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- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions
caps. "These measures were not put in place because of the concentrated lobbying power of France's consumer lending sector," Trumbull says. Instead, French politicians worked closely with industry and family groups to develop regulations... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
consensus needs to be reached concerning what it means to be ethical in business. Academics should work with business leaders, community leaders, labor groups, environmentalists, and politicians to articulate a list of the values that... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 24 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
Can Obamacare Be Saved?
single-payer system. Few national politicians are working to uncover why the public exchanges aren’t working for either insurers or consumers. While it’s difficult, the question everyone should be working to answer is: How can the system... View Details
- 30 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Looking Behind Bad Decisions
in the political arena, use this research to make better decisions? It seems like the public and many politicians are unwilling or unable to see beyond the immediate effects of their actions. A: Our article, and the book that we published... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- 17 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 17
Alarmed business and civic leaders coalesced around a loose-knit group that congregated annually as the Itasca Project. In 2009, these leaders launched the Itasca Jobs Task Force, and its 2010 report set in motion a series of actions by groups of CEOs and View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
http://hbr.org/2012/01/when-one-business-model-isnt-enough/ar/1 Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing? Authors:Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval, and Christopher J. Malloy Publication:Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming)... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Jan 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019
Business School Case 718-005 Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era During the 2016 U.S. election, long-time politician Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump, a... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
For the last hundred years economists and many politicians have voiced concerns about fiscal deficits—with exceptions made for wartime, the Great Depression, and the recent Great Recession. Today, however, a new branch of economic theory... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements
and politicians on its most popular shows. Fox News Channel had spread rapidly by the 2000 presidential election, its expansion fueled by the wealth accrued by Murdoch and his wildly successful media empire. The speed and breadth of this... View Details
- 28 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 28
disruptive to its drug development efforts and delay new drugs coming to market. UK politicians expressed concerns over downsizing and job losses in the economically important pharmaceutical sector. The case allows readers to explore who... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 11 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Women Entrepreneurs Usher in the Next Generation
said, "so we can begin to get the senators we want, vote in the presidents and politicians we want; so that we can vote with our wallet instead of pleading for change. For me that's going to be the most important work of the next... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
or politician to reference Carrier during the 2016 campaign. Still his declaration to “call up the head of Carrier” upon winning the presidency became a stump-speech refrain popular with his audiences and contrasted with other political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
technology-driven efforts to sway their votes, and from as far away as Russia, according to US government claims. Social media in general and Facebook specifically were the primary weapons of choice. It worked so well that spending by US View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
politicians agree with their nationalists, or not?" The views of former communists-who rose to power in all three states—were crucial, as it turned out. Lithuania Embraces Nationalism "The arguments of nationalists matter most... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 10 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis
blame game engulfed politicians and S&P itself. In the midst of all this angst, four Harvard Business School faculty members offer their views on what went wrong and what needs to be done to right the US ship of state. bo Becker,... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 05 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 5, 2016
politicians in the years after its publication. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50916 Creativity Under Fire: The Effects of Competition on Creative Production By: Gross, Daniel P. Abstract—Though... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthlorne
- 11 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
A Road Map to Fix America’s Transportation Infrastructure
Any highway commuter who has wasted hours stuck in traffic can see the cracks in the United States' transportation system, as can any airline passenger who has been stranded overnight in an airport. Yet while many agree that the need for infrastructure change is... View Details
- 17 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Where Did My Shopping Mall Go?
are starting to get an inkling. Politicians are visiting malls in their districts and thinking, "What the hell happened here?" There is more and more of that awareness occurring. So policymakers are near an inflection point, too—they are... View Details
- 09 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 9, 2007
In Mexico there was one dense core network, while in Brazil we find fairly dispersed clusters of corporate board interlocks; and most importantly, 3) politicians played a more important role in the Mexican network of corporate directors... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 31, 2017
Israel's Cellular Market (A) The case addresses reforms to regulations in Israel’s telecommunications industry initiated and implemented under the leadership of Minister of Communications Moshe Kahlon in 2009–2010. The case highlights the challenges faced by a View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel