public accountability - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

promotes a public policy goal of sustainable development, which is beneficial to both public and private interests. The public sector accounts... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

13 Jun 2017
News

American Management Systems on accounts with corporations, big NGOs, and several government agencies, including the Department of Defense. In 1999, AMS nominated him to attend HBS’s General Management Program. “It was a great honor,”... View Details

Keywords: Ralph Ranalli

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GDPR & Other Data Privacy Laws | Information Technology

affected individuals, taking into account the scope and purposes of such processing and the nature of the data. The GDPR identifies the following categories of data as meriting special protection: identifiable personal information... View Details

10 Mar 2011
News

Philanthropy’s Dilemma

the HBS Social Enterprise Initiative advisory board. Fleishman is a founder and faculty chair of the Center for Strategic Philanthropy and Civil Society at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy. Based on their collective... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

Obama-to move government data to the Web-lead to public benefits much faster? Data.gov, the subject of a new HBS case study, taught for the first time this summer, highlights the potential of raw data to spur citizen creativity and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

06 Apr 2023
Blog Post

Circularity in Denmark

recycling waste materials from retired products. Grundfos encourages its customers (both consumer and industrial) to return old pumps; they then fully deconstruct and repurpose or recycle the pump’s constituents. Today this program is small, View Details

01 Mar 2018
News

Realizing The Potential Of One Harvard

Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) to address the increasingly complex issues faced by school principals on the front lines of K–12 public education, offering them strategies and actionable practices to improve outcomes for... View Details

28 May 2013
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First Look: May 28

Publications 2006 Journal of Organization Design The Strategic Fitness Process: A Collaborative Action Research Method for Developing Organizational Prototypes and Dynamic Capabilities By: Beer, Michael Abstract—Organizations... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2018
News

The Long Run

considerable and remarkable strengths. I feel fortunate to have had his influence in my life.” The trade-off of public office is something Langford has witnessed firsthand—power comes with elected office at any level of government, but... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

Education Alumni Baker Library Historical Collections MORE EXHIBITS HOME RESEARCH LINKS POLAROID FILMS SITE CREDITS “All [employees] will regard themselves as labor in the sense of having as their common purpose learning new things and applying that knowledge for View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

One-on-One with Robert McNamara

Americans of the second half of the 20th century. But regardless of how history may judge his record, McNamara’s decades of service in the public and private sectors enable him to speak with singular authority about the strengths and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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Buy Now, Pay Later: The Secondary Credit Market

and journalistic exposés. Attacks on loan sharking in the press also inspired reformers. In 1909, the Russell Sage Foundation, led by the Columbia graduate students Arthur Ham and Clarence Wassam, dedicated itself to “the loan shark campaign” and produced a flood of... View Details

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Innovating in Health Care - Course Catalog

consumers, accountability, and public policy. Create business models that respond appropriately to any Six Factors misalignments and that feature the strategy, financing, management, and organizational structure appropriate for that kind... View Details

03 Mar 2014
Blog Post

Align Your Social Media and Recruiting Strategies

culture. Let current employees take over your twitter account for a week or two, or hold a live chat where candidates can inquire with current employees about the benefits of working at your firm. There is no better way for candidates to... View Details

05 Jun 2020
Blog Post

Developing Black Talent for Leadership

descent. Black students were unwelcome at existing public and private institutions of higher education, even after the passing of specific legislation, resulting in lack of access to higher education opportunities. Excerpt from... View Details

22 Jul 2019
News

A Way Forward for Women

network cofounded by fellow WOB participants Lisa Pent and Bonnie Hagemann with a vision to become the go-to source for corporate boards to find and recruit highly qualified women. Initially, Pent, an account executive at Grant Thornton,... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

01 Nov 2012
News

First and Goal

Swearengin and a friend cofounded the Downtown Giants, Manhattan’s only public youth football team. Many of Swearengin’s HBS classmates provided annual support for the Downtown Giants’ scholarship program, which allowed children from all... View Details

Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

18 Feb 2009
First Look

First Look: February 18, 2009

millions of African farmers and their families achieve food security and lift themselves out of poverty. By 2008, AGRA had assembled a strong leadership team and had funded numerous small projects ranging from seed development to education. However, it needed to secure... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 27

of accounting earnings in predicting future cash flows using out-of-sample predictions and market value of equity as a proxy for all future cash flows. We find that, on average, accruals improve upon current cash flow from operations in... View Details