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- 21 Nov 2019
- Research & Ideas
Do TV Debates Sway Voters?
world, the best place to change the minds of voters, especially disenchanted voters, is on their doorsteps, Pons says. Voters who dismiss the canned responses of a well-groomed candidate might listen to an activist from the same town or a... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
or as an effort of managers to massage metrics. The salutary effects of activist investors can be appreciated, just as one also appreciates the information and incentive problems that plague their money management industry. The channeling... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jul 2008
- What Do You Think?
Are Followers About to Get Their Due?
five types of followers: isolates (completely detached), bystanders (observers only), participants (engaged), activists (who feel strongly and act accordingly, both with and against leaders), and diehards (deeply devoted). Dismissing the... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 29 Jan 2021
- Op-Ed
How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics
of the much harsher consequences. India’s fight against HIV provides a good example to follow: Cipla, the maker of generic drugs, provided a simple message: Its low-priced drugs treated life-threatening conditions, and this message was amplified through View Details
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By: Vincent Pons
Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
political dissidents and Falun Gong activists whom they attempt to track as equivalent. Q: It was interesting that no other companies backed Google in this dispute. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer called it "Google's problem." A:... View Details
- 03 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator
were in dire need of such assistance. There was much support among politicians and activists for this initiative. Not surprisingly, however, there were also certain special-interest groups that opposed this legislation. Here's what was... View Details
Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman
- 05 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Are Stockbrokers Illegally Leaking Confidential Information to Favored Clients?
information about large stock trades to their best, most lucrative clients. When a savvy activist investor submits a trading order through a brokerage firm, for example, the brokers will exploit this information by telling their favorite... View Details
- 24 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Climate Change
On Sunday, 300,000 activists took to the streets of New York for the People's Climate March, the biggest climate protest in history, and the United Nations on Tuesday held the Climate Summit. In the spirit of Climate Week, we present insights from members of the... View Details
- 28 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 28, 2008
Financial Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Recent work documents large positive abnormal returns around the time that a hedge fund announces its activist intentions with a publicly listed firm. We show that these returns are largely... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Feb 2021
- Research & Ideas
COVID-19 Shines New Light on Working Conditions in Supply Chains
boycotts at universities by students who go to their own administrators and say, “You have to ensure that our sportswear isn’t made with sweatshop labor.” All those companies and organizations with brands to protect have to focus on this because View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 20, 2015
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/716010-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 716-403 Shareholder Activists and Corporate Strategy By 2015, there had been an upsurge in activist shareholders arguing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
could do much to advance the study and practice of creativity. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52919 Do CEO Activists Make a Difference? Evidence from a Quasi-Field Experiment By: Chatterji, Aaron... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Sep 2003
- Research & Ideas
When Protestors Knock at Your Door
making them a more influential lever in many cases than states." Also intriguing is the "passion and tenacity with which NGO members and activists pursue their interests. They dedicate (and, in certain cases, risk) their lives... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 04 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 4
political participation and interest while improving representation of all groups. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52460 December 2016 Strategic Management Journal Through the Mud or in the Boardroom: Examining View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 May 2008
- First Look
First Look: May 20, 2008
School Supplement 408-116 Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this supplement: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=408116 Opportunity Partners Harvard Business School Case 208-097 Philip Goldstein, the principal in a growing hedge fund and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 May 2014
- First Look
First Look: May 13
purpose to create an impact on their organizations and the leader's own self-actualization. Publisher's link: http://hbr.org/2014/05/from-purpose-to-impact/ar/1 August 2013 Harvard Business Review How to Outsmart Activist Investors By:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
People might be more likely than ever to protest in reaction to a social problem or geopolitical crisis. But do such activist events, even large-scale demonstrations, change public opinion? New research shows that protests rarely change... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2021
- What Do You Think?
Are Employers Ready for a Flood of 'New' Talent Seeking Work?
important to them, and they make those positions part of their consideration set when exploring brand loyalty. So CEOs have no choice but (to) become activists to maximize shareholder value.” This still leaves us with the question: When... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 18 Sep 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018
organizations prefer to diversify into product categories with three features: high levels of fit with the organization’s current clients, campaigns, and strategies; appealing market features, defined as highly integrated, predictable, low-risk supply chains and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman