Policy Making - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

Ray A. Goldberg

discussions. Known as the Private and Public, Scientific, Academic, and Consumer Food Policy Group (PAPSAC), the organization is dedicated to using a multidisciplinary approach to "assist the food system in evaluating the various... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Agriculture & Agribusiness

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FAQ - U.S. Competitiveness

and guide the Project’s research. This definition makes clear that neither lower American wages, nor a cheaper dollar, nor job creation per se can lead to true competitiveness. Why is the Project’s research focused on PK-12 education,... View Details

13 May 2020
Blog Post

Crisis Leadership with Nikhil Patel: The Critical Importance of Trust

urgent challenges. In March, community trust would prove critical. While taking a deep dive into the potential for tax policy to incentivize housing development, “COVID-19 really hit,” Patel says. Virtually overnight, Patel’s housing... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Social Enterprise

01 Jun 1999
News

Moir Donelson

Moir Donelson's first year at West Point wasn't easy. "Brains," as his Southside Chicago buddies called him, was valedictorian, class president, and a football star at his high school, yet he found it difficult to make a C average at the... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

22 Feb 2022
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March 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Change, and Making Good Things Happen By Zoe Chance (DBA 2011) Random House You were born influential. But then you were taught to suppress that power, follow the rules, wait your turn, not make waves. Yale... View Details

22 Apr 2008
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First Look: April 22, 2008

Working PapersThe 'Thin Film of Gold': Monetary Rules and Policy Credibility In Developing Countries Authors:Niall Ferguson and Moritz Schularick Abstract This paper asks whether developing countries can reap credibility gains from... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Feb 2001
News

The Doctor Is In

the hallways, patients and their families mingle with physicians in loose-fitting scrubs making their rounds, earnest administrators with armfuls of files, busy nurses, and other hospital personnel who team up to View Details

Keywords: healthcare; Health, Social Assistance

02 Jan 2012
Research & Ideas

Most Popular Articles of 2011

Sustainability company policies reflect the underlying culture of the organization, where environmental and social performance, in addition to financial performance, are important, but these policies also... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

02 Mar 2011
Research & Ideas

Managing the Open Source vs. Proprietary Decision

Editor's note: In their new book, The Comingled Code: Open Source and Economic Development, HBS professor Josh Lerner and London School of Economics professor Mark Schankerman look at the impact of open source software on economic development, as well as the resulting... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner & Mark Schankerman; Technology

10 May 2011
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First Look: May 10

Ashraf, Dean Karlan, and Wesley Yin Publication:World Development 38, no. 3 (March 2010) Abstract Female "empowerment" has increasingly become a policy goal, both as an end to itself and as a means to achieving other development... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 May 2019
News

A More Perfect Union

that makes it easier for new political candidates to raise money. Another of our members, J.B. Lyon (MBA 1996), is partnering with Bruce Patton, author of Getting to Yes, to lead an effort called the Rebuild Congress Initiative (RCI),... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

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Reweaving Ourselves and the World: New Perspectives on Climate Change - Course Catalog

floods, droughts and fires, and threatening to make a significant fraction of the earth’s surface uninhabitable. What will happen? At least one major European government believes it likely that we will see partial systemic breakdowns in... View Details

01 Jan 2007
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Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965

Chairman, Synthes, Inc. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 1959 M.S., Civil & Structural Engineering LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS "I learned so much in C. Roland Christensen's Business View Details

15 Aug 2019
Blog Post

The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS

college, Smitha went to work in policy in Washington, D.C. and ultimately left to work in private equity to gain more training before attending HBS. “I kept asking the question, ‘What’s the most effective way to View Details

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Impact Stories - Business & Environment

protect their environment and their people while still having a thriving industrial economy." Austin Blackmon MBA 2013 | From HBS to the Mayor's Office "Our goal is for Boston to be carbon-free by 2050. So what are the policies that we... View Details

04 Feb 2014
First Look

First Look: February 4

Abstract—This paper considers some of the large changes in the Federal Reserve's approach to monetary policy. It shows that, in some important cases, critics who were successful in arguing that past Fed approaches were responsible for mistakes that caused harm... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne

01 Sep 2009
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Class Day, Commencement Mark New Beginning for Newest Alumni

things it has to do, and policy is something you all will have to work on, to make sure we do things right all the time. We all need to do things that make the planet better.”... View Details

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

01 Mar 2008
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An American Odyssey

He’s got a superhero’s name, and he’s shining a light on enduring wrongs here at home while confronting challenges in the Third World as well. Meet Richard America, who sees policy analysis and quality management as keys to development... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Lawrence Fouraker; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance

09 Sep 2014
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First Look: September 9

Publications September 2014 Cambridge University Press Consumer Lending in France and America: Credit and Welfare By: Trumbull, Gunnar Abstract—Why did America embrace consumer credit over the course of the twentieth century, when most other countries did not? How... View Details