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- 13 May 2013
- News
The Power of Three
record, raising $4,000,835. To demonstrate their commitment and to inspire their classmates, the trio led the way with major contributions of their own. “I personally benefited from a fellowship that allowed me to go to HBS,” Dias Griffin... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States
By: Paola Giuliano and Marco Tabellini
We study the long run effects of immigration on American political ideology. Exploiting
cross-county variation in the presence of European immigrants between 1900
and 1930, we establish a novel result: historical European immigration is associated
with stronger... View Details
Keywords: Political Ideology; Preferences For Redistribution; Cultural Transmission; Immigration; History; Values and Beliefs; Welfare; United States
Giuliano, Paola, and Marco Tabellini. "The Seeds of Ideology: Historical Immigration and Political Preferences in the United States." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-118, May 2020. (Revised July 2024. Conditionally accepted at the Journal of the European Economic Association. Available also from VOX, UCLA Anderson Review, Weekendavisen, Cato Institute, Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER), World Financial Review, and Newsweek.)
- 21 Sep 2016
- HBS Seminar
Catherine Tucker, MIT Sloan School of Management
- 12 Nov 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Marketing of a President
meant that change was in the air. Add to that the economic meltdown that decimated millions of 401(k) retirement plans and undercut any Republican claim to be the better steward of the economy. But, even so,... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Taking Care of Business
adapted and changed its model since launching in 2010, first crowning a single winner, then introducing multiple business tracks, and finally opting for three categories—most innovative, greatest impact, and best investment. New this year: added opportunities for... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna
- 2018
- Book
The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy
The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and economic imaginations, but we rarely consider their interconnected early history. Even the 18th century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the 19th, they paradoxically sought to make the... View Details
Keywords: Enlightenment; Political Economy; Italy; Commercial Society; Economic Systems; Trade; History; Markets; Society; Italy
Reinert, Sophus A. The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018.
- 17 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet
The fight was lost as consumers voted for free information supported by advertising over subscription services. Ironically, online advertising and the commercialization of the Web achieved important goals... View Details
- 2010
- Article
Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance
By: Ashwin Kaja and Eric Werker
Most major decisions at the World Bank are made by its Board of Executive Directors. While some countries enjoy the opportunity to serve on this powerful body, most countries rarely, if ever, get that chance. This gives rise to the question: does board membership lead... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Decisions; Governing and Advisory Boards; Banks and Banking; Financing and Loans; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Voting; Globalized Economies and Regions
Kaja, Ashwin, and Eric Werker. "Corporate Governance at the World Bank and the Dilemma of Global Governance." World Bank Economic Review 24, no. 2 (2010).
- 05 Mar 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Board of Directors’ Responsiveness to Shareholders: Evidence from Shareholder Proposals
- Web
The Founding of U.S. Steel and the Power of Public Opinion | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
who had been encouraged to see that they had a stake in industry success.” 13 U.S. Steel would find that investment in PR provided multiple benefits including interest from current and future investors, employees, and customers, as well as an impact on View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Alumni Books of 2016
Paradox of the American Metropolis by Alan Rabinowitz (MBA 1950) (CreateSpace) This is a citizen’s guide to dealing with citywide problems: transportation, climate change, public safety, etc. The context is... View Details
- 10 Oct 2023
- Research & Ideas
In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?
the Voting Rights Act, we see that areas where the effects of the law were stronger displayed more negative racial attitudes.” The 1965 passage of the View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 13 Jun 2014
- News
The Art of Effecting Change
artist themselves. Why is that? At VIA, we work directly with artists, meeting as a group to learn, discuss, and vote on which projects we will support. In a sector where social impact is amorphous, education is imperative to engagement... View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
What drives policy making in a democracy? The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
Moss, David, and Mary Oey. "The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics." In Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation, edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms of political support. Indeed, many... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
- June 2014 (Revised May 2017)
- Case
Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell
By: Paul Healy, Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
In late 2012, Michael Dell wants to take Dell Inc., the company he founded, private. Mr. Dell believes that the successful company's transformation from a personal computer (PC) manufacturer to an enterprise solutions and services provider (ESS) is dependent on going... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyout Transaction; Leveraged Recapitalization; Management Buyout; Dell, Inc.; Hedge Fund; Corporate Governance Theory; Valuation; Valuation Ratios; Valuation Methodologies; Board Of Directors; Boards Of Directors; Carl Icahn; Computer Services Industries; Proxy Contest; Proxy Battles; Proxy Fight; Proxy Advisor; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Ratios; Finance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Leveraged Buyouts; Computer Industry; United States
Healy, Paul, Suraj Srinivasan, and Aldo Sesia. "Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell." Harvard Business School Case 114-015, June 2014. (Revised May 2017.)
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
to do it. What do you think? Original Column The Brexit vote by citizens of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union was neither the beginning nor the end of the... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
The Impact of Campaign Finance Rules on Candidate Selection and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from France
By: Nikolaj Broberg, Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud
This paper investigates the effects of campaign finance rules on electoral outcomes. In French departmental and municipal elections, candidates competing in districts above 9,000 inhabitants face spending limits and are eligible for public reimbursement if they obtain... View Details
Keywords: Political Elections; Finance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Outcome or Result; France
Broberg, Nikolaj, Vincent Pons, and Clémence Tricaud. "The Impact of Campaign Finance Rules on Candidate Selection and Electoral Outcomes: Evidence from France." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 29805, February 2022.
- 04 Dec 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
The Air War versus The Ground Game: An Analysis of Multi-Channel Marketing in US Presidential Elections
Keywords: by Doug J. Chung & Lingling Zhang
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
Laura Scher of Working Assets
and resells it at market rates to consumers. Working Assets takes the equivalent of 1 percent of each person's phone bill and enters it into a nonprofit donation pool that goes each year to a rotating roster... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso