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- 15 Aug 2019
- Blog Post
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
graduating from Duke and worked on public and social sector projects. Jerren later joined the Mayor’s Office in Chicago, focusing on economic policy development, and ultimately left to attend HBS and HKS to prepare for city View Details
- February 2011
- Article
The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Hoffman, Andrew J. "The Culture and Discourse of Climate Skepticism." Strategic Organization 9, no. 1 (February 2011): 77–84. (Winner of the 2016 Best SO!apbox Essay Award, Strategic Organization.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Who Closed the Schools?
By: Joshua D. Coval
This paper examines the differences in characteristics between U.S. public schools that opted for virtual instruction because of COVID-19, and schools that did not. Much of the variation can be explained by measures of the degree to which districts favored teachers...
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Public Education;
COVID-19;
Virtual Learning;
Education;
Health Pandemics;
Teaching;
Internet and the Web;
Policy;
Outcome or Result;
United States
Coval, Joshua D. "Who Closed the Schools?" Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-127, June 2021.
- September 2018 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)
By: Feng Zhu, Susan Athey and David Lane
In summer 2016, four of Australia’s top five banks petitioned regulators for permission to bargain collectively with Apple over the terms under which they would support its digital wallet, Apple Pay. They argued that doing so would force concessions from Apple that...
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Payment Methods;
Mobile Payment;
Apple;
Banks and Banking;
Cooperation;
Problems and Challenges;
Policy;
Digital Platforms;
Banking Industry;
Australia
Zhu, Feng, Susan Athey, and David Lane. "Apple Pay and Mobile Payments in Australia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-010, September 2018. (Revised January 2020.)
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
companies we visited were supportive of market interventions by government policy and regulation to encourage sustainable investments. For example, Grolsch shared that taxes on landfilling (which is now...
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- 04 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 4
approaches. This can explain why the Fed stopped basing monetary policy on the quality of new bank loans, why it stopped being willing to cause recessions to deal with inflation, and why it was temporarily unwilling to maintain stable...
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Sean Silverthlorne
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
America the Unequal
reactions to policies that would seem to benefit them, like raising taxes on those who earn and own a lot more. Why would the poor oppose taxes on the wealthy? Because many believe that they, or at least their children, will eventually be...
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- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
this case examines how Singapore has achieved such stellar success throughout its history, from independence through 2008. The case discusses the different policy choices the Singaporean government has made...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Importance of ‘Don’t’ in Inducing Ethical Employee Behavior
In trying to encourage good moral conduct, it's common for a company to come up with a list of don'ts—wording policies such that they focus on unethical behavior employees should avoid rather than on ethical acts they should strive to...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
economic inequality worrisome. They see that US corporations are skittish about making investments in a time of uncertainty about government policy, taxes, and regulations. They hear too many American CEOs talk about choosing to postpone...
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by Nitin Nohria
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
introduces the product in China, he wonders if the product will be as successful as InMobi anticipates. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/516030-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 617-020 Indigo Agriculture...
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Sean Silverthorne
- September 1997
- Case
Siam Cement Group, The: Corporate Philosophy (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Prompilai Khunaphante
In 1996, senior executives of Thailand's Siam Cement Group must decide whether to apply its management philosophy and code of ethics when doing business outside of Thailand. The status of the code in joint ventures and contractual relationships is of particular...
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Ethics;
Decision Making;
Joint Ventures;
Corporate Strategy;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Policy;
Construction Industry;
Thailand
Paine, Lynn S., and Prompilai Khunaphante. "Siam Cement Group, The: Corporate Philosophy (B)." Harvard Business School Case 398-019, September 1997.
- 02 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
And an audience of customers standing by with their smartphones to record any spectacle seems to have had, until now, unfortunately, no discernable impact on corporate policy guidelines for dealing with uncooperative customers. Companies...
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Carmen Nobel
- March 2011
- Module Note
Varieties of Capitalism
This module, part of the second year HBS course MITI, introduces a political economy approach to analyzing national economic strategies, with a primary focus on German economic policy.
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Economy;
Markets;
Curriculum and Courses;
Policy;
Competitive Advantage;
Goals and Objectives;
Geographic Location;
Strategy;
Germany
Trumbull, J. Gunnar. "Varieties of Capitalism." Harvard Business School Module Note 711-096, March 2011.
- Web
Strategic Plan | Information Technology
advances. We’re excited to share progress and developments on the plan with the HBS community. Developing the Plan Hear from Beth Clark, CIO, and Rachel Noiseux, Senior Director, Strategy, Planning and Governance on the Building of the IT...
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Phillip Andrews
elements of the job search. Before joining the CPD team, Phillip spent two years in the HBS Global Research Group where he wrote more than 20 published case studies. Prior to HBS, he worked in legal and policy capacities in both the...
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- 01 Mar 2014
- News
Faculty and Alumni Books for March 2014
Leadership and Innovation in a New Global Economy So-Young Kang (MBA 2004) (Awaken Group Pte. Ltd.) Too often, people look at leaders and focus on their accomplishments and successes, but Kang examines the more human side of 12 Singaporean business and View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics Authors: David Moss and Mary Oey Publication: In Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation, edited by Edward Balleisen and David Moss. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,...
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Martha Lagace
- Web
Investment Strategies - Course Catalog
already public acquirer - remains a critical step in corporate transformation by private equity investors and innovation by venture capitalists. Because public capital markets play such a key role in the global economy, government...
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