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16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

policy changes—may be more important today than ever as the Trump Administration threatens cuts to public education and possibly eliminate the Department of Education. “There are going to be some challenging... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Feb 2001
News

The Doctor Is In

management involved issues such as access, cost, and quality. I saw my two passions — medicine and public policy — combined in a single field." A nudge toward that realization came from former HBS Dean... View Details

Keywords: healthcare; Health, Social Assistance

24 Jul 2013
Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

successful, the economic engine runs backwards, and we become poorer, less educated, suffer from worse pollution, get sicker, and are miserable. We get Detroit. The demise of Detroit was easy to see and hard to address. Consider the causes: Decline of a major industry,... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto

01 Sep 2009
News

Jesse Markham Dies at 93

federal antitrust laws. The author of 12 books and more than 150 articles, Markham arrived at HBS from Princeton University. “I came here because the theories on which public policy was being built in... View Details

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

08 May 2019
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Fellowships Fuel a Passion to Help Underserved Communities

Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Amyra Asamoah (MBA/MPP 2020) Since enrolling in HBS’s joint MBA/Master of Public Policy program with the Harvard Kennedy School (HKS) in 2017, the only thing Amyra Asamoah... View Details

15 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

Funding the Design of Livable Cities

innovative design in the built environment. To create an environmentally sustainable built environment, design that focuses on maximizing natural resource efficiency, planning that fosters public health, business models that attract the... View Details

Keywords: by Lisa Chase; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

pressures from globalization have very different outcomes in terms of, say, income and wage inequality.” This suggests, he continued, that domestic social and political choices and the public policy mix are... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

19 May 2015
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First Look: May 19

Publications May 2015 Cambridge University Press Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform By: Rithmire, Meg Abstract—Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2020
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The Devil You Don’t Know

Illustration by David Plunkert Illustration by David Plunkert Edited by Dan Morrell What examples from history can we reflect on as we begin to address the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and prescribe solutions for policy and... View Details

15 Sep 2016
News

US Competitiveness Report Sees ‘A Nation Divided’

fact-based, nonpartisan effort to understand what makes the US economy competitive. In 2016, with US economic performance lackluster and the public discourse in this critical presidential campaign muddled, the Project’s lead faculty... View Details

26 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Learning from Failed Political Leadership

self-defeating. Q: Your book deals extensively with the complexities of public policy. For business readers, what impact do current conditions of policy have on the future of their companies? What should... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
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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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26 Jan 2010
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First Look: Jan. 26

differently from other forms of public insurance, such as unemployment insurance and deposit insurance? Although there are many possible explanations for this puzzle, one that deserves particular attention relates to the peculiar politics... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Fixed Income Research: bond data, ratings, and reports

bond issuance, type ‘Fixed Income New Issues Monitor’ into the main search bar on the home page and add your criteria on the left. WRDS WRDS is a warehouse of financial, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing, and View Details

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Stock Pitching: company, industry and market research

with Baker Library LSEG Workspace Introduction. WRDS WRDS is a warehouse of financial, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing, and public View Details

01 Jun 2013
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Alumni Books

how it works); illuminates the challenges of bringing billions of dollars in private capital to bear on social problems; identifies smart public policies that promote social innovation; and recommends... View Details

28 Jun 2021
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“Where the Dead Lie Thicker”

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PRIVACY POLICY OF HBS ERC 1. INTRODUCTION This is the privacy policy of Centre de Recherche Européen de la Harvard Business School (HBS Europe Research Center), located at 62 rue François 1er, 75008 Paris,... View Details

25 Sep 2012
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First Look: September 25

Publications Producing Prosperity: Why America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance Author: Gary P. Pisano Publication: Harvard Business Review Press, in press. (due October 2012) Abstract For years-even decades-in response to intensifying... View Details