had focused on new directions for the School. These included rebuilding the self-confidence of the tenured faculty, and creating a shared sense that the School’s mission was still valid and powerful. “The absence of a broad... View Details
- 05 Dec 2023
- Blog Post
Taking Learning Beyond the Classroom
attracted students from a variety of backgrounds, including impact investing, consulting, renewables, startups, ESG, climate tech, and those with experience working for major auto manufacturers including Audi, Ford, and Tesla. The session began with an overview of the... View Details
- 20 Feb 2014
- News
Managing the World’s Trouble Spots
assist with Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld’s transition team at the Pentagon. After shoring up new leadership, he moved to the US Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance and helped to create the Global Development Alliance, an View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- Web
In The Community | About
$ 884 k in funding for the Summer Fellows program , supporting 202 local partners 86 students engaged with local partners, delivering over 3,300 hours of consulting as part of MBA FIELD courses Leadership Fellows: Local Partners Boston Ballet Boston Planning and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
A Safer—and Speedier—Way to Name Your Startup
image by Edmon de Haro So you have an idea for a new business, product, or service. What are you going to call it? As any cash-strapped entrepreneur, product manager, or “creative” will tell you, that decision can be critical when it... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
George C. Lodge
election but was invited back to Soldiers Field by the new Dean, George P. Baker. He then turned his energies to teaching and to INCAE, which is still flourishing in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and other Latin American countries. At the same... View Details
- 01 Jun 2024
- News
Crash Pad
Proposed legislation known as the Revitalizing Downtowns Act would establish a new tax credit for office conversions, and the General Services Administration, the agency in charge of federal property, is... View Details
- 15 Dec 2024
- News
The Golden Thread
Teresa Amabile grew up near Buffalo, New York, the third of seven children. Her parents were first-generation Americans who used their childhood Italian language when they didn’t want the kids to understand what they were saying. Her... View Details
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
purchaser, rather than the generator, of roadway data. The early days required a lot of evangelism, but in the past five years, most governments have begun seeing how much more effective we can be.” Turning government agencies into... View Details
- 26 Sep 2017
- Blog Post
A Summer Internship with the International Rescue Committee
prior, arriving here with no contacts and no English, ready to start a new life. Seeing her would have been an emotional experience no matter what, but having been supported through chemo for the prior few months, arriving together on the... View Details
- 23 Apr 2019
- Blog Post
Propel Your Career Forward with Some of Our Favorite Books
an opportunity for alumni to reflect on their careers and take the steps needed to continue down a path of success or make a change. True North Our society needs strong leaders to help solve major world issues. More importantly, for profits, nonprofits, and government... View Details
- 09 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 9, 2008
independent social rating agency and avoids selection issues by taking advantage of a natural experiment that arose when the agency expanded the scope of its ratings. We find empirical support for our... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Aug 2021
- Blog Post
Baker Library's Latest Collection: Little Black Library
Little Black Library was perfect,” said Stark. “This is not Baker Library saying, ‘These are the books you should read,’ this is Cathy’s work. We’re not collaborating, we’re supporting a student-led initiative. It gives our students View Details