Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Oct 2013
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The Green Giant

sustainable products, if our government incorporates nature into its foreign policy objectives, and if our grandkids are talking about creating businesses that are all about the planet and they're still finding salamanders in their... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; World Wildlife Fund

04 May 2017
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How Sheryl Sandberg’s Sharing Manifesto Drives Facebook

she and Zuckerberg have implemented longer bereavement plans and more flex time for coping with life tragedies, policies which, if they spread to other companies, would offer a tangible payoff for all this job-mandated vulnerability. “I... View Details

01 Apr 1999
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WSA Conference Focuses on Reaching Goals

attend sessions on topics such as "Launching Your Career," a discussion between HBS professor Rosabeth Moss Kanter and McKinsey's Thomas-Graham. Afternoon sessions delved into industry-specific interests, from finance to public policy to... View Details

Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey

01 Aug 2001
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Amy Schiffman Langer (MBA '77)

in terms of its capacity for consumer impact, social change, and policy influence." Langer's unflagging dedication to her work and those whom she serves would be remarkable under any circumstances. But incredibly, five years ago, her... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; Health, Social Assistance

15 Jun 2021
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The Path out of Polarization

Image by John Ritter It’s not just that Americans can’t find a middle ground on tax policy or abortion rights anymore—political polarization has sunk to a depth from which Americans can no longer see eye to eye on what is fact and what is... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Telecommunications; Information

26 Feb 2020
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Phoenix Rising

the best possible solution to complicated public policy problems,” he says, weighing all the evidence against a gut feeling. Beyond his business acumen, it’s also possible that Mitsotakis inherited a bit of political instinct. The prime... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

01 Dec 2004
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The Future of Stem Cells

knowledge to other medical areas as well. As for public policy and business, the desire to reduce medical and health-care costs and the rewards to be reaped from the development of blockbuster therapies will further drive markets forward.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella

years” in a Financial Times poll of 4,000 executives. He recently spoke about the public policy and business challenges ahead. U.S. consumers complain loudly that prescription drugs cost too much. What’s your response? We have a... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance

27 Apr 2017
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Helping Veterans Gain Skills to Thrive in the Business World

challenge—the business world. “I knew that if I were to pivot in my career that it had to begin at HBS.” Her decision to apply was influenced by the School’s need-blind admission policy and generous fellowship program, which has also... View Details

01 Feb 1997
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Conversing in Cyberspace: Students and Alumni Talk Management

Does a new general manager who delegates decisions run the risk of appearing indecisive? Is an "open-door" policy a good way for a general manager to get information, or a terrible waste of time? What happens when a manager asks employees... View Details

Keywords: Daniel Penrice

01 Oct 1998
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Going Against the Flow

startup evolve into Banco Pactual, which today is a full-service investment bank with a net worth of $700 million. Jakurski has found contrarian skepticism useful for analyzing emerging-market turbulence. "The government will enact a View Details

Keywords: Dun Gifford, Jr.

01 Dec 1998
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Faculty Retirements

1960. He has taught many courses in the MBA Program, including Management of International Business; Business, Government, and the International Economy; and Industry and Competitive Analysis. He also taught and served as course head of Business View Details

17 Sep 2021
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Clearing the Path to Citizenship

assisted more immigrants than any single law firm—more than 7,000 a year—and the company boasts a success rate of 99.7 percent. Ever-changing immigration policy is one challenge for Boundless, which is constantly updating its application... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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From the Editors

since your alumni director discovered that he had inherited an editorship along with his other problems, the Bulletin Policy Committee has been advising him to make a regular feature of two or three pages of interesting stuff about the... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

22 Mar 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in Los Angeles

sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general public to affect meaningful change. Addressing society's rapid move to digital platforms, Dean Datar said, "As you look at some of the challenges that... View Details

01 Feb 2001
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New Fitzhugh Professorship Celebrated

actively pursued his white classmates. His first job after graduation was as an independent salesman in his native Washington, D.C., working for several firms serving the black community. In Washington, Fitzhugh helped to establish the New Negro Alliance, which worked... View Details

Keywords: H. Naylor Fitzhugh (MBA '33); Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2010
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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

09 Mar 2021
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Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

Children learning remotely often have to rely on parents or a sibling for help. The pandemic has caused the largest disruption of education systems in history, affecting more than one billion learners in more than 190 countries, according to a 2020 United Nations... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Jun 2020
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Unleashed

discretionary behavior, and they’re certainly not wasting time reading the company handbook. They even resist restrictions such as vacation or expense policies, which Netflix has essentially abolished. The company’s expense policy is,... View Details