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June 2012
Article

A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods

By: Jordan I. Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury

One of the most rigorous methodologies in the corporate governance literature uses firms' reactions to industry shocks to characterize the quality of governance. This methodology can produce the wrong answer unless one considers the ways firms compete. Because... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Mergers And Acquisitions; Business Economics; Firm Organization; Firm Performance; Groups and Teams; Analytics and Data Science

2023
Working Paper

Change We Can’t Believe In: Distrust of Political Converts

By: Julian J. Zlatev, Amos Schurr and Nir Halevy

We propose and test three hypotheses regarding how people respond to political converts— individuals who switch their voting from one political party to another. Across two experiments, using behavioral and attitudinal measures of trust in two different countries, we... View Details

Keywords: Political Elections; Behavior; Attitudes; Trust

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January 2014
Teaching Note

Mandatory Environmental, Social, and Governance Disclosures in the European Union

By: George Serafeim

18 May 2012
News

Earth Matters: When Business & Government Mix

April 2012 (Revised March 2013)
Module Note

State Capitalism and State-Owned Enterprise Reform

By: Aldo Musacchio

The note examines state capitalism in the twenty-first century. It introduces a series of topics and cases related to state capitalism, such as the debate about the causes of inefficiency in state owned enterprises, possible ways of turning them around, as well as a... View Details

Keywords: State Capitalism; State-owned Enterprises; Business Government Relations; Political Economy; Turnarounds; Economic Systems; State Ownership; Business and Government Relations

25 Jun 2012
News

Harvard’s prescription for a broken American political system

May 1982 (Revised February 1983)
Case

Ford Motor Co. (B): The Automobile Crisis and Ford's Political Strategy--1980

By: Malcolm S. Salter

Keywords: Strategy; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Auto Industry; United States

27 Sep 2024
Video

Navigating Uncertain Times: Teaching Through Political Shifts and Advancing the Curriculum

January – February 1977
Article

Negotiating with Third World Governments

By: L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Negotiation; Global Range; Government and Politics

2003
Chapter

National Strategy and National Money: Politics and the End of the Ruble Zone, 1991-94

By: Rawi Abdelal

Keywords: Government and Politics; Strategy; Money; Policy; International Relations; Currency; Russia

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20 May 2019
News

Why Do We Let Political Parties Act Like Monopolies?

February 2015
Supplement

The Affordable Care Act (E): The August 2009 Recess

By: Joseph L. Bower and Michael Norris

During the Congress's August recess in 2009, the Tea Party makes a big push to stop the health reform bill moving through Congress. View Details

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Policy; Government And Politics; Health; Policy; Health Industry; United States

25 Mar 2014
News

Can China’s Economic System Overcome its Political System?

Mar 2012
Article

Fixing What's Wrong with U.S. Politics

In America today there's a growing sense that the political system is broken and that its ineffectiveness is a major threat to U.S. competitiveness. Why do so many think the View Details

Forthcoming
Article

The Political Economy of Anti-Bribery Enforcement

By: Lauren Cohen and Bo Li

Using exogenous variation in the timing and geographic location of U.S. Congressional elections, we find that the probability of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) enforcement actions against foreign firms increases significantly preceding senatorial elections,... View Details

Keywords: Bribery; Regulatory Enforcement; Crime and Corruption; Political Elections; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; Geographic Location

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2016
Book

Experiences in Liberal Arts and Science Education from America, Europe, and Asia: A Dialogue Across Continents

By: William C. Kirby and Marijk C. van der Wende

This book highlights the experiences of international leaders in liberal arts and science education from around the world as they discuss regional trends and models, with a specific focus on developments in and cooperation with China. Focusing on why this model... View Details

Keywords: International And Comparative Education; Educational Policy And Politics; Science Education; Arts; Global Range; Education; Science

15 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Political Dysfunction Makes America Less Competitive

The American economy is a mess, and our broken political system is largely to blame, according to a Harvard Business School US Competitiveness Project report released today. Harvard’s Michael E. Porter, Jan... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

December 2007 (Revised December 2008)
Case

China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A)

By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, Ning Xiangdong and Tracy Manty

With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York Stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman, Zhang Chunjiang, began a program... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; State Ownership; Public Ownership; Financial Markets; Capital Markets; Telecommunications Industry; China

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