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Ari Medoff

one of those who want to have distinct careers in different sectors. HBS helps me round out my skills as an entrepreneur and future small-business owner." The Harvard Kennedy School extends Ari's undergraduate studies "around View Details

06 Sep 2022
Research & Ideas

Curbing an Unlikely Culprit of Rising Drug Prices: Pharmaceutical Donations

consider prices, particularly because so much of the tab is being picked up by insurers, including public insurers,” says Dafny, who is currently an expert for the US Department of Justice in legal challenges related to drugmakers’... View Details

Keywords: by Ben Rand; Insurance; Health; Pharmaceutical

19 Feb 2020
News

Capitol Ideas to Combat Climate Change

inward at their operations, and then to their supply chain,” Toffel said. “But another key lever is public policy. What are we doing to foster—or undermine—climate policy?” Approximately 100 people gathered for the discussion entitled... View Details

Keywords: April White; photos by Jack Conroy

01 Jun 2010
News

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

01 Jun 2008
News

Alumni Books

political science, management, communications, and public health, and drawing on the experiences of health policies in Canada and several European nations, this book analyzes current and past U.S. health... View Details

Keywords: Management

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Curriculum | MBA

the Making of the United States as a Global Power Fundamentals of Negotiation Analysis Enhancing Your Personal Leadership Effectiveness One HKS Elective Course Joint Degree Program Seminar taught by HBS faculty Spring Term Economic Analysis of 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

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4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities | MBA

4.5 University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities 4.0 General Policies University-Wide Statement on Rights and Responsibilities The central functions of an academic community are learning, teaching, research and scholarship. By... View Details

01 Dec 2017
News

Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction

report “The politics industry is different from virtually all other industries in the economy because the participants themselves control the rules of competition,” write Gehl and Porter. “There is no truly independent regulation of politics that protects the View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government

17 May 2011
First Look

First Look: May 17

existence of rural areas not supplied by grid electricity was an important motivation for early movers in both the U.S. and Denmark. Public policy was the problem rather than the opportunity for wind... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Oct 2001
News

Porter Directs New Institute at HBS

foster the integration of competition and corporate strategy with economic policy and social development in ways that not only advance theory but also connect with actual practice," Porter observed. "It will be a vehicle for partnering... View Details

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

21 Nov 2019
Blog Post

The Power of Business in the Energy Transition

School. With a theme of The Power of Business in the Energy Transition, event co-presidents Lori Harrington (HBS 2020) and Nathan Nemon (HBS 2020) gathered more than 300 business leaders, policy makers, and students together for a full... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing; Energy / Cleantech

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

unexpected. Beyond supply and demand, the theme that emerges most clearly from our histories is the important role that public policy has played in fostering vigorous competition and "markets for technology"... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

record to defeat the heir apparent in his own party and then go on to hold off the much-vaunted Republican machine is a truly remarkable achievement. Much of it has to do with Obama's instinct for marketing. First, Obama's personal charisma, his listening and View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

Portrait Project

Sally Aaron

who lack access to life-saving and life-changing technologies, or the billions in the world who lack access to even basic care, I want to be a part of the solution to this problem by working with policy and View Details

28 Mar 2023
Blog Post

Meet Professor Elisabeth Paulson: A Conversation on Life, Research, and Teaching

your research that can positively support public and non-profit organizations? My research uses data and analytics to design or improve tools (e.g., policy interventions) that will contribute to social good.... View Details

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Student Handbook | MBA

It is every student’s responsibility to be aware of, and compliant with, the policies of Harvard Business School and Harvard University. Students should become familiar with the material pertaining to their degree program and, together... View Details

27 Dec 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

Because these social networks are a unique way of broadly communicating real-time messages to the audiences they want to reach. They can write a message anywhere, anytime, and share it with interested parties without any public relations... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Background Note

State, The

By: Rawi E. Abdelal

Surveys approaches to understanding the state; highlights the relationships between the state, order, and property; and offers an analytical framework for how states vary from place to place and over time. View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Governance Compliance; Framework; Economic Sectors; Policy; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Entrepreneurship; Development Economics; Equality and Inequality

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18 Oct 2016
Op-Ed

Why Business Should Invest in Community Health

at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health as Professor in Health Policy and Management. His upcoming book, Building a Culture of Health: A New Imperative for Business (co-written by Emily C. Boudreau),... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch, Howard Koh, and Pamela Yatsko; Health

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