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Todd L. Pittinsky: An interview by Bob Morris

First Friday Book Synopsis

He was previously Associate Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, where he served as Research Director for Harvard’s Center for Public Leadership. In 2001, he launched the Allophilia [.].

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Five House Rules for Managing Risky Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Set clear policies. For enterprise risk management, key policies include a statement of risk appetite and explicit risk tolerance levels for critical risks. billion in net income during the five years prior to its bankruptcy in 2001, while only $114 million in net cash was generated (or a mere 3% of reported income).

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Hugo Chavez Was No Outlier

Harvard Business Review

One can also see his continual intervention in markets, from banking to retail, as motivated by the same belief that government knows best, and that markets are not to be trusted. Related to its foreign exchange crisis of 2001, Argentina had borrowed substantially from the IMF and other international lenders.

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Backdoor Government Decryption Hurts My Business and Yours

Harvard Business Review

Every single customer can trust us to encrypt all of their files with bank-grade technology before we back them up to our cloud servers. Strong encryption sustains these thriving industries and defends technological leadership on the global stage. That was in 2001. trillion this year. market accounts for more than $1 trillion.).

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The Former Head of the CIA on Managing the Hunt for Bin Laden

Harvard Business Review

His death was the culmination of a global manhunt that lasted more than a decade and assumed extreme urgency after the September 11, 2001, attacks. The Bin Laden operation was a seminal moment in the campaign to decimate Al Qaeda’s leadership. Gary had the full-time command of this, and he finally had a solid lead to follow.

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The Big Picture of Business – Business Lessons to be Learned from the Enron Scandal

Strategy Driven

The Enron scandals of 2001 and 2002 focused only upon cooked books audit committees and deal making. In my opinion, deregulation, as a whole, has worked negatively upon business and society (banking, airlines, trucking, and broadcasting), and the SEC is no exception. Executives never stayed long. Congressional Hearings.