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- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Gompers, Merton Honored
The 2002 Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research, offered by the Rodney L. White Center at The Wharton School, has gone to Professor Paul A. Gompers and coauthors Joy Ishii and Andrew Metrick for their paper “Corporate View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
Ask the Expert: Byte-Testing Bitcoin
intend to navigate the regulatory environment? In particular, how could they educate governments and ease concerns about the various types of risk pertaining to payments and currency? —Caleb Reeves (GMP 16, 2014) Even though there are... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
How to Take a Stand On UBS and Climate Change
the less government involvement there is, the better,” says Oberholzer-Gee. “In fact, a number of the competitive advantages enjoyed by companies have come from the regulations that governments impose on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Back to the Future
to the teaching of corporate governance at Rice University. He recalls the day in 1972 when HBS Dean Lawrence Fouraker asked him to organize an initiative unprecedented at HBS, a venture that became known as the Energy Project at the... View Details
- 04 Nov 2016
- News
The Competitiveness of Lost Causes
development of certain industries coincided with my interest in exploring how local governments can create environments that are favorable to the development of particular businesses.” After HBS, Duch worked... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Water, Water Everywhere
"Just like everything from cosmetics to sugar, water is bought, repackaged, and sold," according to CBS MarketWatch (August 13, 1999). "Today, it's become an especially big business - a $300 billion one - as deregulation sweeps through the water View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
denominator. My own industry is no small part of the problem. We, too, are seeking niches. The fragmentation of the news media means Americans no longer have to listen to the serious discussion of ideas with which they might disagree. If... View Details
Keywords: Government
- 01 Dec 2013
- News
14 for '14
1.0. But food is one of the biggest industries on the planet, and the tech that supports it hasn't changed in 30 years. Stay tuned for big innovation." —Nick Taranto (MPA/MBA 2010), cofounder, Plated Karen Tumulty "History—with the recent... View Details
- 11 Jul 2025
- News
Utah Club Dives into Great Salt Lake’s Challenges; Colorado Alumni Talk Defense Over Breakfast
with the federal government, and the increased importance of diplomacy and regulatory reform. “The conversation was just as riveting as it was eye-opening,” says Mobius, adding that a key takeaway was that while it’s a pivotal moment, the US has “pretty good cards,”... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Feb 2000
- News
Executives Convene to Discuss Consumer-Driven Health Care
A mid-November conference on consumer-driven health care attracted nearly two hundred providers of health-care services, technology, and information; government professionals; and insurance executives to the HBS campus for a two-day... View Details
- 01 Feb 2002
- News
Mary Quin: A Life-Changing Story
When she describes the experience today, Mary P. Quin (MBA '88) remains composed and thoughtful. Yet four years ago, Quin, a seasoned world traveler who had visited over sixty countries, was taken hostage in the desert of Yemen and faced what seemed a certain and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Former French Finance Minister Joins HBS Faculty
Thierry Breton, former French finance minister, has joined the HBS faculty as a senior lecturer and will teach the first-year Leadership and Corporate Accountability course this fall. Breton is well-known in France as former chairman of France Telecom from 2002 to... View Details
- 21 May 2019
- News
Confronting the Future of Climate Change in the Midwest
by climate change by managing resources more efficiently, pursuing new strategies in the wake of climate change, and bringing climate-ready products to market. On May 15, over 100 Harvard Business School alumni and local and regional leaders from View Details
Keywords: Agriculture
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
L. Paul Bremer: In His Own Words
will require a fundamental transformation from three decades of economic mismanagement and neglect and a Stalinist industrial structure. Even before the war, joblessness was high and public infrastructure was in a shambles. It is going to... View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
seven-year collaboration with University of North Carolina economics professor Steven Rosefielde. Their impressively researched volume challenges global leaders in government and business alike to push beyond culturally entrenched... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Faculty Books
approaches to poverty alleviation. Leading academics and corporate, nonprofit, and public-sector managers discuss how businesses, NGOs, and government organizations can use business solutions to improve the lot of the world’s poorest 3... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
HBS Global Forum Set for June
of top-ranking industry leaders and government officials , including Jeffrey R. Immelt (MBA ’82), chairman and CEO of GE, and Robert Rubin, former Treasury Secretary. HBS professor Malcolm Salter is the... View Details
- 01 Oct 2002
- News
Making a Difference
manager at Procter & Gamble, Haacker loves the outdoors. His goal at Denali was to explore a potential long-term career in environmental conservation and to get a sense of how nonprofits and government agencies work. “Everybody tells you... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
Terence P. Stewart
Our experience shows, however, that if that sector is provided breathing room for a period of time and is well managed, it can recover and become strong." Stewart cites his firm's representation of companies or workers in four industries... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 17 Nov 2015
- News
Carbon Neutral
British Columbia, where it was implemented in 2008. According to the latest Canadian government figures, the tax was revenue-neutral—in fact, reductions in personal and business taxes exceeded the total raised by the carbon tax by $20... View Details
Keywords: Michael Blanding