Publications

September 2007 (Revised April 2009)
Case

Norway Sells Wal-Mart

By: Robert C. Pozen and Aldo Sesia

In June 2006, Norway's Pension Fund decided to divest its position in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. after an investigation by the Fund's Ethics Council. According to a spokesperson of Norway's Finance Ministry, "The recommendation to exclude Wal-Mart cites serious and... View Details

Keywords: Decisions; Ethics; Insurance; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Government and Politics; Rights; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Power and Influence; Retail Industry; Norway

April 1987 (Revised April 1987)
Case

Tiberg Co.

By: Michael Beer and Daniel J. Isenberg

Describes the efforts of a vice president of purchasing to coordinate and centralize purchasing procedures in a multinational company. He encounters a lack of active cooperation. A rewritten version of an earlier case by G. Lombard. View Details

Keywords: Cost Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Design; Power and Influence

01 Feb 2000
News

HBS Honored for Addressing Business and Societal Issues

Social and Environmental Stewardship, the report praised HBS as a leader in fostering social awareness, incorporating social concerns into coursework and projects, and supporting student activities and faculty research that influence both... View Details

01 Sep 2015
News

3-Minute Briefing: Fred Newman (MBA 1978)

just a shoe salesman. I wasn’t crushed if they didn’t want me or my ideas. I just hadn’t made the sale. I came of age watching television, and old radio was fading out. It’s so exciting to see audio come back and to see that influence my... View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Mar 2014
News

Ask the Expert: Taxing Questions

1960), former chief economist, Royal Bank of Canada, Canada The United States has the worst of all worlds: a relatively high marginal tax rate that influences behavior negatively, but a considerably lower average tax rate that precludes... View Details

Keywords: ask the expert; Finance

28 Jun 2011
News

Beyond Case Writing

Sometimes big ideas start with small experiments. That’s been the experience of HBS associate professor Nava Ashraf, whose experimental approach to research in developing countries has produced insights that have influenced government... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Ambulatory Health Care Services; Health, Social Assistance

01 Dec 2011
News

Research With Impact: Changing Global Health Practices

vouchers for free contraceptives. Half received vouchers with their husbands present while the other half received them privately. A control group received no vouchers. The goal? To measure the influence of spousal pressure in a nation... View Details

Keywords: birth control; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Oct 2018
News

Get Involved

contribute to leaving the world a little bit different than you found it, but in a good way? It's just touching other people, understanding that you have an influence in how this world is shaped and how this world operates, no matter how... View Details

Keywords: Finance

01 Dec 2010
News

Ilene Lang

study, we looked at how gender-based assumptions in over 100 companies influenced issues such as career planning, goal setting, promotions, and raises. We examined the characteristics most frequently cited in performance management... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; interview; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; Information; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

November 1974
Case

Job Corps

Describes the efforts of the director of Job Corps to stave off the destruction of his agency by the Nixon administration. In this process, the director built extensive power bases which he mobilized in support of Job Corps. The end result was that Job Corps was not... View Details

Keywords: Business or Company Management; Nonprofit Organizations; Power and Influence; Business and Government Relations

Forthcoming
Article

The Political Economy of Anti-Bribery Enforcement

By: Lauren Cohen and Bo Li

Using exogenous variation in the timing and geographic location of U.S. Congressional elections, we find that the probability of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions against foreign firms increases significantly preceding senatorial elections,... View Details

Keywords: Bribery; Regulatory Enforcement; Crime and Corruption; Political Elections; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; Geographic Location

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11 Oct 2022
Research & Ideas

Shrinking the Racial Wealth Gap, One Mortgage at a Time

“Loan officers seem to be having an important influence on mortgage outcomes.” “Loan officers seem to be having an important influence on mortgage outcomes,” Sunderam says. “The most surprising finding in... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Financial Services

September 2004 (Revised October 2004)
Case

Pat Anderson

By: Leslie A. Perlow and Daisy Wademan

Patten Bank's pending sale jeopardizes Pat Anderson's prospect of receiving an expected year-end bonus. What to do now? This problem follows several earlier conflicts that Anderson has confronted during the past four-and-one-half years spent working as an analyst and... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Conflict Management; Power and Influence; Executive Compensation; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; United States

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01 Mar 2003
News

Post-Soviet Purpose

of Slavic Studies. The book describes how national identities influence the world economy and explains patterns of economic disintegration and reintegration among Russia and the other fourteen states that composed the Soviet Union View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Profile

Gary Shi

used to think about leadership,” Gary says. “How do I lead from a junior level? How do I manage without being senior?” But, Gary says, “HBS has changed my ideas about leadership. It’s not about how high or low your position is, but how you View Details

01 Apr 2002
News

"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues

were holding, which could save many lives, cost just ten cents per package. In introducing the panelists, who represented a variety of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), Levy said that "NGOs are critical sources of information and catalysts for change" and that... View Details

Keywords: War on Terror; Ronald Levy; Health, Social Assistance

April 1992
Case

Malaysia (A)

By: Bruce R. Scott

Riots in 1969 bring martial law and a new, more firmly Malay government which sets out to promote redistribution of opportunity, income, and wealth by race-based quotas. Dr. Mahatherl, a Malay nationalist says Malays have a non-competitive alliance which must be forced... View Details

Keywords: Wealth and Poverty; Change Management; Race; Conflict and Resolution; Power and Influence; Malaysia