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- 30 Apr 2007
- Research & Ideas
All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax
and its income tax rate from 22 percent to 20 percent in an attempt to simplify the tax system. Still, the British government decided to reduce social security contributions and industry allowances, as the View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 24 Nov 2014
- Research & Ideas
Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes
million bribe to secure the $1.3 billion contract to construct the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal. The company billed the Quebec government for $191 million in cost overruns, for which it is unlikely to be reimbursed. In... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
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- 01 Sep 2017
- News
City of Dreams
planning and implementation for a 15-year, $40 billion initiative with the goal of creating sustainable development and economic revitalization for Colombo and its surrounding provinces, population 5.8 million. It’s why he has returned to... View Details
- 06 Jul 2010
- Research & Ideas
Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?
When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details
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Courtney Fairbrother
Courtney (Washington and Lee ’11) is CPD’s industry lead for Energy, Cleantech, Sustainability, Manufacturing, and Transportation as well as Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. She was formerly the Associate Director for HBS’s Business and Environment View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Make or Break
to the Times, is “to invigorate private-sector initiatives in these industries, then in a host of supplier companies, and eventually throughout manufacturing.” Commented Bloom, “I am deeply afraid that if you lose the ability to make... View Details
Keywords: Manufacturing
- 05 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments
to gain much traction and proposes measures that will better protect the rights of property owners. We asked Wells to discuss his research and experiences representing host governments in such negotiations, and what international managers... View Details
James H. Goodnight
Goodnight created the initial SAS (statistical analysis system) application as part of his doctoral program. Though the software was initially used to analyze agricultural data, it was soon applied to a... View Details
Keywords: Services
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HBS ISC About Michael Porter About Michael Porter A Letter from Michael Porter Biography The Essential Porter Honors & Awards Affiliated Organizations & Institutions VBHCD Initiative Affiliated Organizations... Affiliated Organizations &... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
Researchers have long known that building high levels of voter trust and participation are essential to help fragile democracies thrive. The 2013 national elections in Kenya, which followed vast government changes after a flawed national... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
- 14 Feb 2018
- Blog Post
Meet HBS Leadership Fellows: Verdell Walker, Sesame Workshop
the strategic planning and venture capital team. I also support the work of the International Social Impact group, which produces early education content through mass media and targeted initiatives to address the needs of children from... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
Ministry of Trade when his government sent him to study at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Duch enrolled at HBS because he wanted “to have both sides of the river as an experience, understanding the business side from the public... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia
occurrence of problems such as overfishing.) Organizationally, Bazerman asserts that the U.S. government is hampered by bureaucratic fiefdoms with too little regulatory flexibility and a lack of collaboration across units and agencies.... View Details
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Q & A: Herb Kohl
I run. Because I'm not a truly "public" person, I held back until literally the last moment. "OK, I'll run," I finally said, and before I had a chance to change my mind, the press knew, and I was committed. How did you finance your campaign? Almost all of the money I... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue
one time we didn't have markets for fish in the sea or trees in the woods: there were few of us and many of them, and it didn't matter which of us owned them. That's not true anymore, so we have markets for fish and timberland. The establishment of markets like these... View Details
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Who Gets that Opportunity Right Out of Business School | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Who Gets that Opportunity Right Out of Business School Clive Chang Topics Business for Social Impact Nonprofit Strategy & Governance Public Sector More Impact Stories A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations Mizuho Kanai 2018 While Mizuho Kanai... View Details
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
the United States isn't the only or even the most significant player in extending a helping hand to Afghanistan. Wealthy Europeans are assisting government agencies considerably. Roshan itself was coaxed into being by the Aga Khan... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
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Arvind Chandrababu
recommended to the company by a friend who works there; they contacted me early last September. I feel that it’s perfect for me. I’ll be in product management, which means taking a product from initial concept to launch and post-launch.... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Leading a battle against corruption, a force that slows economic development
fight corruption. “These citizen-driven initiatives are raising public awareness as never before and demand that CEOs pay attention,” he says. In Russia, thousands of anonymous contributors identify corrupt View Details