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  • 2024
  • Chapter

The Private Economy Under Party-State Capitalism

By: Margaret M. Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee S. Tsai
This chapter addresses the evolution of China’s approach to the private sector from the early reform era until the beginning of Xi Jinping’s third term. It argues that China has evolved from a familiar form of state capitalism, in which economic growth is the primary... View Details
Keywords: Government Administration; International Relations; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economic Systems; China
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  • Forthcoming
  • Article

Faith and Assimilation: Italian Immigrants in the U.S.

By: Stefano Gagliarducci and Marco Tabellini
How do ethnic religious organizations influence immigrant assimilation? To answer this question, we assemble novel data from the Catholic directories to measure the presence of Italian Catholic churches in the US between 1890 and 1920, when four million Italians moved... View Details
Keywords: Assimilation; Religious Organizations; Immigration; Religion; History; United States
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  • 15 Mar 2024
  • HBS Case

Let's Talk: Why It's Time to Stop Avoiding Taboo Topics at Work

You feel your career stalling, with no clear path for advancement or a raise. You know the right conversation, artfully navigated, with the right individual at the right time is necessary—but approaching that moment requires ingenuity and skill. From View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 29 Jul 2008
  • First Look

First Look: July 29, 2008

  Working PapersTraveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani Abstract We develop a framework to examine how politicians with short-term electoral pressures control bureaucrats... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • First Look

First Look: April 7

Path-Breakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—This paper investigates whether the event of a woman winning office in a competitive election... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Profile

Christina Byrd

hundred students per class to its polar opposite: UC Berkeley. I was expected to go to a religiously affiliated school or to stay in the South – I left both.” Christina became a political economy major. “I thought I wanted to be in... View Details
  • Web

2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

to go along with the plan. China, The United States, and The Quest for Global Leadership Professor Bill Kirby + More Info – Less Info In an era of growing geopolitical tension between the United States and China, how do companies--and universities such at... View Details
  • Web

Events - Business History

Authoritarian Asia" Meg Rithmire, F. Warren McFarlan Associate Professor of Business Administration at HBS, discussed her forthcoming book, Precarious Ties: Business and the State in Authoritarian Asia . Precarious Ties analyzes "the relationships between business and... View Details
  • 06 Jul 2016
  • What Do You Think?

How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?

political process.(including Marco’s comment that “political campaign financing is a related issue”). Those proposing remedies implicitly seemed to agree with RCW’s comment that, “Historic thinking seems to be: ‘It will all work itself... View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett; Manufacturing
  • 13 Mar 2005
  • Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Nonprofit Brands

humanitarian crises, however, there may be a lack of coordination between NGOs resulting in duplication and inefficiencies, which, if highlighted by the media, may backlash against the same NGOs. During the post-genocide period in Rwanda,... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

exports instead of adding to global trade (Atkinson, 2009). There is some evidence of this tension emerging in recent years, for example in Europe as German wage restraint improved its relative cost position on export markets. In importing countries there might be a... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 06 Aug 2019
  • Cold Call Podcast

Super Bowl Ads Sell Products, but Do They Sell Brands?

you see almost an immediate decline in sales.” Kenny: Other questions? Speaker 2: You mentioned a little bit about people staying away from political ads this past year. I'd be curious to hear more on the negative effects a bad Super Bowl... View Details
Keywords: Advertising; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation; Media & Broadcasting
  • 06 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

more than 30 million European immigrants moved to the US. In fact, American history offers many immigration backlash examples: 1840s and 1850s: Almost 1 million Irish immigrants came to the US to flee the deadly Potato Famine of 1846,... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
  • 23 Jul 2024
  • In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

Iyoha are assistant professors in the Business, Government, and International Economy and Entrepreneurial Management Units, respectively. Meg Rithmire: Prepare to adapt to the policy backlash For at least a generation leading up to... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications
  • Web

2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

convictions, we also observe instances of backlash and critique. It is this conflict that we aim to unpack, examining the beliefs and actions that define, unite, and separate us so that we might more effectively engage the project of... View Details
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2019 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity

convictions, we also observe instances of backlash and critique. It is this conflict that we aim to unpack, examining the beliefs and actions that define, unite, and separate us so that we might more effectively engage the project of... View Details
  • 14 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 14

to avoid intense price competition for the larger segment. A firm that conducts market research may therefore invest less in R&D and earn lower post-launch profits than a rival that has forgone such research. Backlash to Arbitration:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Sep 2020
  • News

Navigating the Populism Phenomenon

and the winners have not always compensated the losers. That has generated a backlash against those who are perceived to be cheerleaders for globalization. A mistrust—or paranoia—of the elites has emerged. How has populism played out in... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 01 Aug 2018
  • What Do You Think?

Are Free Trade and Free Markets Quaint Ideas From the Past?

backlash ” Harti commented that, “The problem arises when the capital moves off-shore and the work force can’t follow.” Michael put it more bluntly: “I think many Americans have woken up in a state of shocked disbelief to find out free... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 04 Dec 2000
  • What Do You Think?

Have We Overdone Deregulation and Privatization?

backlash for any idea that rewards those who take initiative? Is deregulated service really inferior? If so, by what measures? Have we such short memories that we have forgotten what it was like before deregulation? Or have we gone too... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett