Chinese Political Thought - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Mar 2014
Research & Ideas

Entrepreneurship and Multinationals Drive Globalization

firms in the United States to sell equipment enabling the Chinese government to censor the Web and identify political opponents. As the economist William Baumol has argued, entrepreneurship can be... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Manufacturing; Consumer Products; Pharmaceutical

01 Mar 2017
News

Ask the Expert: Capital Architect

opposing spiritual identities and ethical codes. Ethics and spirit are all too often overlooked and underestimated in our digital-driven, metrics-defined, “quant” world—yet they are at the heart of it all. When regimes turn to being more totalitarian on the View Details

14 Jan 2002
Research & Ideas

Countries on the Cusp: The Power of Nationalism

most interesting was to really see that in each of the countries what the government was doing and what the political parties most agreed upon was obvious. They thought it was the most rational thing they... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Profile

Gary Shi

In his third year at Fudan University, Gary Shi thought he would “like to have more interactions around global topics,” so he decided to take the lead. With a group of Harvard students, he co-organized the Harvard Project for Asian and... View Details

18 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

GM’s IPO: Back to the Future

management alike. Bondholders received something like 10-to-15 cents in new GM equity on the dollar when the debt had no market value. The unions received a larger share of the equity than some thought their due, but in return they... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Auto

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Why These Business School Professors Oppose Trump's Executive Order on Immigration

also not “vetted.” Thoughtful policies get reviewed, debated, discussed and revised. Instead, the President hurriedly picked a bunch of countries and tried to make a political statement without considering... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

13 Jul 2011
News

China Boot Camp

organized by C.B. Sung (MBA ’50), a Chinese native who, upon graduation, found himself unable to go home after his country’s fall to Communist forces in 1949. With the gradual opening of China, Sung, a career executive at Motorola, made... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

08 May 2020
Research & Ideas

We’ve Now Been Asking “What Do You Think?” for 20 Years

among the least thoughtful among each month’s responses. To the extent possible, I have tried to maintain a focus on management and business-related topics, avoiding topics further afield. Political bias is... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Sep 2007
News

Getting Security Right

Education classes,” he notes, “we often focus on the actions and strategies of political leaders because they offer compelling examples that are familiar to everyone.” Mills’s new book, Masters of Illusion: American Leadership in the... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

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Harvard Business School

Building on the Legacy Thought Leadership Andrew F. Brimmer James I. Cash Jr. Linda A. Hill David A. Thomas HBS Faculty Members HBS Doctoral Students Alumni Profiles Research Links Essay on HBS Thought... View Details

25 Jan 2013
Research & Ideas

Why a Harvard Finance Instructor Went to the Kumbh Mela

of traffic, pollution, and greenhouse gases). And third, government logjams: federal governments are stuck and can't take long term action on these problems—stuck in the US or India over politics and stuck in China and South Africa over... View Details

Keywords: by John D. Macomber; Construction; Real Estate

Profile

Folafolu Folowosele

tough.” And it wasn’t just the weather: “I thought it would be much more technologically advanced. Living in a town with just one street light was quite a shock.” Yet Fola’s Williams years awakened an appetite for travel, a “wanderlust”... View Details

22 Sep 2015
News

Finding New Ways to Solve Civic Problems

As deputy majority whip in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Ryan MacKenzie (MBA 2010) has followed a path of community service and political involvement, transforming the business experience he received at HBS into an... 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

23 Sep 2020
News

Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method

Clubs News Clubs News HBS Club of Dallas Explores Election Reform and Political Innovation in Virtual Talk As the presidential election nears, the potential for an unusual outcome that could spark a Constitutional crisis seems to grow... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

02 May 2008
What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

Preetham commented. Omer E. put it this way: "What this suggests is nothing more than the emergence of changing political tides." In fact, in M. F. Procaccini's words, "the whole 'mixed economy' models of the 20th Century... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

01 Mar 2004
News

HBS Alumni Association Board of Directors

15–17 in Shanghai. The forum presents a terrific opportunity for alumni to hear from Fortune 500 global business leaders, government officials, HBS faculty, and prominent U.S. and Chinese leaders. Outside the conference, attendees have a... View Details

Keywords: Ted Fischer; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

05 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 5

http://sloanreview.mit.edu/the-magazine/2013-winter/54215/how-to-identify-the-best-customers-for-your-business/ Prolonged Thought: Proposing Type 3 Processing Authors:Dijksterhuis, Ap, Madelijn Strick, Maarten W. Bos, and Loran F. Nordgren Publication:Dual Process... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Making Sense of Past and Present

similar economic and political crises and downturns. In a way, EGC was also a reminder of Nietzsche’s “Eternal Return” in Thus Spoke Zarathustra: "Everything has returned. Sirius, and the spider, and thy View Details

01 Sep 2018
News

Ink: Q&A with Kathy Wang (MBA 2011)

story of a Chinese American family whose unpredictable father, Stanley, learns he has pancreatic cancer. As his health declines, the family contends with the messy questions of inheritance, cultural expectations, and career ambition. You... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint

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