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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
school system—and to take action to improve it. There has been much work to do, as Harvard Business School's Stacey Childress details in two case studies. According to Childress, "The New Orleans public school district was already in crisis before Katrina due to... View Details
- 29 May 2019
- News
Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government
In his address to HBS graduates at this year’s Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American political culture and the challenge it poses. “Now, the good news is: There is a solution,” he told the crowd,... View Details
Intriguing Questions
Growing up in Nepal at a time when the country was going through immense political turmoil, I wondered how the momentous events I was living through fit in with the broader arc of history. My urge to make progress on economic and View Details
- 29 May 2014
- Research & Ideas
Research Symposium 2014
said. (To learn more about Edmondson's research on speaking up, see the Harvard Business Review article, Why Employees are Afraid to Speak.) Thin Political Markets Karthik Ramanna's presentation focused on "Thin View Details
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
are admitting that the “public square” problem they’ve created in the last 15 years is too hard to solve. They’ll still be able to target these private communications, but won’t be able to moderate the content on it. If bad actors target users with View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- February 2019 (Revised March 2021)
- Case
India: State Capacity and Unity in Diversity
By: Alberto Cavallo, Matthew Weinzierl and Robert Scherf
As 2018 drew to a close, India prepared to once again carry out the largest democratic exercise in human history, as in less than six months more than 850 million eligible voters would have the chance to choose their representatives to the Lok Sabha—the country’s lower... View Details
Cavallo, Alberto, Matthew Weinzierl, and Robert Scherf. "India: State Capacity and Unity in Diversity." Harvard Business School Case 719-061, February 2019. (Revised March 2021.)
- 20 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 20
rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- October 2011 (Revised October 2011)
- Supplement
Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (B)
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Jacob Kuipers
President Obama signs a major fiscal stimulus package and then must debate whether to extend the Bush tax cuts.
Instructors may also obtain a Teaching Note, written by this case supplement's author, that provides suggestions for using this case supplement... View Details
Instructors may also obtain a Teaching Note, written by this case supplement's author, that provides suggestions for using this case supplement... View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Jacob Kuipers. "Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 712-012, October 2011. (Revised October 2011.)
- January 2009 (Revised October 2011)
- Teaching Note
Barack Obama and the Bush Tax Cuts (A) (TN)
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl and Eric D. Werker
Teaching Note for 709037. View Details
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
Compounding the challenge of supporting this population shift, governments from developing to industrialized countries are limited in their capacity and political will to devise solutions to accommodate expanding urban populations.... View Details
- 10 Oct 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 10, 2017
forthcoming New York: Palgrave Macmillan New Perspectives on the History of Political Economy By: Fredona, Robert, and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. Abstract—This volume offers a snapshot of the resurgent historiography of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Apr 2011
- Op-Ed
HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day
that provided economically efficient and environmentally sound energy sources. But due to political legacies, these markets fail to function in nearly every energy sector today, and nowhere are the costs of these failures clearer than in... View Details
- Article
Comment mobiliser les exclus du jeu politique?
By: Vincent Pons
Pons, Vincent. "Comment mobiliser les exclus du jeu politique?" Regards croisés sur l'économie, no. 18 (2016): 213–226.
- 11 Jan 2018
- News
Taking the High Road
James Cash is the James E. Robison Professor of Business Administration, Emeritus. In this interview, he advocates for patience and understanding in a world of instantaneous media and rapid-fire social and political commentary. “We all... View Details
- 06 Oct 2015
- First Look
October 6, 2015
psychology, marketing, management, sociology, and anthropology. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49031 October 2015 Business and Politics The Multinational Firm and Geopolitics: Europe, Russian Energy, and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Dec 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Complicated Relationship With Mother Nature
Despite its name, the Great Wall of China began as a series of smaller, isolated defensive fortifications. Those structures grew and were later unified into the imposing structure that exists today. The Great Wall is a great metaphor for the Chinese economy. By... View Details
- 01 Sep 2008
- News
Squeeze Play
LAMAGNA: A fondness for novelty and gadgets, but a commitment to politics and public policy as well. Dal LaMagna (MBA ’70) says he’s writing a memoir titled Failing to Get Ahead, the Washington Post (May 30, 2008) reported. “It’s pretty... View Details
- 01 Apr 2019
- What Do You Think?
Does Our Bias Against Federal Deficits Need Rethinking?
world of MMT, deficits fuel growth that produces government revenue sufficient for public investment. As long as interest rates remain below the rate of growth—the current US experience—further government borrowing is a good strategy. MMT fits nicely with the aims of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Forest L. Reinhardt | About
Energy, and on Business and the Environment, analyzing these topics from economic and political perspectives, and considering the strategies both of incumbent firms and startups. Professor Reinhardt has developed two courses for Harvard... View Details
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Managing International Trade and Investment - Course Catalog
as they participate in and shape cross-border trade and investment. Career Focus This course should interest any student who plans to work for a firm with transnational interests or investments or students with significant interests in the global and domestic View Details