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    Robert S. Kaplan

    Robert S. Kaplan is Senior Fellow and Marvin Bower Professor of Leadership Development, Emeritus at the Harvard Business School. He joined the HBS faculty in 1984 after spending 16 years on the faculty of the business school at Carnegie-Mellon University, where he... View Details

    Keywords: health care; nonprofit industry
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    Overview

    By: Vincent Pons
    Professor Pons studies questions in political economy and development with the goal of understanding how democratic systems function, and how they can be improved.

    He decomposes the electoral cycle into four essential steps: the factors affecting voter... View Details
    • Spring 2018
    • Article

    Henry Kissinger and Robert Mugabe: The Forgotten Connection via Remarkably Creative Negotiation

    By: James K. Sebenius
    When Robert Mugabe was forced out of office in late 2017 after 37 years of increasingly brutal rule in Zimbabwe, he had been in the job so long that few recall how he got there. Fewer still remember that it was Henry Kissinger, whose complex, if unlikely, negotiations... View Details
    Keywords: Negotiation; History; Negotiation Style; Outcome or Result; Zimbabwe
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    • January 2007 (Revised February 2010)
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    Afghanistan 2006: Building a Brand New State

    By: Noel Maurer, Debora L. Spar and J. Gunnar Trumbull
    In 2006, Afghanistan remains a country in turmoil. It has a newly elected democratic government, a rebounding economy, and considerable economic potential. But the country is still torn by rival factions and dominated by the opium trade. Explores how Afghanistan has... View Details
    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Policy; Government and Politics; Political Elections; Organizations; Outcome or Result; Afghanistan
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    • March 2022 (Revised April 2023)
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    Pittsburgh: A Successful City?

    By: Karen Mills, Caroline Elkins, Vikram Gandhi, Gabriella Elanbeck and Zeke Gillman
    Pittsburgh, PA, was once the crown jewel of American heavy industry. During the 19th and 20th centuries, the city was an undisputed leader in steel production, boasting some of the largest companies and wealthiest individuals in the world. Its abundance of... View Details
    Keywords: Economic And Social Disparities; Economic Development; Local Economic Development; Contextual Intelligence; Contextual Knowledge; Context; City Growth; City Innovation; City Leadership; Pittsburgh; Local Government; Local Stakeholders; Business And Community; Business And Community Relations; Community Engagement; Community Relations; Cross-sector Collaboration; Innovation; Innovation Economy; Innovation Clusters; Innovation Ecosystems; Shared Prosperity; Equality Of Opportunity; Equity; Inclusion; Business And Government; Business ＆ Government Relations; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Neighborhoods; Race And Ethnicity; Innovation ＆ Entrepreneurship; Diversity; Ethnicity; Race; Household; Income; Economic Growth; Economic Sectors; Economics; Local Range; Urban Development; Urban Scope; City; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Government and Politics; Government Administration; Growth and Development; History; Leadership; Goals and Objectives; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Society; Civil Society or Community; Culture; Human Needs; Public Opinion; Public Sector; Social Issues; Poverty; Equality and Inequality; Manufacturing Industry; Steel Industry; Education Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Pittsburgh; Pennsylvania
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    • May 2020
    • Article

    Value-Based Health Care in Undergraduate Medical Education

    By: Jessica N. Holtzman, Bhushan R. Deshpande, Jessica C. Stuart, Thomas W. Feeley, Mary Witkowski, Edward M. Hundert and Jennifer Kasper
    Problem: Value-based health care (VBHC) is an innovative framework for redesigning care delivery to achieve better outcomes for patients and reduce cost; however, providing students with the skills to understand and engage with these topics is a challenge to... View Details
    Keywords: Value-based Health Care; Health Care and Treatment; Higher Education; Curriculum and Courses
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    • 12 May 2008
    • Research & Ideas

    Accounting Information as Political Currency

    expected the accounting effect on election outcomes to be minor. When we ran the tests, we found that even a one standard-deviation change in our measure of earnings management could affect View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace
    • 02 Jul 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Religion, Politician Identity, and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India

