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- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
Professor Michael Porter and Katherine Gehl, Photo credits: Stu Rosner, Neal Hamberg The American political system, contend Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter (MBA 1971), is broken. Their evidence: a 2019 HBS US Competitiveness Project... View Details
Keywords: Young, Susan
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
One-on-One with Grover Norquist
state legislatures, and governorships to sign the pledge. Today, 222 members of the House, 46 senators, the President, more than 1,200 state legislators, and 6 governors all have signed. And that has changed the modern political View Details
Keywords: Government
- Web
BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
BiGS Fellows The BiGS Visiting Fellows are scholarly researchers who focus on issues of business and society. Consisting of scholars who study climate change or racial equity, they provide intellectual leadership and research support that accelerates the View Details
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Mariama Keita
effectively. GDP is about output and adding value. If we could go beyond farming cocoa to process it, we could expand our economic base. To take the next steps, we need a better understanding of fiscal powers such as adjusting interest... View Details
- 26 Aug 2009
- Op-Ed
Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road
cumbersome. Each clunker required dealer salespeople to complete 11 forms, the online computer system set up by Citi was slow and sometimes crashed, and extra workers had to be hired to process C4C claims. Only $145 million of $1.9... View Details
- 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
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
International Political Economy in Post-Soviet Eurasia," nationalism powerfully influences the world economy, particularly in post-imperial societies. National identities can—and in the case of the former Soviet Union, did—affect... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 11 Jan 2021
- News
Strengthening Democracy
Efforts from the alumni community to get out the vote for the 2020 Presidential election Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government In his address to HBS graduates at this 2019's Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American View Details
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2021 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition Gender and Work Research Symposium: Virtual Edition 6 MAY 2021 Home Speakers Videos Agenda Danielle Allen Danielle Allen is James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University. She is a View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Alumni News | Bookshelf
how to develop sustainable processes for finding great ideas, driving them toward commercial success, and tracking their impact in the market and on the firm's resources. Your factory needs four building blocks, the authors tell us: a... View Details
- 08 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years
classrooms. Daily we ask students what they think as part of a process of teaching and learning for students and faculty alike. Many of us then try to sum up what was said as part of a process of wrapping up... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 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
- 15 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 15
Publications August 2013 Economic Development and Cultural Change The Costs of Favoritism: Is Politically-Driven Aid Less Effective?" By: Dreher, Axel, Stephan Klasen, James Raymond Vreeland, and Eric Werker Abstract—As is now well documented, aid is given for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015
enjoy strong economic interests in the outcome, and face little resistance to their lobbying activities from the general public. These areas are known as “thin political markets” to distinguish them from more vibrant, competitive “thick”... View Details
- 20 Dec 2004
- Research & Ideas
The U.S. Patent Game: How to Change It
the patent process you document affected entrepreneurial finance? A: Young, innovative firms are hurt in two ways by a poorly-operating patent system. First, as patents become easier to get, their value for the truly innovative firms—such... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
Ink
which he or she doesn’t. For anyone who follows coverage of campaigns on television or in newspapers or online, this is the secret decoder ring for how that process works.” Insider’s Pick This Town by Mark Leibovich “Leibovich understands... View Details
- 16 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation
and reasonable terms. "The LOA process [is] to ask patent holders if they are willing to grant licenses on Reasonable and Non Discriminatory terms," the brief reads. "The term 'reasonable,' however, is inherently vague, and... View Details
- 17 Apr 2019
- News
Give It to Me Straight
backstabbing behavior, political behavior, all the things that make the workplace toxic, creep in in this manipulative insincerity quadrant. We love to tell stories about that kind of behavior in a workplace. But the fact of the matter is... View Details
- 19 Jun 2007
- First Look
First Look: June 19, 2007
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-051.pdf Alignment in Cross-Functional and Cross-Firm Supply Chain Planning Authors:Santiago Kraiselburd and Noel Watson Abstract In this paper, we seek to use quantitative models to help appreciate the behavioral View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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Business of Ideas - Course Catalog
expertise are cultivated and understood. It will interrogate how and why ideas rise and fall, and how this process is linked to broader sociopolitical trends like populism, the rise of a “new oligarchy,” the democratization of idea... View Details