Political Risk - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Feb 1999
News

Q&A: Camille Tang Yeh of the Asia-Pacific Research Office

[see sidebar] further reflects the wide range of issues covered by our faculty. What can we learn from this region? The Asia Pacific, where 2,000 languages are spoken, is home to 60 percent of the world's population. The region's diverse economic, cultural, legal, and... View Details

Keywords: Educational Support Services; Educational Services

01 Mar 2018
News

Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

rise of political risk and the decline in institutional trust—Harari’s masterful treatise on the history of Homo sapiens outlines intrinsic drivers for the complex world we live in and the future we may yet... View Details

Keywords: April White

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

be seen. Q: After World War I, global firms turned much focus on protecting themselves from political risk. Given that political risk remains in many countries as strong today,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

01 Mar 2019
News

3-Minute Briefing: Richard Edelman (MBA 1978)

Chicago in 1952. His biggest risk was putting me in charge of the New York office in 1981, when I was 27 years old. In five or six years, that office grew from 12 employees to 100. I didn’t know what I didn’t know. Part of what keeps me... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services; Professional Services

13 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments

In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

19 Jun 2007
First Look

First Look: June 19, 2007

Harvard Business School Note 706-044 Describes the emergence of several kinds of efforts to assure the safety of foreign investment in emerging markets: international arbitration, expanded official political View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Apr 2003
What Do You Think?

Should Global Business Initiatives Be Devalued?

that in the global village the villagers drive the economy should be more successful." Flavius Chircu said that "... business leaders should get together with political leaders and figure out where and how to compete."... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

16 Oct 2013
Op-Ed

Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Lassiter; Energy; Utilities

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)

It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Energy; Utilities

17 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

at risk of cancelling health insurance coverage within two months, the researchers found. Almost one in five, 18.9 percent, predicted they’d be able to keep paying premiums for no more than two months. Another 13.2 percent were unsure how... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

08 Mar 2016
Blog Post

6 Discoveries I Made About HBS

Recent grad Mallory Dwinal came to HBS after pursuing a PhD in education at the University of Oxford and working as a middle and high school Spanish teacher with Teach for America. Now a few months out of the HBS bubble, we asked her to reflect on her experience.... View Details

October 2009 (Revised February 2014)
Case

The Kaesong Industrial Complex (A)

By: Dante Roscini, Eric Werker and Han-koo Yeo

Keywords: Country; Risk and Uncertainty; International Relations; Trade; Agreements and Arrangements; Policy; North Korea; South Korea

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16 Jan 2014
Research & Ideas

Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

is thus imperfect. "Sometimes this vagueness (and the consequent inability of parties to agree on a negotiated, 'reasonable' license) will lead to expensive litigation whose cost and risk can impede the adoption of a socially... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services

10 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 10, 2009

Finally, in contrast with some cross-country analyses, ethnic and caste polarization, land inequality, and political participation are not significantly associated with violence. Download the paper:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

25 Mar 2014
First Look

First Look: March 25

Publications August 2013 Palgrave Macmillan The Political Economy of Empire in the Early Modern World By: Reinert, Sophus A., and Pernille Røge, eds. Abstract—This volume recasts our understanding of the practical and theoretical... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Feb 2002
News

Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

terrorism. Bremer, who has also worked as a special or executive assistant to six secretaries of state, entered the private sector in 1989, becoming managing director of Kissinger Associates, a strategic consulting firm. In 2000, he moved to Marsh & McLennan to... View Details

Keywords: counterterrorism; terrorism; National Security and International Affairs; Government

17 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Tales of the Newly-minted MBA

the chaos theory—a mix of passion and practicality, risk and reward," said Carl Horton (HBS MBA '95). His parents moved to Washington, DC, in 1978 to work for Jimmy Carter, Horton recalled, initiating his interest in politics. Over... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

12 Jun 2012
First Look

First Look: June 12

External risks arise from events outside the company and are beyond its influence or control. Sources of these risks include natural and political disasters and major... View Details