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- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
In the high-tech industry, it's common practice for a governing body to develop technical standards for any given technology. The goal is to promote widespread adoption and compatibility among various devices. The Bluetooth standard lets... View Details
- 19 Feb 2020
- News
Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change
Clean Air Act was one of the first and most influential federal environmental laws—and many in the business community saw benefits from a national strategy to combat pollution. Prof. Michael Toffel Prof. Michael Toffel Now, as the world... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy
- 02 Oct 2012
- News
Green Pioneer
School, and the Harvard University Center on the Environment, making important contributions. In April, after four years of research, the Program released “Envision,” a rating system for major government infrastructure projects that helps... View Details
- 27 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments
add over $10 trillion to outstanding federal debt. But closer inspection of government data reveals that these figures grossly understate both the current deficit and level of debt. Consider, for example,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
Thomas E. Braniff
Braniff received his first airmail contract from the federal government in 1934, four years after founding Braniff Airways. In 1952, Braniff acquired Mid-Continent Airlines, which made Braniff Airways the... View Details
Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace
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Elizabeth Gelb
Partners Group Infrastructure (internship); Deloitte Consulting (international development/energy reform); Vriens & Partners Myanmar (political risk consulting); Shihezi University; US Federal Government... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Research & Ideas
Can Decades of Military Overspending be Fixed?
Editor's note: Even with recent disclosures about out-of-control spending on corporate perks and government agency parties, the US military is frequently held up as the exemplar of organizational largesse run wild. In the new book Defense... View Details
- 22 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist
was trying to fix prices. This is antithetical to how most Americans think of the US market operating,” says Sawyer, an assistant professor in the Business, Government and the International Economy unit who previously held the... View Details
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Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA
available to you to help you manage your debt. For example, entrepreneurs could consider borrowing loans that have income-based repayment options. Students who go into the non-profit or social enterprise sector may be eligible for loan repayment assistance. Not only... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
elections, a fact that has helped Moret attract the talent necessary to address the range of issues, from the over-reliance on federal government jobs in the metropolitan DC area to the need for new industry... View Details
- Mar 2012
- Article
Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness
The United States is on a glide path to fiscal disaster, with experts projecting that the federal government will take in far less money than it spends--indefinitely. Our current fiscal policy is eroding... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- Op-Ed
Tax US Companies to Spur Spending
measures relating to government spending, would stem from decentralized actors responding to private information and incentives. Consider the potential effects of a temporary 2 percent tax on corporations' "excess" cash... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
more as we move into the fall. In the meantime, chances are we can expect a significant amount of market volatility. So what do we do now? For starters, I believe that the federal government must focus on... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 01 Feb 1999
- News
Fred Lazarus: Art Work at the Office
Role Fred Lazarus delivered the following remarks to the policy board of Americans for the Arts in Washington, D.C., in March 1998. The federal government has provided support for the arts in this country in... View Details
Keywords: Jeffrey Lazar
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
Administration I study business leaders, government leaders, religious leaders, social activists, and other individuals — past and present — who exercise real, worthy impact. As a historian, I don’t see huge differences among political... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 10 Jan 2005
- What Do You Think?
Public Pension Reform: Does Mexico Have the Answer?
bills?" As Cesar Franco put it, "Relying on individuals to invest their pension proceeds themselves is a mistake. I help people with their finances...and can tell you the majority of people are not ready for that responsibility." For that reason, he... View Details
- 04 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Why Small-Business Lending Is Not Recovering
our series, Mills will explore efforts by the federal government to incentivize and increase small business lending during the recession and recovery. Other Articles In This Series Is a Gap in Small-Business... View Details
- 05 Feb 2019
- News
Protecting the Power Grid
Security, Department of Defense, Federal Emergency Management Agency, and other agencies, describe how America’s electric infrastructure was critically unprepared for any number of natural and man-made threats, including solar storms,... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
really my job to think about the health of society or the planet. My job is to put my head down and run a profitable business.” Now we’re at a moment where many of us look around at the federal government... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
They also cite Pew Research Center data showing that trust in the federal government has gone from 77 percent in 1964 to 17 percent in 2019. But even in the face of these difficult odds, Gehl and Porter... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan