Voting - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Dec 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 19, 2017

but also decreased trust in electoral institutions after the election, a decrease that was stronger in areas that experienced election-related violence as well as with individuals on the losing side of the election. The mobilization backfired because the IEBC promised... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

Web

Class Profile | MBA

changes each year based on who chooses to apply and enroll at HBS. We hope you will consider applying to HBS on your journey to make a difference in the world. We follow the GME Admissions Reporting Standards developed and voted on by... View Details

01 Sep 2012
News

Hierarchy's Last Stand

underperform and be overcompensated. A caricature, but sadly still true: consider the enormous pay packages for CEOs in companies that lose money. Shareholder protests (such as those in the United Kingdom), voting against compensation... View Details

Keywords: Rosabeth Moss Kanter; Corporate Services

28 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 28

Side of the Vote: Biased Voters, Social Information, and Information Aggregation Through Majority Voting Authors: Rebecca B. Morton, Marco Piovesan, and Jean-Robert Tyran Abstract We experimentally investigate information aggregation... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Sep 2017
Research & Ideas

Why Politics is Failing America, and What Business Can Do To Help

operate with a very light touch. Theoretically, voters are supposed to be the ultimate check: If the public doesn’t like what’s going on, the party or elected officials get voted out. Yet even with some leadership churn, candidates from... View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

Web

5.1 Community Standards/Disciplinary Process | MBA

another closed session to discuss the additional allegations. The CRB will vote to determine whether a violation occurred and what sanctions, if any, should be applied. The CRB applies a “preponderance of evidence” standard, meaning that... View Details

21 Sep 2009
Research & Ideas

Excessive Executive Pay: What’s the Solution?

Act, introduced May 19, casts shareholders as the antidote to runaway executive compensation and excessive risk-taking. The bill requires public companies to conduct annual, nonbinding votes by shareholders on executive... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson

12 Apr 2012
News

HBS Welcomes Eleven Alumni Startups

name, and cast your vote to the right to predict the winner. asia-pacific HBS Club of Shanghai Sophia Shing, MBA 1997 Founder Little Teacher mobile language learning canada HBS Club of Toronto Jennifer Lee Koss, MBA 2008 Co-founder and... View Details

Keywords: Bulletin Staff; Alumni New Venture Contest

19 Nov 2012
Research & Ideas

LEED-ing by Example

cities in the state abutted a municipality with a green procurement policy. To assess each city's intrinsic environmental pulse, they measured the proportion of the city's population that voted in favor of environmental initiatives on... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Energy; Utilities

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

countries serving on the board are rewarded with an average $60 million "bonus" in IBRD loans. This is more likely driven by soft forces like boardroom culture rather than by the power of the vote itself. We find no significant... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

20 May 2016
Op-Ed

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

extra $4.5 billion in annual funding; a $100 million contingency fund for emergencies; and a $1 billion annual research and development fund to be coordinated by a Pandemic Product Development Committee. The annual World Health Assembly in Geneva, starting May 23, may... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch; Health

Web

Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library

real-world business problems related to marketing. The book, Marketing Problems , was published in 1920 and provided material for class discussions. Donham also sought funding to support the research and writing of cases for use in HBS courses. In 1922, the Dean asked... View Details

01 Sep 2013
News

Case Study: A Place at the Table

by Carmen Nobel Taking Care of Business: Marlene Krauss, Mary Falvey, Annon Adams, and Vicki Keller, circa 1967. Photo courtesy of Baker Library historical collections, HBS In 1962, the Harvard Business School faculty voted for women to... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Sep 2003
News

Patrick Moreton

bipartisan furor ensued. The House has voted to overturn some of the agency’s decision. What’s going on? Until June 2, FCC rules decreed that no television network could own local stations that, in aggregate, reached more than 35 percent... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Telecommunications; Information

01 Sep 2012
News

Moving Day 2012

capacity to love,” Sternlight urged his classmates. “Figure out your purpose and pursue it with everything you have.” Another highlight of the afternoon was the presentation of faculty teaching awards, as voted by the Class of 2012.... View Details

Keywords: commencement; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

Web

Video Clips & Discussion Questions - Creating Emerging Markets

created a bureaucratic gridlock. Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Sir Fazle Hasan Abed Founder of BRAC, explains how he was approached by politicians in Bangladesh asking him to influence the votes of employees and how he refused to do so. Questions... View Details

01 Mar 2008
News

Alumni Books

educational institutions. A Democracy Is Born: An Insider’s Account of the Battle against Terrorism in Afghanistan by Matthew J. Morgan (MBA ’07) (Greenwood Publishing Group) In October 2004, more than 8 million citizens of Afghanistan View Details

Keywords: Noel Capon; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

Web

Lessons in Economics | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

defense of the free enterprise system against the perceived threats of communism and socialism. The ultimate aim was to secure favorable attitudes from voting citizens and government representatives. Photographs in U.S. Steel corporate... View Details

20 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, March 20, 2018

app targeted at millennial customers that would include a novel proxy voting feature that allowed clients to vote on shareholder resolutions with a simple swipe. With this technological addition, OpenInvest... View Details