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- 03 Apr 2019
- News
Finding Common Ground
not adequately addressing,” he notes. Analytics-Focused Consulting A dual political science/business major at Brigham Young University, Shumway says he has always been drawn to the intersection of business, economics, and public policy.... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- 13 Feb 2015
- News
Lessons in Perseverance
turmoil of a military dictatorship, hyperinflation, and a guerrilla war that killed 70,000 Peruvians. Then, with the country stable, she faced a pressing issue and turned to HBS for help. Accepted into the Owner/President Management (OPM)... View Details
- 01 Dec 2018
- News
Ask the Expert: Gimme Shelter
existing neighborhoods would improve the supply problem, which is driving our strategy to help owners add second units. That approach requires significant political will and a “Yes In My Backyard” (YIMBY) perspective. Should we... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Maintaining a Resilient Democracy
While many in this election year are focused on issues that divide the United States and the damage this discord may be doing to democracy, historian David Moss offers a perspective rooted in American democracy’s resilient past. “There... View Details
Keywords: Deb Blagg
- 01 Dec 1999
- News
Ted Anthony
attitudes and objectives of students and faculty at HBS had been fairly consistent from one year to the next, but the early '70s marked a turning point. The School was not immune to the unprecedented social and political upheaval... View Details
Keywords: Ted Anthony
- 07 Nov 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy
A British merchant's long-forgotten seventeenth-century book may not only fuel a radical rethinking about how modern economies developed in Europe and America, but also add historical perspective on today's hot-button issue of the proper... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
fundraising dollars would be one thing, and nonprofits that work on politically related issues would be totally separate. We’ve put them all together and made the data publicly available on our website. The... View Details
- 21 Sep 2016
- News
Ideas with Economic and Social Impact
While many countries are facing mounting economic, social, and political challenges, Karen Wilson (MBA 1991) says that “there’s a lot of potential in leveraging private sector approaches to address these challenges in new ways. The... View Details
- 12 Apr 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: The Trouble with Tariffs
issue here is industrial policy (on the Chinese side) competing with a lack of an industrial policy (on the US side)" This equally calibrated response from China suggests we are witnessing preparation for a “big negotiation” to avoid... View Details
Keywords: by Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing; Auto; Steel; Air Transportation; Technology; Telecommunications
- Web
BiGS Fellows | Institute for Business in Global Society
BiGS Fellows The BiGS Visiting Fellows are scholarly researchers who focus on issues of business and society. Consisting of scholars who study climate change or racial equity, they provide intellectual leadership and research support that... View Details
- February 1991 (Revised March 1993)
- Supplement
USSR--1990, Supplement
Provides an update of key social, political, and economic outcomes in the Soviet Union over the period April 1990 to February 1991. View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Outcome or Result; Government and Politics; Economy; Transition; Soviet Union
Emmons, Willis M., III. "USSR--1990, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 391-161, February 1991. (Revised March 1993.)
- 15 Mar 2010
- HBS Case
Developing Asia’s Largest Slum
fact, two other projects are under way and progressing more quickly in other parts of India.) Whatever the final outcome of the Dharavi project, the issues it raises are not going away anytime soon, with 200 million people expected to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
political résumé,” says Jonathan Collegio, a spokesman for the National Republican Congressional Committee. Taylor believes his own views on important issues reflect those of the district’s voters. “People... View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
"V" (for valor) from President Clinton. Leaving active duty in 1996, Walsh earned a master's degree at the Kennedy School of Government before entering HBS, where he has been active in student government. While a political career may be... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- Web
Drake Du | MBA
AI, venture capital, consumer technology Formative experience at the intersection of technology and business: At a time when political polarization seems to be the new normal, donations fuel rhetoric, and rhetoric can fuel violence. In... View Details
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Keeping Credit Flowing to Consumers in Need
rebuilding the housing finance system, the credit needs of low-income consumers, mortgage finance alternatives, and the regulation of consumer financial products. In this e-mail Q&A, we asked Retsinas to discuss some of the issues... View Details
- 16 Feb 2012
- Op-Ed
Nitin Nohria: Why US Competitiveness Matters
envy and imitate. Unfortunately, that's no longer the case. Increasingly, outsiders view our political system as riven by politicians preoccupied with their own reelection, resulting in a tragic stalemate. Long before Occupy Wall Street... View Details
Keywords: by Nitin Nohria
- November 2018 (Revised June 2019)
- Case
The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'
By: Rawi Abdelal, Dante Roscini and Elena Corsi
Italy’s March 2018 elections led to a populist government that included the right-wing League and the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement. To respect their electoral promises, the two parties came up with a budget plan that provided for a public deficit at 2.4%, a... View Details
Keywords: Globalized Economies; Unemployment; Extremism; Political Elections; Immigration; Poverty; Social Issues; Government and Politics; Financial Condition; Financial Markets; Italy
Abdelal, Rawi, Dante Roscini, and Elena Corsi. "The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'." Harvard Business School Case 719-042, November 2018. (Revised June 2019.)
- 15 Apr 2011
- News
Students Hear Wall St. Critics
Phil Angelides, a California state treasurer for eight years, is no stranger to big money and politics. But as chairman of Congress’s Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission looking into the 2008 Wall Street collapse, he was shocked. “I am no View Details
- 15 Mar 2021
- Working Paper Summaries