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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
Paul A. Gompers, Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration Paul Gompers specializes in research on financial issues related to start-up, high growth, and newly public companies. A member of both the Finance and the... View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Tax and Grow
© politicalcartoons.com/Jimmy Margulies With the U.S. economic recovery stuck in low gear and traditional monetary and fiscal policy options seemingly exhausted, now is a good time to consider more novel approaches to stimulating growth.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2009
- News
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
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Is AI OK?
Illustrations by Dan Bejar Illustrations by Dan Bejar When she began investigating Airbnb’s smart-pricing algorithm several years ago, Assistant Professor Shunyuan Zhang wasn’t looking for evidence that it generated discriminatory outcomes, a problem known as... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Bozidar Djelic
relentless pressure from various political parties,” he says. “But that has not happened, in part I think because my team moves so fast. It's important to be in the driver's seat when you propose measures and set the economic policy... View Details
- 25 Jun 2018
- News
Incubating Ideas for the ‘Water Economy’
water businesses and water policy from around the world to solve a particular water challenge, and then accepts the best ideas into an accelerator to advance them and help them reach commercial viability. We've had over 650 companies come... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
John (“Bo”) Kemp
policies concerning take-home exams, feedback from faculty on student grades, and the disclosure of grades to prospective employers. In addition, he chaired the committee organizing Class Day, a pre-Commencement celebration at HBS for... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
days,” he recalls, “having an interest in business-government collaborations was unusual. Many of my classmates were looking toward careers in finance and were more of the opinion that governments just needed to get out of the way.” At... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2014
highlight how large companies in traditional industries—from finance to manufacturing to pharmaceuticals—are using digital to gain strategic advantage. They illuminate the principles and practices that lead to successful digital... View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
What Industrial Policy?
"Taxation, meet Representation." Following up on his pledge to provide greater support for manufacturing, President Obama has announced a proposal to cut the effective tax rate for manufacturers to 25 percent. A number of economists howled against this so-called... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
billion in equity financing in 2017, while their Silicon Alley cousins raised $1.5 billion, or 15 percent more. (CB Insights was in the first FIL graduating class.) The total number of equity financings was... View Details
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Four Promoted to Full Professor
concerning technological innovation and public policy at the Brookings Institution, with a public-private task force in Chicago, and on Capitol Hill. He is a faculty research fellow in the National Bureau of Economic Research's Corporate... View Details
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Faculty Books
Global Capital and National Institutions: Crisis and Choice in the International Financial Architecture by Laura Alfaro (World Scientific) This casebook has three main topics: the determinants and effects of international capital flows; View Details
- 01 Apr 1996
- News
Stasis and Turmoil: HBS Research for the Real World
Associate Professor Willis Emmons's work in the area of government policy and business. In Praise of Predictability "It used to be that if you worked hard and kept your nose clean, you'd enjoy a good career," says Howard Stevenson, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
Jay Light Named New HBS Dean
initiatives. He also was chair of the Finance unit (1986–88) and senior associate dean, director of Faculty Planning (1988–94). He took a leave of absence in 1977–79 to serve as director of investment and financial View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- News
The First Five Years: Justin Pasquariello (MBA 2010)
difficulty keeping the heat or the lights on. Together with our headquarters team and researchers, I work with policy makers and policy groups to help develop and support better View Details
Keywords: Health, Social Assistance
- 01 Jan 2005
- News
Nancy M. Barry, MBA 1975
enterprise development, for example, an initiative that grew to $3.3 billion over a decade. She also led much of the work on industry, trade, and finance in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. And before leaving the Bank, she headed its... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
project,” says Oakes, who brings experience in finance and development to the table, plus a degree in architecture and the ability to flowchart anything. “It takes figuring out where there might be opportunities, and then being willing to... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Jun 2022
- News
Vision: Into the Breach
large, established carriers, which write policies to cover cyberattacks but do little to preempt them, At-Bay takes a preventive approach to cyber insurance. Before signing up a new policyholder, the company performs non-intrusive... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Fast Forward
productivity, Professor Mihir Desai addressed a Senate finance committee in July 2014 and again in March 2015, offering lawmakers an action plan. “This combination of reforms has the potential of addressing significant changes in the... View Details