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- 06 Feb 2013
- What Do You Think?
Is ‘Conscious Capitalism’ an Antidote to Income Inequality?
Group, Google, REI, and UPS. All of this sounds like an answer to a "trickle down" philosophy of economics fueled by government favoritism for the most affluent. My introduction to the concept occurred long before I read the book. On a... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 17 Feb 2022
- Book
When Employees Feel a Sense of Purpose, Companies Succeed
a team of agile, imaginative and analytical individuals.” Ovia’s CEO, Paris Wallace, grew up on government assistance in California’s Marin County, one of the wealthiest areas in the United States. Raised by a mother who was single and... View Details
Keywords: by Ranjay Gulati
- 16 Apr 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has COVID-19 Broken the Global Value Chain?
efficiency and cost minimization shall be accompanied by more attention toward a diversification and also of the currencies used for transactions. Question: What are some implications for policymakers? Answer: Here there is role for local... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2014
- First Look
First Look: February 18
that these spillover effects cannot be seamlessly offset, even though issuers are large, highly rated firms. Our results illustrate that instabilities associated with money market funds persist despite recent changes to the regulations View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
Psychology and Financial Fragility By: Gennaioli, Nicola, and Andrei Shleifer Abstract—The collapse of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 caught markets and regulators by surprise. Although the government rushed to rescue other financial... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Feb 2010
- HBS Case
Looking Behind Google’s Stand in China
government relations at the national, provincial, and local levels is even more important. You have to know what you are getting into. You have to know whom you are dealing with, what their expectations are,... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
competitive by integrating activities and coordinating resources across national borders. At the same time, they also need to be sensitive and responsive to national differences in consumer tastes and government requirements, for example.... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 2009
- Working Paper
Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy
When facing a cross-border negotiation, the standard preparatory assessments—of the parties, their interests, their no-deal options, opportunities for and barriers to creating and claiming value, the most promising sequence and process design, etc.—should be... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Corporate Governance; Negotiation Process; Organizational Culture; Business and Government Relations
Sebenius, James K. "Assess, Don't Assume, Part II: Negotiating Implications of Cross-Border Differences in Decision Making, Governance, and Political Economy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 10-050, December 2009.
- 11 Mar 2001
- Research & Ideas
Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
years. The British merchants also sometimes formed locally registered firms, especially in British colonies where the company legislation was modelled on Britain, which mobilized the pools of capital accumulated by resident Europeans in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
- January 2025
- Case
Netflix: Takedown Troubles
By: Clayton S. Rose, Tom Quinn and Maxim Pike Harrell
In October 2021, Netflix Co-CEO Ted Sarandos sent an all-staff email addressing backlash to comedian Dave Chappelle’s new stand-up special, The Closer. Released on October 5, the comedian’s depiction of the transgender community and other LGBTQ+ groups prompted... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Cost vs Benefits; Demographics; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Organizational Culture; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Strategic Planning; Adaptation; Decisions; Motion Pictures and Video Industry
Rose, Clayton S., Tom Quinn, and Maxim Pike Harrell. "Netflix: Takedown Troubles." Harvard Business School Case 325-021, January 2025.
- 31 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 31, 2018
Shankar MD, Suptendra N. Sarbadhikari PhD, Barbara Bierer, Kenneth D. Mandl MD, Sanjay Mehendale MD, MPH, and Tarun Khanna Abstract—In February 2018, the Government of India announced a massive public health insurance scheme extending... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
for reuse is highlighted. The case recounts Kundra's experience at the state and local government levels in developing open data initiatives and the application of that experience to the federal government.... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Oct 2010
- Op-Ed
Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic
sustained growth while pursuing a strong export orientation provided the empirical backdrop for this approach. Government policy to achieve export-led growth is then essentially about findings ways to increase the ability to sell... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
- 16 Mar 2020
- Research & Ideas
How the Coronavirus Is Already Rewriting the Future of Business
ripples to others. Companies with the strongest stakeholder and partner orientations are best able to survive and transcend crises, because they can plan together, gain local knowledge from each other, and draw on good will to get back to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 07 Jun 2021
- Book
9 Tips from an Expert Fundraiser: Help Donors 'Invest in Their Passion'
His 2011 book Joining a Nonprofit Board explored high-level governance strategy issues. His new book offers pragmatic advice about the critical endeavor of fundraising. This book “is devoted to helping improve raising of financial... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 21 Feb 2023
- Research & Ideas
What's Missing from the Racial Equity Dialogue?
pools. At one point, America was the world’s capital when it came to beautiful, free-to-the-public pools. But during the civil rights era, local governments decided to fill the pools in with concrete instead... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 31 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 31
PublicationsDo Voters Demand Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief Authors:Shawn Cole, Andrew Healy, and Eric Werker Publication:Journal of Development Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: Sept. 7
associated with anti-dumping petitions among upstream companies. It also weakens downstream companies lobbying in favor of the general protection of highly integrated conglomerates. In the steel industry, by contrast, national industrial policy fails to weaken View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Jun 2021
- Research & Ideas
A Rare Find in Health Care: A Simple Solution to Racial Inequity
physicians could also provide patients with outcome data for local hospitals, nudging them toward facilities with better track records. Such changes could help not only heart attack patients, but also patients suffering from a wide... View Details
- 26 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 26
particular mechanism to address those voids: minority state ownership. Due to their minority nature, such stakes are less affected by the agency distortions commonly found in full-fledged state-owned firms. Using panel data from publicly traded firms in Brazil, where... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne