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28 Apr 2009
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First Look: April 28, 2009

those in Asia. These companies are the subject of the Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms course, an elective MBA course at Harvard Business School. The course introduces students to the unique finance, governance, and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Dec 2015
Research & Ideas

The Most Popular Stories and Research Papers of 2015

readers, tell us what you think were the most significant trends, ideas, or management lessons from 2015. Then look ahead to next year. How do you think the 2016 presidential election will change the American economy? Will there be... View Details

05 Dec 2012
What Do You Think?

Should Managers Bother Listening to Predictions?

Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, essentially argues that the most important things are not predictable anyway, so why obsess about predictions. Silver's predictions of specific outcomes in the 2008 and 2012 US elections were... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

28 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

owners and actively engage with boards. To start, in the nomination and election process, shareholders could signal their support (endorsement, neutrality, or nonendorsement) for candidates the board puts forth and vote accordingly. If... View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman

05 Aug 2024
Research & Ideas

Watching for the Next Economic Downturn? Follow Corporate Debt

State of Finance? What the Rise of Far-Right Politics Says About the Economy in an Election Year Now Is the Time for Entrepreneurs to Play Offense Feedback or ideas to share? Email the Working Knowledge team at hbswk@hbs.edu. Image: Image... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

26 Jun 2018
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New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018

likely to experience SEC enforcement actions. Next, I examine whether variations in politicians’ sensitivity to employment levels result in variations in enforcement against large employers. I find that large employers are less likely to face enforcement actions during... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

September 1992 (Revised November 1993)
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Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification, Supplement Two

By: George C. Lodge

Designed to be handed out after discussion of Germany in the 1990s: Managing Reunification and its Supplement. View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Economy; Situation or Environment; Inflation and Deflation; Interest Rates; Central Banking; Integration; Germany; Italy; United Kingdom; Europe

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15 May 2019
Research Event

The Unconventional Capitalism That Shapes Business History

policies, and identity politics. In San Jose, many women were elected to political positions. As state governments cut funding for schools, they turned to Silicon Valley firms for philanthropy, unintentionally handing control of public... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones; Education

01 Aug 2018
What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

businesses function alongside other institutions such as labor unions in an environment in which all are subservient to democratically elected governments. Are free trade and free markets quaint ideas from the past? What do you think?... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

27 Feb 2012
Research & Ideas

When Researchers Cheat (Just a Little)

study's dependent measures, can be fairly innocuous. For instance, because it can be expensive to gather a representative sample from the American population, a researcher might elect to conduct one large-scale survey that includes three... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston; Education

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

says Coles, who has used the simulation in the elective course Managing Networked Businesses and the doctoral course Market Design. "The goal was to provide a classroom experience that would allow students to really see the impact of... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

18 Jun 2013
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First Look: June 18

Russia, Europe, and the United States). Prime Minister Erdogan is trying to rewrite the Constitution before 2014 when the next election occurs. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713018-PDF-ENG View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

separating corporate leaders from their rank-and-file workers has become a hot-button issue in the upcoming presidential election. And in public opinion polls, business moguls are cushioned from the bottom of the reputation scale only by members of Congress. Fixes so... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

07 Feb 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Creating the Founders’ Dilemmas Course

If Noam Wasserman's entrepreneurship elective were a start-up company, investors would be delighted with its growth. When the Harvard Business School professor first offered his Founders' Dilemmas course in 2009, a mere 42 second-year MBA... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

politicians and the voters who elected them—fostering greater employment, say. SEC enforcement actions can be costly for companies, about a third of which go out of business after being targeted. Heese wondered, all things being equal,... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

June 2017 (Revised August 2018)
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Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu

Supplements the (A) Case. View Details

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25 Sep 2018
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New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

Matter Even When They Shouldn't: Bandwagon Effects in Two-Round Elections By: Pons, Vincent, and Clémence Tricaud Abstract—To predict others’ behavior and make their own choices, voters and candidates can rely on information provided by... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

22 Jul 2015
Research & Ideas

Name Your Price. Really.

of Business. For their first experiment, Santana and Morwitz asked participants how much money they would pay for a cookie sold at a local café. Those who elected to purchase a cookie paid anywhere from zero to $2, with an average price... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products

19 Nov 2014
HBS Case

Marketing Marijuana

On Tuesday, the family of deceased musician and celebrated marijuana user Bob Marley announced what it claimed will be the first global cannabis brand, Marley Natural. Suddenly, marijuana is a growth industry—and increasingly, a legal one. When the smoke cleared after... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

30 May 2007
Research & Ideas

Health Care Under a Research Microscope

complete the requirements of the first-year MBA core curriculum. In the fifth and final year, they take electives at both HMS and HBS in a sequence determined by each student. Change Is In The Air Gilmartin, the former CEO of Merck, said... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Health; Biotechnology

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