Government Initiatives - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

26 Oct 2017
Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

pondered the impact of fake news on democracy, the potential for government regulation of the internet, and the future of business models that support traditional media such as newspapers. The event was co-sponsored by the Tow Center for... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News

13 Nov 2018
Blog Post

Leadership Fellow Henry Tsai: Working with City Leadership to Leverage Technology

partnership Henry led with Airbnb that will provide standby housing for local residents in the event of a natural disaster. To encourage deeper community engagement, Henry has led a number of initiatives that bring citizens and city hall... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

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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

30 Mar 2015
News

An education reformer and social entrepreneur

Institute for Foreign Study (AIFS), a cultural exchange organization that has served 1.5 million students worldwide. In 1987 he began working with the British government to establish charter-type schools that specialized in technology.... 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

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

01 Mar 2017
News

The Middle Way

coast. While the First Nations played host and watched, they weren’t involved in the initial negotiations. Instead, they asked the provincial government to figure out a proposal with the other stakeholders,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; photos by Kamil Bialous

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

modified to incorporate quasi-hyperbolic preferences. For reasons of political economy or aggregation of citizens’ preferences, government preferences are present biased, resulting in an over-accumulation of debt. Calibrating this... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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History | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Co-hosted High-Impact Philanthropy Conference to engage individual philanthropists to examine models of high-impact philanthropy. 2008 The New MBA Elective Leading and Governing High-Performing Nonprofit Organizations is introduced. HBS... View Details

01 Jun 2020
News

Prognosis

communicate with their families, who can’t come into the hospital. That’s a new form of telemedicine that we really hadn’t thought of until this pandemic was upon us. The Health Care Initiative at HBS Robert Huckman and Peter Slavin have... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; COVID-19; Hospitals; Health, Social Assistance

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Strategic Plan | Information Technology

Organizational Health 5.01: Build and Foster Community and Culture Across HBS IT (completed) 5.02: IT Governance 5.03: IT Management & Leadership Capabilities (completed) More about each initiative (login... View Details

03 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa

exception. What they have in common are good reasons for foreign businesses and Western governments to cheer the changes. In Bahrain, the Khalifa family, members of Islam's Sunni sect, rules over a majority Shia population. This kingdom... View Details

Keywords: Re: Deepak Malhotra; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

government and corruption and trying to get rules that people abide by," adds Ray Goldberg, the George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, who conducts research in West Africa. "Because... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

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

November 7, 2019
Article

WeWork’s Saga Is a Cautionary Tale about Golden Parachutes and CEO Pay

By: Rosabeth Moss Kanter

While the WeWork saga has dealt another blow to already-low public confidence in business, it should also strengthen cries for fundamental changes to a system that offers supersized compensation for undersized performance. View Details

Keywords: Executive Compensation; Change; Compensation and Benefits; Corporate Accountability; Initial Public Offering

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16 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?

appropriate. That's one pole of the continuum. At the other pole, you have people who really believe there's something extremely wrong with the barrel. Thus it's not just a matter of a few bad apples; what we really need is a wholesale revamping of the systems of View Details

Keywords: by Kim B. Clark

12 May 2020
Blog Post

The Importance of Coordination: Apoorva Pasricha Reflects on Crisis Leadership

Pivoting in the Midst of a Pandemic By October 2019, the grant application was launched and in February 2020, the City Council began approving grants and distributing funds. “No other city,” Pasricha notes, “has launched an initiative... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

July 2009
Teaching Note

Targanta Therapeutics: Hitting a Moving Target (TN)

By: Arthur A. Daemmrich

Teaching Note for [709002]. View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Product Development; Business Strategy; Initial Public Offering; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Selection and Staffing; Health Testing and Trials; Resource Allocation; Biotechnology Industry