politics - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Nov 2015
HBS Seminar

Avi Goldfarb, University of Toronto, Rotman School of Management

The Treasure You Seek: A Guide to Developing and Leveraging Your Leadership Capital

Most leadership books are written for people who are already labeled as “leaders”—corporate execs, high-ranking managers, entrepreneurs. They may not speak to the underrepresented young person or uncommon experienced person with a dream to create change in the... View Details

10 May 2010
Research & Ideas

What Top Scholars Say About Leadership

they operate. Political science, government, and history paid attention; and even the economist Joseph Schumpeter, with his notion of individuals who operate outside the social structure and who can then innovate, staked out a tradition... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Barranco Executive Director for North America, Climate Group Angela Barranco Executive Director for North America, Climate Group Angela Barranco has over two decades of political and policy management experience, including several years... View Details

06 Dec 2016
First Look

December 6, 2016

American economic development, Slavery's Capitalism identifies slavery as the primary force driving key innovations in entrepreneurship, finance, accounting, management, and political economy that are too often attributed to the so-called... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Mar 2023
Research & Ideas

As Climate Fears Mount, More Investors Turn to 'ESG' Funds Despite Few Rules

Investor interest in social responsibility has skyrocketed in the past three years, even as US regulations to hold companies accountable remain in flux and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) label itself draws backlash. Investors are willing to pay a... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

February 2019 (Revised January 2022)
Case

The U.S. – China Trade War

By: Alberto Cavallo, Mariana Cal and Anne Laski

On December 1, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump and China’s Leader Xi Jinping faced each other across a dinner table during a G20 meeting in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After what Trump called an “amazing and productive meeting,” the two leaders announced a truce in the... View Details

Keywords: Trade War; Trump; Current Account; NAFTA; Balance Of Payments; Intellectual Property Protection; Trade; Macroeconomics; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; International Relations; United States; China

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15 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

GM: What Went Wrong and What’s Next

interesting experiment in political economy. Malcolm S. Salter, James J. Hill Professor Of Business Administration, Emeritus: Last December the U.S. Treasury had no choice but to become GM's "lender of last resort." To have done... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

01 Jun 1999
News

Allison Hughes

in the all-state band and orchestra. As a Harvard undergraduate, Hughes quickly rose to prominence in economics and government circles at the University as publisher of the Harvard Political Review and copresident of the Women in... View Details

Keywords: Charlie Hogg

01 Feb 1999
News

Too Much of a Good Thing?

it's supposed to." Bower continues: "Theoretically, when an industry has excess capacity, prices fall and the least efficient producers can't survive." But, Bower adds, that doesn't always happen. "In many countries, for all sorts of economic and View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

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2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

participants were next asked to rate several specific threats to the financial system, including market turmoil due to political risk, The Federal Reserve unwinding of its balance sheet, the Federal Reserve's low interest rate policy, the... View Details

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Faculty - Creating Emerging Markets

Administration Research Interests : consumer finance , consumer goods , consumer policy , government and business , political economy Interviews Anil Jain Marlous van Waijenburg Assistant Professor of Business Administration Research... View Details

05 Apr 2011
First Look

First Look: April 5

state-owned construction company strike one deal after another in South Carolina despite political backlash and in New York where well-established competitors dominate? The case examines the U.S. market entry strategy of the CSCEC,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

the regional or national electorate. It is difficult to find renowned corporate leaders who fit this category because in business, typically, the Chameleons are weeded out before they reach the top. The world of politics is another... View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

11 Oct 2023
News

Soldier On

if not now, then when? I was young, I'm still 33, but I realized now is the time to do this. AW: You were new to electoral politics when you came in. What was your pitch to voters? What did you tell them about this brand-new face? PJ: In... View Details

01 Nov 2022
What Do You Think?

Why Aren’t Business Leaders More Vocal About Immigration Policy?

residing in the US as either undocumented or illegal immigrants. What you call them seems to depend to some extent on your political leanings. Another result are borders—in particular, the Southern border—that are more open than many... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

Political Economy of Religion Seminar Series Apr 02 02 Apr 2025 Entrepreneurial Management Seminar Lydia Assouad, London School of Economics EM Unit Seminar Time: 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM Location: Baker Library | Bloomberg Center 103... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

September 2017 (Revised March 2019)
Case

Henry Kissinger: Negotiating Black Majority Rule in Rhodesia (A)

By: James K. Sebenius and Laurence A. Green

In 1976, a growing crisis in Southern Africa drew the attention of United States Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger. White Rhodesian leader Ian Smith's refusal to accede to black majority rule threatened to widen into a regional conflict involving apartheid South... View Details

Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Race; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Participants; Government and Politics; Africa; United States