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- December 2010
- Article
Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us...)
The financial crisis of 2008-2009 has revealed that our broad model of corporate governance is broken, independent of the shortcomings in the regulatory system. Managers and boards of directors in scores of systemically important firms failed to protect employees,... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Human Capital; Ethics; Policy; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Finance; Business and Shareholder Relations
Sahlman, William A. "Management and the Financial Crisis (We Have Met the Enemy and He Is Us...)." Economics, Management, and Financial Markets 5, no. 4 (December 2010): 11–53.
- 01 Jun 2017
- News
A Finger on the Pulse of the Financial System
basis,” says Greenwood, who worked with fellow HBS finance professor Malcolm Baker and Harvard economics professor Andrei Shleifer to get the proj ect off the ground. “Historically our group has been pretty fluid, though, and we decided... View Details
- 17 Apr 2007
- First Look
First Look: April 17, 2007
that, although misaligned economic incentives can play a role in explaining misalignment of planning behaviors, there is another important issue to consider: in our setting, the key factor that determines whether two functions or firms... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Danielle Allen Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is a political... View Details
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Three Appointed to Endowed Professorships
market and nonmarket strategy, particularly in the energy industry and in the food and agribusiness sector. He is interested in the relations between government regulation and corporate strategy, the behavior of private and public organizations that manage natural... View Details
- 17 Feb 2015
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: The Battle for San Francisco
Allison Ciechanover (Harvard MBA 2002) and Kunal Modi (Harvard MBA/MPP 2013), a manager at McKinsey & Co. in San Francisco. The influx of wealthy tech workers into San Francisco'sneighborhoods is the subject of a case study.©iStock.com/franckreporter At a time when... View Details
- Profile
Kwame Owusu-Kesse
and Harvard Kennedy School provided that training and challenge through strengthening my business acumen as well as deepening my knowledge of the impact public policy can have on society. How has your overall HBS experience shaped your... View Details
- Career Coach
Wendi Zhang
development policies and analysis in the public sector. Wendi attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she received Bachelor of Science degrees in both Mathematics and Management Science, along with minors in View Details
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
the authors of this article, Auden Schendler, works) are members of Business for Innovative Climate & Energy Policy (BICEP), a leading advocacy group calling for bipartisan climate legislation. Unfortunately, these important... View Details
- 15 Apr 2017
- News
Bringing Markets to Myanmar
sort of questions did they have? Brunell: Well first, there was a preliminary meeting with the head of the investment agency in Yangon. He told me his objective was to prepare a private sector development transition plan to accelerate and influence View Details
- 17 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 17
existence of rural areas not supplied by grid electricity was an important motivation for early movers in both the U.S. and Denmark. Public policy was the problem rather than the opportunity for wind entrepreneurs before 1980, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Jesse Markham Dies at 93
federal antitrust laws. The author of 12 books and more than 150 articles, Markham arrived at HBS from Princeton University. “I came here because the theories on which public policy was being built in View Details
- 12 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 12
subgroup? How does the formal decision-making and governance process differ from the informal one? The broader economic and political context for negotiation as well as salient "comparable" deals. Several questions guide this... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- January 2011 (Revised April 2014)
- Case
Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests
By: Nava Ashraf, Natalie Kindred and Richard Sedlmayr
This case describes barriers to adoption of malaria rapid diagnostic tests in Zambia and highlights the importance of understanding end users in promoting product adoption. Rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are simple, easy-to-use tools that provide a relatively reliable,... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Health Pandemics; Technology; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Behavior; Prejudice and Bias; Health Industry; Zambia
Ashraf, Nava, Natalie Kindred, and Richard Sedlmayr. "Uptake of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests." Harvard Business School Case 911-007, January 2011. (Revised April 2014.) (Request a courtesy copy.)
- October 1998 (Revised June 2002)
- Case
Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy
By: Bruce R. Scott and Srinivas Sunder
Members of the community decide to try to diversify the economy of Austin, Texas, by welcoming high-technology firms and by augmenting the electrical engineering faculty at University of Texas--Austin. View Details
Keywords: Development Economics; Diversification; Information Technology; Policy; Government and Politics; Engineering; Technological Innovation; Competitive Advantage; Higher Education; Texas
Scott, Bruce R., and Srinivas Sunder. "Austin, Texas: Building a High-Tech Economy." Harvard Business School Case 799-038, October 1998. (Revised June 2002.)
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 25 Feb 2020
- News
The Influence of Geography on Work and Innovation
personal: A spouse’s or partner’s job, a child’s schooling, or a parent’s health can prevent a worker from considering a move. Often, though, the stumbling blocks affect larger groups of workers. “There’s a lot of geographic immobility because of regulation,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 20 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
US Competitiveness at Risk
improve. But we have a political system that's increasingly about today's news. This mismatch has probably gotten worse in the last 10 or 20 years. The politics of economic policy is never easy, but we used... View Details
Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin
- 13 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative
As health insurance reform is hotly debated in Washington, DC, what strategies should be central for the benefit of patients' health? HBS faculty with expertise in business administration, economic development, and operations strategy... View Details
- Profile
Vivek Garg
Right out of college, Vivek Garg was directly exposed to difficult health-care policy issues. As part of Congress's Medicare Payment Advisory Council (MPAC), Vivek reviewed the coordination of policies and... View Details