elections - Publications - Faculty & Research

03 Jun 2008
First Look

First Look: June 3, 2008

electoral redistribution yields a compelling framework to test for the presence of capture. I find that government-owned banks are subject to substantial capture: the growth rate of agricultural credit lent by public banks is 5-10 percentage points higher in View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

23 Nov 1999
Research & Ideas

Bringing the Environment Down to Earth

For every winner in a zero-sum contest, there is a loser. Thus if the environment wins, the company loses, and vice versa. That view is prevalent in part because it fits with the widespread perception that environmental problems are political or moral issues. View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt

11 Feb 2015
Research & Ideas

Politicians Benefited From Using Toxic Loans

pay high coupons—typically, two-digit interest rates—for up to 30 years," Vallée explains. The researchers set out to find out why so many local politicians took out toxic loans in the first place—and whether they understood the stakes. Political Incentives To test... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services

21 Aug 2000
Research & Ideas

Faculty Research Looks to Latin America

Economies Professor Robert Kennedy's elective course is New Opportunities in Emerging Markets. Current research: "Business Strategy in Emerging Economies." Robert Kennedy Kennedy: "My background is in Eastern and Central... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

26 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

corporate managers use information provision to encourage subsidiaries' adoption of advanced management practices. Focusing on the distribution of expertise across subsidiaries, we propose that corporate managers elect an information... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Mar 2010
HBS Case

Developing Asia’s Largest Slum

it for the first time last December in the elective course Managing International Trade and Investment. Some said flatly that they would walk away from the deal, while others thought that it was a worthwhile risk to take, particularly... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Construction; Real Estate

18 Apr 2007
HBS Case

How Magazine Luiza Courts the Poor

the United States. We've been unable to crack that code of 'courting the poor' in any systematic way, so I wanted to investigate further." Frei, a member of the HBS Technology and Operations Management Unit, uses the case in the second-year View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

03 Nov 2008
HBS Case

Economics of the Ethanol Business

situation becomes clearer. Reinhardt has taught the case in his Energy course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, as well as the Agribusiness course in the MBA and Executive Education programs. "One objective of the case is a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Energy

24 Sep 2014
Op-Ed

Stop Thinking of Climate Change as a Religious or Political Issue

You sometimes hear people say things like, "I believe in global warming" or "I don't believe in climate change." It seems odd to approach climate change in this way, as though it were a question of belief, like religion. Most of the time when we confront uncertainty in... View Details

Keywords: by Forest Reinhardt; Energy; Utilities

25 Aug 2008
Research & Ideas

HBS Cases: Walking Away from a $3 Billion Deal

It's no secret that private equity firms have enjoyed massive profits in recent years. In Private Equity Finance, a course in the second-year MBA elective curriculum, students follow the life cycle of a deal in order to learn more about... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services

13 Jan 2015
First Look

First Look: January 13

contribution to employment, I find that labor-intensive firms are less likely to be subject to an SEC enforcement action. Next, I show that labor-intensive firms are less likely to face an SEC enforcement action in presidential election... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

School MBA Elective Curriculum. Teams of HBS students have traveled to several developing countries to research prospects for private finance and delivery of solutions in traditional energy, renewable energy, urban transit, inter-city... View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

31 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

The Dow at 20,000: What's That All About?

there has been enough volatility in recent days to bring that number slightly below 20,000 again. But I think what brought us all the way to 20,000 from about 18,000 just three months ago reflects the impact of the election of Donald... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner

19 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Codeacademy’s Delicate Work of Adding Monetization Without Crushing Mission

in the MBA program's elective curriculum. Bussgang recently published a case study on Codecademy's success to date, as well as the challenges it faces relative to future growth. He discusses that case and the startup space more broadly... View Details

Keywords: Re: Jeffrey J. Bussgang; Technology

31 Jan 2005
Research & Ideas

Rethinking Marketing’s Conventional Wisdom

HBS associate professor Youngme Moon teaches the MBA elective Consumer Marketing and several Executive Education marketing courses. With her research and course development work focusing on innovative consumer-marketing strategies, she is... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Service

19 Jan 2021
In Practice

Leadership Advice for Biden: Restore a Sense of Calm

unemployed, and demands for police reform and racial justice. But in the wake of one of the most tumultuous presidential elections in US history—marked by outgoing President Donald Trump claiming the View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

24 Jun 2015
HBS Case

Upgrading School with a Startup Mentality

Kim, who teaches the MBA elective course Entrepreneurship and Technology Innovations in Education, also believes entrepreneurship can have a significant impact on educational practices and structures. "As a graduate of HBS and having... View Details

Keywords: Re: John Jong-Hyun Kim; Education

20 May 2013
Research & Ideas

The Long-Term Fix to US Competitiveness

Democrat-Republican nonsense. They get elected to help people, but it's criminal those people in Washington don't work together, don't speak together." Likewise, Michael E. Porter, Bishop William Lawrence University Professor, and... View Details

Keywords: by Stephanie Schorow & Harvard Gazette

07 Apr 2015
First Look

First Look: April 7

Path-Breakers? Women's Electoral Success and Future Political Participation By: Bhalotra, Sonia, Irma Clots-Figueras, and Lakshmi Iyer Abstract—This paper investigates whether the event of a woman winning office in a competitive election... View Details