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- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
David McKnight's comments reflected a similar need to take into account Chinese officials' views: "A far smarter approach is to evaluate the ethical impacts of Chinese law on a company's business model, and determine how to meet both ends. . . . They (the... View Details
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
investing in common stocks that were less than three to five years old, or had not paid dividends for several years. Since ARD specified that half of its capital had to come from institutions, its founders felt it was necessary to lobby... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 16 May 2018
- Research & Ideas
How Companies Managed Risk (and Even Benefitted) in World War Internment Camps
however, internees could go hiking and climbing in the nearby mountains for nine hours at a stretch. Germans who were interned during WWI lobbied on behalf of their countrymen during WWII. Several, for example, penned a letter to... View Details
- 08 Jun 2023
- Blog Post
Koppert Cress: Macro Greenhouses, Microgreens
Harvard Business School students darted between raindrops in the western Netherlands into the verdant lobby of Koppert Cress, an agricultural producer of microgreens. It was the last site visit of our Immersive Field Course (IFC) on... View Details
- 24 Feb 2011
- Research & Ideas
What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?
it did not actively lobby to expand, which is what Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac did. By making the guarantor of last resort a government entity, we hope to limit its incentive to expand. View Details
- 06 Sep 2017
- What Do You Think?
Summing Up: What Are the Limits of CEO Activism?
personal identification, and by extension the organization’s identification, with social issues is appropriate. Of course, all major business organizations participate in lobbying activities through an association or by other means. It is... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
opportunities for human development are key to regenerating a middle class on which the US Constitution depends, I was surprised that there wasn’t a greater sense of urgency in many of the comments. Alan Levy led the enthusiasts with the comment, “Just an excellent... View Details
- 31 Aug 2016
- Research & Ideas
One Quarter of Entrepreneurs in the United States Are Immigrants
Debates over the pluses and minuses of immigrant entrepreneurs on the American economy are white hot, but one thing seems stubbornly lacking from them: facts. The arguments are familiar by now. Immigrants take jobs from native-born Americans, claims one side in View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 22 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Not Your Father’s State-Run Capitalism
"In emerging markets, it's very hard to regulate," he says. "Big companies are large enough to lobby and capture elected and government officials." While in some minds that description might also include developed Western democracies,... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
http://hbr.org/search/513015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-037 Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States This module note on business-government relations introduces students to the state... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 25 Oct 2004
- Research & Ideas
Planning for Surprises
to become strongly mobilized to oppose any change. They can often do this successfully until the wall begins to collapse and a crisis allows leaders to overcome their resistance. Far too often, a select group is successful in lobbying the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
Policy - Business & Environment
“Compared to companies’ efforts to green their own operations, corporate political actions—like lobbying or campaign funding—can have a vastly greater influence on environmental protection, and arguably represent the greatest impact a... View Details
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
also show that private-equity companies are the fastest-growing category of firms in their countries. Is the rising chorus of critics the reason that Blackstone and ten other private-equity firms recently launched the Private Equity Council to View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 3
had done in tolerance stacking. Or should they "go broad" and continue to lobby headquarters for more complex assignments that might ultimately lead to program ownership for an entire vehicle? Each scenario had different... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jul 2024
- Blog Post
Climate Story #19: Nicole Neeman Brady (MBA 2008): The Critical Role of Business in Tackling Water Challenges
the energy lobby and the power missing from the water lobby. The energy sector, Thompson said, “....is dominated by private companies that are developing new technologies and implementing them with public support. Between 2001–14,... View Details
- 22 Jul 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #7: Turning Waste Heat to Power
transitioning green economy. She is now the secretary of the board of the 11-year-old trade association for the waste-heat-to-power industry, Heat is Power. The organization’s website says that it lobbies in Canada and the United States... View Details
- 26 Feb 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Airbnb Effect: Cheaper Rooms for Travelers, Less Revenue for Hotels
lobbying efforts in local and federal circles for stricter regulations governing Airbnb. The study focused on data from 2014, and the impact on hotels could be even greater today given Airbnb's strong growth since then. In addition to... View Details
- 28 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
How Employers Can Support LGBTQ+ Employees
special training programs about how their latent homophobia might manifest itself without them even being aware of it.” C-level leadership can also take action outside of their organizations to show support for their employees and the LGBTQ+ community. Zwart... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 09 Mar 2009
- Research & Ideas
How to Revive Health-Care Innovation
news. It frees physicians and hospitals to focus their energies on what they do best-tackling complex medical problems and moving more and more problems along the spectrum from intuitive toward precision medicine. However, in the history of health care, industry... View Details
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
enjoy strong economic interests in the outcome, and face little resistance to their lobbying activities from the general public. These areas are known as “thin political markets” to distinguish them from more vibrant, competitive “thick”... View Details