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- March 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Technical Note
Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
By: Karthik Ramanna, Sandra J. Sucher and Ian McKown Cornell
This note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to facilitate... View Details
Keywords: Political Economy; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; United States
Ramanna, Karthik, Sandra J. Sucher, and Ian McKown Cornell. "Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States." Harvard Business School Technical Note 113-037, March 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- December 1994
- Supplement
Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (C-2): Building Role Credibility
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 (C-2): Building Role Credibility." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-071, December 1994.
- September 2022 (Revised February 2023)
- Case
EnergyNow: Powering a New Market
By: Alexander MacKay and James Barnett
In August 2022, EnergyNow co-founder and CEO Stuart MacWilliam (MBA 2015) considers the company strategy for building solar panels to provide power in South Africa’s recently deregulated energy market. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Development Economics; Energy; Alternative Energy; Energy Generation; Energy Sources; Renewable Energy; Entrepreneurship; Environmental Management; Ethics; Geography; Government and Politics; Energy Policy; Law; Management; Markets; Market Timing; Operations; Energy Industry; Utilities Industry; Africa; South Africa
MacKay, Alexander, and James Barnett. "EnergyNow: Powering a New Market." Harvard Business School Case 723-361, September 2022. (Revised February 2023.)
- April 2005
- Article
Strength in Numbers: Group Size and Political Mobilization
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Joel Waldfogel
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Joel Waldfogel. "Strength in Numbers: Group Size and Political Mobilization." Journal of Law & Economics 48, no. 1 (April 2005): 73–91.
- March 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Module Note
Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
This module note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to... View Details
Keywords: Political Economy; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Public Administration Industry; United States
Ramanna, Karthik, Sandra J. Sucher, and Ian McKown Cornell. "Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States." Harvard Business School Module Note 113-037, March 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- 01 Apr 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
When Power Makes Others Speechless: The Negative Impact of Leader Power on Team Performance
- Article
Bargaining Power of Multinationals and Host Governments
By: L. T. Wells Jr. and N. Fagre
Wells, L. T., Jr., and N. Fagre. "Bargaining Power of Multinationals and Host Governments." Journal of International Business Studies 13, no. 2 (Fall 1982). (Reprinted in Philip Grub, Fariborz Ghadar, and Dara Khambata (eds.) The Multinational Enterprise in Transition, 2d ed. Princeton: The Darwin Press, 1984.)
- 1976
- Book
Interbrand Choice, Strategy and Bilateral Market Power
By: M. E. Porter
Porter, M. E. Interbrand Choice, Strategy and Bilateral Market Power. Vol. 146, Harvard Economic Studies. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1976.
- 2019
- Chapter
Victorian Contributions to Political Economy and Business Ethics
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Victorian Contributions to Political Economy and Business Ethics." In Victorian Visionary: John Ruskin and the Realization of the Ideal, edited by Peter X. Accardo, 28–36. Cambridge, MA: Houghton Library, 2019.
- 23 Feb 2014
- Conference Presentation
What’s Next for Greece: Political and Economic Alternatives
By: Dante Roscini
- January 2000 (Revised November 2001)
- Case
Mavesa (A): Business Strategy Amid Economic and Political Turmoil
Examines Mavesa's response to external liberalization in 1989. The consumer packaged goods firm, which had been extensively vertically integrated, completely revamps its business strategy in the 1990s. View Details
Kennedy, Robert E., and Brian Irwin. "Mavesa (A): Business Strategy Amid Economic and Political Turmoil." Harvard Business School Case 700-041, January 2000. (Revised November 2001.)
- Article
Distance and Political Boundaries: Estimating Border Effects under Inequality Constraints
By: Fernando Borraz, Alberto Cavallo, Roberto Rigobon and Leandro Zipitria
The border effects literature finds that political boundaries have a large impact on relative prices across locations. In this paper we show that the standard empirical specification suffers from selection bias, and propose a new methodology based on binned-quantile... View Details
Borraz, Fernando, Alberto Cavallo, Roberto Rigobon, and Leandro Zipitria. "Distance and Political Boundaries: Estimating Border Effects under Inequality Constraints." International Journal of Finance & Economics 21, no. 1 (January 2016): 3–35.
- October 2018 (Revised August 2019)
- Case
Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election
By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Galit Goldstein
Following a contentious presidential race, Donald Trump’s 2016 election destabilized America’s status quo. Academics, journalists, politicians and the public at large examined why Trump had won. Many Americans, inside and outside the government, asserted that a... View Details
Keywords: Strategic Industry; Strategic Alliances (Business); Business And Government; Business And Public Policy; Business And Society; Media Businesses; Media Content; Media Slant; Media Regulation; Internet Of Everything; Government Policy; Politics; Political Campaigns; Political Strategy; Political Turmoil; Government; Government Regulation; Security; International Business; International Relations; National Security; Political Elections; News; Media; Internet and the Web; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Globalization; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Government Legislation; Risk and Uncertainty; Cognition and Thinking; Conflict and Resolution; Identity; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Public Opinion; Social Issues; War; Social Media; Public Administration Industry; United States; Russia
Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, and Galit Goldstein. "Everybody Knows: Russia and the Election." Harvard Business School Case 719-012, October 2018. (Revised August 2019.)
- July 2002
- Article
Imbalance of Power
By: William W. George
Keywords: Power and Influence
George, William W. "Imbalance of Power." Harvard Business Review 80, no. 7 (July 2002).
- December 1994
- Supplement
Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (C-1): Building Role Credibility
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 (C-1): Building Role Credibility." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-070, December 1994.
- 2007
- Working Paper
The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters
By: Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker
Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of government preparedness and response greatly determines the extent of suffering incurred by the affected population. We use a political economy model... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government and Politics; Strategic Planning; Mathematical Methods; Natural Disasters; Welfare or Wellbeing
Cohen, Charles, and Eric D. Werker. "The Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-040, December 2007. (Revised November 2008.)
- December 1994
- Supplement
Anne Livingston and Power Max Systems (E-1): Livingston Takes Formal Authority
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 (E-1): Livingston Takes Formal Authority." Harvard Business School Supplement 395-074, December 1994.
- March 1992 (Revised August 1993)
- Background Note
Political Action Committees and the Financing of Congressional Campaigns
Goodman, John B. "Political Action Committees and the Financing of Congressional Campaigns." Harvard Business School Background Note 792-080, March 1992. (Revised August 1993.)
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
"Right now we're letting the ends of the ideological spectrum and the entrenched power of legacy interests stalemate a path to the future," Lassiter says. "That's a thing worth fighting." “Right now we're... View Details
- 2007
- Other Unpublished Work
Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
This paper proposes a straightforward way of differentiating between central network positions that confer power from those that confer status. I argue that actors achieve high status by receiving numerous exchanges from actors who receive numerous exchanges from... View Details
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Positions of Power and Status: Reciprocity in the Venture Capital Industry." March 2007.