Policy Change - Publications - Faculty & Research

2020
Working Paper

Novel Risks

By: Robert S. Kaplan, Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard and Anette Mikes

All organizations practice some form of risk management to identify and assess routine risks in their operations, supply chains, strategy, and external environment. These risk management policies, however, fail in the presence of novelty. Novel risks arise from... View Details

Keywords: Risk Management; Policy; Failure; Organizational Change and Adaptation

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03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market

have," said Mark Cleverley, a senior solutions executive at IBM. "The CIA can talk to the INS," agreed Mark Hogan, vice president and general manager at BEA Government Systems, "but there are policy issues that affect... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

30 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Alumni Career Journey: Rob Self (MBA 2021) – Integrating Climate into Consulting

The Business and Environment Initiative is constantly impressed by the dedication of our alumni in confronting the climate change challenge. In an effort to share the breadth of work being done, we are capturing career journeys of alumni... View Details

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

upending longstanding principles of free trade established when China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Today, multinational firms must adapt, both in terms of trade and doing business within China itself. In fact, some experts say the biggest risk for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

27 Jul 2015
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The ‘Promotion’ That Makes You Feel Bad

Companies change strategy, operational processes, and policies all the time, each shift creating a new group of winners and losers. When Steve Jobs became CEO of Apple for the second time, the culture... View Details

Keywords: by Roberta Holland

17 Nov 2015
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Carbon Neutral

HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s “Climate Change 101” The Kennedy School’s Harvard Project on Climate Agreements HBS Business and Environment Initiative’s website for alumni Follow the HBS Business and Environment Initiative on... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding

14 Feb 2023
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Dean Datar Meets with Alumni in San Francisco

times—from climate change and environmental sustainability to racial equity and social and economic inclusion—and then sharing that research with students, practitioners, policy makers, and the general... View Details

25 Mar 2021
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Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

made a series of changes and created a process for analyzing bias. Had the executives considered how to account for unintended consequences in their outcome metrics—and perhaps engaged a diverse user group to understand their... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

December 2016
Case

Public Mission, Private Funding: The University of California, Berkeley

By: William C. Kirby and Joycelyn W. Eby

UC Berkley, long known as one of the leading public universities in both the U.S. and the world, has seen turbulent times recently. While student enrollment and costs have increased steadily in recent years, the school, which has been fiercely proud of its public... View Details

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Managing the Future of Work - Course Catalog

makes talent development or training models successful? Public policy. How should labor market or safety net policy change under different future of work scenarios? Grading Grading is based on class... View Details

24 Apr 2014
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Revamping the corporate tax code could improve America’s competitiveness and living standards

The US corporate tax code is impeding the nation’s ability to compete in the worldwide economy, according to Mihir A. Desai (MBA 1993, PhD 1998), the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance. Desai has found that current US policies... View Details

01 Mar 2016
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@Soldiers Field

famous for its intellectual freedom,” Wang Jianlin, chairman of the global conglomerate Dalian Wanda Group, told 800-plus students who gathered in Burden Hall in October. “Ask me anything at all.” Students quizzed China’s richest man on the future of the Chinese movie... View Details

Portrait Project

Sally Aaron

Modern medical technology gave me a chance to be happy and healthy when I was young. I want to make sure others have the same chance and privilege. I was born with a dislocated hip that was saved only by modern medicine – it changed my... View Details

06 Jun 2018
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The Business of Social Justice

become legal in one day. These kinds of changes have decades of investment behind them.” As COO, Brooks oversees strategic planning, operations, and finances, as well as the evaluation of programs to determine ways operations can be more... View Details

01 Dec 2009
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Prof’s Dream Comes True

Tufano Tax refunds can now be channeled into the purchase of U.S. Savings Bonds, a policy victory for HBS professor Peter Tufano (left), founder and president of the nonprofit Doorway to Dreams Fund (D2D) that has worked for years to... View Details

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

Alumni Impact Stories Martin Aares MBA 2001 | Merging the Worlds of Finance, Investing, and Environmental Impact "As leaders who make a difference, the private sector can have huge influence over the future of our planet. We are changing... View Details

29 Oct 2010
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Will I Stay or Will I Go? How Gender and Race Affect Turnover at ‘Up-or-Out’ Organizations

higher proportion of peers who are similar to them in terms of gender and race, it actually increases their likelihood of exiting an organization. Bringing about the changes that are necessary to increase retention of women and minorities... View Details

Keywords: Re: Kathleen L. McGinn; Legal Services

01 Jun 2010
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How Green Was My (Silicon) Valley

said. “My lesson about policy is not to argue about your self-interest. Make an argument that is bigger, about jobs or competitiveness, and you are going to change some minds.” View Details

Keywords: Administration of Environmental Quality Programs; Government; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

10 Sep 2018
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Celebrating 'The Men and Women of the Corporation' 40 Years Later

change process. We need the formal policies and structures and opportunities, but clearly they’re not enough. Ely: You have always been focused on research insights that are relevant to practitioners and... View Details

Keywords: by Robin J. Ely

02 Sep 2002
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The Role of Government When All Else Fails

to the following phase? Would you be able to predict what the fourth phase might be? A: One thing that I noticed in exploring the history of these risk management policies is that the basic goals policymakers were pursuing View Details

Keywords: by Laura Linard

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