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20 Aug 2001
Research & Ideas

Making an Ally of Uncle Sam

directly as players, for example, as customers in value-net games or as initiators of policy changes in public interest games. 4. Multilevel games. Many influence games involve multiple interacting levels of... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Watkins, Mickey Edwards & Usha Thakrar

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Rwanda

Useful for: high-level economic and demographic information on the country. How Immigrants Contribute to Rwanda's Economy A book from the OECD iLibrary that details a specific area of Rwanda's economic growth Rwanda's Entrepreneurship Development... View Details

15 Dec 2020
Research & Ideas

The Unspoken Messages of COVID-19 Restrictions

Soaring COVID-19 cases are forcing government officials to confront a critical question: Should they lock down the economy further? Whether to curb activities like indoor dining might seem like a simple choice, but the decision to ease restrictions can send a powerful... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

by Marc Hinterschweiger, The Global Outlook for Government Debt Over the Next 25 Years: Implications for the Economy and Public Policy (Washington, D. C.: Peterson Institute for International Economics,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

15 Nov 2020
News

Exploring China’s Belt & Road Initiative

the BRI is considered one of the most ambitious infrastructure undertakings ever conceived. It comprises a vast collection of development and investment projects stretching from East Asia to Africa to Europe. This signature foreign policy... View Details

21 Aug 2012
First Look

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Opportunities: Optimal Taxation when Children's Abilities Depend on Parents' Resources Authors:Alexander Gelber and Matthew Weinzierl Abstract Empirical research suggests that parents' economic resources affect their children's future earnings abilities. Optimal tax... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2016
News

Rethinking Housing in the Motor City

neighborhood was a product of Detroit’s controversial 1960s urban renewal efforts. “But the way people live today, they want to be close to the action. They want to be close to their jobs. They want to ride their bikes; they want to take View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2012
News

An Advocate for Women's Equality

the armed forces came at this time. On the policy side, Nixon's Labor Department enforced new requirements for contractors to hire and promote women; conducted compliance reviews of universities; and gave the Equal Opportunity Commission... View Details

Keywords: Richard Nixon; Chuck Colson; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Sep 2007
News

Getting Security Right

and economic priorities. Another factor both business and government leaders struggle with is the media’s tendency to provide the public with oversimplified or just plain inaccurate information about political, economic, or competitive... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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A Culture of Innovation | Baker Library

publications and student publications records, Smith College Archives, CA-MS-01049, Smith College Special Collections, Northampton, Massachusetts. Meroë Marston Phelps Morse was born in 1923 in Waterville,... View Details

03 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?

As a polarizing US presidential election nears, moderating controversial content on social media poses a pressing problem for tech giants. But no matter how many employees they hire, lines of code they write, or new content policies they... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Technology

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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09 Sep 2024
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McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

job and getting banned from serving as an executive or director at any other company for five years. This consensual workplace relationship—forbidden under the iconic fast-food chain’s fraternization policy because of potential conflicts... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

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WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services | Baker Library

WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services Platform hosting financial, accounting, banking, economics, management, marketing, and public policy databases accessible through a single interface. Read More WRDS is a... View Details

02 Jan 2019
What Do You Think?

SUMMING UP: Do We Need an Artificial Intelligence Czar?

AI oversight and regulation. At least that’s the impression created by a small sample of comments on this month’s column. Sandeep made the case for an AI czar. “Any public servant is accountable to you and me and we can fire him and find... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

29 May 2006
What Do You Think?

How Important Is the “Service Sector Effect” on Productivity?

emphasis on services naturally accompany the growth of a knowledge society, representing an insurance policy for the continuance of innovation and progress necessary to maintain world economic leadership? What do you think? Original... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Service

01 Jun 2014
News

School Ties

School's US Competitiveness Project. Because business leaders have a profound economic and moral stake in making that happen, Rivkin adds, "the most progressive of them are moving into hands-on, long-term partnerships with educators. That's what's really needed if... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Educational Services

01 Dec 2012
News

The Billion-Dollar Question

—World traveler, public speaker, and consultant Francis Tapon (MBA 1997) is the author of Hike Your Own Hike: 7 Life Lessons from Backpacking across America and The Hidden Europe: What Eastern Europeans Can Teach Us. While on his way to... View Details

Keywords: Advice; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment

17 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 17, 2007

Working PapersPublic Action for Public Goods Authors:Abhijit Banerjee, Lakshmi Iyer, and Rohini Somanathan Abstract This paper focuses on the relationship between public action and access to View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

Embracing Activism for Social Change

high-impact nonprofit or public sector positions for a year at a competitive salary. For Mendu, that meant the chance to work with Detroit’s former Chief Policy Officer Kim Rustem on a number of initiatives... View Details

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