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- 29 Jul 2013
- Research & Ideas
A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism
standards. Some public intervention is necessary—and that public intervention manifests itself as institutions operate not through a competitive market process, but through a democratic political process. Therein lies the rub. Once the... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2018
- Book
Can the Global Food Industry Overcome Public Distrust?
JamesBrey Food is the largest segment of the global economy. It is also widely recognized as more critical for human health than any pharmaceutical drug on the planet. But significant changes in the industry are making people lose trust in many institutions involved in... View Details
- 06 Nov 2008
- Op-Ed
Selling Out The American Dream
been hijacked in countless political speeches from an embodiment of America's core values into a crass appeal to materialism and easy gratification. Right-wing politicians touting the American Dream consistently advocate lower taxes. The... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 01 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Big Influence of Small Countries in the United Nations Secretariat
kinds of leadership, and sometimes the best leaders are those who rarely have to do or say anything, but [who] can be very effective through quiet example-setting," says Werker. "Maybe we just trust Scandinavians to be nice neutral View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 01 Mar 2024
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
neighborhood and partying with the rich and beautiful in chateaux across France. But darker truths lurk behind the façade, and Mason and Kelly find themselves caught in the crosshairs of competing government agencies on opposite sides of... View Details
- 12 Mar 2021
- News
My Favorite Case
Years later, I see patterns from this case discussion play out in conference rooms and boardrooms over and over again. I can almost predict the way the dialogue will go as each party tries to play their part in influencing decisions and... View Details
- 01 Sep 2023
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books
By Mattias Fibiger, Assistant Professor of Business, Government and International Economy at Harvard Business School Oxford University Press After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country’s communist View Details
- 07 Jan 2002
- Research & Ideas
How Marketing Can Reduce Worldwide Poverty
drawing upon literature and ideas and other disciplines. We're looking at identity politics, political science, and social policy. We are trying to learn from other interdisciplinary approaches and asking, "How do we rationally and... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 May 2022
- Blog Post
MoMBAs: The Inspiring Student Mothers of HBS
mothers on par with student fathers. Female professors on par with male professors. A female dean. Even more diversity of race, political thought, socioeconomic upbringing, among many other areas of difference and perspective. Our... View Details
- 30 May 2023
- News
Finding PRIDE
partner, Bruce, to meet my sectionmates at my first section party at the Head of the Charles. I was naive and assumed that it wouldn’t matter, but people were clearly taken aback and from that point on there was a real distance. This... View Details
- Web
Power and Influence for Positive Impact | HBS Online
Understand how power really works Cultivate power to make an impact Avoid the pitfalls of power Build networks as a source of power Assess your organization’s political landscape Develop influence skills to shift power dynamics Exercise... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Singing to the Corn
legislation he helped draft around raising the minimum wage and reforming the Cherokee Nation Supreme Court. But he also got a bruising lesson in politics when he spoke out against disenfranchisement of the Cherokee Freedmen, a group that... View Details
- 01 Oct 1997
- News
High Fives
but it's harder for U.S. investors to satisfy their return criteria, because the best deals are taken by the overseas Chinese.” Biggest disappointment: “That I'm not going to live long enough to do everything I'd like to do.” Proudest moment: “Being at my fiftieth... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome of these international... View Details
- Web
2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
on a body of work on China’s political economy and role in the world to answer questions about how the Chinese Communist Party has survived, whether the country is experiencing economic crisis, and whether... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’
self-important, people. Chinese universities, like state-owned organizations, are still plagued with party committees, and the university party secretary normally outranks the president. (It should be noted... View Details
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
of the paper’s authors. The main reason is that party and candidate positions on key issues subtly or not-so-subtly change from election to election in reaction to shifts in voter sentiment, undercutting the demographic trends. View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
mythical fixed-pie often prevents parties from even looking for wise solutions. Q: In doing research for the book, were you surprised by anything you ran across? A: I was surprised by what I learned about my own View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 16 Jul 2013
- First Look
First Look: July 16
and project understandings throughout the episode, which we call diagnostic incongruence. In contrast, the parties in successful episodes engaged in aligning practices that fostered shared expectations and project understandings (i.e.,... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
persuade,” says Pons. “Here we have evidence that persuasion is also possible.” Takeaways for political parties Taken together, Pons’ studies point to just how important a personal touch can be in getting... View Details