Business and Government Relations - Publications - Faculty & Research

11 Mar 2008
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Soak the Rich?

entrepreneurial businesses (www.nvca.org/) and fuels prosperity. Why fix what ain’t broke? Alas, Congress didn’t fix the AMT problem; lawmakers just patched it for one year. Expect the tax debate to... View Details

Keywords: Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments

01 Sep 2008
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Looking to the Majors

PAULSON: Sports is a tough business for ROI, but the returns to the community can be ample. Merritt Paulson (MBA ’00), owner of the minor league Portland Beavers Triple-A baseball team and the United Soccer... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries

01 Sep 2010
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Reinventing the Annual Report

combining the financial and CSR/sustainability reports into something I call “One Report,” which provides the essential information on a company’s financial, environmental, social, and View Details

Keywords: Robert G. Eccles

17 Dec 2017
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How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

resources, we do it with a very small budget, not necessarily out of choice, but getting funding for human rights work internationally right now, with so much domestic focus, is difficult. And just in general, nonprofits are obviously... View Details

13 Jul 2016
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From Money to Ministry

Harvard Business School with the hope of returning to his banking career. “Harvard showed me a whole different aspect to banking,” he says. “Professor Charlie Williams, who taught Commercial Banking, was my mentor. He made banking... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Jan 2003
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Charles O. Rossotti, MBA 1964

defense at age 29. In 1970, Rossotti and several Pentagon colleagues started American Management Systems (AMS). "We decided that big companies and government agencies could do... View Details

01 Dec 1999
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Q & A: Herb Kohl

As a boy growing up in Milwaukee, Herbert H. Kohl (MBA '58) spent afternoons and weekends restocking shelves in his immigrant parents' grocery store. It was good training for Kohl, who joined the family View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

19 May 2022
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Leading to Salvation

Minneapolis. And Estes was the only funeral home that would bury him. The other funeral homes, just because it was, it was government assisted, just didn’t want to be bothered. View Details

01 Sep 2010
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Five Honored for Missions Accomplished

complete profile. As Yahoo! president, entrepreneur Sue Decker led the company’s global business operations, including sales, product, product marketing, and distribution. Since leaving Yahoo! in April 2009,... View Details

Keywords: awards; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles

01 Jun 2018
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The Long Run

in the rural areas of Georgia hit hardest by the epidemic. Fresh from a meeting with Georgia’s attorney general, business leaders, and law enforcement officials, Shaw told Langford about a presentation made... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Melissa Golden

01 Sep 2015
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Clubs: Capital Improvements

committee stacked with former cabinet secretaries, ambassadors, and other Washington notables—would be a much larger affair, one with the goal of raising the profile of the DC business community, often... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Dec 2012
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Commemorating a Milestone

STYLE SHIFT: Women brought a new look to the campus. A half-century ago, women were first admitted to the two-year MBA Program at HBS. Over the coming months, the School is highlighting this event—and focusing on women leaders in business... View Details

Keywords: Meta

26 Jan 2016
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The First Five Years: Jill Applebaum (MBA 2015)

launching their own startups? “My advice relates to seeking advice: A lot of people will offer advice about your startup. I think it’s valuable to listen to and consider all of it, but you need to be... View Details

01 Oct 2000
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A Message from Dean Clark

This is a remarkable time in the business world and in the history of Harvard Business School. With advances in technology, a thriving global marketplace, View Details

Keywords: Educational Services

30 Apr 2019
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Leading Schools That Change Lives

classmates were terrific,” recalls Kennealey, who received the 2006 Harvard Business School Student Service Award. “I learned to think more broadly about the world, at HBS, and how to solve problems in any... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Educational Support Services; Educational Services

13 Feb 2015
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Lessons in Perseverance

establish a third K–12 school, or instead create a university? By the time she finished the OPM program in 2001, however, a major problem had disrupted Deza’s thinking: her husband’s business had gone bankrupt View Details

Keywords: Tyler Bridges; Elementary and Secondary Schools; Elementary and Secondary Schools

01 Sep 2008
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Raiffa Honored for Life’s Work in Decision Analysis

mathematician by training, Raiffa was an originator of the decision tree and did extensive research on negotiations and choice-making in complex and ambiguous situations.... View Details

Keywords: awards; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

01 Oct 2001
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Dean Clark on the New Academic Year

We begin a new academic year at Harvard Business School in the midst of a fascinating and compelling time in the history of business. In keeping with the mission of the School — to educate leaders who will... View Details

Keywords: Kim B. Clark; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

29 May 2019
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HBS Career Coaches Hit the Road to Serve Alumni

Relations Director in CPD. “It used to be that once you graduated from HBS, your relationship to CPD ended. But now we offer lifelong career services to alumni. This roadshow is a way to engage alumni and... View Details