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- 14 Jul 2008
- Research & Ideas
HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina
infighting, and allegations of corruption. The district was by far the lowest performing in the state, and nearly half of its 125 schools failed to meet their adequate yearly progress goals in 2004 as required by the federal No Child Left... View Details
- 2022
- Working Paper
Small Campaign Donors
By: Laurent Bouton, Julia Cagé, Edgard Dewitte and Vincent Pons
In this paper, we study the characteristics and behavior of small donors, and compare them to those of large donors. We first build a novel dataset including all the 340 million individual contributions reported to the U.S. Federal Election Commission between 2005 and... View Details
Keywords: Campaign Finance; Campaign Contributions; Small Donations; ActBlue; WinRed; TV Advertising; Political Elections; Finance; Demographics; Advertising; Analysis; Analytics and Data Science
Bouton, Laurent, Julia Cagé, Edgard Dewitte, and Vincent Pons. "Small Campaign Donors." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 30050, May 2022.
- 24 Apr 2023
- HBS Case
What Does It Take to Build as Much Buzz as Booze? Inside the Epic Challenge of Cannabis-Infused Drinks
industries. They all add up to extra costs and burdens for young businesses trying to establish themselves, says Israeli, the Marvin Bower Associate Professor of Business Administration. The challenges include operating at scale when cannabis sales are still illegal at... View Details
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
are an enabling force legally astute management teams can use to manage the firm more effectively. In particular, it proposes that legally astute management teams can, inter alia, use formal contracts as complements to relational View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jul 2022
- Research & Ideas
Did Pandemic Stimulus Funds Spur the Rise of 'Meme Stocks'?
The US government set out to support consumers and jolt the economy when it issued federal stimulus checks during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic. But actually, that money helped propel... View Details
- 16 Jun 2021
- HBS Case
Cruising in Crisis: How Carnival Is Riding Out the COVID-19 Storm
year—and it’s still unclear when many ships will set sail again. "There was a lot at stake, with $20 billion in annual revenues and hundreds of thousands of passengers transported every year." Compounding the challenge of losing customers has been the lack of View Details
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
band together to lobby for government support, the concerns of restaurant owners and the unique realities and concerns of their industry remain largely unaddressed by government programs designed to help... View Details
- 14 Aug 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 14, 2018
understanding the mechanisms that permit firms to capture value. Many of these imperfections are competed away when firms struggle to attain and defend competitive advantages, making markets more efficient in the process. The remaining imperfections can become a... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
Dante Roscini
Dante Roscini holds the Professor of Management Practice Chair endowed by the MBA Class of 1952 at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2008 after a two-decades-long career in finance. He currently teaches the course Business, Government, and the... View Details
- February 2016 (Revised March 2017)
- Case
Regulating Radio in the Age of Broadcasting
By: David Moss, Marc Campasano and Colin Donovan
When the Titanic tragically sank on April 15, 1912, potentially life-saving help was delayed as a result of failures in radio communication. In part as a result, Congress moved swiftly to regulate radio, passing the Radio Act of 1912 four months later. Although at... View Details
Keywords: Radio; Regulation; Communication Technology; Government Legislation; History; Media and Broadcasting Industry; United States
Moss, David, Marc Campasano, and Colin Donovan. "Regulating Radio in the Age of Broadcasting." Harvard Business School Case 716-043, February 2016. (Revised March 2017.)
- 01 Sep 2023
- Blog Post
Harvard Business School Announces 2023 Goldsmith Fellows
the Goldsmith Fellowship program to promote student achievement by facilitating greater coordination among cross-sector partners, such as school districts, government agencies, and employers.” Raghav Srinivasan. Raghav brings four years... View Details
- Web
Teacher Profiles - Case Method Project
Adams Caldwell High School Caldwell, ID Subjects: American Government VA Hope Adams George Washington High School (VA) Danville, VA WI Nick Adams East High School Madison, WI OR Tara Adams Reedsport Community Charter School Reedsport, OR... View Details
- 02 Jul 2018
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Tax Cuts Don't Increase Middle Class Incomes
wealthy shifted how they categorize their income to take advantage of the tax cuts, widening the income gap in the process. The paper uses state rather than federal data because corporate tax cuts happen much more frequently at the state... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
forthcoming Harvard Journal on Legislation From the Digital to the Physical: Federal Limitations on Regulating Online Marketplaces By: Edelman, Benjamin, and Abbey Stemler Abstract—Online marketplaces have transformed how we shop, travel,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2021
- Book
Good News for Disgraced Companies: You Can Regain Trust
labor protests and a federal law to prevent a repeat of “L’affaire Michelin.” Generations of trust evaporated. The company regained it with a 10-year turnaround and a commitment to closely collaborating with workers at every step. "Trust... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- Web
2018 Financial Risk and Regulation Survey - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability
the government response as effective and 64% assessed the Federal Reserve's response as effective. When asked to compare the effectiveness of the U.S. response, 75% stated that it was somewhat more or much... View Details
- 20 Jul 2010
- First Look
First Look: July 20
School Case 510-033 Woolf Farming Company, a privately owned family farming business in California's Central Valley, found its business threatened by a lack of water, brought on by a combination of drought, poor quality well water, and unavailability of surface water... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Jan 2010
- Research & Ideas
A Macroeconomic View of the Current Economy
government spending, and consumer spending—consumer spending being the biggest—the United States consistently spends more than 100 percent of its GDP (as high as 106 percent in 2005 and 2006). But of course we produce only 100 percent of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
If the CEO’s High Salary Isn't Justified to Employees, Firm Performance May Suffer
employees’ lives better in some way.” Related Reading: Why a Federal Rule on CEO Pay Disclosure May Get You In Trouble With Customers Will Transparency in CEO Compensation Have Unintended Consequences? Rising CEO Pay: What Directors... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2024
- Research & Ideas
When Climate Goals, Housing Policy, and Corporate R&D Collide, Social Good Can Emerge
For almost four years, Omar Asensio and his colleagues have been studying the impact of federal energy programs on low-income neighborhoods. The intersection of technology—artificial intelligence, in particular—and public policy has long been an area of focus for... View Details
Keywords: by Glen Justice