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- 01 Mar 2006
- News
The Real Conflict
intermediaries such as Wal-Mart against a combination of old-line retailers and labor, community, and development activists. Particularly in retailing, policies in the United States favor consumers and offer fewer protections to other... View Details
- 19 Aug 2013
- News
Bees Make a Sweet Deal for African Farmers
with a growing middle class in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, and Burundi. We hope to become the world's newest 'tiger states.' Bureaucracy and lack of appropriate infrastructure are challenges, but most African countries are now committed to View Details
- 01 Mar 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2019
Turkey, where religious elites were integral to early centralizing reform processes. Second, region-wide structural constraints on the types of linkages that states were able to build with religion have generated long-term repercussions. Fatefully, both state View Details
- 15 May 2018
- News
Spreading the Safety Net
a critically ill loved one without this same level of benefits. I had inadvertently created classes of employees — and by doing so, had done my part to contribute to America’s inequality problem. The new policy gives warehouse employees... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reflections on the “Artistry” of Teaching
Christensen’s wisdom is remembered and often quoted by former students and colleagues from HBS. At least one chairman of a major national conglomerate still carries with him a copy of the yellowed notes he took in Christensen’s Business View Details
- 15 Jun 2021
- News
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
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
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 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
people often don’t have the financial wherewithal and broad general skills to leave behind a job where they are intimidated. Working in fear is a terrible way to live, and a secret ballot can ameliorate much of that fear. Michael A. Petronino (MBA ’64) Stratford, CT... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
The Evolution of Modern Pricing Models
behavior of the customers is so vastly different that having the same policy often doesn’t make sense. It’s very much like you’re selling a certain type of product in Japan and China: different markets with different competitors and... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
philanthropic dollars. Some of our members who have been active in philanthropy have said, “I realized that I needed to get involved in getting our democracy to work because my philanthropy isn’t having the impact it could when the policy... View Details
- 17 Mar 2023
- News
Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in New York
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 confront us as a society, one of those is... View Details
- 22 Feb 2022
- News
Addressing The Financial Security Gap
can’t solve this problem, she says, adding that some public policy initiatives need to be implemented, along with paid childcare and more flexible workplaces. Ackerley is passionate about closing the gender pension gap and furthering... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 06 Oct 2020
- News
Clearing the Path to Citizenship
of clear guidance as to which immigrants would be affected by the public charge rule, Boundless also used its data to create a tool for applicants to assess their risk. Ever-changing immigration policy is one challenge for Boundless,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
What’s the Big Idea?
(PhDBE 2009) and HBS assistant professor George Serafeim, the trio studied data from a matched sample of 180 companies over 18 years. Organizations that had adopted environmental and social policies by 1993 (described as... View Details
- 09 Mar 2021
- News
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
- News
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
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
as Braun’s or Harder’s are important, but Moss says what matters most “is that our leaders continue to believe deeply enough in our democracy to always work within it—to respect the democratic process without fail, even when doing so doesn’t seem to favor their party... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
Schenk, director of the HBS Business and Environment Initiative, asked some of our alumni how they view this moment and how they are looking to capitalize on it. Julia Trotman Brady (MBA 1997) Partner, Valo Ventures This is the most consequential View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2018
anyone, he shaped the economic policies of Hong Kong for the quarter century after the war and set the stage for a remarkable economic expansion. This book examines the man behind the story and the successful economic View Details
- 01 Jun 2000
- News
Of Dugouts and Sweatshops
In 1993, as President Clinton's newly sworn-in Secretary of Labor, Robert B. Reich had hoped his first formal public policy decision would be a veritable home run. Instead, he found himself dealing with what appeared to be a no-win... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey