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  • 29 Jul 2013
  • Research & Ideas

A Manager’s Moral Obligation to Preserve Capitalism

for instance, might argue that capitalism ignores issues of fairness in outcomes—but they can't say that it doesn't exist. “Our task is not to take immoral people and make them moral. Our task is to add texture to the dominant ethical... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 05 Aug 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

An Exploration of Optimal Stabilization Policy

Keywords: by N. Gregory Mankiw & Matthew C. Weinzierl
  • 13 Oct 2010
  • First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

succeed in building high quality client relationships, delivering appropriately innovative thinking, and helping their firms grow and improve performance—all within China's unique political and cultural context. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 18 Aug 2009
  • First Look

First Look: August 18

aspects of risk including political risk, foreign exchange risk, market risk, and execution risk. Further, the discussion covers social aspects including whether the slum should be redeveloped at all, whether it should be redeveloped by... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 24 Oct 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, October 24, 2017

might be a more significant issue than formerly considered, as the non-heterosexual population and anti-gay workplace-related sentiment are both larger than previously measured. Publisher's link:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Oct 2011
  • First Look

First Look: October 4

business in the context of Nigeria's political culture and the predicament of the JV's alleged manager, Albert "Jack" Stanley, after being terminated in 2004 by Halliburton, parent of the U.S. JV partner, for taking kickbacks.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School

mergers, Parliament began to regulate the level of capital and the number of acquisitions permitted. William Gladstone, political leader and Christian socialist philosopher, believed the state had moral responsibilities to the public... View Details
  • Web

Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Invited as Guest Editor, Special Issue on Business, Capitalism, and Slavery, Business History Review 97, no. 2 (Summer 2023), with Anne Ruderman. 2022 Caroline M. Elkins : Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire (Alfred A.... View Details
  • 31 May 2023
  • News

Alumni Achievement Awards 2023

call from the Ford Foundation, I said, ‘That’s it.’ Ford also focuses on racial justice and so many other issues I care about deeply.” Before and after: “My husband had a stroke in October 2020 and died two months later. People supported... View Details
Keywords: leadership; management; work-life balance
  • 01 Nov 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

School Case 312-007 Late in 2010, Credit Suisse CEO Brady Dougan and his team closed in on the decision of whether or not to issue contingent capital, which Swiss regulators would require by 2019. There were a number of substantial View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

things, and events. They provide contexts in which executives and employees can interact to create new meaning. Phronetic leaders use metaphors and stories to convert their experience into tacit knowledge that others can use. They exert View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 09 Aug 2011
  • First Look

First Look: August 9

Competition for Social Preferences in Simple Extensive Form Games: An Introduction Authors:Eyal Ert, Ido Erev, and Alvin E. Roth Publication:Special Issue on Predicting Behavior in Games. Games 2 (2011) Abstract Two independent, but... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 20 Oct 2010
  • Op-Ed

Export Competitiveness: Reversing the Logic

strategy. It argues that the focus of debate now needs to be on the actual policies that can increase competitiveness rather than exports per se. 2. Policies to improve export competitiveness: Critical issues The notion that exports and... View Details
Keywords: by Christian Ketels
  • 27 Mar 2012
  • First Look

First Look: March 27

Hiatt and Sangchan Park Abstract Little is known about the factors that influence regulatory agencies' decision making. We posit that regulatory agencies are influenced by the firms they regulate but not exclusively via political... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 22 May 2012
  • First Look

First Look: May 22

vulnerabilities that left Mexico exposed to a sudden change in investor appetite for Mexican securities in 1994. Political violence in Mexico and changes in monetary policy in the United States then led to radical changes in investor... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Oct 2023
  • Blog Post

Policy Drivers for Environmental Justice: What Businesses Need to Know

(they/them) is a political science student pursuing a Master of Public Administration at American University. They have been working as an intern with HBS Initiatives through DZConneX. Skye is enthusiastic about work on View Details
  • 01 Oct 1999
  • News

Eight Among Many: Alfred A. Checchi

"and I had always intended to go into public service. In fact, I enrolled at HBS to learn leadership skills to that end." Although his gubernatorial campaign was ultimately unsuccessful, Checchi was able to raise issues he feels are... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • September 2020
  • Case

An Introduction to Money Laundering: 'The Hunter'

By: Eugene Soltes, Guilhem Ros and Grace Liu
Money laundering schemes disguise the criminal origins of an estimated 2% to 5% of the world’s gross domestic product. Money laundering not only enables criminals to escape detection, but may also be used to finance further criminal operations including terrorism. This... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Institutions; Banks and Banking; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance Controls; International Relations; National Security; Ethics; Accounting Industry; Banking Industry; United States; Europe
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  • 02 May 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

provides a case in point. It posed an issue facing Disney’s leadership about whether and how to respond further to a piece of legislation on which employees, customers, and investors hold greatly varying views. The column provoked some... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 08 Nov 2021
  • Blog Post

4 Ways the MS/MBA is Preparing Me for a Career in Health Care and the Life Sciences

think about my professional life, but also about my personal life - whether it is discussing more delicate societal issues within the classroom or outside, unexpectedly bonding over deep life experiences with people from South Korea or... View Details