Political Leadership - Publications - Faculty & Research

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 out; it tends to detract from... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Building Bridges: New Dimensions in Negotiation

Kennecott also arranged for an Export-Import Bank loan plus U.S. political risk insurance. The mine's output would then be sold to North American and European industrial customers under long-term supply contracts, with collection rights... View Details

Keywords: by Anita M. Harris

30 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

Only Capitalists Can Save Capitalism

mobilize business leadership on a sufficient scale to make a difference." "Our view is the system could go, if companies don't step up," says Bower. "It's companies that have the skill sets necessary to go from a vision to making... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

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 Dec 2008
News

Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

you can’t study a leader in isolation; there’s a relational construct between a person and society. Clinical psychology gets into the underlying motivation for people who seek leadership positions. In View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

14 Jul 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Reforming New Orleans Schools After Katrina

school system—and to take action to improve it. There has been much work to do, as Harvard Business School's Stacey Childress details in two case studies. According to Childress, "The New Orleans public school district was already in crisis before Katrina due to... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Education

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

research on financial markets and regulation and who, in many cases, have held leadership positions in the financial sector, think about the bill and its intended (and unintended) consequences? Below, HBS faculty members Robert Steven... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

20 Mar 2012
First Look

First Look: March 20

rely on indirect governance through regulated competition among political as well as economic actors in structures that in many ways parallel the competition found in organized sports. Inevitably these two systems develop as well as... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Student-Profile

Filippo Mezzanotti

affiliated with the university. I graduated with a Master’s thesis in Political Economics, for which I was later awarded the Stringher Scholarship by Bank of Italy. After earning my masters, I joined the Finance department at... View Details

01 Jun 2003
Conference Presentation

Leading in Complex National Security Environments

By: Scott Snook

Keywords: Leadership; National Security

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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

25 Oct 2004
Research & Ideas

Planning for Surprises

surprises, say Bazerman and Watkins, are a common form of leadership failure. "Predictable surprises happen when leaders had all the data and insight they needed to recognize the potential, even the inevitability, of major problems,... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Introduction 1840s – 1880s General Merchants to Commodities Brokers 1880s – 1920s Investment Banking & Securities Underwriting 1920s – 1960s Investing in Emerging Industries 1850–1968 Lehman Brothers Family Partners 1960s – 2000s View Details

15 Apr 2011
News

Students Hear Wall St. Critics

Phil Angelides, a California state treasurer for eight years, is no stranger to big money and politics. But as chairman of Congress’s Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission looking into the 2008 Wall Street collapse, he was shocked. “I am no View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Finance

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Sol Erdman Archives | Social Enterprise

Impact Measurement Inclusive Finance International Development K-12 Education Leadership Fellows Leadership in Challenging Times MBA Programs Microfinance Non Profit Management Nonprofit Supportive Services... View Details

01 Sep 2008
News

Negative Ad Power

Political candidates are often said to be marketed just like consumer products. But there’s a big difference. Consumer marketers such as Coke and Pepsi or Toyota and Ford focus on building up their brand, not on tearing down their... View Details

Keywords: John A. Quelch;Katherine E. Jocz; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

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Behrad Mahdi

Although Behrad Mahdi was raised in Columbus, Ohio, his could hardly be described as a typical Midwestern childhood. "My parents could not return to their home country after the 1979 Iranian Revolution," Behrad says. "Naturally, View Details

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Curriculum | MBA

the Making of the United States as a Global Power Fundamentals of Negotiation Analysis Enhancing Your Personal Leadership Effectiveness One HKS Elective Course Joint Degree Program Seminar taught by HBS faculty Spring Term Economic... View Details

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Rakhi Mehra

Throughout her school years, Rakhi Mehra had been deeply focused on competitive swimming. But a Rhodes Scholarship to Oxford sparked an entirely new passion for her: making social impact. "Oxford gave me the support and vision to consider the consequences of... 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

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