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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Transforming the way the social sector innovates, learns, and improves
To help eradicate poverty worldwide, Esther Hsu Wang (MBA 2009, MPA 2010) aims to ensure that the $630 billion spent annually in international development goes toward programs that work. Wang cofounded IDinsight to inform decisions based... View Details
- 30 Sep 2010
- News
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
coveted Nobel for his work in ending the hostilities between the province of Aceh and the government of Indonesia, a struggle that had claimed 50,000 lives during a 30-year war. Before that, he was a key figure in negotiating Namibia’s... View Details
- 05 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
Corporate Leaders Need to Step Up on Climate Change
Green initiatives are ubiquitous these days, implemented with zeal at companies like Dupont, IBM, Walmart, and Walt Disney. The programs being rolled out—lighting retrofits, zero-waste factories, and carpool incentives—save money and provide a green glow. Most large... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler
- 02 Jan 2020
- Op-Ed
Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?
preventable deaths, despite its world-class resources and medical technology. The Democratic presidential candidates have been debating the benefits of the “Medicare for All” approach versus a public insurance option. The former would force all of us onto the View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
Illustration by David Plunkert Here’s a really scary thought. Now that the federal government has poured hundreds of billions of dollars into saving financial institutions deemed “too big to fail,” hasn’t it implicitly guaranteed similar... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Driving economic growth and job creation
capital, supporting more than $100 billion in lending to small businesses during her tenure. Heading up an agency of more than 3,000 employees, she prioritized overhauling and strengthening programs and operations, including streamlining... View Details
- 19 Jan 2021
- In Practice
Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm
the Harvard Kennedy School, where she is the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation. Frances Frei: Ask us for a better version of ourselves It’s hard to overstate the positive business impact of government that embraces... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
3 Lessons I Learned as a Social Enterprise Summer Fellow
working with nonprofit entrepreneurs, engineers, small business owners, government leaders, or graduate students from different schools at Harvard, there are many ways to work with non-MBAs while at HBS. 3. Think about the values,... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
accompanied by lower inflation and interest rates—that justify deficit spending to produce both economic growth and social programs designed to improve our quality of life and reduce social inequality” (JohnfrmClevelnd). Or, it prompts... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Another First
of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. At the Air Force Academy, she said she plans to build on programs implemented by her predecessor to deal with sexual harassment and allegations of religious intolerance. View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
New HBS, KSG Joint Degree
HBS and the Kennedy School of Government have announced the creation of an integrated joint-degree program, the first of its kind. Its mission is to develop outstanding leaders who are skilled in both managing complex organizations and... View Details
- 21 May 2018
- Blog Post
Harnessing The Power of Collaboration to Create Opportunity in Chicago
so entrepreneurs can easily access working capital as they grow. The Hatchery will also house a culinary institute led by celebrity chef Rick Bayless and other high profile local chefs. This program will focus primarily on neighborhood... View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
University. As a junior, he was elected student-body president, a role that included serving on a state government reform commission tasked with understanding how public policy decisions had limited Louisiana’s potential. When he applied... View Details
- 07 Jul 2016
- News
Teaching History in the Present Tense
reshape how teenagers learn about American democracy. In the fall of 2015, Moss and a small team launched a pilot program with 23 high school history and civics teachers in five states and Washington, DC. Results from the pilot—which... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Former French Finance Minister Joins HBS Faculty
Thierry Breton, former French finance minister, has joined the HBS faculty as a senior lecturer and will teach the first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability course this fall. Breton is well-known in France as former chairman of France Telecom from 2002 to... View Details
- 09 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
A Playbook for Small-Business Job Creation
put up to $4 billion per year into high-growth companies. And it does so at no cost to taxpayers. "This public-private partnership is a good example of government and the private sector working together," Mills says. "This... View Details
- 12 Jul 2006
- Research & Ideas
Competition the Cure for Healthcare
and the latest example of zero-sum competition. If drugs are too expensive, let's get the government to pay more. Now that healthcare costs have gotten so high, it is squeezing consumers, employers, state governments, and federal... View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
the budget, and the people needed to have a coherent and consistent vision,” says Genta. Another key asset is the country’s cohesiveness as noted by Prince Albert when he established the Extended Monaco, Smart Principality program that... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
technology-driven efforts to sway their votes, and from as far away as Russia, according to US government claims. Social media in general and Facebook specifically were the primary weapons of choice. It worked so well that spending by US... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel