Government Organizations - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 1992
Exercise

Negotiation Exercise on Tradeable Pollution Allowances: Group A, Utility #4

Describes the position of Utility #4 in negotiating Group A with respect to 1) its SO emissions reduction requirements; 2) the costs of its alternative compliance strategies; and 3) the nature of its state regulatory environment. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Governance Compliance; Utilities Industry

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Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

Alumni Clubs Supporting & Connecting Local and regional HBS alumni clubs offer a range of opportunities to support and connect with the local nonprofit community. Alumni clubs in a number of cities have established pro-bono consulting programs that work with nonprofit... View Details

23 Aug 2019
Sharpening Your Skills

Has the Corporate Mission Just Been Disrupted?

overcoming long odds. Should a Pension Fund Try to Change the World? Can inclusivity, sustainability, and better governance boost economies? Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim discuss the impact investing efforts of GPIF, Japan’s View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Green Technology

01 Dec 2008
News

Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia

of the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit. In a democracy of citizens and taxpayers, such dithering largely comes down to a human foible. “When present losses loom larger than future gains,” states Bazerman, “we fail to act in time... View Details

07 Oct 2002
Research & Ideas

What Leaders Need to Do To Restore Investor Confidence

richer." And it didn't address the matter of how the maximization was to be accomplished. You can't take your eye off profitability. But to make all the other stakeholders instruments of shareholder wealth maximization won't win you their trust. And in the long... View Details

Keywords: by Harvard Management Update

17 Dec 2017
News

How Music Forged a Fighter for Free Expression

clients? Heaney: A government that releases an artist or drops the charges against an artist that we're advocating for is never going to say, well, it's because the Voice Project did this or any other View Details

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Gerald Chertavian

ideals—into action, Chertavian followed in the footsteps of his older brother and applied to HBS. In his application essay, he outlined his vision for building an organization that would offer disadvantaged youth a year of training and... View Details

Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government

March 2004 (Revised June 2004)
Case

Massport (A): The Aftermath of 9/11

This case looks at the turnaround at the Massachusetts Port Authority after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It begins with the situation during the immediate aftermath of 9/11 and then describes how the new CEO restructures the public agency to operate much more like a... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Corporate Accountability; National Security; Governance Controls; Organizational Culture; Public Administration Industry; Massachusetts

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02 Oct 2012
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The man who laid the foundation for DU's big moment

Keywords: Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations

24 Jul 2019
Lessons from the Classroom

Can These Business Students Motivate Londoners to Do the Right Thing?

Insights Team (BIT), which became the world’s first government organization dedicated to incorporating behavioral economics into policy. BIT saw the tax letter as an opportunity to test the value of... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman