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- 2011
- Working Paper
The Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra and Petia Topalova
Using state-level variation in the timing of political reforms, we find that an increase in female representation in local government induces a large and significant rise in documented crimes against women in India. Our evidence suggests that this increase is good...
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Leadership;
Crime and Corruption;
Local Range;
Laws and Statutes;
Law Enforcement;
Gender;
Power and Influence;
Public Administration Industry;
India
Iyer, Lakshmi, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova. "The Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-092, March 2011. (Revised July 2011.)
- December 2015
- Supplement
An Intern's Dilemma (B)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his student internship by his employer in order to obtain data from a competitor. This case describes how the student handled the situation and what he learned about himself from it.
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Conflict;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Competition;
Ethics;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Power and Influence
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "An Intern's Dilemma (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-129, December 2015.
- December 2015
- Case
An Intern's Dilemma (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Matthew Preble
An HBS student is asked to misrepresent himself during the course of his summer internship by his employer in order to obtain data from industry competitors.
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Conflict;
Leadership;
Conflict Management;
Competition;
Ethics;
Knowledge Acquisition;
Organizational Culture;
Employees;
Power and Influence
Sucher, Sandra J., and Matthew Preble. "An Intern's Dilemma (A)." Harvard Business School Case 316-128, December 2015.
- April 2011
- Case
Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (A)
By: J. Bruce Harreld and David Lane
This sequence of cases explores how leaders get their team focused on framing, analyzing, and ultimately acting upon complex decisions. The A case provides an inside look as President of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, works with his cabinet ministers to decide how to...
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Crime and Corruption;
Decisions;
Public Sector;
Leadership;
Conflict and Resolution;
Power and Influence;
Urban Development;
Welfare or Wellbeing
Harreld, J. Bruce, and David Lane. "Felipe Calderón: Leading with Light and Power (A)." Harvard Business School Case 811-024, April 2011.
- 03 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 3
in bringing their products to market, yet we know very little about the kinds of strategies they can employ to influence regulatory actor decision making. In this paper, we highlight a firm's strategic use of symbolic signaling in...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
2017 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) and the Center for Gender in Organizations at Simmons School of Management (Boston). She is also a Visiting Scholar with the Harvard Business School Leadership Initiative, researching the influence of...
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- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
unavoidably exert influence over politics through power that is generated by both structure and process. While both political economy and management scholars address international firms, neither field has an adequate understanding of the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Sep 2007 - 2007
- Conference Presentation
Antecedents of Boundary Spanning in Cross-functional NPD Teams
By: James R. Dillon, Shikhar Sarin and Amy C. Edmondson
Boundary spanning has been shown in prior research to enhance innovativeness and performance of product development teams. In this study, we examine team conditions that foster boundary spanning behavior. We analyze survey data from 207 members of 54 cross-functional...
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- 19 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Activist Board Members Increase Firm’s Market Value
“Allowing owners to have more power and influence in corporate board elections seems to be valuable.” In August 2010, the US Securities and Exchange Commission passed Rule 14a-11, also known as the shareholder proxy access rule, which...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Marked Managers
strong career imprints. Your book contrasts the organizational factors that influenced young managers who worked at Baxter and Abbott in the 1970s and ’80s. What were some key differences? Both companies hired relatively large numbers of...
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- 13 Aug 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Dark Side of Trust
boosted interest significantly. We asked Oberholzer-Gee to discuss the research and the lessons for managers. Sean Silverthorne: What interested you in doing research in this area? Felix Oberholzer-Gee: In much of my research, I am concerned with "factors beyond...
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Jason Sanders
to extend our influence beyond individual departments to improve the overall delivery of care at the institutional and even regional levels." For Jason, that meant complementing his MD with an MBA at Harvard Business School, and...
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- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Post-Soviet Purpose
of Slavic Studies. The book describes how national identities influence the world economy and explains patterns of economic disintegration and reintegration among Russia and the other fourteen states that composed the Soviet Union
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- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
Fox News has influenced how companies disclose financial news. Legal analyst Gregg Jarrett on the set in 2016. Source: Wikipedia Commons, CC 3.0) The United States presidential election of 2000 took place in a simpler time. The internet...
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Oliver Bladek
can be successful in influencing and leading others using speech. I'm much more confident, poised, and I now feel like a true professional. How has your HBS experience shaped your career path? As a sponsored student, I have an obligation...
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Thaddeus Mosley Illusory Progression 2020 | About
materials and local sawmills, as well as fallen logs sourced from Pittsburgh’s Forestry Division, Mosley’s carved abstractions, or “sculptural improvisations,” as he calls them, show the influence of jazz on his artistic process. He often...
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- 01 Dec 2013
- News
Climate Change as Must-See TV
concern and to take action. For HBS alumni, we intend to address any doubts or questions about climate change through an online platform and events at HBS clubs. We also plan to organize a meeting of interested HBS alumni with Washington's top policymakers. "As much as...
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- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
politically more influential, and industry less influential, than is commonly assumed. The prevailing view—that diffuse interests like those of consumers are too difficult to organize and too weak to influence public policy—represents, he...
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- 05 Feb 2008
- First Look
First Look: February 5, 2008
influence on the family's portfolio decisions. Consistent with this, we find that family trustees significantly overweight their 401(k) client firm's stock. Trustee overweighting is more pronounced when the conflict of interest of the...
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Martha Lagace
- December 2000 (Revised May 2002)
- Case
Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids and Ministers
By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Alexis Lefort
Introduces Reverend Jeffrey Brown, one of the cofounders of the Ten Point Coalition in Boston, Mass. The Ten Point Coalition, a group of ministers that worked to change the dynamics between the Boston Police Department and the kids on the street, was instrumental in...
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Change;
Civil Society or Community;
Alliances;
Interpersonal Communication;
Power and Influence;
Law Enforcement;
City;
Boston
McGinn, Kathleen L., and Alexis Lefort. "Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids and Ministers." Harvard Business School Case 801-284, December 2000. (Revised May 2002.)