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- 28 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
Billions of Entrepreneurs in China and India
B if you can produce a product, manage a sales force, or produce the capital. On the negative side, politicians have whipped up caste frenzy. A lot of voting in India happens along caste lines in so-called View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Social Performance? The Role of Nation-level Institutions" (December 2012). Charles C.Y. Wang : Received the 2022 Charles M. Williams Award for Teaching Excellence. Charles C.Y. Wang : Winner of the European Financial Management ( EFM ) 2021 Best Paper Award: Editors... View Details
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Aldrich Hall | About
building, Rockefeller honored his father-in-law’s accomplishments and registered a vote of confidence for the School’s mission. The financing of Aldrich Hall is the Rockefeller Foundation’s second major gift to the School. In the 1930s,... View Details
- 06 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Are You a Level-Six Leader?
presidential politics will remember Senator John Kerry (D-MA), who was pilloried as a "flip-flopper" after explaining a vote regarding the Iraq war: "I actually did vote for the [authorization... View Details
Keywords: by Mitch Maidique
- 13 Feb 2012
- Research & Ideas
The Case Against Racial Colorblindness
openly discriminatory practices, contemporary legal arguments for colorblindness have become increasingly geared toward combating race-conscious policies," they write. "If racial minority status confers an advantage in hiring and school admissions and in the selection... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Jul 2016
- What Do You Think?
How Do We Pay for the Costs of Globalization?
to do it. What do you think? Original Column The Brexit vote by citizens of the United Kingdom to leave the European Union was neither the beginning nor the end of the anti-globalization, anti-establishment movement. But it grabbed the... View Details
- 11 Oct 2023
- News
Soldier On
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes In November of 2022, 33-year-old Phillip Jones (MPA/MBA 2021) was elected mayor of Newport News, Virginia, where he had spent part of his childhood. The son of two Air Force veterans, he served six years in... View Details
- 17 Oct 2019
- Research & Ideas
‘Chick Beer’ for Women? Why Gender Marketing Repels More Than Sells
after 62 years in stores, following growing complaints that the branding was sexist. And Chick Beer didn’t seem to catch on, as the company no longer exists. A gender-centered message also didn’t work well for presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. When supporters... View Details
- 01 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Organizing the Family-Run Business
businesses where one person has voting control of the organization and makes most of the key decisions. During this stage, the board, if the company has one at all, is most often composed of other family members, friends of the owner,... View Details
- 16 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Understanding the ‘Want’ vs. ’Should’ Decision
to more effectively mobilize citizens to vote. Voting is an important domain where people know what they should do (they should vote), but do not always follow through on it. Todd is working on a handful of other projects looking at how... View Details
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Engagement - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning
engagement. Engagement can also be achieved during periods of thoughtful intensity and even silence, when moments of reflection may lead to deeper learning than that achieved in the context of heated debates. Instructors also may heighten student engagement through the... View Details
- 20 Dec 2010
- Research & Ideas
Panama Canal: Troubled History, Astounding Turnaround
of the Northwest Passage as a result of climate change. In 2006, the Panamanian electorate voted in favor of a plan to expand the Panama Canal. The reason is not that the canal had reached full capacity: in fact, a back-of-envelope... View Details
- 27 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
IPO or M&A? How Venture Capital Shapes a Startup's Future
Ford v Ferrari. Only judges from the sound editing branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences vote in the category. Interest is confined to a small group of experts, much like a group of VCs used to talking to each other.... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research
shareholder value. While Exxon had a valid regulatory claim to exclude the proposal from its proxy statement and therefore being voted upon, the company made the unprecedented decision to sue the two firms in court. Two of the world’s... View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
What drives policy making in a democracy? The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
Moss, David, and Mary Oey. "The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics." In Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation, edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms of political support. Indeed, many... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
- 01 Dec 2023
- News
Case Study: Staking a Claim
Illustration by Nhung Lê Kate Terry (MBA 2005) knows that no one attends their fifth-grade career fair and comes home hoping to pursue a career in insurance—but that’s exactly where she wound up. “I really fell in love with it,” she says. As cofounder and CEO of... View Details
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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research
upcoming events The Political Economy of Religion Seminar Series Feb 20 20 Feb 2025 Seminar Odilon Camara, University of Southern California Alesina Seminar: Shareholder Democracy and the Market for Voting Advice Time: 4:30 PM – 5:45 PM... View Details
- 17 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Quantifying the Economic Impact of the Internet
The fight was lost as consumers voted for free information supported by advertising over subscription services. Ironically, online advertising and the commercialization of the Web achieved important goals of the resisters: to preserve the... View Details
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50 Years of Women in MBA
Harvard Business School 50 Years of Women in the MBA Program 50 Years of Women in the MBA program Accelerating the advancement of women leaders who make a difference in the world. In December 1962, the Harvard Business School faculty View Details