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- 01 Jun 2010
- News
How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley
of the corporate leaders President Obama says he most admires, has become an influential policy and economic adviser to the Obama administration. He has contributed to the campaigns of Obama and other politicians, and some observers have... View Details
- 01 Jul 2014
- First Look
First Look: July 1
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/download.aspx?name=Marketplace_Reseller_HBS%20WP%2001312014.pdf August 2013 Corporations and Citizenship Can For-Profit Corporations Be Good Citizens? Perspectives from Four... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 7, 2007
influence portfolio choices by exploring the response to the distinctive treatment of foreign dividends in the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (JGTRRA). JGTRRA lowered the dividend tax rate to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Oct 2001
- News
Christopher Cox: Capitol Hill Intellectual
U.S. Court of Appeals; made partner at Latham & Watkins, where he specialized in corporate finance; founded (with his father) a company that published an English version of the Russian newspaper Pravda; was appointed senior associate... View Details
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A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 | Baker Library
A Polaroid Timeline 1932–1977 1932 Land-Wheelwright Laboratories Edwin Land and George Wheelwright form Land-Wheelwright Laboratories, a research and manufacturing enterprise that develops synthetic polarizers. 1937 The Polaroid View Details
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Strategic Financial Analysis Online Course | HBS Online
finance-related issues and the experiences they go through. Saad Hashmi Associate Corporate Relationship Mangaer at HSBC Bank Middle East Limited Forecast financial success in the near and long term and recognize how companies’ accounting... View Details
- 14 Jan 2022
- Blog Post
Embracing Activism for Social Change
humbling” and a unique opportunity given the pandemic. “As COVID-19 has reminded us, private corporations rely on public programs and policy for financial assistance during times of crisis. In contrast, ‘good’ View Details
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
they can do it, rallying others to their cause as they go.” Dina Gerdeman: We talk about corporate social responsibility (CSR) today, yet it’s clear from the book that this emphasis on business solving social problems isn’t new. Do you... View Details
- 15 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 15
tax rates at high incomes are lower than in standard analysis and closer to those observed in policy. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-064.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsHome Depot... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 23 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
This Crisis Loan Program Preserved Jobs—and Made Money
of the policy on firms and employees, the researchers compared the outcome between regions with varying generosity in the loan-guarantee program. Firms that received loan guarantees, and their employees, enjoyed far more stability than their counterparts, the research... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Second Acts
When Glen Meakem (MBA ’91) couldn’t persuade his employer, General Electric, that he was on to a hot idea to revamp corporate purchasing using the Internet, he quit and started his own firm, FreeMarkets, which charted the way for... View Details
- 07 Jan 2009
- What Do You Think?
Is the World Really Flat?
question, those who addressed the issue at all played it quite safely. For example, C. J. Cullinane wrote, "[I]nvest at the basic high school and college level in math and science. Small business should get tax breaks as well."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 25 Sep 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help
has been a major obstacle to moving the country forward on nearly every front that makes a healthy business environment, from tax reform and restoring economic growth to improving public education and health care and rebuilding the... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
financial crisis, but they may be hard to get rid of. The Washington political system struggles to deal with this gigantic fiscal challenge, and—no surprise—large tax increases and large expenditure reductions are not high on politicians'... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 26 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 26, 2008
order to smooth earnings (Graham, Harvey and Rajgopal, 2005). We estimate that marketing actions can be used to boost quarterly net income by up to 20% depending on the depth of promotion. But there is a price to pay, with the cost in the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
ordinary citizens' income was cut by a third, vulnerable groups suffered. But more important, fifteen years later, the economy continues to decay, inflation is rampant, and many people continue to suffer. Whatever the outcome of the Greek... View Details
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
same, but the scope has expanded from just research to helping business leaders take action to make America more competitive. The number of faculty involved has grown from 15 to almost 25, and a host of HBS alumni and corporate partners... View Details
- 13 Sep 2006
- Op-Ed
Rising CEO Pay: What Directors Should Do
increase in pay of senior executives and superstars in other fields has been a major source of the rising inequality of wages in the United States. Rising income inequality is political dynamite and damages the reputation of American... View Details
Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness
William Lawrence University Professor Michael Porter. In assessing an immediate path forward, both liberal and conservative business leaders urged compromise to secure a sustainable federal budget, corporate View Details
- 31 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?
that the markets expect strong deregulation, and that impacts every other sector that is highly regulated in the economy. So you saw the rising stock prices of financials, for example, as well as energy stocks. The second effect comes from promises to reduce View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner