Political Debates - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Mar 2018
News

Ink: Alumni Books and Recommendations

& Associates—enters a NYC real estate debate that has lasted more than a century: Which of the city’s apartment buildings are the best? You write about 15 apartment buildings that you consider to be New York’s most storied. What do all... View Details

Keywords: April White

Profile

Rakhi Mehra

Throughout her school years, Rakhi Mehra had been deeply focused on competitive swimming. But a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford sparked an entirely new passion for her: making social impact. "Oxford gave me the support and vision to consider the consequences of... View Details

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must determine how to respond to the View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

out. The PPP, part of aid passed by Congress, ended August 8, although lawmakers continue to debate another round of COVID-19 relief. If they fail, some small businesses could be pushed to end the benefit for their employees, Dafny says.... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

18 Jul 2018
Research & Ideas

No More General Tso's? A Threat to 'Knowledge Recombination'

In the current squabble over how many skilled immigrants to let into the United States on H1-B visas, academics have fiercely debated whether they create jobs by bringing new skills to companies or whether they take jobs away by... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health; Food & Beverage; Accounting

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

the debate and the facts underlying the debate and the political choices and compromises that we can make," said Porter. While many people say the country needs to be more... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

Making Sense of Past and Present

Coco Chanel climbed the ladders of her success from lover to lover, nor that she was a Nazi agent. I would have never suspected that the famous cultural patron Guggenheim pushed Chile to an economic and political crisis in order to... View Details

01 Feb 2002
News

Egawa Heads New Research Office in Japan

country's political and social environment, there are ongoing discussions as to whether Japan will adopt U.S. business practices or maintain its own distinctive outlook. "This debate is relevant to key... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

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... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

28 May 2019
News

A More Perfect Union

Case Study. Daniella Ballou-Aares (MBA 2001, MPA 2002) believes that has to change—and it’s the responsibility of her generation to lead the way. Ballou-Aares is creating a path for the next generation of business leaders to engage in nonpartisan View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; illustration by Dan Bejar

01 Mar 2017
News

The Realities of the Refugee Crisis

state is going to have to do a better job of dealing with diversity, whether it happens to be with its own Kurdish population or with new Arab migrants or with refugees who plan to settle. Since the Syrian crisis you see a lot of debate... View Details

Keywords: April White

19 Mar 2018
Sharpening Your Skills

8 Ways To Be An Environmentally Conscious Manager

Businesses It was entrepreneurs from the fringes-of-society who gave birth to the green business movement starting in the 19th century, Geoffrey Jones tells us. Teach Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics The Business and Environment Initiative at Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy

24 Mar 2002
Research & Ideas

The Trick of Balancing Business and Government

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University chose business and government ethics and a good infrastructure for attracting business; while a third panelist selected civil society. Discussion and debate ensued among the five... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

Summing Up Responses to this month's column devolved into a debate about the division of responsibility among institutions faced with the potential for a national bankruptcy. The majority argued that such bankruptcies shouldn't be... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

12 Aug 2002
Research & Ideas

‘Let the Buyer Beware’ Doesn’t Protect Investors

representations about any item it sells. Similarly, the prospectus for a dot-com described the firm and its promise, without mentioning that there'd been a serious debate in the bank about whether or not the company had any value and... View Details

Keywords: by D. Quinn Mills

03 Sep 2024
Research & Ideas

Is It Even Possible to Dam the Flow of Misleading Content Online?

Kominers worked with Jesse Shapiro, the George Gund Professor of Economics and Business Administration at Harvard Business School, to study how content moderation works best. The debate over moderating content comes as the US presidential... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald; Information Technology; Technology

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

Credit Environment Dampening Job Creation? Washington has been engaged in a debate over macro-economic issues like deficit reduction and the size of government. These are important issues, and we've made progress. But, if we're going to... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

31 Aug 2009
Research & Ideas

Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies

contributed to the financial turmoil that followed. This performance has come under tremendous scrutiny by lawmakers and regulators, who are debating ways to reform the ratings industry. One prominent suggestion: increased competition.... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

14 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism

What does nationalism mean for the world economy? And what does it have to say in a world of ever-increasing globalization? We recently put those questions to political scientist and HBS professor Rawi Abdelal. His new book, National... View Details