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01 Sep 2017
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Research Brief: As the Wind Blows

While bold, innovative public policy played an important role in fostering success, the level of policy consistency was just as important, Jones discovers. “There’s a Janus... View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

Harvard Business School Professor J. Gunnar Trumbull balks at the ubiquitous idea that the concentrated power of a few billionaires controls public policy and government regulation. Exaggeration of the... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

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John Oxtoby

Many young people have watched “The West Wing;” John Oxtoby is one of the few who has actually worked in it. In a political career that began with Barack Obama’s Senate race in 2004, and culminated with policy responsibilities in the... View Details

10 Sep 2021
Blog Post

Perspectives on Anti-Racism in the HKS Curriculum

power in the U.S., and it would be impossible to learn policy at Harvard without a comprehensive understanding of that reality. As Professor Muhammad has said, until this point, HKS was wrong “to hand over Master of View Details

26 Nov 2001
Research & Ideas

Women Entrepreneurs Use Springboard for Funding

Policy Officer A. G. Breitenstein. PrivaSource integrates and "scrubs" healthcare data for pharma, biotech, and healthcare companies so that it is meaningful to them scientifically. At the same time individual patients are... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Biotech, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals: News

What are the news resources for biotech, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals industries? The following databases provides news related to all three industries: You may begin with: Informa - The database consists publications of In Vivo,... View Details

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Kayla Huang | MBA

industry positions—has really prompted me to think carefully about what it takes to advance the talent pool in govtech spaces. These experiences have deeply motivated my search for more meaningful and attractive methods of impact for younger generations inclined... View Details

01 Sep 2008
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Squeeze Play

LAMAGNA: A fondness for novelty and gadgets, but a commitment to politics and public policy as well. Dal LaMagna (MBA ’70) says he’s writing a memoir titled Failing to Get Ahead, the Washington Post (May 30,... View Details

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2010
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Laura Alfaro to Costa Rican Post

HBS associate professor Laura Alfaro is taking a leave of absence from the School to serve as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in her native Costa Rica. At 38, Alfaro, who has no prior service in Costa Rican View Details

Keywords: Administration of Economic Programs; Government

February 2011
Article

The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism

By: Andrew J. Hoffman

Keywords: Climate Change; Public Opinion; Policy; Technological Innovation; Behavior

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01 Sep 2014
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Research Brief: A $1.6 Trillion Rainy-Day Fund?

always sets the accurate worth of a company—that so-called misvaluation is merely an illusion perceived by managers. But to him that point is an academic one. “Ultimately,” he says, “company managers are making these [cash policy] decisions, not finance scholars.”... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

04 Sep 2019
News

Accelerating Scientific Discovery

Amitabh Chandra, Henry and Allison McCance Professor of Business Administration at HBS and Ethel Zimmerman Wiener Professor of Public Policy and Director of Health Policy... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

16 Jun 2009
Research Event

Business Summit: The Future of Market Capitalism

agonizing dilemma: Wealth creation comes from market capitalism, yet the market system has been hard for many parts of society, resulting in insecurities and inequalities. Under political pressure to make changes, the business world and the View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter

February 2010 (Revised April 2011)
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The Political Economy of Carbon Trading

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, J. Gunnar Trumbull, Mikell Hyman, Patia McGrath and Nazli Zeynep Uludere

Global climate change is an increasingly prominent political and business problem. Design of market-based systems to reduce carbon emissions has proven difficult. More broadly, national attempts to comply with the provisions of the Kyoto Protocol present both... View Details

Keywords: Policy; International Relations; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Pollutants; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Public Administration Industry

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24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

of the citizenry or politicians. CEOs are well-positioned to educate the public and policymakers that climate policy is critical for stable long-term economic growth. Much more than political figures,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

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Wendi Zhang

development policies and analysis in the public sector. Wendi attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received Bachelor of Science degrees in both Mathematics and Management Science,... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products; Entertainment / Media; Entrepreneurship; Angel Investing; Financial Services (All); Venture Capital; Financial Services (All); Real Estate; Social Enterprise; Startup - Founder; Entrepreneurship; Startup - Joiner; Entrepreneurship; Technology

21 Oct 2013
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Moving the Needle

Seegull coauthored a policy paper, funded by the Rockefeller Foundation and others, focused on engaging the federal government in impact investing to achieve social and environmental outcomes. "That opened my eyes to the world of... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

where FNC was available. Before the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which put a cap on soft money donations to national political parties, firms were allowed to make large donations to parties whose proposed View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

02 Sep 2002
Research & Ideas

The Role of Government When All Else Fails

varied so widely. A policy aimed at strengthening the banking system, for example, might seem to have little in common with a policy designed to compensate the victims of involuntary unemployment. But the... View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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