Government Ownership - Publications - Faculty & Research

2007
Working Paper

Testing Limits to Policy Reversal: Evidence from Indian Privatizations

By: Siddhartha G. Dastidar, Raymond Fisman and Tarun Khanna

We examine the effect of regime change on privatization using the 2004 election surprise in India. The pro-reform BJP was unexpectedly defeated by a less reformist coalition. Stock prices of government-controlled companies that had been slated for definite... View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Privatization; State Ownership; Policy; India

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19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

It seems to suggest a real unmet need in educational systems. How integral will coding skills be going forward, and what role should government play in attending to those needs? A: Analytical skills and comfort with technology are... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

07 Mar 2000
Research & Ideas

Putting Health Care Consumers in the Driver’s Seat

A mid-November conference on consumer-driven health care attracted nearly two hundred providers of health-care services, technology, and information; government professionals; and insurance executives to the HBS campus for a two-day... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Health

21 Jul 2014
Research & Ideas

Is a Gap in Small-Business Credit Holding Back the American Economy?

creation. In the next post in our series, Mills will explore both the cyclical impact of the recession on small-business lending, along with the structural issues that will continue to impede bank credit markets. Other Articles In This Series Why Small-Business Lending... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills; Manufacturing

03 Nov 2008
HBS Case

Economics of the Ethanol Business

government intervention." This is also a fascinating entrepreneurial story. The beginnings of MME lie with case protagonist Ryland Utlaut (the group's president) and ten other farmers, who put together seed money of $25,000 in 2002... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Energy

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

government intervention in the economy. Businesses in Turkey like many emerging markets also had to navigate great turbulence. Between the 1960s and 1980s, there were repeated military coups, and hyper-inflation between the 1970s and... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2024
News

Research Brief: The Real Cost of Countering China

Illustration by Patric Sandri Over the last five years, global supply chains have come under unprecedented stress from the pandemic, natural disasters, geopolitical events, and general anti-globalization sentiments. Nowhere is this more evident than in the trade... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

17 Jan 2007
Op-Ed

Learning from Private-Equity Boards

for corporate boards. The yes answer reflects the fact that many productive aspects of corporate governance and control that have proven effective in the private-equity industry were noticeably absent at Enron. If Enron's board (which was... View Details

Keywords: by Malcolm Salter; Financial Services

03 Oct 2012
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Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?

has fallen behind in the competition for a share of the "commons." Peter Sebregondi commented that "companies aim to have the least possible ownership of the capital or assets involved in the value chain," but points... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Manufacturing

January 2001 (Revised May 2001)
Background Note

State, The

By: Rawi E. Abdelal

Surveys approaches to understanding the state; highlights the relationships between the state, order, and property; and offers an analytical framework for how states vary from place to place and over time. View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Governance Compliance; Framework; Economic Sectors; Policy; Private Ownership; Public Ownership; Entrepreneurship; Development Economics; Equality and Inequality

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01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

price-fixing, and influence peddling. But bribery is corruption’s most recognizable face, with some $40 billion annually doled out to corrupt government officials, TI says. Half of the executives in a 2009 TI global survey said that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

01 Mar 2014
News

The Solution to the Global Food Crisis Just Might Come from Nigeria

government and corruption and trying to get rules that people abide by," adds Ray Goldberg, the George M. Moffett Professor of Agriculture and Business, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, who conducts research in West Africa. "Because... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs; John H. Davis; Michael Halse; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

ownership of modern corporations is a central point of our new paper, Materiality in Corporate Governance: The Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality. Aiming to improve corporations’ public disclosures, we argue that the board... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

2009
Article

Justice at Work: Arguing for Property-Owning Democracy

By: Nien-he Hsieh

Keywords: Ownership; Government and Politics

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30 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Vanguard, Trian And The Problem With 'Passive' Index Funds

need to get shareholders more engaged? What shape should the separation of management and ownership take in the twenty-first century?” “We are now in a situation where index investors are the major shareholders in most of the large- and... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

05 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

to gain much traction and proposes measures that will better protect the rights of property owners. We asked Wells to discuss his research and experiences representing host governments in such negotiations, and what international managers... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities

11 Mar 2009
HBS Case

The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine

state to ownership (with 50.002 percent), and Gazprom's strategy for becoming a global energy company, mainly through acquisition and partnerships. “Russia needs the money. It can't scare away its customers.” The learning objectives of... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Energy; Utilities

2023
Book

The State and Capitalism in China

By: Meg Rithmire, Margaret M. Pearson and Kellee S. Tsai

This element explains China's political economic evolution from state socialist economy to a reform era state capitalism model to a more politicized, risk management approach we call "party-state capitalism." We emphasize the internal and external sources of perceived... View Details

Keywords: China's Political Economy; State Capitalism; State-business Relations; State Ownership; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; China

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November 29, 2011
Article

Gingrich's Social Security Plan: Privatize Gains, Socialize Losses

By: Robert C. Pozen

Keywords: Government and Politics; Privatization

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September 2020
Case

Keeping It in the Family at the Hayden Saw Company

By: V.G. Narayanan and John Masko

In 2019, Board Chair and third-generation shareholder Helen Fullerton was preparing for a meeting to discuss Ohio-based Hayden Saw Company’s (Hayden) future as a family business. As the company entered its fifth decade, the Hayden family was dealing with three distinct... View Details

Keywords: Family Business; Corporate Governance; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Family and Family Relationships; Governing and Advisory Boards; Construction Industry; Ohio; United States

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