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- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
handbook for rethinking diversity and inclusion; and the new book Glass Half-Broken by HBS colleagues Colleen Ammerman and Boris Groysberg. Voting rights is a contentious immediate issue in America, which is puzzling to those of us who... View Details
Keywords: by Kathryn Haviland
- 07 Oct 2024
- Research & Ideas
Election 2024: Why Demographics Won't Predict the Next President
forecasters to use caution with one large body of data: past demographic voting trends. Analyzing census figures and US presidential and Congressional election results since 1952, researchers find that demographic factors considered... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 30 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Do Social Movements Sway Voters? Not Really, Except for One
People might be more likely than ever to protest in reaction to a social problem or geopolitical crisis. But do such activist events, even large-scale demonstrations, change public opinion? New research shows that protests rarely change views or alter View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- February 1984 (Revised August 1985)
- Background Note
Note on Preference Analysis
By: David E. Bell
Keywords: Voting
Bell, David E. "Note on Preference Analysis." Harvard Business School Background Note 184-133, February 1984. (Revised August 1985.)
- October 2015
- Teaching Note
1996 Welfare Reform in the United States
- December 1999
- Article
A Case Study of A Netizen's Guide to Elections
By: William H Dutton, Anita Elberse and Matthew Hale
Keywords: Voting
Dutton, William H., Anita Elberse, and Matthew Hale. "A Case Study of A Netizen's Guide to Elections." Communications of the ACM 42, no. 12 (December 1999): 48–54.
- 2025
- Working Paper
Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S. – Evidence from Migration Patterns of 212 Million Voters
By: Jacob R. Brown, Enrico Cantoni, Vincent Pons and Emilie Sartre
Using data on the residential location and migration for every voter in U.S. states recording partisan registration between 2008–2020, we find that residential segregation between Democrats and Republicans has increased year over year at all geographic levels, from... View Details
Brown, Jacob R., Enrico Cantoni, Vincent Pons, and Emilie Sartre. "Causes and Extent of Increasing Partisan Segregation in the U.S. – Evidence from Migration Patterns of 212 Million Voters." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 33422, January 2025.
- 28 Oct 2024
- Op-Ed
Latino Voters Have Grown More Politically Divided. That’s Not Surprising.
vehicles—political parties fight for votes where they can get them. If a group of voters starts to grow, then both parties will court that group with campaign effort, messaging, and policy change. And, in the end, our national politics... View Details
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
company statutes and shareholder lists, reveals that the addition of voting rights to their bylaws, particularly maximum vote provisions and graduated voting scales (which... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- May 2010
- Teaching Note
Say on Pay (TN)
By: V.G. Narayanan and Lisa Brem
Teaching Note for [407129]. View Details
- 2017
- Working Paper
What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management
By: Eugene F. Soltes, Suraj Srinivasan and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan
Shareholder proposals provide investors an opportunity to exercise their decision rights within firms, but managers can seek permission from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to dismiss proposals. We find that managers seek to exclude 39% of all proposals... View Details
Soltes, Eugene F., Suraj Srinivasan, and Rajesh Vijayaraghavan. "What Else Do Shareholders Want? Shareholder Proposals Contested by Firm Management." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-132, May 2016. (Revised October 2017.)
- 30 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds
is not in the best interest of their investors. For example, Vanguard has participated in proxy votes at shareholder meetings. While it has mostly voted in accordance with recommendations by management, in... View Details
- 29 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Decoding Insider Information and Other Secrets of Old School Chums
various levels of alumni connections—from the vague connection of just having attended the same school to the strong connection of having attended the same school in the same degree program at the same time. “You can use that information to predict how people are going... View Details
- 02 May 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why People Don’t Vote--and How a Good Ground Game Helps
Democracy has a dirty little secret. Despite the fever pitch over presidential primaries this year, the truth is there are few people actually voting. Before the most recent round of voting, only some 11 percent of eligible Democrats View Details
- 2023
- Working Paper
Words Can Hurt: How Political Communication Can Change the Pace of an Epidemic
By: Jessica Gagete-Miranda, Lucas Argentieri Mariani and Paula Rettl
While elite-cue effects on public opinion are well-documented, questions remain as
to when and why voters use elite cues to inform their opinions and behaviors. Using
experimental and observational data from Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic, we
study how leader... View Details
Keywords: Elites; Public Engagement; Politics; Political Affiliation; Political Campaigns; Political Influence; Political Leadership; Political Economy; Survey Research; COVID-19; COVID-19 Pandemic; COVID; Cognitive Psychology; Cognitive Biases; Political Elections; Voting; Power and Influence; Identity; Behavior; Latin America; Brazil
Gagete-Miranda, Jessica, Lucas Argentieri Mariani, and Paula Rettl. "Words Can Hurt: How Political Communication Can Change the Pace of an Epidemic." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-022, October 2023.
- April 2011
- Teaching Note
To Catch a Vandal: A Power and Influence Exercise (TN)
By: Amy J.C. Cuddy, Meredith Hodges and Ruwan Tharindu Gunatilake
Teaching Note for 911013. View Details
- 17 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection
of votes a single shareholder could have to restrictions on the number of family members who could act as directors simultaneously," Musacchio says. We interviewed Musacchio about the research findings that underpin his new book,... View Details
- February 2003
- Article
Commercial Policy with Altruistic Voters
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, Julio J. "Commercial Policy with Altruistic Voters." Journal of Political Economy 111, no. 1 (February 2003): 174–201.
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform
directors' votes on key corporate resolutions in proxy statements. As Louis Brandeis said in his 1914 treatise Other People's Money, and How the Bankers Use It, "Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.…But the... View Details
- August 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
New Wachovia (A), The
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Jeremy Swinson
In April 2001, First Union Corp. announced an agreement to merge with Wachovia Corp., a fellow North Carolina-based commercial bank. While the banks were preparing to consummate the merger, SunTrust Banks, Inc. of Atlanta, made a hostile offer for Wachovia, setting in... View Details
Keywords: Voting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Conflict and Resolution; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; Atlanta; North Carolina
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Jeremy Swinson. "New Wachovia (A), The." Harvard Business School Case 903-033, August 2002. (Revised June 2003.)