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- 1972
- Article
Symbolic Interactionism and Politics in Systemic Perspective
By: R. M. Kanter
Kanter, R. M. "Symbolic Interactionism and Politics in Systemic Perspective." Sociological Inquiry 42, nos. 3-4 (1972). (Also in Perspectives on Political Sociology, edited by A. Effrat. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1972.)
- 09 Apr 2008
- Conference Presentation
Entrepreneurial Processes, Political Institutions, and New-venture Survival
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
- 1971
- Book
TVA and the Power Fight, 1933-1939
McCraw, T. K. TVA and the Power Fight, 1933-1939. Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1971.
- Research Summary
The Politics of Food
By: Gunnar Trumbull
This project explores the origins and evolution of national food cultures, emphasizing the sources of variation in terms of quality, safety, and 'sophistication'. Comparing food cultures in postwar Italy, France, and America, I argue that distinctive national... View Details
- 2018
- Working Paper
Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970
By: Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
This working paper provides a new perspective on how businesses have responded to political risk in South Asia and Latin America over the last half century. The existing business history literature on political risk is focused on the experiences of Western... View Details
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Risk Management; Government and Politics; Business History; South Asia; Latin America
Jones, Geoffrey, and Rachael Comunale. "Business, Governments and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America since 1970." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-102, May 2018.
- December 1994
- Supplement
Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (B-2): Initial Entry
Supplements Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (A): Interviewing with the PowerPlayer Software Engineering Team. View Details
Gentile, Mary C., and Pamela J. Maus. "Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (B-2): Initial Entry." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-069, December 1994.
- December 1994
- Supplement
Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (B-1): Initial Entry
Supplements Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (A): Interviewing with the PowerPlayer Software Engineering Team. View Details
Gentile, Mary C., and Pamela J. Maus. "Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (B-1): Initial Entry." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-068, December 1994.
- Research Summary
Land in China's Political Economy
By: Meg Rithmire
Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform
Published October 2015
China since the 1980s has been the scene of unprecedented efforts at urban construction and growth, even in the absence of privatization... View Details
- March 2018
- Teaching Note
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (A) and (B)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines the ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must determine how to... View Details
Keywords: Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
- 2010
- Other Paper
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
Prior strategy research is divided on the utility of new-venture planning. Some scholars argue that planning enhances new-firm performance and others make the opposite argument. This paper attempts to reconcile these contradictory views by exploring the extent of... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Success; Performance Effectiveness; Strategic Planning; Business and Government Relations; Colombia
Hiatt, Shon R., and Wesley Sine. "Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival Amid Political and Civil Violence."
- 2013
- Other Unpublished Work
Banking and Politics in Antebellum New York
By: David Moss and Colin Donovan
- March 1976 (Revised February 1981)
- Case
Florida Power and Light Co. (B)
Bupp, Irvin C., and Kathleen F. Curley. "Florida Power and Light Co. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 676-133, March 1976. (Revised February 1981.)
- 2008
- Working Paper
Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani
We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions.... View Details
Keywords: Governance Controls; Political Elections; Management Skills; Managerial Roles; Personal Development and Career; Societal Protocols; India
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Anandi Mani. "Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-006, July 2008. (Revised April 2009, November 2009.)
- 2020
- Book
The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy
By: Katherine M. Gehl and Michael E. Porter
Gehl, Katherine M., and Michael E. Porter. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy. Boston: Harvard Business Review Press, 2020.
- 2011
- Other Unpublished Work
Innovation and Regulative Ambiguities in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
While prior institutional research has focused on institutional ambiguity as an exogenous condition under which organizations exercise agency, this study examines the state's exercise of agency in making legal institutions more or less ambiguous and its impact on... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Researching Business and Politics in China and Southeast Asia
last year, which enabled her to spend six months in Singapore and six months in Shanghai conducting on-the-ground research and engaging with business leaders throughout the region. “I am interested in how... View Details
- 26 Mar 2007
- Research & Ideas
Learning from Failed Political Leadership
people's minds. This book takes a long look ahead—yes, the future can and must be envisaged, and it can be done well—and devises a strategy based on what is to come, not what is past. Business leaders must... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 02 Sep 2021
- News