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- 26 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017
unconditional bonuses. The results have implications for companies trying to use bonuses to more effectively manage their salespeople. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53260 forthcoming Journal of Political... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2013
- Op-Ed
A Roadmap for Afghanistan’s Economic Future
precipitates joblessness, which leads to more addiction and disorder—the quintessential vicious cycle. The Kabul of the pre-1970s Soviet onslaught was the Paris of Central Asia, successful in agriculture, tourism and hospitality. Post-war Kabul of the future could be... View Details
Keywords: by Tarun Khanna
- 08 Aug 2024
- Blog Post
Alumni in Climate Networking Series: London
Are you interested in connecting with other alumni leveraging their careers to combat climate change? BEI invites HBS Alumni to join our Alumni in Climate Networking Series for a chance to connect with local... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
Creative destruction of a different kind occurred during the political transition in Turkey in 1980, after the military coup. Previous political and social connections lost... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 10
tool to alleviate capital constraints in scarce credit markets and unlock productive investments, others see those banks as conduits of cheap loans to politically connected firms that could obtain capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
Lincoln—already besieged by personal and political difficulties—weighed his options, knowing that a loss at the polls would almost certainly mean a permanently divided nation. By late August, Lincoln faced a crisis as great as any other... View Details
- Profile
Brett Gibson
building skills in leadership, decision-making, endurance and physical strength, and military strategy," Brett went to Fort Benning for the fulfillment of his Ranger training. His grandfather, Colonel Norman Chase, pinned him as a lieutenant at his graduation.... View Details
- 10 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 10, 2009
consistent with the historical evolution of marketing and with existing definitions of marketing. Linking marketing to political science begins to connect individual-level outcomes with societal outcomes.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 07 Jul 2015
- Blog Post
From Teach for America – to HBS – and Back Again
had been admitted. You see, I’m a Jewban (a Jewish Cuban) and my family history includes escaping the Bolshevik revolution and the Holocaust to settle in Cuba, only to turn around and flee the communist regime and seek out religious and View Details
- 01 Apr 2002
- News
"Rising to the Challenge" Program Addresses Post-9/11 Issues
emergency relief and support community development and civil society initiatives. "There's a direct connection between economic and social stability. September 11 pushed NGOs into the gray area of politics." The sector needs new ideas and... View Details
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John Smith-Ricco
constitutional rights, how politics in South Africa has become less ethno-centric, gravitating to a one-party state," says John. As part of his research, John interviewed a number of people; one with an elderly man particularly stood... View Details
- 14 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?
the like. Right now, a developer must accept a dramatically reduced price for that kind of land. But PRT could connect outlying buildings directly to a subway platform and a restaurant district. A PRT-connected outlying building could be... View Details
- 10 Mar 2008
- Research & Ideas
Encouraging Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Government Policy
funding. The natural experiment created by this tax reform shows that, contrary to popular belief, a certain efficiency exists in the market when it comes to which businesses get off the ground and which don't." Examining Government Policy Nanda notes that much of... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- Profile
Marla Malcolm Beck
there.” At Berkeley, Beck majored in political economy and was enthralled by comparative economics. After graduation in 1995, she joined McKinsey & Co. where her leadership qualities flourished. On one major engagement with an... View Details
- 25 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Climate Leaders Program
addition to my interests in tech and startups, I have also always been passionate about politics and government. In 2020, I left my VC job and joined the Biden-Harris Transition Team, before continuing on to join the White House team... View Details
- 20 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 20, 2016
Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51989 forthcoming Review of Financial Studies The Political Economy of Financial Innovation: Evidence from Local Governments By: Vallée, Boris, and Christophe Perignon... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
Land Rover, for instance, while the Universal Serial Bus (USB) helps standardize the connection of countless computer peripherals. Intellectual property owners often strive to have their patents included in these standards, such that in... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Case Study: Building the Base
misjudged the results of the presidential election. A media junkie as far back as his middle school years and more recently at Nickelodeon’s strategy department, Patel realized he (like many others) had been consuming media that only confirmed his own View Details
- 28 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 28
connection problems. While out-and-back routing tended to isolate operational issues, more traditional linear routings tended to offer high equipment utilization. The case offers students an opportunity to examine the effects of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jan 2007
- News
Hansjörg Wyss, MBA 1965
manager for Chrysler in Pakistan, Turkey, and the Philippines before coming to HBS. But it did not prepare him for the economic disparity and differences in political systems he witnessed in these countries. "I was shocked," he says. In... View Details