    Keywords: by Sonia Bhalotra, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras & Lakshmi Iyer
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    Entrepreneurial Failure

    By: Thomas R. Eisenmann
    Most startups fail. Why? Are there recurring patterns that can be anticipated and avoided? If entrepreneurs fail, how can they do so in ways that leave their reputations, relationships, and integrity intact? And, how can they learn from the experience, heal, and... View Details
    Keywords: Startups; Entrepreneurship; Failure
    • August 2024 (Revised November 2024)
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    No Labels and the 2024 Presidential Insurance Plan

    By: Robert F. White and Tom Quinn
    After observing record voter dissatisfaction with the choices in the 2024 U.S. presidential election—Democratic nominee President Joe Biden and Republican nominee and former President Donald Trump—the bipartisan nonprofit No Labels decided to reserve ballot access in... View Details
    Keywords: Disruption; Forecasting and Prediction; Lawsuits and Litigation; Failure; System Shocks; Political Elections; Motivation and Incentives; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
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    • 2013
    • Working Paper

    Redrawing the Lines: Did Political Incumbents Influence Electoral Redistricting in the World's Largest Democracy?

    By: Lakshmi Iyer and Maya Reddy
    In 2008, the boundaries of national and state electoral constituencies in India were redrawn for the first time in three decades. We use detailed demographic and electoral data to construct measures of the extent of redistricting in a given constituency. We find the... View Details
    Keywords: Political Elections; India
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    • April 2010
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    Managing Human Capital

    By: Boris Groysberg
    Managing Human Capital, a second-year elective course at Harvard Business School, seeks to create business leaders who understand human resources practices essential to firm performance and who think strategically about managing their own careers. This Managing Human... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resources; Human Capital; Management; Outcome or Result; Personal Development and Career
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    • 27 Nov 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Voting Democrat or Republican? The Critical Childhood Influence That's Tough to Shake

    The political bent of the neighborhood where they grew up—and especially where they spent their teen years. Beyond just parental influence, environmental factors such as friends, teachers, and media environment play a statistically significant role in determining party... View Details
    Keywords: by Ben Rand
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    Strategy - Doctoral

    business management theory, economic theory, quantitative research methods, academic field seminars, and two MBA elective curriculum courses. In addition to HBS courses, students may take courses at other Harvard Schools and MIT. Research... View Details
    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Populism and the Return of the 'Paranoid Style': Some Evidence and a Simple Model of Demand for Incompetence as Insurance Against Elite Betrayal

    By: Rafael Di Tella and Julio J. Rotemberg
    We present a simple model of populism as the rejection of “disloyal” leaders. We show that adding the assumption that people are worse off when they experience low income as a result of leader betrayal (than when it is the result of bad luck) to a simple voter choice... View Details
    Keywords: Corruption; Betrayal; Populism; Incompetence; Literacy; Crime and Corruption; Income; Ethics; Political Elections; Race; Residency
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    Publications - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    Outcomes Health Care Measurements that Improve Patient Outcomes by Robert S. Kaplan, PhD, MS, Lara Jehi, MD, MHCDS, Clifford Y. Ko, MD, MS, MSHS, FACS, FASCRS, Andrea Pusic, MD, MHS, FACS, FRCSC, Mary... View Details
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    Biography - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    devoted considerable attention to the economics of health care, with a focus on building the intellectual framework for realigning the delivery of health care to maximize value to patients (patient health outcomes achieved per dollar... View Details
    • 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 View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 25 Jul 2017
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas: July 25, 2017

    fact that despite careful attention to the importance of neighborhood priority, Boston’s implementation of its 50-50 reserve–open seat split was nearly identical to the outcome of a counterfactual system without any reserves. Transparency... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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    Human Behavior & Decision-Making - Faculty & Research

    outcomes in organizations, such as individual stress and well-being, intergroup conflict, performance, and change. By providing a way to investigate patterns of relationships among multiple identities, the identity network approach can... View Details