Extreme Political Action - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Jun 2014
News

Turning "Black Gold" to Green

Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) via a vote of the public. The RPS requires utilities to produce a specific percentage of power from renewable sources, and because of the ballot measure's popularity and success, the legislature subsequently increased the RPS's goals.... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli; Oil and Gas Extraction; Mining

01 Feb 2001
News

The Doctor Is In

experiences at an early age, due to either an illness of their own or that of a close relative. "My family was politically active," Slavin continues, "and I worked on health policy issues one summer in college for Congressman Ed Markey.... View Details

Keywords: healthcare; Health, Social Assistance

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Seven Lessons from the Section Experience - MBA

and more, these individual connections brought our community closer together. Even within our section, we had extremely meaningful small group interactions. For many, these small groups were the biggest memories. From dinners organized by... View Details

28 Mar 2019
News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

take action on climate now, while Roland Hwang, Managing Director, Climate and Clean Energy Program, NRDC, closed with a talk on reimagining the role of government and opportunities to create virtuous cycles with business leaders. “It was... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

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Dean Srikant Datar’s 2024 Commencement Remarks | About

of leaders who have energized an organization to embrace hard work, I think of two of our alumni leaders at JP Morgan Chase: Jamie Dimon and Mary Erdoes. There is no question that, even against the standards of Wall Street, people at this organization work View Details

14 Feb 2019
News

Plotting a Path Forward on Climate Change

McCarthy said a two-pronged approach is required: take the politics out of climate change by making it a health and economic issue and properly communicate the science to the general public. As an environmental advisor to Governor Mitt... View Details

29 Sep 2015
Blog Post

5 Leadership Lessons from the First Year at HBS

that was true to her strengths, extremely effective for her and her team and lead her to great success and admiration within her organization. An organization can sense authenticity and appreciates when a leader’s View Details

13 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?

Administration in the Strategy unit at Harvard Business School. “No one had relationships with the parliamentarians—he built his business in part around this opportunity.” “No one had relationships with the parliamentarians—he built his business in part around this... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

27 Jul 2017
News

Seeing a Way Forward

University. While there, she studied abroad in Ghana in order to learn more about that part of the world. “I had initially imagined a future in international diplomacy but quickly realized the political side of things was not for me. I... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

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Paul Wang

work with the MIT’s Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL). “They’re a group of economists who use randomized evaluation methodologies, similar to those used in pharmaceutical trials, to assess the impact of development projects,”... View Details

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

leaders. But there must be a point where we hold leaders accountable for their failure to prevent predictable surprises. There must be a point at which we conclude that leaders have been misguided or negligent or both. When should we hold our leaders accountable for... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

PublicationsAn Investigation of Earnings Management through Marketing Actions Authors:Craig J.Chapman, Thomas J. Steenburgh Publication:Management Science (forthcoming) Abstract Prior research hypothesizes that managers use "real... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

The Negotiator’s Secret: More Than Merely Effective

Accenture). Getting too committed to your point of view—"believing your own line"—is an extremely common mistake. Partisan Perceptions. While we systematically err in processing information critical to our own side, we are even... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

19 Jul 2016
First Look

July 19, 2016

for monetary gambles, reference points for experiences that are set at more extreme outcomes, leading to concave utility for negative experiences but convex utility for positive experiences. As a result, people are more risk-averse... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

direction. I was pleasantly surprised by her incredibly active voice and that she was reflective not only about her career but about politics, civil society, gender, and religion. She not only reflected on these topics, she had extremely... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video

28 Sep 2021
News

Alumni Connections Drive Career Opportunities for Students

his positive college experience, business school became very appealing. “I have always been extremely curious. I have found some success in finance and investing, but in order to get to where I was, I had to neglect a lot of other... View Details

Keywords: Becca Carnahan

01 Jun 2015
News

Leadership on a Global Stage

and youth in Singapore’s “heartland.” He returned to Singapore three years later as a leadership consultant with McKinsey & Company, creating and delivering leadership training and development programs throughout Asia Pacific that were View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley

01 Dec 2011
News

Letters to the Editor

and I’ll continue speaking out in support of New York’s and the C40’s innovative approaches. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg (MBA 1966) New York, NY Environmental Action In the article “The City Solution,” Mayor Bloomberg states that climate... View Details

Keywords: HBS Show; Personal and Laundry Services; Personal Services; Natural Gas Distribution; Utilities

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

dismayed by the actions of Kumar, as well as the recent allegations against Gupta and were closely monitoring the situation. Could a former Managing Director of their Firm have conspired to enable insider trading? And if so, what did that... View Details