Politics - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Jul 2013
First Look

First Look: July 16

Publications 2013 pub The Network Secrets of Great Change Agents By: Battilana, Julie, and Tiziana Casciaro Abstract—Change is hard, especially in a large organization. Yet some leaders succeed-often spectacularly-at transforming their workplaces. What makes them... View Details

Keywords: Anna Secino

January 2016
Case

Haiti Hope: Innovating the Mango Value Chain

By: Amy C. Edmondson and Jean-François Harvey

This case study examines a market-based approach to economic development through the eyes of NGO TechnoServe's project manager, implementing a US$9.5 million five-year public-private partnership between Coca-Cola, IDB, and USAID. The case ends at the beginning of the... View Details

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Keywords: Diversified, Politics

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Article

Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang

The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States

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02 May 2016
Research & Ideas

Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps

Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France, conducted with French professors Céline Braconnier and Jean-Yves Dormagen, the researchers examined the difficulties citizens had in registering to vote in the French presidential election of 2012. Door-to-door... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Communications; Public Relations

08 Feb 2018
Op-Ed

What’s Missing From the Debate About Trump’s Tax Plan

shift in political power” It’s important to make clear as well that this tax plan also constrains the government in another substantial way that is only now becoming commonly discussed: future spending cuts. Claims that these tax changes... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew Weinzierl

07 Oct 2015
What Do You Think?

What is the Best Immigration Model for the US?

beliefs that they share are different.” Bowlweevils, injecting a political note into a discussion intended to deal with economics, argued that Germany has no model for dealing with immigrants and asylum seekers. As he put it, “Germany ...... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Dec 2012
Research & Ideas

Power to the People: The Unexpected Influence of Small Coalitions

widespread skepticism for the possibility of fair regulation. The power of big business is limited by the need to work with a range of powerful but diffuse societal groups. In his new book, Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

Election 2024: What's at Stake for Business and the Workplace?

In a US presidential election year with more twists and turns than most in recent memory, many of the issues on the ballot impact business. And keeping politics in the workplace respectful is forefront on managers’ minds as a divided... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

commercial brand become a political brand? Is the commercial Trump brand extendable into the political arena? Commercial marketing and political marketing differ in two... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

It is no secret that immigration has reshaped American innovation. Immigrants are the backbone of America’s most innovative industries, provide a quarter of our patent applications, and are numerous among our science and engineering superstars. Taken from World... View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

01 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

Does Market Capitalism Have a Future?

could lead to populist politics that would adversely affect the conduct of capitalism. A second major concern was that our productive system, as currently operated, contributes to unsustainable environmental damage and resource depletion.... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

29 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

What Hath the United Kingdom Wrought?

trading block in the world. Financial markets had been complacent and were caught off guard by an early morning earthquake that affected most traded asset classes around the globe. Prime Minister David Cameron announced his resignation, ushering in a View Details

Keywords: by Dante Roscini

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

wings battle over who gets the biggest piece of the pie, while paying little attention to expanding the pie of social resources for all. Q: If I recall my political science studies, lawyers and career politicians are disproportionately... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

25 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ‘Can China Lead?’

come from the mistakenly named "bottom" up, from faculty at the top of their fields. Having an institutional structure to support this is rare anywhere, and in Chinese universities today it is rarer still. Can world-class universities exist in a View Details

Keywords: Re: William C. Kirby & F. Warren McFarlan; Education; Technology

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

The Climate Needs Aggressive CEO Leadership

on that potential pricing structure. At the same time, US businesses now wield more and more political power to influence such policy, thanks in part to Supreme Court rulings like Citizens United that enable them to spend unlimited sums... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Toffel & Auden Schendler; Energy; Utilities

10 Aug 2011
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Views on Debt Crisis

financial crisis, but they may be hard to get rid of. The Washington political system struggles to deal with this gigantic fiscal challenge, and—no surprise—large tax increases and large expenditure reductions are not high on politicians'... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

24 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Why Brexit is a Big Deal

will press for for a new independence referendum and, if successful, will seek to join the EU. British businesses with substantial EU interests might then relocate from England to Scotland. The referendum was a bad political move. No... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

The Business of Babies

commercial business," Spar said. "I think this is wrong. The demands of the parent will outweigh political and moral opposition." However, those who want to succeed in the market need to fight to shape property, privacy,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

20 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

US Competitiveness at Risk

sequencing and a sustained effort, you don't make progress. Our single-issue focus lately works against us. There's also a tremendous mismatch between the time horizons of politics and of competitiveness. Most things that matter for... View Details

Keywords: Re: Michael E. Porter & Jan W. Rivkin

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