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2024 Reunion Presentations - Alumni
understanding of the upsides and downsides of the emerging platform economy, how AI will impact the digital economy, and the strategic challenges faced by business leaders and regulators alike. 11:45 a.m.-1:00 p.m. EDT A Profound Threat: The Rising Challenge to View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
Professor Rebecca Henderson, Photo credit: Susan Young Rebecca Henderson is worried about the current state of capitalism in America. The noted economist says that increasing global crises and challenges to democracy are posing some of... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
Africa to Liberia, she saw firsthand what it means for a democracy to exist in name only and grew an appreciation for those who dedicate themselves to building a representative democracy. Ballou-Aares hopes that by the time her two... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Faculty Books
How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy by John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz (HBS Press) Professor Quelch and Research Associate Jocz demonstrate marketing's critical role in the growth and governance of societies and how good... View Details
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Research Brief: The High Cost of Election Expectations
Researchers have long known that building high levels of voter trust and participation are essential to help fragile democracies thrive. The 2013 national elections in Kenya, which followed vast government changes after a flawed national... View Details
Keywords: Erin Peterson
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Note on January 6 Events at U.S. Capitol | About
Note on January 6 Events at U.S. Capitol Published January 17, 2021 Share via Facebook Share via LinkedIn Print Share via email On January 6th, American democracy was put to the test. The sight of a mob storming the Capitol—attacking... View Details
- 03 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Revolution in the Middle East and North Africa
Americans value; what we value, more accurately, is "liberal democracy." Thus, we would not support the right of 51 percent of a population to persecute or kill the other 49 percent, despite the fact that this is consistent with the notion of View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Navigating the Populism Phenomenon
believe that the ideas the elite present are not universal and true but, in fact, are designed to serve their own interests. Why are we seeing a surge in populism? See more from the online-only September Alumni Bulletin IMPACT section’s exploration of democracy-related... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Portrait Project
Kate Aitken
I cast my first vote at age three. My mother hoisted me up to the lever. I clasped it in my tiny hands and yanked it to the left, sending the blue curtains of the polling booth flying open behind us. I knew from a young age that democracy... View Details
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
together to solve our problems in a sustainable, scalable way.” See more from the online-only September Alumni Bulletin IMPACT section’s exploration of democracy-related issues. Making Democracy Work See more from the online-only... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
result, write the authors, is a polarized government unable to compromise to solve the nation's greatest problems or realize its highest aspirations. The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
her longitudinal bipartisan report, presents Our Common Purpose: Reinventing American Democracy for the 21st Century. Harvard University Professor Danielle Allen, drawing from her longitudinal bipartisan report, presents Our Common... View Details
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John Smith-Ricco
complain about not having work because we knew why — the problem was race. Now we have democracy and a Black government — but we’re still poor.’ I saw a major disconnect among everyday people between the expectations they once had and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
Faculty Books
and the social sciences. Bringing together leading scholars, the book is organized in four parts: Approaches and Debates; Forms of Business Organization; Functions of Enterprise; and Enterprise and Society. Capitalism, Democracy and... View Details
- 27 Oct 2020
- News
HBS Votes
be counted, the media should avoid calling the election prematurely, and business leaders should promote patience, civility, security, and accuracy. “We should assume that if we get into a bad situation, there are many more who are willing to come out with concerns... View Details
- 01 Dec 2004
- News
Poverty and Security
women not wanting to be beaten up, opportunity for their kids” (USA Today, September 27, 2004). Democracy and transparency are not always transferable because of cultural and historical factors, Wolfensohn asserted, but they are “probably... View Details
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Democracy Robert Livingston How Seeking and Speaking the Truth About Racism Can Radically Transform Individuals and Organizations Sarah Kaplan and Danielle Allen , Rotman School of Management and Harvard University The Bankruptcy of the... View Details
- 21 Aug 2017
- News
The Principles That Divide Us Might Be Greater Than Those That Bind Us Together
“It seems to me that we are now economically and socially divided and burdened in ways that are broadly analogous to 1937. During such times, conflicts (both internal and external) increase, populism emerges, democracies are threatened... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Opening Minds Through Expanded Learning Opportunities
History by the Case Method Professor David Moss David Moss knew his proposal to develop a history course for Harvard College students might take Dean Nitin Nohria by surprise. But it was Nohria who surprised Moss when he suggested that his History of American View Details
- Portrait Project
Michael Worosz
on a career in technology, I remain in awe of innovations that allow the light of ideas to penetrate darkness. These advances allow oppressed people to witness the power of democracy and expose their own struggles which compel us to act.... View Details