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21 Aug 2007
First Look

First Look: August 21, 2007

forward-looking perspectives of agency leaders and industry representatives within FDA's regulatory history, this volume presents readers with new tools for evaluating policy recommendations and will better equip the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2015
News

Euro Vision

cities American startups are often geographically sorted by sector. Tech is in San Francisco, public policy is in DC, medical is in Orlando. And for a time, Europe was like that too, Rimer says: Israeli... View Details

Keywords: Jason Feifer

01 Jan 2005
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Louis V. Gerstner, Jr., MBA 1965

basic business operations, reduced payroll by 35,000 employees, and updated and consolidated its inefficient IT systems. To refocus and reenergize employees, he also implemented a number of policy changes. Bonuses and variable pay, for... View Details

24 Aug 2020
Blog Post

My Journey to Joining the first MS/MBA Biotechnology: Life Sciences Cohort

off the semester just the other day, and I'm already loving every second of it! This summer we are taking a class on COVID-19, and each day we hear from speakers who share unique perspectives. For example, we heard from an epidemiologist from the Harvard T.H. Chan... View Details

27 Aug 2013
First Look

First Look: August 27

Publications August 2013 Journal of Financial Economics The Performance of Corporate Alliances: Evidence from Oil and Gas Drilling in the Gulf of Mexico By: Beshears, John Abstract—I use data on oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Jun 2018
News

In Memoriam: Hugo Uyterhoeven

World War II, including rationing, bombardments, and Nazi occupation. Uyterhoeven joined the HBS faculty in 1960; his interests focused on business policy and the role of the middle manager. He taught many courses in the MBA Program,... View Details

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

identify the conditions under which special interests dominate (or capture) public policy and the conditions under which they do not. Although such a task lies far beyond the scope of this chapter, the three... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

04 Nov 2016
News

The Competitiveness of Lost Causes

Ministry of Trade when his government sent him to study at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, Duch enrolled at HBS because he wanted “to have both sides of the river as an experience, understanding the business side from the public... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

graduating from Duke and worked on public and social sector projects. Jerren later joined the Mayor’s Office in Chicago, focusing on economic policy development, and ultimately left to attend HBS and HKS to... View Details

01 Feb 2000
News

New Releases

Environmental Management, Associate Professor Forest Reinhardt argues that managers should treat environmental management as an integral part of corporate strategy rather than merely as an exercise in public relations. "Social... View Details

08 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp

Yelp restaurant reviews to target hygiene inspections? “There is so much data now, it’s exhilarating—and frightening” “There is all sorts of data that is coming in now,” says Luca, “and if you use it carefully you could revamp the way that every View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment

intersection of risk, equity, and systemic resilience. Panelist Dave Jones (JD/MPP ’88) , Director of the Climate Risk Initiative at UC Berkeley School of Law, brought extensive experience in public service and regulatory leadership,... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

In Africa, Porter Sees Lessons for Health Care

fourteen years later, Rwanda is looked to as a model for the rest of Africa, not the least for its successes with public health and health-care delivery. The goal of the Global Health Delivery Project is to make the first-ever systematic... View Details

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

alternatives to coal-fired power to the developing world, particularly Asia. We need an energy source that is cheaper than and as deployable as coal. That energy source needs to be available and acceptable to the public everywhere in the... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

01 Aug 2001
News

William F. Connell (MBA '63)

after reading the Partnership's code of conduct as well as policies regarding issues such as antitrust and environmental protection. Connell, who graduated magna cum laude from Boston College (BC) and served as an officer in the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Alumni Achievement Award; William F. Connell (MBA 1963); James O.Dunn; Manufacturing

10 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 10

Publications 2006 Regional Studies Spatial Determinants of Entrepreneurship in India By: Ghani, Ejaz, William R. Kerr, and Stephen O'Connell Abstract—We analyze the spatial determinants of entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Souvenirs & Novelties - The Art of American Advertising

The Art of “Posting” Brand Name Management A Marketing Revolution “The province of the advertising novelty is to present to the customer . . . something of a tangible or more or less permanent value.” Fowler’s Publicity Encyclopedia ,... View Details

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Labor Practices | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

workers demanded higher pay and better working conditions and health benefits. U.S. Steel responded with a core public relations objective to “tell the public the true facts about working conditions and... View Details

Profile

Jonathan Bailey

internship provided a key leadership lesson as well. "The Senator's senior team was very impressive," Jonathan says. "I learned the difference that having top talent on your team can make to your cause." Combining improved View Details

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

An expert on competition in telecommunications and new technologies, Patrick S. Moreton (MBA ’91) takes the long view. Despite congressional efforts to tighten controls over media ownership and the current public outcry against media... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

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