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- 10 Jan 2007
- HBS Case
The Challenge of Managing National Security
Associate Professor Jan Rivkin joined the HBS faculty in 1997 as a member of the Strategy Unit. His special area of interest is examining the interactions that occur between and across the various functional and product boundaries of the firm, which is the subject of...
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- 16 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
The Times Captures History of American Business
example, have witnessed at least four recessions.) What is distinct about this time, our time, is the breadth and magnitude of change—political, demographic, and technological—that is unfolding in and around large-scale economic shifts. Politically, the View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
failure to do so would cause $100 million worth of damage or certain loss of life or serious physical injury. If the board elects to spend $5 million of the shareholders' money for such equipment, the board should disclose its decision...
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by Carla Tishler
- 04 May 2016
- What Do You Think?
What Does Boaty McBoatface Tell Us About Brand Control on the Internet?
been able to anticipate. As Duncan Philps-Tate noted, “This after all is the nation which elected H’Angus the Monkey (the local soccer team’s mascot) as Mayor of Hartlepool.” Those endorsing the name saw it as a way of popularizing a...
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- 20 Apr 2009
- Research & Ideas
Misgovernance at the World Bank
International Development Association (IDA). They meet at least weekly; the IBRD board currently has 24 members. (There is a separate board for the IBRD and the IDA, but the latter is basically a 95 percent subset of the former.) Countries are View Details
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by Martha Lagace
- 26 Jan 2009
- Research & Ideas
Where is Home for the Global Firm?
in my MBA elective course International Financial Management, students are required to write a paper. Two really great students—Billy Rahm and Stefan Kowski (both MBA '06)—wrote a paper on the "repotting" of the manufacturer Celanese....
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by Martha Lagace
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
second term. He prided himself on being an action- and results-oriented governor. He prided himself on being able to work with both Democrats and Republicans in the state legislature. In the elections of fall 2010, the Republicans...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Aug 2008
- First Look
First Look: August 5, 2008
value loop. It also introduces business model representations and proposes four tests for evaluating business models in isolation. This is the first note in a series of three written for the HBS elective course "Competing through...
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Martha Lagace
- 05 Jul 2006
- First Look
First Look: July 5, 2006
now formally elected as head of state, considers an economic strategy to meet Rwanda's current challenges and increase the country's prosperity over the next decade. Purchase this...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
out. "In Lithuania, the rest of society agreed." The national identity of Lithuania was so coherent, in fact, that no influential political party contradicted Lithuanian nationalists. Even though the LDDP party—the successor party to the Communist Party—won...
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by Martha Lagace
- 11 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 11, 2018
Into this environment, President Macri was elected and he made energy reform one of the key pillars of his administration. Furthermore, he invited the private sector back into Argentina to immediately alleviate its power generation...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
occupational standing and fostered industrial production and capital utilization. However, despite these economic benefits, it triggered hostile political reactions, such as the election of more conservative legislators, higher support...
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Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
with a new policy that allowed the election of part-time employees to senior partner; a single father from Europe was the first to benefit. Although Deloitte's Cathy Benko (HBS MBA '89) said that she has had to teach salesmen that women...
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by Maggie Starvish
- 11 Sep 2007
- First Look
First Look: September 11, 2007
process, focuses on the political actors that might enter into this process. Specifically, we suggest that private firms be allowed to compete in elections to hold public office. That is, a corporate entity (e.g., Ernst and Young), rather...
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Martha Lagace
- 23 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 23
around a tenth of Rio Tinto's profits and over a quarter of Mongolia's GDP. But the terms of the deal were being threatened by elections in Mongolia and a change in voter sentiment towards the project. With around $6 billion invested, Rio...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Spirit at Work: The Search for Deeper Meaning in the Workplace
Jr., who teaches the MBA elective The Business World: Moral and Spiritual Inquiry Through Literature, adds, "What we're seeing is an increasingly felt need for people to integrate the spiritual dimension of their lives into what they...
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by Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 07 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Debate over Taxing Foreign Profits
gains. Change is afoot, but the direction in which we move will be a function of the election and the prevailing sense of Americans toward globalization and the foreign activities of their firms. It should be interesting. Q: What do you...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
the city an opportunity to rebuild its low-performing public school system. What led you to do this research and teach case studies on this subject? Stacey Childress: I developed and teach an MBA elective course at HBS called...
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- 22 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 22, 2016
second of two main modules in the HBS elective curriculum course, The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME). This module is focused on policies, such as taxes, that change the distribution of economic outcomes. Like the...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Apr 2008
- First Look
First Look: April 15, 2008
Reversal: Evidence from Indian Privatizations Authors:Siddhartha G. Dastidar, Raymond Fisman, and Tarun Khanna Publication:Journal of Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract We examine the effect of regime change on privatization using the 2004 View Details
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Martha Lagace