Political Parties - Publications - Faculty & Research

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

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

12 May 2016
Research & Ideas

When Mass Shootings Lead to Looser Gun Restrictions

effect holds true regardless of which political party is in control. In terms of laws that are actually enacted, the impact of mass shootings depends on which party is in... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

12 Nov 2008
Research & Ideas

The Marketing of a President

record to defeat the heir apparent in his own party and then go on to hold off the much-vaunted Republican machine is a truly remarkable achievement. Much of it has to do with Obama's instinct for marketing. First, Obama's personal... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

16 Aug 2024
In Practice

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

and the International Economy Unit. Elisabeth Kempf: Political views shape economic outlook Political views influence the perception of economic reality among finance professionals. In a study linking credit... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

28 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Ground Game, Air Wars, and Other Marketing Lessons From Presidential Elections

presidential races. They studied the number of votes cast in each county for the candidates and used registered party affiliation at the county level to look at how campaign effects differed depending on the level of voter partisanship.... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

06 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

mobs rose up against migrants from other parts of Africa in March 2023, a few weeks after President Kais Saied delivered an inflammatory speech blaming the Black foreign-born population for bringing crime to the country and changing its “demographic makeup.” Populist... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

skills development." Other essentials for governments, Donovan said, are a willingness to privatize businesses, and to follow the rule of law "as opposed to the rule of individual parties and special interests." Another is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jan 2020
Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

pay-as-you-go actuarial basis. The public discourse about Medicare for All is deceptively appealing. The health care program for the nation’s seniors is highly prized by Medicare beneficiaries—85 percent say they’re satisfied. Who can blame them? US Congress,... View Details

Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration

Web

Conservative Club | MBA

serves as a forum for the exchange of political ideas and values, and to foster a sense of community among HBS students who share conservative political views. Annual Events Speaker Series Club Social Events... View Details

01 Sep 2020
News

Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change

delve into the root causes of why the political system is failing and propose solving the problem by changing the election system. America’s political system is designed as a duopoly, where only two View Details

Keywords: Young, Susan

11 Dec 2018
Research & Ideas

Free Trade Needs Nurturing—and Other Lessons from History

revolt. Given the importance of stability to the project of globalization, we may need to consider again the political consequences of distribution. Roscini: There is no doubt that there is an overall gain. But the question is, who gains?... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto; Aerospace; Chemical; Consumer Products; Electronics; Energy; Industrial Products; Manufacturing; Shipping; Transportation

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

where FNC was available. Before the passage of the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002, which put a cap on soft money donations to national political parties, firms were allowed to make large donations to View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

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Democrats, Liberals and Progressives Club | MBA

The HBS Democrats, Liberals, and Progressives club aims to build community among HBS students that share left-of-center values, while raising awareness about federal, state, and local policy and elections within the wider HBS community Annual Events Speaker Series Club... View Details

14 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

Time that Government Reopens for Business

Gridlock has unfortunately become a way of political life in the nation's capital. But as of midnight on September 30, things went from bad to worse with the shutdown of funding for the federal government. And as if that weren't... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

01 Dec 2017
News

Diagnosing DC’s Dysfunction

Washington isn’t broken. It’s thriving. The real problem is that our political system benefits the major political parties and their industry allies—not the people it was... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Government

22 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism

state-owned enterprises (SOEs) such as those in the Soviet Union and China, which were tightly controlled by government, packed with party apparatchiks, and stifled honest competition by introducing all kinds of inefficiencies into the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Jun 2003
News

Portraits from the Class of 2003

Elizabeth Chang “The moments that mean the most are never what was planned.” Reason Delayed Coming to HBS: mentor asked her to work on George W. Bush’s presidential campaign Message of Fortune Cookie She Gave Then Governor Bush: “After all the mayhem, you will emerge... View Details

07 Aug 2012
Research & Ideas

Off and Running: Professors Comment on Olympics

Staging the Olympics is a Herculean task. Years of preparation, including budget-busting financial requirements, a panoply of construction projects, world-class logistical and communications challenges, and event-planning needs that stretch the imaginations of platoons... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty; Sports

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

I appreciate the efforts, but if we wanted to really think structurally about it, I would think about all those things. Silverthorne: Let's talk a little bit about the tax as a political document, versus a document meant to create... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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