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David Gergen, a towering figure in U.S. politics and founder of the Kennedy School’s Center for Public Leadership, has died
A champion of leadership education at HKS, Gergen leaves a lasting legacy as a political analyst, adviser, and leadership ...
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Paid sick leave laws improve coverage for service workers, but broader benefits are limited
Research from the Shift Project examines the effects of paid sick leave laws.
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Using Mandated Disclosures to Assess Transition Risk: Evidence from ...
April 18, 2025, Paper: "We examine whether information in the 10-K Business Description section on f irms’ development and deployment of climate solution products and services can be used to assess ...
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Private Credit & Systemic Risk | Harvard Kennedy School
June 2025, Paper: "The private credit market has rapidly expanded in recent years, becoming an established source of corporate loans to middle-market firms, a key financing tool for private equity ...
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What Evolution Can Teach Us About Innovation - Gary Pisano
September/October 2021, Paper: "On November 30, 2020, Moderna Therapeutics announced that Phase III clinical trials for its messenger RNA vaccine demonstrated 95% protective efficacy against the ...
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Leading Through Change - John Kotter - Harvard Kennedy School
September 2, 2021, Video: "Renowned Harvard Business School professor Dr. John Kotter has studied, written, and lectured about leadership for decades. In his newest book, Change, Kotter dives into how ...
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A message from Dean Jeremy WeinsteinDear Harvard Kennedy School Faculty, Students, Staff, and Fellows,It is with deep sadness ...
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What the president can and can't do with executive orders
Harvard Kennedy School Professor Roger Porter, a veteran of three White House administrations, explains both the why and how ...
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Overcoming Obstacles to Successful Culture Change - John Kotter
Summer 2021, Paper: "As businesses work through the complexity of return-to-office strategies and determine how to manage a forever-hybrid workforce, the need to cultivate — and preserve — effective ...
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The Illusory Promise of Stakeholder Governance - Lucian Bebchuk
March 2, 2020, Paper: "Corporate purpose is now the focus of a fundamental and heated debate, with rapidly growing support for the proposition that corporations should move from shareholder value ...
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The Stock Market Valuation of Human Capital Creation - Ethan Rouen
September 21, 2021, Paper: "We develop a measure of firm-year-specific human capital investment from pub\u0002licly disclosed personnel expenses (PE) and examine the stock market valuation of this ...
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Borders of Prosperity: Immigration's Impact on the U.S. Economy
November 30, 2023, Video: "The role of immigration in shaping the nation's economy remains a hotly contested area of debate. Factors such as the real economic benefits of high-skilled versus ...