government - Publications - Faculty & Research

10 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

The Legacy of Boaty McBoatface: Beware of Customers Who Vote

comes to worst, you can always just give people what they want. That’s what the Australian government thought it was doing when it named a new ferry in Sydney Ferry McFerryface, telling the public that the people had spoken. It was later... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Advertising

18 May 2009
Research & Ideas

The Unseen Link Between Savings and National Growth

implication is that policies that foster domestic savings are important in developing countries because private savings is an important input in attracting foreign investment in frontier technology that raises the country's TFP. If View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert

02 Feb 2004
Research & Ideas

Mapping Your Corporate Strategy

working, in parallel, on the governance aspects of the Balanced Scorecard. In the SFO book, we described the internal governance process by which the enterprise guides, monitors, and evaluates its strategic... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2001
News

Books

overlooked question: If Japanese government policies and practices accounted for the nation's extraordinary competitiveness, then why wasn't Japan competitive in many of the industries where those policies had been prominently... View Details

Keywords: books; research; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

28 May 2017
Blog Post

HBS on the Road: Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d'Ivoire

company and social entrepreneurship focused on youth unemployment to name just two), investors, government ministers, and executives of pan-African companies. And, they were so close knit, and welcomed me warmly into their gatherings. In... View Details

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1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials | MBA

1.21 Use of Course Work & Materials 1.0 Academic Information & Policies HBS has specific rules that govern the ways in which students may share their knowledge and work products and materials with other students and audiences outside of... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Pencils Up: Taking Note of New Courses

students will work on-site with a nonprofit or government client in Boston, New York, or Washington, DC, to analyze a problem and develop recommendations based on behavioral decision research and economics—the idea that we can build... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Sep 2007
News

Faculty Books

Jane Wei-Skillern, James E. Austin, Herman Leonard, and Howard Stevenson (Sage Publications) This book presents HBS research and cases about international and U.S. organizations in the nonprofit, for-profit, and government sectors. It... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

20 Feb 2001
Research & Ideas

What’s Next for Japan

stance on Japan's industrial support model of protectionism, cooperative R&D, and relaxed antitrust was almost entirely negative. "What we found [in our research] was that the government model was applied much more vigorously in... View Details

Keywords: by Hilah Geer

01 Oct 1998
News

A Community Investment

HBS to recognize social enterprise as a field of study? Clark: As government shrinks, a greater role will have to be played by the private sector. As the world becomes more complex, community-based organizations will need the leadership... View Details

29 May 2001
Research & Ideas

Good News, Not Blues, For the Inner City

becoming more competitive and moving up. "We can't expect government to be on the front line," he stated. "We have to step up and demonstrate the power of the market system." Businesspeople should be thinking about the... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

15 state or local governments had passed programs to pay for about $8 billion in medical relief. Five more are considering moves that would bring the total to almost $13 billion. Many work with a nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

in innovative capabilities, and increased employee engagement as a result. The programs vary but have seven major elements in common. Companies should 1) team with governments or nonprofits experienced in working with people with... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

12 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 12

companies and that corporate governance improves. Furthermore, we find that companies implement more ethical practices, including reducing bribery and corruption, which increases managerial credibility. These effects are larger for... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

and responding to adverse drug reactions suggests that only government regulators are in a position to integrate case report and statistical analysis. Despite the appeal of fragmented post-market drug safety studies, centralization may be... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

26 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 26

the International Economy, edited by Rawi Abdelal, Mark Blyth, and Craig Parsons, 227-239. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2010 Purchase the book: http://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/cup_detail.taf?ti_id=5625 Government and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

02 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: October 2, 2007

emerging paradigms governing marketing in this new media environment. It concludes that while meaning-making remains the central purpose of marketing communication, the shift from broadcasting to interaction within digital communities is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

had previously successfully developed the landmark Xintiandi retail and entertainment district in Shanghai. Lo must decide if the opportunity is the right fit in terms of place, timing, government support, and market demand. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

09 Mar 2009
Research & Ideas

How to Revive Health-Care Innovation

The patient is weak, the situation is serious, but a cure is on the horizon—if we think differently about the underlying problem. Specifically, we need to innovate in health care just the way it is done in any other industry, by tackling the simplest problems first and... View Details

Keywords: by Clayton M. Christensen, Jerome H. Grossman, M.D. M.D. & Jason Hwang; Health

2022
Article

Regulatory Treatment of Changes in Fair Value and the Composition of Banks' Investment Portfolios

By: Michael Iselin, Jung Koo Kang and Joshua Madsen

In their implementation of Basel III, U.S. bank regulators are again including changes in the fair value of available-for-sale (AFS) debt securities in Tier 1 capital, but only for the largest U.S. banks. This paper investigates a potential impact of expanding this... View Details