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- April 1992
- Case
Malaysia (A)
By: Bruce R. Scott
Riots in 1969 bring martial law and a new, more firmly Malay government which sets out to promote redistribution of opportunity, income, and wealth by race-based quotas. Dr. Mahatherl, a Malay nationalist says Malays have a non-competitive alliance which must be forced...
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Keywords:
Wealth and Poverty;
Change Management;
Race;
Conflict and Resolution;
Power and Influence;
Malaysia
Scott, Bruce R. "Malaysia (A)." Harvard Business School Case 792-101, April 1992.
- 17 Sep 2014
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpen Your Negotiation Skills
consequences of the (surprisingly) limited extent to which social influence research has penetrated the field of negotiation. Better Deals Through Level II Strategies: Advance Your Interests by Helping to...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Harvard Business School
Baker Library Special Collections Exhibits More Exhibits Explore the Exhibit Student Pioneers The Value of Business Education The Golden Age of Black Business AASU Early Years & Influence AASU Founders Core Demands & Proposals Early Years...
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- 27 Jul 2016
- News
Breaking the Cycle of Poverty
Margaret Crotty (MBA 2000) is CEO of Partnership with Children, which provides counseling services and family support to public schools in New York City. In this interview, she reflects on the influences that put her on this path. “Two of...
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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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Keywords:
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.)
- 14 Sep 2010
- First Look
First Look: September 14, 2010
country institutions have a profound influence on CSP. We find that political institutions, followed by legal and labor market institutions are the most important country determinants of social and...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Connecting With Nonprofits
organizational marketing. Understanding Cross-sector Collaboration My field-based research on collaborations between businesses and nonprofits, encompassing a wide range of industries and social sectors, revealed a distinctive pattern in...
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by James Austin
- 23 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
How One Center of Innovation Lost its Spark
disentangle two distinct consequences of the geographic co-location of competitors in the same industry. Geographic co-location increases the ease with which "communities of practice" can form, and these tightly interwoven View Details
- December 2017
- Case
La Ceiba: Navigating Microfinance and Relationships in Honduras (A)
By: Christine L. Exley, John Beshears and Alison Wood Brooks
This case follows the program director of La Ceiba, a Honduras-based microfinance institution, as he navigates four challenging negotiation scenarios involving the organization's loan clients. Students are asked to adopt the perspective of the Program Director and to...
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Keywords:
Negotiation;
Power;
Apology;
Negotiation Process;
Microfinance;
Power and Influence;
Situation or Environment
Exley, Christine L., John Beshears, and Alison Wood Brooks. "La Ceiba: Navigating Microfinance and Relationships in Honduras (A)." Harvard Business School Case 918-014, December 2017.
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Addressing the housing needs of India’s poor
experimentation while undertaking research and consultancies to influence policies on urbanization, disaster risk reduction, and social housing,” says Mehra. mHS pilots include modular shelters for homeless,...
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- January 2021 (Revised July 2022)
- Case
Dwight D. Eisenhower: Changing the World
By: Robert Simons and Shirley Sun
This case describes the rise of Dwight (Ike) Eisenhower from a small town in Kansas to the pinnacle of power on the world stage. During his life, Eisenhower was leader of the Allied Forces in World War II, president of Columbia University, head of NATO, and president...
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Keywords:
Leadership Development;
Leadership;
Values and Beliefs;
Personal Characteristics;
Leadership Style;
Success;
Work-Life Balance;
Power and Influence
Simons, Robert, and Shirley Sun. "Dwight D. Eisenhower: Changing the World." Harvard Business School Case 121-047, January 2021. (Revised July 2022.)
- February 2006
- Article
Wealth and Executive Compensation
Using new data on the wealth of Swedish CEOs, I show that higher wealth CEOs receive stronger incentives. Since high wealth (excluding own-firm holdings) implies low absolute risk aversion, this is consistent with a risk aversion explanation. To examine whether wealth...
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Keywords:
Wealth;
Executive Compensation;
Motivation and Incentives;
Power and Influence;
Risk Management;
Competency and Skills;
Wages;
Sweden
Becker, Bo. "Wealth and Executive Compensation." Journal of Finance 61, no. 1 (February 2006): 379–397.
- 27 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 27
Publications August 2013 Princeton University Press A Social Strategy: How We Profit from Social Media By: Piskorski, Mikołaj Jan Abstract—Almost no one had heard of social...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Article
The Radical Flank Effect and Cross-occupational Collaboration for Technology Development during a Power Shift
By: Emily Truelove and Katherine C. Kellogg
This 12-month ethnographic study of an early entrant into the U.S. car-sharing industry demonstrates that when an organization shifts its focus from developing radical new technology to incrementally improving this technology, the shift may spark an internal power...
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Groups and Teams;
Conflict and Resolution;
Power and Influence;
Perception;
Behavior;
Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Truelove, Emily, and Katherine C. Kellogg. "The Radical Flank Effect and Cross-occupational Collaboration for Technology Development during a Power Shift." Administrative Science Quarterly 61, no. 4 (December 2016): 662–701.
- Web
Introducing Racial Equity Fellow Victor Ray - Blog: RGE Report
scholarship on topics of race in organizations, and how social constructs of race are replicated in the workplace. Professor Ray has also presented at our Race, Gender, and Equity Symposium in past years, including his stirring 2022...
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- August 2018
- Case
Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant
By: Julie Battilana and Carin-Isabel Knoop
This case covers the career of Christine Lagarde from 2005 to 2011 after she joins the French Government. After serving several grueling years as Finance Minister during the financial crisis that started in 2007/2008, she is being considered as the next Managing...
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Keywords:
Personal Development and Career;
Government and Politics;
Financial Crisis;
Power and Influence
Battilana, Julie, and Carin-Isabel Knoop. "Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant." Harvard Business School Case 419-018, August 2018.
- August 2018
- Case
Christine Lagarde
By: Julie Battilana, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas and Noemie Assenat
For a modular presentation of the same material, please see “Christine Lagarde (A): A French Prime Minister Calls” (HBS No. 419-017), “Christine Lagarde (B): Being a Public Servant” (HBS No. 419-018), and “Christine Lagarde (C): Managing the IMF” (HBS No. 419-019)....
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Keywords:
Change;
Personal Development and Career;
Power and Influence;
Leadership;
Gender;
Leading Change
Battilana, Julie, Carin-Isabel Knoop, Vanessa Ampelas, and Noemie Assenat. "Christine Lagarde." Harvard Business School Case 419-016, August 2018.
- August 2011
- Teaching Note
Jesse Holman Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation (TN)
By: Anthony J. Mayo and Johnathan Cromwell
Teaching Note for 406029.
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- 2008
- Working Paper
Learning Processes in Environmental Policy Making and Implementation
By: Alnoor Ebrahim
This paper explores how "learning" occurs in the context of environmental policy formulation and implementation. Rather than viewing policy learning as a rational and technocratic process, the emphasis here is on the political and institutional contexts within which...
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