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- 07 Mar 2017
- News
From Harvard to INSEAD: Change Management in a Disruptive World
general director. With a lengthy career in industry and politics as well as academia, Giscard D’Estaing is a former mayor and member of the French Parliament and is chairman of the Committee for a World Parliament. He is also honorary... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Books: A Nation Transformed by Information
of information that makes recent technological innovations seem measured by comparison. Television, computers, and the Internet would later continue this tradition of information as a driver of the country’s social, economic, and View Details
Keywords: Information
- 20 Oct 2016
- News
Smart Moves
“Cities can make improvements without making a big investment by using data and by being smarter,” says Mistele. “Data by itself doesn’t fix things, but it can tell you where you should invest. You can make data-driven decisions, rather than fund View Details
- 05 May 2023
- News
Fail Better
looking for me and I, nobody knew where I was, and in an environment that is less politically correct, everybody knew that Joe was looking for me because he stepped out of his office and started yelling about my whereabouts. So I get to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Examining the Magnitude of Syria’s Refugee Crisis
professors’ firsthand observations of the crisis helped inform the classroom conversations. “We discussed what it actually means to be a refugee,” says Fabbe. Trumbull adds, “Really understanding the political and social turmoil... View Details
- 03 Aug 2011
- News
No Ducking the Debt Ceiling
paragon of fiscal management” compared to how the United States and its political leadership is doing. Among a number of Tweeters with multiple tweets on the subject, Professor of Management Practice Bill George remarks that “pols put... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
thought experiments designed in his executive MBA classes, he challenges readers to explore their cognitive blind spots, identify any salient details they are programmed to miss, and then take steps to ensure it won’t happen again. Democracy and Its Elected Enemies:... View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Pamela Thomas Graham
laughs. "I love it, though - I think everyone has the need for a creative outlet." The hardworking Thomas-Graham thrived, and eighteen months later, she was asked to head CNBC. Currently, she is overseeing the network's evolution at a critical juncture when the View Details
- 12 Nov 2019
- News
Seismic Shift
she thought; it was about putting people in positions who were willing to push beyond office politics and take action to make diversity and inclusion mission critical. So Hoffman started her own company, which would eventually become... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
An American Odyssey
radicalized. A postal worker, he was a union activist and organizer and an active supporter of the NAACP. So there were a lot of conversations about social problems and the politics of race.” Young Richard grew up and went to high school... View Details
- 01 Sep 2018
- News
After the Fall
crisis provided the political will to create safeguards in the system that, even with deterioration over time, will protect us for a long time to come,” he says. Shining a Light on Shadow Banks David Scharfstein, Edmund Cogswell Converse... View Details
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
Books
Predictable Surprises by Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins (Harvard Business School Press) Professor Bazerman and his coauthor show that many disasters are preceded by clear warning signals that leaders either miss — or purposely ignore. They explain the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2014
politics, and a business landscape dominated by yesterday’s champions. Murphy places these troubles in a broad historical context, combining analyses of Japanese culture and society over the centuries with accounts of Japan's numerous View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Urban Evolution - HBS Research on the Inner City
the importance of cross-institutional collaboration, the problems of political processes, and the strategies needed to gain community involvement in inner-city economic development. This case will soon be updated with a video component.... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Eight Among Many: W. Mitt Romney
fits with the public side of his SLOC work. "It's not unlike the clamor of a political campaign," notes Romney, who ran unsuccessfully for Massachusetts Senator Ted Kennedy's seat in 1994 and whose father, George, was a Presidential... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
New Releases: Alumni and Faculty Books
would spread their own political vision, determined to make women’s equality a reality by fighting—house by house, street by street, city by city—the men who bought and sold women. Based on years of on-the-ground reporting, The Daughters... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 17 Nov 2022
- News
Alumni Leaders on Decarbonization Strategies for Combating Climate Change
and Director, CarbonBuilt Given today's political realities, the "carrots"-focused climate provisions in the IRA are a huge win on our country’s journey towards net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. The solutions that it supports... View Details
- 17 Jun 2021
- News
Investing in a Post-COVID World; Exploring the Pandemic’s Impact on Gender Equity
unconscious bias, support women to stay in the workforce, and shine a spotlight on STEM and skilled workers.” Collenette also shared data on the “too incremental” progress of women in Canada historically, and the loss of political ground... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Putting Ghosts to Rest
me these projects were about reconciliation—my realization came through getting out into the field and interacting with a range of people, from individual farmers to political and social experts. What would the government want? A country... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
built-in frustrations of politics and, all too often, inefficiency and bureaucracy. It’s a fact Mawilmada will reference obliquely but not dwell on, as doing so does no good. “You need to give Nayana full marks for coping with this,” says... View Details