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  • November – December 2011
  • Article

Explaining Influence Rents: The Case for an Institutions-Based View of Strategy

By: Gautam Ahuja and Sai Yayavaram
Research in strategy has identified and tried to explain four types of rents: monopolistic rents, efficiency rents, quasi rents, and Schumpeterian rents. Building on previous work on political and institutional strategies, we add a fifth type of rent: influence rents.... View Details
Keywords: Institutions; Influence Rents; Generic Strategies; Strategy; Organizations; Renting or Rental; Economics
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  • Working Paper

Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth

By: Lant Pritchett and Eric D. Werker
Two key unanswered questions in theories of growth are (a) why some countries successfully initiate episodes of rapid growth while others suffer extended stagnation and (b) why some countries are able to sustain growth episodes over many decades of rapid (or steady)... View Details
Keywords: Elite Commitment; Inclusive Growth; Status and Position; Rank and Position; Economic Growth
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  • 2013
  • Working Paper

Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in U.S. Communities

By: Andras Tilcsik and Christopher Marquis
This article focuses on geographic communities as fields in which human-made and natural events occasionally disrupt the lives of organizations. We develop an institutional perspective to unpack how and why major events within communities affect organizations in the... View Details
Keywords: Natural Disasters; Situation or Environment; Balance and Stability; Organizations; Business and Community Relations; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; United States
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  • April 2006
  • Case

Finance Leadership in Novartis Consumer Health Businesses

By: Boris Groysberg and Ingrid Vargas
Describes and contrasts the roles and challenges of three high-performing finance heads at Novartis Consumer Health businesses in Australia, Japan, and Venezuela. All three faced tremendous pressures in terms of managing time and limited resources, but the particular... View Details
Keywords: Finance; Financial Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Leadership Style; Health Industry; Japan; Australia; Venezuela
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  • 07 Sep 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Martin Dimitrov, Tulane

  • February 2011 (Revised September 2013)
  • Case

Sound Group China: Urban Waste Entrepreneurs

By: John D. Macomber, Chad M. Carr and Fan Zhao
Private sector entrepreneur in China with advanced solid waste management capability competes with state owned enterprises and also government policies supporting a rival technology. Wen Yibo has used engineering expertise and political savvy to build a major privately... View Details
Keywords: Private Sector; Public Sector; Service Delivery; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Wastes and Waste Processing; Urban Development; Utilities Industry; China
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  • Web

MOC Network reaches 20 year milestone - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

Bulgaria Kiril is a Bulgarian politician, economist, and entrepreneur, who served as Prime Minister of Bulgaria from December 2021 to August 2022. He is the co-leader of We Continue the Change, a political party he co-founded with Asen... View Details
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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

Political Economy of Religion Seminar Series Mar 06 06 Mar 2025 Accounting & Management Seminar Timo Vogelsang, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management A&M Seminar - Timo Vogelsang Time: 12:30 PM – 1:45 PM Location: Cumnock 120... View Details
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Suggested Resources: Israel - Hamas War

Michael Koplow, chief policy officer of the Israel Policy Forum; and Nathan Brown, Carnegie nonresident senior fellow and professor of political science and international affairs at George Washington University. View Details
  • 01 Sep 2023
  • News

Made in Italy

after the immersion. Styslinger, who studied art history and political science at Yale, delved into the history of capitalism as seen in the art of the Renaissance. For Segel, the art and culture of Italy are inseparable from the business... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

The Musts of 2023

1988. The book is called The Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne, and it's all about the Indian Wars and how it aligns with the Civil War and that time period. While it's about the Comanche and the settlers and all that was going on at that time and the View Details
  • 15 Apr 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

tax. The people [the president is] talking about taxing are the very people that we expect to reinvest in our economy and to create jobs." With the Presidential election of 2016 around the corner and political polarization at peak... View Details
Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl
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Team - Case Method Project

Lucy Knox works on the teacher support team to help teachers succeed in using the case method in their own classrooms. She received her B.A. in History at Cornell University, focused on American political and social history in the 20th... View Details
  • August 2019
  • Case

Huawei and the U.S.-China Trade War

By: Elie Ofek and John Masko
In 2019, Chinese smartphone maker and telecommunications empire Huawei was preparing to launch its new flagship smartphone series, the Mate 30. After years of explosive growth, the previous 18 months had been a challenge for the company. In early 2018, Huawei’s planned... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Global Strategy; International Relations; National Security; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Information Infrastructure; Volatility; Adaptation; Telecommunications Industry; China; United States; European Union
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  • 11 Feb 2014
  • First Look

First Look: February 11

prize in Newark, New Jersey. It provides an opportunity to debate the political and ethical responsibilities of businesses in repressive regimes as well as the challenges faced by entrepreneurs operating in countries with different value... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Pagliuca Harvard Life Lab | About

the President of the Boston Celtics Shamrock Foundation and is active with several other non-profits. He is also active in political causes and believes in a “big tent” philosophy that works to find common ground among different public... View Details
  • 10 Dec 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Minimum Wage Debate Is Really About Social Values

Suddenly, the minimum wage debate is on high boil. Perhaps spurred by growing concern over wealth inequality, minimum wage proposals are heating heat up in cities from Chicago to Albany, and in states from South Carolina to Florida. Harvard Business School Associate... View Details
Keywords: by April White; Retail; Manufacturing
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Business for Social Impact | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

company’s strategic direction. Untapped ha... Shifting Winds: DEI in Corporate America By: Clayton S. Rose, Maisie Wiltshire-Gordon and David Lane January 2025 | Faculty Research In the 2020s, intense and conflicting social and political... View Details
  • 28 Mar 2024
  • News

Rooms with a View

Alexander Mirza (MBA 1997) has spent two decades in the hospitality industry, opening and growing major hotel brands, including Hilton, Starwood, and Caesars, with locations around the world. And with each new project, Mirza faced the same primary challenge. “It didn’t... View Details
Keywords: April White; photos by Christina Gandolfo; Hospitality
  • 05 Dec 2018
  • Research & Ideas

Why Managers Should Reveal Their Failures

when we choose to be polite or rude, or to give someone else compliments or not, it’s all interpersonal regulation. “If we’re doing these things anyway, why not do it in ways that are wise, productive, and kind?” Managers can be... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman