Business-government Relations - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Jan 2023
In Practice

8 Trends to Watch in 2023

As 2023 begins, businesses and employees face an uncertain economy and labor market, as the twin dilemmas of inflation and interest rates weigh on forecasts. Harvard Business School faculty share the top trends that they believe will shape the workplace and markets... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

January 2010 (Revised August 2010)
Background Note

Advanced Leadership Note: An Institutional Perspective and Framework for Managing and Leading

By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Rakesh Khurana

Large-scale societal issues increasingly appear on the agenda of business leaders, including poverty, health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the... View Details

Keywords: Change Management; Framework; Global Range; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Social Enterprise; Social Issues; Complexity

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06 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

Renewable Energy: Winds at Our Back?

When American energy entrepreneur Jim Gordon envisioned the first offshore wind farm lining the horizon a few miles off the coast of the eastern United States, he perhaps did not factor in blowback from almost every angle. Gordon's nearly 10-year battle to gain... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Energy; Utilities

20 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 20

the firms they regulate, but not exclusively via dyadic exchanges as is traditionally argued in the regulatory capture and business-government literatures. Instead, regulatory decisions are indirectly shaped via third-party actors who... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

From Emerging Economies to the Global Market: The Case of Embraer

skills you need negotiating in that new forum that are absolutely critical," he asserted. No Delusions One of the purposes of writing the Embraer case, Ghemawat reminded the group, was to bring business-government View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Manufacturing

02 Jul 2001
Research & Ideas

George C. Lodge

understanding relations among them. Lodge served as head of this landmark course for several years. In the early 1980s, he developed Comparative Business-Government Relations, an MBA elective examining the... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

04 Jun 2013
First Look

First Look: June 4

http://hbr.org/search/513015-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 113-037 Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States This module note on business-government relations... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 27

stakeholders and peer agencies have a positive influence on product approval and that their effects vary under different dimensions of uncertainty. We also discuss the implications of these findings for business-government View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

17 Nov 2003
Research & Ideas

Lessons from a Nasty Trade Dispute

also issued a ruling against Canadian practices, the balance of its judgment was that the Brazilian government had been doing a great deal more to subsidize Embraer indirectly. Still, one lesson is that shining a spotlight on the practices of another country's View Details

Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell

17 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 17

health, education, business-government relations, and the degradation of the environment. These problems are not entirely new, but the forces of globalization and the economic crisis have made them more visible and increase their urgency.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

business-government relationships very concrete and personal by examining business and government officials at a local level. Hartmut Berghoff accomplished just such a study of Hohner, the harmonica maker. I chose Thyssen & Co.... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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