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- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lack of Energy: The Problem of Human Inertia
of the Negotiation, Organizations & Markets unit. In a democracy of citizens and taxpayers, such dithering largely comes down to a human foible. “When present losses loom larger than future gains,” states Bazerman, “we fail to act in time... View Details
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
who focuses on democracy innovation, public health and health equity, justice reform, education, and political economy. She also directs the Democratic Knowledge Project , a K-16 civic education provider. Her books include Our... View Details
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
the perpetrators; the Jan 6 th invasion of Congress by election-result deniers, goaded on by our very own former President, but also a ground swell of bipartisan embrace of the fundamentals of democracy (for at least a moment); the... View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
Research Brief: Pocket Change
that is good news for democracy in the United States.” Whereas small donors were previously on the margins of being able to affect the electoral process, technology now allows contributors to easily “donate repeatedly to the same... View Details
Keywords: Jill Radsken
- 01 Mar 2009
- News
Faculty Books
economy to foreign trade and investment not result in sustained economic growth? Why has electoral democracy not produced the rule of law? The answers to these questions lie in the ways in which Mexico’s long history with authoritarian... View Details
- 01 Jun 1998
- News
Chai Ling
"China's democracy and free-market economy will require people with a solid understanding of capital markets, advanced management skills, and experience in global competition," she says. After developing her skills and establishing a... View Details
- 08 Jan 2014
- What Do You Think?
Do Productivity Increases Contribute to Social Inequality?
democracy may be a requirement of mandatory service-social service, infrastructure construction, teaching/mentoring or military according to individual talents and interests A couple years contributed in the late teens or early twenties... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
Democracy has a dirty little secret. Despite the fever pitch over presidential primaries this year, the truth is there are few people actually voting. Before the most recent round of voting, only some 11 percent of eligible Democrats... View Details
- 01 Mar 2006
- News
Faculty Books
changes in China have been more dramatic than people realize. Second, democracy in China is inevitable. Third, these economic reforms have been political, cultural, and, above all, global processes. Understanding these developments tells... View Details
- 01 Sep 2012
- News
Rebel with a Cause
advocacy organization. “I am no longer a racehorse trapped in a barn,” he writes. “I see a great deal of what is wrong with our economy and our world, and I want to join those who are seeking to renew democracy and to transform our... View Details
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From the Dean - Annual Report 2019
discussion about the state of American democracy that ushered in a new era of convening at Harvard Business School. Overnight, Klarman Hall has taken center stage as the place to showcase and discuss ideas from faculty and other thought... View Details
- 16 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
Reintroducing Intellectual Ambition to the Study of Business History
state-owned enterprises as a chief instrument of state intervention? 6. Business and Democracy. The relation between business and democracy is contentious. Although many scholars since Douglass North have linked the growth of capitalist... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones & Walter Friedman
- 07 Nov 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017
Goals Challenges Traditional Organizational Designs By: Battilana, Julie, Michael Fuerstein, and Michael Lee Abstract—For an extended period during the first half of the 20th century, industrial democracy was a vibrant movement, with... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
Getting Security Right
the Cold War as “the end of history,” he was one of many who promoted what I consider to be a mistaken notion: that capitalism and democracy would triumph globally, and that it was only a matter of time until every nation looked very much... View Details
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Rawiah Abdallah
impact investing or working with small businesses in Africa. I'm very optimistic. After democracy prevails in North Africa and the Middle East, there will be great growth." View Details
- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Jimmy Lai Chee-ying: Rags, Riches, and Risk
will still be the print medium.” After Taiwan voters ended more than a half-century of one-party rule in presidential elections last year, Lai knew he had to move to the island. Taiwan, he says, “is the only democracy in Chinese culture.”... View Details
- 21 May 2008
- Research & Ideas
Going Negative in Political Advertising
For more details, see Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes For Better Democracy by John Quelch and Katherine Jocz (Harvard Business Press 2008). Choice sells, in politics and in the supermarket. Distinct choices on the shelf attract our... View Details
Keywords: by John Quelch
- 31 Jan 2019
- News
A Global Mission
the Soviet Union. “I negotiated that when there were still tanks around the Lithuanian parliament,” he recalls. “The university’s mission is to promote democracy and civil society in a challenging part of the world,” he says. “LCC is a... View Details
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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Zeaske (MBA 2002), President & Co-Founder, Democracy Entrepreneurs Rob Zeaske 04 Apr 2019 This post is part of our Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlig... SEI25 Series: Tracy Palandjian (MBA 1997), CEO... View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
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Faculty Q&A: The Future of Foreign Aid
the places they used to be. In Brazil and India, for example, even though there may be a lot of poverty, there's a decently functioning democracy and enough wealth such that it's mostly being left to those countries to deal with their own... View Details