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- 01 Sep 2006
- News
One-on-One with Carter Roberts
trying to create sustainable management practices? I’d say issue number one is governance. A lot of the logging that goes on is illegal. And a lot of the fishing practices are illegal. Half of the catch in the Bering Sea off the coast of... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
CEO Compensation Troubles
Ask any thoughtful corporate board member what they are most concerned about these days, and it is not Sarbanes-Oxley. It is CEO pay. Directors worry because shareholders continue to express outrage, and the media attention to the issue... View Details
- 01 Dec 2017
- News
Yoga Inc.
consultant told him, but Vaccaro politely declined. His current business model, such as it is, works just fine. And the search for additional models continues. DeCoons sees boutique studios dedicated solely to mindfulness and meditation... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Halber
- 03 Nov 2020
- News
One Paramount Priority
In the four years since the last US presidential election, Diane Hessan (MBA 1977) has been interviewing more than 500 voters, talking about everything from gun control to COVID-19. This years-long project has made clear to Hessan that many Americans share common... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Big Bailouts, Little Debate
the product of long, structured deliberation. As for the decision to let AIG pay out its controversial bonuses, regulators simply refused to address the issue until events had moved beyond their control. And going back even further, few... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Lincoln—already besieged by personal and political difficulties—weighed his options, knowing that a loss at the polls would almost certainly mean a permanently divided nation. By late August, Lincoln faced a crisis as great as any other... View Details
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
The Exchange: The Tech Leader’s Tightrope
revealed the telecom giant’s “extreme willingness” to hand over billions of emails—revelations that galvanized Professor Nien-hê Hsieh and Senior Lecturer Henry McGee. “Seeing a huge company in the middle of these privacy issues felt like... View Details
- 08 Apr 2021
- News
Real Talk
part of its 10th Reunion. This was not their first time partnering to tackle the thorny issue of inclusion. Harmeling, an ethics and entrepreneurship professor at the Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California, had... View Details
- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Capitalism’s New Agenda
these problems. When we stepped back from our discussions and considered what was being said, it was clear that the golden goose—global market capitalism—was at risk from the impact of an interrelated set of forces more powerful than the economic and View Details
- 01 Jun 2012
- News
Bringing ‘Global’ Back Home
Issue Focus: The Global Manager Fields Photo courtesy FORD Motor Company Issue Focus: The Global Manager Around the World They Call Him Mr. China Think Locally, Act Globally No disrespect to Detroit and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Latin America's Decade
entrepreneurship. Added to that is the issue of high crime rates and political volatility in some countries. Says Azuela, "In our hearts, we want to go back, but in our minds and in reality, sometimes it's... View Details
- 26 Feb 2020
- News
Phoenix Rising
unemployment that peaked at 28 percent, while more than 44 percent of the population slipped below the poverty line. And violent protests.So many years of protest, much of it fueled by anti-austerity anger and the inherent tensions from years of View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
One-on-One with Thomas Riley
regional issues. I tried to get better informed on general world issues and solicited suggestions from former ambassadors. When it came time to leave, the President gave me a nice send-off. What do you do during a typical week? My day... View Details
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
issue or understand its urgency." Working with fellow executive producers James Cameron, Jerry Weintraub, and 60 Minutes veterans David Gelber and Joel Bach, Abbasi secured backing from HBS alumni Bill Bowes (MBA 1952), Chris Hohn (MBA... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
finding solutions for high unemployment in outmoded manufacturing industries, which was a situation that contributed to political and social unrest in the region. “It was one of the first applications of the ideas in The Competitive... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Sep 2011
- News
Charged Up
each faces a distinct set of business and strategy challenges. In the case “A123 Systems,” HBS professor Richard Vietor presents the issues confronting a manufacturer of the complex, evolving technology of lithium-ion batteries. Based in... View Details
- 01 Dec 2000
- News
Everything Old Is New Again: The History of Technological Frontiers
that this anarchy will remain," said Spar. That is, until the revolution moves to the next phase, when rules are demanded. The demands may stem from social concerns, as is now the case with privacy issues on the Internet, or, more... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
is remarkably prescient in other ways as well: Global warming was seen as a potentially game-changing threat; Middle East instability, particularly in Saudi Arabia, was an ever-present danger, with Islamic fundamentalism even hinted at as a possible factor; and the... View Details
- 01 Sep 2005
- News
London Forum Highlights the Best of HBS
especially timely, coming as they did on the heels of a failed EU budget summit in Brussels and the French and Dutch “no” votes on the proposed EU constitution. For those in the audience not well-versed in European politics and economics,... View Details
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Model Patient
end of last year we had 440,000 newly insured in the state, leaving fewer than 3 percent still uninsured. That’s a tremendous success, as is the fact that employer-sponsored health insurance offerings continue to grow. “The early View Details