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  • 2022
  • Working Paper

Capitalism and Global Governance in Business History: A Roundtable Discussion

By: Sabine Pitteloud, Grace Ballor, Patricia Clavin, Nicolás M. Perrone, Neil Rollings and Quinn Slobodian
This working paper brings together a diverse group of scholars to discuss the historiography of capitalism, business history and global governance and lay the foundations for further research in this area. Grace Ballor and Sabine Pitteloud open the discussion with a... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Business History; Multinational Corporation; Business And Government Relations; Business And Society; Business And The Environment; International Relations; Regulation; Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Private Governance; State-business Relations; Political Risk; Neo-Liberalism; Governance; Globalized Firms and Management; Government and Politics
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  • 27 Nov 2023
  • Research & Ideas

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

American political candidates are forecast to spend as much as $12 billion by next November to put ads on airwaves, texts on phones, and signs on lawns. Yet new research from Harvard Business School finds that no amount of money can undo... View Details
Keywords: by Ben Rand

    Laura V. Jakli

    Laura Jakli is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and the International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School.

    Her primary expertise is in comparative politics and examines how information communication technologies shape political... View Details
    • 13 Feb 2014
    • HBS Seminar

    David Moss, Harvard Business School

    • 10 Oct 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    In Empowering Black Voters, Did a Landmark Law Stir White Angst?

    As another election season approaches, American politics feels more polarized than ever, with racial tensions flaring in an uncertain economy. And a recent study parsing newly available data shows how a landmark Civil Rights-era law may... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne
    • December 2013 (Revised May 2015)
    • Supplement

    Land Acquisition in India: Public Purpose and Private Property (C)

    By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Rachna Tahilyani
    Keywords: India; Special Economic Zones; Land Markets; Land Politics; Industrial Development; Land Reform; Developing Markets; Developing Countries; Industrialization; Industrial Property; Economic Growth; Developing Countries and Economies; Economics; Economy; Macroeconomics; Social Issues; India; Asia; South Asia
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      Natalia Garbiras-Diaz

      Natalia received her Ph.D. in Political Science in 2021 from the University of California, Berkeley, where she is currently a Research Associate at the Center on the Politics of Development. Prior to joining Harvard Business School, she was a Max Weber Fellow at... View Details

        Gunnar Trumbull

        Gunnar Trumbull is the Phillip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.

        Professor Trumbull’s primary area of expertise in political economy, with a focus on consumer and regulatory politics. His book Strength in... View Details

        Keywords: agribusiness; consumer products; credit card; financial services; food; food processing; grocery; microfinance; retail financial services; retailing

          Rawi E. Abdelal

          Rawi Abdelal is the Herbert F. Johnson Professor of International Management at Harvard Business School, the Emma Bloomberg Co-Chair of the Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, and the European Faculty Chair of Harvard Business School’s Global... View Details

          • 14 Feb 2023
          • HBS Case

          Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

          to expand its political platform, linking the migrants to a rising crime rate and other ills. “It’s a problem that’s playing out not just in Europe, but in the US as well,” Spar says of rising immigration numbers. “Sweden is an indicator... View Details
          Keywords: by Lane Lambert

            Meg Rithmire

            Meg Rithmire is the James E. Robison Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit. Professor Rithmire holds a PhD in Government from Harvard University, and her primary expertise is in the comparative political economy of development with a... View Details

            Keywords: real estate
            • April 2022
            • Case

            The First Opium War and Global Free Trade

            By: Jeremy Friedman and Allison Lazarus
            The First Opium War (1839-1842) symbolized the peak of the era of European imperialism, with a political and cultural legacy that remains potent to this day. The British Empire, “acquired in a fit of absent-mindedness” as one observer famously claimed, seemed to be... View Details
            Keywords: Imperialism; Narcotics; Importing; History; Globalized Markets and Industries; Trade; Social Issues
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            • 19 Jan 2015
            • Research & Ideas

            Is Wikipedia More Biased Than Encyclopædia Britannica?

            psychology and politics over the centuries. Are two heads better than one, or do too many cooks spoil the broth? Does the collective will of the majority lead to democratic consensus or fundamentalist groupthink? The massive, ongoing... View Details
            Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Publishing

              Paula C. Rettl

              Paula Rettl is an Assistant Professor in the Business, Government, and International Economy Unit at Harvard Business School. Her primary areas of expertise are comparative politics, political economy and political behavior, with a focus on Latin America and... View Details

              • 29 Jan 2024
              • Research & Ideas

              Do Disasters Rally Support for Climate Action? It's Complicated.

              Environmental disasters like wildfires can ignite awareness of climate change and boost eco-friendly politicians’ careers. But do voters perceive a tradeoff between environmental policies and local economic growth? In Brazil, home to a majority of the Amazon tropical... View Details
              Keywords: by Rachel Layne
              • 11 Mar 2019
              • Research & Ideas

              Branding Sells Cereal, Handbags, and Vacations. Can It Sell a Country?

              Santa Clara County into Silicon Valley. “Countries are beginning to realize—Israel being one of them—that they need to engage in public diplomacy, not just a foreign diplomacy, and in place branding, not just political advocacy, ” says... View Details
              Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Tourism
              • June 2007 (Revised September 2021)
              • Case

              Thomas J. Watson, IBM and Nazi Germany

              By: Geoffrey Jones, Grace Ballor and Adrian Brown
              Considers the strategy of U.S.-owned IBM, then a manufacturer of punch cards, in Nazi Germany before 1937. Opens with IBM CEO Thomas J. Watson meeting Adolf Hitler in his capacity as President of the International Chamber of Commerce. IBM had acquired a German company... View Details
              Keywords: Business History; Values and Beliefs; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Investment; Business and Government Relations; Germany; United States
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              • 29 Aug 2018
              • What Do You Think?

              What Should Harley-Davidson’s Management Do?

              CasPhotography What Can the Harley-Davidson Case Teach Us About Managing in a Politicized Environment? The advice to Harley-Davidson’s management from respondents of this month’s column is to (1) ensure that politics doesn’t deter the... View Details
              Keywords: by James Heskett; Auto
              • 26 May 2022
              • News

              Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

                Alex Wu

                Alex Wu is a doctoral student in the Business Economics program. His research interests include finance, industrial organization, and political economy. He graduated from Harvard College in 2020, where he studied Economics and Math.

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