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- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
lobbying and maneuvering on individual pieces of legislation and regulation, businesses need to use collective institutions to define and promote a positive, values-based, non-partisan agenda. That will allow them to regain credibility in... View Details
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910 Author:Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract This paper examines the effect of government intervention via... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 May 2019
- Book
These Entrepreneurs Take a Pragmatic Approach to Solving Social Problems
In 1908, Harvard Business School’s first dean, Edwin Francis Gay, welcomed the School’s inaugural class of 59 students by saying that HBS was challenged with encouraging its students to have the “intellectual respect for business as a profession, with the social... View Details
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
IFRS in China Karthik Ramanna, G.A. Donovan, and Nancy DaiHarvard Business School Case 110-037 In 2005, China announced plans to "converge with," but not completely adopt, IFRS. China also began to lobby for changes to specific... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 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
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
industrial lobbies in Germany (and the world), engaged in social politics, and harnessed the local artistic community to beautify their products and transform their advertising to combat the (then) widespread perception of the 'cheap and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 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
- 13 Jan 2015
- First Look
First Look: January 13
favorable treatment by the SEC, i.e., firms' location and political contributions. These findings suggest that voters' interests drive political pressure on SEC enforcement-independent of firms' lobbying for their special interests.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Nov 2013
- First Look
First Look: November 26
Journal: Economic Policy The Dynamics of Firm Lobbying By: Kerr, William R., William F. Lincoln, and Prachi Mishra Abstract—How is economic policy made? In this paper we study a key determinant of the answer to the question: View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Jun 2011
- Lessons from the Classroom
Fame, Faith, and Social Activism: Business Lessons from Bono
to the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. Then he began lobbying the administration of George W. Bush for additional funding to fight AIDS (in 2003, the US government pledged $15 billion toward the disease). Like Bono, Koehn... View Details
- 09 Jan 2006
- Research & Ideas
Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate
driving around with a map and sticking little dots on it to represent different types of property," recalls Lionstone's Dubrowski. "I'd identify tenants in a building by walking into the lobby and reading the directory."... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Letters to the Editor
measures. The election is held, and the union is either accepted or not. Unions are now trying to change the rules, by lobbying for passage of the Employee Free Choice Act, under which workplaces would be automatically unionized if union... View Details
- 25 Feb 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #1: Kameale C. Terry
relations expert, and even tackled some lobbying duties herself, to ensure that operations and maintenance for EV charging stations are not overlooked. “Today, an EV charging station can be deployed without a plan to repair it,” she said.... View Details
- 01 Sep 2014
- News
All For One
don’t know what the answer is. They have to act, not plan their way forward. Hill began to despair of finding an answer to her problem until a chance meeting with Pixar executive Greg Brandeau in the lobby of a biotech firm—Hill was there... View Details
- 02 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: October 2, 2007
eradicating the shortage of classroom desks in public schools. What should Immelman do? Will Lapdesk achieve its mission? Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=808008 Lobbying for Love?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
policy, not only would Medicare not cover the medication, but patients could no longer pay for it out of pocket. Instead, the cost had to be absorbed by the physician or surgery center. Imprimis now had to figure out a way to deal with the effects of this policy,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 23
model. We find for the median sample firm that an increase of $1 million in lobbying spending is associated with about $32.35 million in taxes saved. These estimates, while consistent with a high-returns "puzzle," are nearly an... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2015
- News
Screen Grab
for soccer fans, FirstRowSports. The NFL’s as-yet-unnamed foray into online streaming will test the waters with an October 25 game only available online. The cable and telecom industry has taken note, evidenced by its heavy lobbying... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper
and figure out the market by driving around with a map and sticking little dots on it to represent different types of property,” recalls Lionstone’s Dubrowski. “I’d identify tenants in a building by walking into the lobby and reading the... View Details
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
regulatory proposals around credit unions coming out of the financial crisis from the policy-making perspective. Credit unions have lobbied policymakers for expanded powers that will enable them to help stimulate the economy and create... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne