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- 01 Dec 2005
- News
The Deleterious Effects of Dirty Money
law when you can make a reasonable profit by abiding by the law? Are you hopeful that things will get better? Part of the reason I’m optimistic is that the illegalities I write about can be curtailed merely with the application of View Details
- 01 Sep 2007
- News
A Man of Influence
encompass political consulting. After doing some work for LBJ, the vice president asked Valenti to run President Kennedy’s reelection campaign fundraiser in Houston — hardly friendly territory for an Irish-Catholic Yankee. Pleased with... View Details
- January 1998 (Revised August 2010)
- Background Note
Limited Liability Companies
By: Henry B. Reiling
As of early 1998, virtually all U.S. states had adopted legislation permitting the organization of limited liability companies. This note describes this new type of entity and the reason why it has become so popular. View Details
Reiling, Henry B. "Limited Liability Companies." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-097, January 1998. (Revised August 2010.)
- July 2018 (Revised September 2018)
- Case
Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Robert Scherf
In January 2018, President Donald Trump was full of optimism. He had just signed the most substantial legislation of his young presidency, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA), making major changes to the tax code. Echoing his campaign slogan—Make America Great Again—Trump... View Details
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Robert Scherf. "Donald Trump and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act." Harvard Business School Case 719-002, July 2018. (Revised September 2018.)
- April 2015 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Japan's Missing Arrow?
By: Laura Alfaro and Hilary White
In late December 2014, Shinzo Abe was elected to another term as the prime minister of Japan. His re-election was largely interpreted as a vote of confidence for his economics policies, collectively referred to as "Abenomics." Comprised of three "arrows," including... View Details
Keywords: Currency; Bonds; Government Bonds; Government Debt; Public Finance; Quantitative Easing; Stimulus; Fiscal Policy; Fiscal Deficits; Debt Management; Debt Reduction; Abenomics; Exchange Rate; Exports; Reform; Economics; Macroeconomics; Policy; Government Legislation; Government and Politics; Asia; Japan
Alfaro, Laura, and Hilary White. "Japan's Missing Arrow?" Harvard Business School Case 715-050, April 2015. (Revised January 2020.)
- Web
Policy - Business & Environment
predicted, 22% of Americans disagree with the statement “The climate change we’re seeing is largely the result of human activity.” [15] Despite these disinformation campaigns, large majorities of Americans across the political spectrum... View Details
- 22 Sep 2015
- News
Finding New Ways to Solve Civic Problems
As deputy majority whip in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Ryan MacKenzie (MBA 2010) has followed a path of community service and political involvement, transforming the business experience he received at HBS into an... View Details
- Portrait Project
Emily Slota
speak truth to power was a gift, and that it could have important consequences. I am committed to helping people build businesses in challenging economic and political landscapes. As I do so, I'll keep in mind a few guiding principles: Be... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
Entrepreneurial Unit Travels to China
While China’s Communist Party still controls the country’s political machinery, the nation’s booming economy is increasingly in the hands of savvy entrepreneurs, with an estimated 70 percent of the nation’s GDP now produced by the private... View Details
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
Effective Leadership and Decision-Making
down to allow moral instincts to emerge); "Pick your battles" (don't waste political capital on lost causes); "Bend the rules, don't break them" (in order to resolve a complicated dilemma); and "Find a compromise" (view situations as... View Details
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
companies are emerging is so different. It’s not that the raw stock of entrepreneurship is different in either country. But the ways in which Chinese and Indian entrepreneurs — whether they are businesspeople, social or even political... View Details
- Web
Government & Public Policy Club | MBA
Government & Public Policy Club The mission of the Government & Public Policy Club at Harvard Business School is to provide a forum for students to explore the intersection of and relationship between business, government and politics... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Portraits from the Class of 2003
Elizabeth Chang “The moments that mean the most are never what was planned.” Reason Delayed Coming to HBS: mentor asked her to work on George W. Bush’s presidential campaign Message of Fortune Cookie She Gave Then Governor Bush: “After all the mayhem, you will emerge... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Business at the Summit
various diseases the foundation is fighting? Ironically, the hardest area for the foundation to measure is educational reform because “metrics don’t exist” in that field, he said. Taking a swipe at both major political parties, Gates... View Details
- Career Coach
Quintin Haynes
Quintin has a public service career that spans over a decade. He has experience navigating some of the most coveted government programs, including the White House Internship. Quintin has also successfully navigated being a political... View Details
- 19 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017
forthcoming Economic Journal (Royal Economic Society) Increasing the Electoral Participation of Immigrants: Experimental Evidence from France By: Pons, Vincent, and Guillaume Liegey Abstract—Improving the political participation of... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
The Business of Babies
surrogate mother have the right to change her mind and keep the baby she’s carrying?) and the political climate becomes more accepting of the role science can play in creation (with cloning the most radical example), the market cannot... View Details
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Faculty Books
professionals must make a critical shift in their mindset: from hours worked to results produced. (See page 18 for a Q&A with Pozen.) Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests by Gunnar Trumbull (Harvard University Press)... View Details
- 2024
- Working Paper
The Real Effects of Bankruptcy Forum Shopping
By: Samuel Antill and Aymeric Bellon
Many non-Delaware firms strategically file for bankruptcy in Delaware. Should this "forum shopping" be allowed? This question has motivated six congressional bill proposals over decades of policy debate. Using a novel natural experiment and Census-Bureau microdata, we... View Details
Antill, Samuel, and Aymeric Bellon. "The Real Effects of Bankruptcy Forum Shopping." Working Paper, December 2024.
- May 2023
- Case
Uruguay: South America's Singapore?
By: Richard Vietor
Uruguay, the richest country in Latin America and the only one that has not turned to the left, suffers from slow growth, high inflation and a weak education system. President Lacrolle Pou has two more years in office to reform these problems. View Details