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14 Jun 2017
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Expressive Voting and Its Cost: Evidence from Runoffs with Two or Three Candidates

Keywords: by Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud

30 Nov 2012
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Busting HBS Myths: A Candid Conversation

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Expressive Voting and Its Cost: Evidence from Runoffs with Two or Three Candidates

By: Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud

In French parliamentary and local elections, candidates ranked first and second in the first round automatically qualify for the second round, while a third candidate qualifies only when selected by more than 12.5 percent of registered citizens. Using a fuzzy RDD... View Details

Keywords: Expressive Voting; Strategic Voting; Regression Discontinuity Design; French Elections; Voting; Political Elections; Behavior; France

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26 Sep 2023
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Unpacking That Icky Feeling of 'Shopping' for Diverse Job Candidates

Monster.com or Indeed, and others designed specifically to recruit high-quality candidates from racial minority groups. Jackson observed that ShopCo leaders reacted with distaste to recruitment platforms in the second category that took a... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

17 Dec 2019
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Six Harvard Business School Doctoral Candidates Receive Research Awards

September 2009 (Revised August 2010)
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Congressional Candidate Dan Silver and KNP Communications

By: Amy J.C. Cuddy and Nithyasri Sharma

In the 2006 election cycle, Ron Klein was running for the U.S. Congressional seat from Florida's 22nd District. He was up against Rep. Clay Shaw, a popular 26-year incumbent with significant name recognition in the district. Leading up to the election, Klein's campaign... View Details

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication; Competency and Skills; Political Elections; Personal Characteristics; Public Administration Industry; Florida

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23 Mar 2021
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Four HBS Doctoral Candidates Receive Research Awards

01 Apr 1998
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Spangler, Former UNC President, Candidate for Board of Overseers

C.D. ("Dick") Spangler, Jr. (MBA '56), is the only HBS alumnus among the eight candidates running in this year's election for the Harvard University Board of Overseers. Spangler, a prominent leader in both business and higher education,... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

October 2023
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Coordination and Bandwagon Effects: How Past Rankings Shape the Behavior of Voters and Candidates

By: Riako Granzier, Vincent Pons and Clémence Tricaud

Candidates’ placements in polls or past elections can be powerful coordination devices for both parties and voters. Using a regression discontinuity design in French elections, we show that candidates who place first by only a small margin in the first round are more... View Details

Keywords: Strategic Voting; Coordination; Bandwagon Effect; Regression Discontinuity Design; French Elections; Voting; Political Elections; Behavior; France

In French parliamentary and local elections, candidates ranked first and second in the first round automatically qualify for the second round, while a third candidate qualifies only when selected by more than 12.5% of registered citizens. Using a fuzzy RDD around... View Details

May 2013
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Transport Corporation of India (B): Choosing the Right Candidate

By: V.G. Narayanan and Saloni Chaturvedi

Transport Corporation of India was a logistics company that provided multi-modal transport solutions to its customers. Set up in 1958, TCI had grown from a 'one man, one truck, one office' set-up to a company with revenues of $400 million in half a century. TCI's... View Details

Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Business Divisions; Performance; Sales; Transportation Industry; India

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14 Dec 2017
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Five Harvard Business School Doctoral Candidates Receive Research Awards

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The MBA + Master's Tour Black, Hispanic and Native Candidates

Join The MBA + Master's Tour for Black, Hispanic, and Native Candidates to connect with top business schools, including HBS, from the comfort of your own computer or mobile device. View Details

05 Dec 2016
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How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

"Paltering" is the active use of truthful statements to influence a target’s beliefs by giving a false or distorted impression. It can pervade all kinds of personal interactions, from romantic relationships to foreign affairs, whenever people are tempted to mislead... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman