Political Culture - Publications - Faculty & Research

21 Apr 2003
Research & Ideas

Will American Brands Be a Casualty of War?

attention to the anti-globalization movement. Brand America provided good products at good prices. Politics was one thing; smart shopping another. Q: Which brands are most likely to feel the heat; what brands will continue to sell... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Pasha Nahass

Pasha Nahass entered Stanford with an interest in political science and an eye toward government service. But in his freshman year, he took a computer science course “just to get the applied engineering requirement out of the way.” To his... View Details

Keywords: Tech

05 Feb 2009
Research & Ideas

In Praise of Marketing

among many consumers than any political party, trade union, church, or mosque. Indeed, Starbucks founder Howard Schultz sought to make his coffee shops the "third place" in our lives, after home and work. Marketing is an... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Advertising

02 Jan 2020
News

Empowering Rural Communities

have been disproportionately affected by the entrenched interests of utilities, Riley observes. The green-energy pitch isn’t always a politically compelling idea in these often more conservative communities, but, he says, “It’s not about... View Details

Keywords: April White; Electric Power Generation, Transmission, Distribution; Utilities

01 Dec 2000
News

Latin America's Decade

emerging markets where local stock exchange listings have grown, liquidity in many Latin American exchanges has diminished in recent years. The purchase of local, family-owned companies and state-owned enterprises by outside multinationals (Spain, with its linguistic... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons and Julia Hanna; Latin America; research; infrastructure; Hospitality; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

February 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Case

Doing Business in Helsinki, Finland

By: Martin A. Sinozich, Lena Duchene, Tonia Labruyere and Daniela Beyersdorfer

This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Finland. It highlights Finland's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Research and Development; Foreign Direct Investment; Crisis Management; Culture; Environmental Sustainability; International Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Finland; Europe

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16 Jan 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

Guide to Corporate Culture: How to Manage the Eight Critical Elements of Organizational Life By: Groysberg, Boris, Jeremiah Lee, Jesse Price, and J. Yo-Jud Cheng Abstract—Executives are often confounded by culture because much of it is... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018

forthcoming Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy By: Reinert, Sophus A. Abstract—The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

14 Sep 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Google Engineer Deserved to be Fired by the CEO

people at Google and millions more around the world before Google CEO Sundar Pichai terminated him. The ensuing debate expanded far beyond the Google campus, during which many people sided with Damore as being treated unfairly for expressing his opinions. The central... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

06 May 2013
Research & Ideas

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy

Toronto. "But more recent research shows how culture endures in spite of globalization. Networks and local regulations also significantly influence how companies react to their local environments." “For philanthropic leaders,... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

01 Sep 2018
News

September 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

focused on the strategies, systems, and culture for taking their companies to the next level. Big can be beautiful, but it requires creative construction by leaders to avoid the creative destruction that is all too often the fate of too... View Details

06 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 6

PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Jun 2002
What Do You Think?

Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?

nuanced cultural approaches." Whether this will produce sustained economic superiority or a model to be emulated in the U.S. is debatable.—James Heskett Roy Bingham points out that "American management seems to work best when... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Feb 2007
Op-Ed

What a U.N. Partnership with Big Business Could Accomplish

insufficient. Fulfillment of community needs such as clean air and human rights is every bit as important. This concept offers multinationals a mechanism to do well with minimum risk and maximum efficiency. It also provides them with a means to improve View Details

Keywords: by George C. Lodge & Craig Wilson

20 Apr 2015
Blog Post

India Conference 2015

India at the time of the event. This year, the Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School hosted over 75 speakers and 600 attendees over two days in early March. The event was kicked off on the 7th of March with an exciting debate focused on New View Details

19 Jun 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 19, 2018

military’s shooting down of a Russian military airplane over the Turkish-Syrian border. The incident threatened to undermine the countries’ political and economic ties, and starting from late 2015, the dialogue between Ankara and Moscow... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Apr 2021
News

Real Talk

storytelling and narrative to help employees in their organizations work across—and value—their differences to create stronger professional relationships and organizational cultures. The Equitas founders also turned to the findings of Joshua Kalla and David Broockman,... View Details

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

market looked behind "the thin film of gold." Our results point to a dichotomy: whereas country-risk premia fell after gold adoption in developed countries, there were no credibility gains in the volatile economic and political... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

28 Jun 2010
HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

Health-care reform is more than a political football. For twenty years it's been a ground-level topic of increasing importance for the administrators, physicians, nurses, and frontline employees who interact with patients every day.... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health

01 Jun 2004
News

Massport, Back on Course

and employs 1,149 people. Political fallout from 9/11 has profoundly changed the operations of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport), the independent public agency that operates Boston’s Logan International Airport. After hijackers... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Massport; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

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