Private Governance - Publications - Faculty & Research

James H. Goodnight

SAS products and has built the company into the largest privately owned software business in the country. SAS applications have become part of standard business processes in direct marketing, banking, and View Details

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The MOC Affiliate Network Impact - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

content focus, and 60% of the institutes were developed as a direct result of the associated institution's participation in the MOC Affiliate Network. A growing number of MOC faculty are active in local and regional competitiveness efforts that engage View Details

02 Jul 2024
Blog Post

Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges

the energy lobby and the power missing from the water lobby. The energy sector, Thompson said, “....is dominated by private companies that are developing new technologies and implementing them with public support. Between 2001–14, View Details

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Choosing the Right Student Loan | MBA

available to you to help you manage your debt. For example, entrepreneurs could consider borrowing loans that have income-based repayment options. Students who go into the non-profit or social enterprise sector may be eligible for loan repayment assistance. Not only... View Details

29 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 29

sides of land use proposals. This case demonstrates the dilemmas and tradeoffs related to private land owner rights and the role of government in seeking positive outcomes for broader society. Case students... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jan 2021
News

Better Than Cash

effectively, it was essential that all key public and private sector players work together to deliver payments digitally,” Goodwin-Groen says. “Those companies and governments that took action and can pay... View Details

16 Jul 2020
News

Accounting for Real Change

environmental record. Cohen, who serves as chairman of the Portland Trust and the Impact-Weighted Accounts Project at HBS, is a philanthropist, venture capitalist, private equity investor, and social innovator. He is also the author of... View Details

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Pension and retirement funds

& regulatory developments, M&A history, and a people search function. Capital IQ: Go to Screening -->Companies and under Investment Firm Type select Corporate, Government or Union Pension Plan Sponsor. View Details

01 Sep 2004
News

Promise & Perils

the local level, and typically filled rural niches for consumer goods. At their peak in the early 1990s, an estimated 19 million TVEs operated across the country. By contrast, the SOEs were controlled by various government ministries at... View Details

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

01 Mar 2006
News

HBS Global Forum Set for June

THE BUILDING MUSEUM: Site of a GLF "State Dinner" Upcoming midterm elections and ongoing political scandals provide a timely backdrop to the 2006 HBS Global Leadership Forum, titled The Private Sector and the Public Interest, slated for... View Details

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

05 Jul 2006
Research & Ideas

Reinventing the Dowdy Savings Bond

allowing bonds to be rolled over into private sector retirement accounts; and generally making it easier to purchase bonds by expanding distribution to outlets such as the post office and Wal-Mart. "The federal View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Banking; Financial Services

21 Apr 2011
Research & Ideas

Searching for Better Practices in Social Investing

discussed the idea of social impact bonds, in which private investors agree to foot the bill for a program, but then work with the government to decide how to measure the program's success. If the program... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

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Courses by Faculty - Course Catalog

and Emerging Markets Business, Government & the International Economy Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 Lindsay Hyde Avoiding Startup Failure Entrepreneurial Management Spring 2025 Q3Q4 3.0 ^ back to top I Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits... View Details

30 Nov 2018
What Do You Think?

What’s the Best Administrative Approach to Climate Change?

Summing Up: Should a 'Montreal Protocol' for Administering Global Warming Be Pursued? Climate change and how to manage it is a daunting subject. Nevertheless, several readers of this month’s column were willing to venture a model or two for administering a system... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Energy

01 Sep 2011
News

Water for Life

for reliable, affordable water service. Nearly two of every three gallons of water pumped through the dilapidated distribution system were lost or stolen. Desperate for a remedy, the Philippine government invited the View Details

Keywords: Waste Management and Remediation Services; Corporate Services; Water, Sewage and Supply Systems; Utilities

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Sustainable investing and ESG resources

Information Type Recommended Resources Overview & News ImpactAlpha
News and information covering the sustainable and impact investment markets. Our subscription includes the daily publication, The Brief, as well as their ImpactSpace database (see below under... View Details

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

March 2017
Article

Institutional Ownership and Corporate Tax Avoidance: New Evidence

By: Mozaffar N. Khan, Suraj Srinivasan and Liang Tan

We provide new evidence on the agency theory of corporate tax avoidance (Slemrod, 2004; Crocker and Slemrod, 2005; Chen and Chu, 2005) by showing that increases in institutional ownership are associated with increases in tax avoidance. Using the Russell index... View Details

Keywords: Tax Avoidance; Agency Costs; Institutional Ownership; Private Ownership; Crime and Corruption; Taxation; Agency Theory

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Forest L. Reinhardt | About

interested in the relationships between market and nonmarket business strategy, the connections between the activities of government entities and those of firms, the behavior of private and public... View Details

30 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 31, 2006

framework for sovereign capital structure analysis. It is useful for assessing vulnerability, policy analysis, risk management, investment analysis, and design of risk control strategies. Both public and private sector participants can... View Details