Political Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

30 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

with finding a political way to implement low corporate taxes. –Ane Damgaard Jensen It also has to be said that a lot of the appeal behind the flat tax is related to the reduction in the administrative burden, but also that flat taxes... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

04 Jan 2016
News

Getting ‘Them’ Out of the Equation

Dick Simon (MBA 1980) is CEO of RSI, Inc., a Boston-based real estate development and investment management company, and founder and chair of the kNOwTHEM Initiative. In this video, he discusses the need for leaders to understand their View Details

09 Jan 2019
Research & Ideas

The UK Needs a Bold Strategy Around Competition to Survive Brexit

Professor at HBS. Far from a drag, he argues, being part of Europe was a key competitive advantage for Britain. Its economy benefitted more from EU funding than it contributed, even as a net contributor to the EU budget. Immigration was a positive, not the negative... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

03 Feb 2003
Research & Ideas

Homeland Security: A Ready-made Market

a technology standpoint, that's a no-brainer. The question is, do we want or need an ID card? We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues." "I'm interested in creating interoperability between... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Service

13 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

The Problem with Productivity of Multi-Ethnic Teams

Kenyan Organization.” For years, Pons had been researching electoral politics in France. “We found that if you provide information to voters one-on-one it increased participation,” says Pons, an assistant professor of business... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

23 Feb 2011
First Look

First Look: Feb. 23

unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=t927286744 Political Instability: Effects on Financial Development, Roots in the Severity of Economic Inequality Authors:Mark J. Roe and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals: Global Business and the Making of the Modern World, and his views on subjects ranging from whether globalism has been a force for good to what Nazi Germany tells us about the difficulty in planning for View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Secondary Resources

Press, 1945). Clark, Christopher. The Roots of Rural Capitalism: Western Massachusetts, 1780-1860 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1990). Ernst, Joseph Albert. Money and Politics in America, 1755-1775: A Study in the Currency Act of... View Details

29 May 2014
Research & Ideas

Research Symposium 2014

intrusive, and negative." That wariness is costly, because feedback from the front lines is often vital to improving business practices and safety measures. With that in mind, Edmondson discussed how to foster a workplace culture of open... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Accounting; Health

Student-Profile

Filippo Mezzanotti

affiliated with the university. I graduated with a Master’s thesis in Political Economics, for which I was later awarded the Stringher Scholarship by Bank of Italy. After earning my masters, I joined the Finance department at... View Details

Fast Answer

Field Course: Business of the Arts (BOTA)

Where should I start my research on arts and cultural organizations? Organization overviews Guidestar Pro Information about the missions, programs, and finances of IRS-recognized organizations, including public charities,... View Details

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 View Details

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Day in IFC: Meghana Dhar (MBA 2017), Japan - MBA

Blog MBA in the Field Filter Results Arrow Down Arrow Up Read posts from Author Alumni Author GEO Staff Author HBS Faculty Author Harvard Community Author MBA Students Topics Topics Alumni Business Etiquette Culture Domestic Entertainment... View Details

16 Nov 2010
Lessons from the Classroom

Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation

the culture of government. "Getting agencies into the habit of making data available is a good first step," said a CTO in the class. Other agencies want to look good, too. There is pressure on officials to not get left behind. A... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Technology

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FIELD Global Immersion Resources: Kenya

recent economic and political developments, risk and regulation, and the broad business environment.See EIU's Kenya dashboard. Also helpful: Go to Data Tool to download specific indicators of interest, including indicators relating to... View Details

04 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Making the Case for Consumer-Driven Health Care

of health care is a major research topic at Harvard Business School and its Healthcare Initiative, where some 40 faculty conduct research on questions as diverse as how "work-around" cultures develop in hospitals to the best... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Mar 2014
News

Feedback

Bigger, Stronger: Supersizing the NFL Re: Can the NFL win the long game? It is a game for only certain types of individuals, physically and mentally tough, coached up and properly conditioned in season and off season. There is no finer game in a View Details

Keywords: Health, Social Assistance

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia

International Political Economy in Post-Soviet Eurasia," nationalism powerfully influences the world economy, particularly in post-imperial societies. National identities can—and in the case of the former Soviet Union, did—affect... View Details