Elections - Publications - Faculty & Research

17 Sep 2020
Research & Ideas

Many Small-Business Employees May Be Close to Losing Health Insurance

have to elect marketplace coverage after you lose insurance, as some states have done. “Policymakers just need to recognize that while they haven't had to deal with a major loss in coverage yet, it's coming down the pike.” About the... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

07 Aug 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, August 8, 2018

economic benefits, it triggered hostile political reactions, such as the election of more conservative legislators, higher support for anti-immigration legislation, and lower public goods provision. Stitching the economic and the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

04 Mar 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Lessons from Running GM’s OnStar

Among the most popular elective courses at Harvard Business School is Building and Sustaining a Successful Enterprise (BSSE). Developed by Professor Clayton M. Christensen, the course teaches future leaders how to use well-researched... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

02 Sep 2013
Research & Ideas

The Curse of Double-Digit Growth

government environment required to support citizens in the long term. The two goals can often be at odds, Werker says. Sirleaf was elected president in 2005 after an interim government was set up to move the country toward a more stable... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard

13 Oct 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Building a Business in the Context of a Life

resonates with me and in terms of being at my own crossroads, trying to figure out where I should go next," says Kraus, who this fall is coteaching the MBA elective Founders' Dilemmas and is working with Senior Fellow Timothy Butler on a... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Education

16 Apr 2007
Research & Ideas

Delivering the Digital Goods: iTunes vs. Peer-to-Peer

situation where a smaller number of peers elect to share, and this would end up negatively affecting download speed. We show that this is not the case. It turns out that the behavior of peers is independent of the state of broadband... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Music

23 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Brexit: Should Britain Stay or Go?

Multinational Banking 1830-1990, and Professor of Management Practice Dante Roscini, who held top leadership roles in the capital markets units of Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, and Morgan Stanley before coming to HBS, where he teaches the View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey G. Jones & Dante Roscini

14 Jul 2015
First Look

First Look: July 14, 2015

risk of adverse effects that arise from taking a single approach. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49334 Working Papers Selling to a Moving Target: Dynamic Marketing Effects in U.S. Presidential Elections... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders

terms of not only financial performance but management practices and reputation in the community. The result of her efforts is the MBA elective course Globalization, Culture, and Management. According to Paine, as students examine the... View Details

Keywords: by Judith A. Ross

23 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier

people with health insurance often are saddled with medical debt. Policymakers have taken notice, and in an election year amid an uncertain economy, health care, debt, and economic mobility are all hot issues. A comedy show discovery... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Health

20 Jan 2010
First Look

First Look: Jan. 20

demography, and change management. Cases & Course MaterialsCongressional Candidate Ron Klein and KNP Communications Amy J.C. Cuddy and Nithyasri SharmaHarvard Business School Case 910-013 In the 2006 election cycle, Ron Klein was... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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

30 Apr 2013
First Look

First Look: April 30

Leroux was elected in 2008 as Chairman, President, and CEO of Desjardins Group. In order to compete effectively in a demanding and changing financial services industry and survive the global financial crisis, Desjardins needed to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

20 Dec 2016
First Look

December 20, 2016

politicians from politically contested areas are also more likely to turn to toxic loans. Using a difference-in-differences methodology, we show that politicians time the election cycle by implementing more transactions immediately before... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

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

07 Jan 2013
Lessons from the Classroom

Culture Changers: Managing High-Impact Entrepreneurs

Professor Mukti Khaire's challenge to management students is lofty, even by Harvard MBA standards. Don't just change the way people live, change the way they think. Change culture. In her new elective course, Creative High-Impact... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation; Information; Publishing

18 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 18, 2018

including voter, state, and election fixed effects, and allowing movers’ behavior to be arbitrarily different, both in levels and average trend, from non-movers’. We find that state characteristics explain about 52% of the observed... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

08 Jun 2011
Lessons from the Classroom

Twenty-first Century Skill: Trading Carbon Credits

Cap and trade has become an increasingly popular mechanism used by governments to induce green behavior among corporate polluters, with news emerging almost daily. Just recently New Jersey Governor Chris Christie withdrew his state from the Regional Greenhouse Gas... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

22 May 2020
In Practice

Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?

Gallani: Physician pay will get a closer look The COVID-19 crisis has highlighted the problems of compensation based on relative value unit (RVU) as never before. Hospitals have been overwhelmed with COVID-related cases and, at the same time, they have had to cancel... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

The Future of Boards

lead to dysfunctional group dynamics) and the perspectives brought to the table by board leaders and director. Finally, the benefits of two opposing leadership structures are debated: one chapter argues for electing a chairman who is... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna

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