Lobbying - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jan 2007
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A. Malachi Mixon, III, MBA 1968

day they arrive for overnight delivery. Mixon has also turned Invacare's talents and resources into other activities that help its customers. For years the company has lobbied for the passage of legislation like the Americans with... View Details

01 Jun 2018
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June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

fair competition that reshaped both public and private regulatory power. Rather than viewing the history of American capitalism as the unassailable ascent of large-scale corporations and free competition, Sawyer argues that trade associations of independent proprietors... View Details

18 May 2017
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Pioneer Spirit

engaged, which led him to exploring government contracts. First came several contracts with the US Postal Service to produce lobby desks, which were followed by several deals to build waterproof plywood shipping containers for gas masks... View Details

Keywords: Constantine von Hoffman

12 Dec 2018
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Lesson Plan

Pennsylvania’s 501 school districts—she says that HBS trained her well for the critical task of overseeing how taxpayer money is spent. As she sits in the lobby of a downtown Scranton hotel—a soaring, converted train station built in... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Chris Sorensen

03 Jun 2016
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Again in a Great City

starting with the Fisher. Cummings surveys the lobby of the Fisher, as a rush of well-dressed Detroiters head into a matinee at the 2000-seat Fisher Theatre. “It’s really absolutely extraordinary,” he says of the building. And from here,... View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Brian Kelly

01 Sep 2015
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Alumni and Faculty Books for September 2015

enjoy strong economic interests in the outcome, and face little resistance to their lobbying activities from the general public. These areas are known as “thin political markets” to distinguish them from more vibrant, competitive “thick”... View Details

01 Sep 2014
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All For One

don’t know what the answer is. They have to act, not plan their way forward. Hill began to despair of finding an answer to her problem until a chance meeting with Pixar executive Greg Brandeau in the lobby of a biotech firm—Hill was there... View Details

Keywords: Michael Blanding; faculty; research; Market Research, Photo, Translation, Veterinary and Other Services; Professional Services

01 Jun 2015
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Screen Grab

for soccer fans, FirstRowSports. The NFL’s as-yet-unnamed foray into online streaming will test the waters with an October 25 game only available online. The cable and telecom industry has taken note, evidenced by its heavy lobbying... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; HBO; Netflix; Hulu; Vimeo; YouTube; Telecommunications; Information; Arts, Entertainment

01 Dec 2005
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Trillion-Dollar Fixer-Upper

and figure out the market by driving around with a map and sticking little dots on it to represent different types of property,” recalls Lionstone’s Dubrowski. “I’d identify tenants in a building by walking into the lobby and reading the... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Real Estate

01 Dec 1999
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Covering the Issues

recruiting women, and lobbying for updating the School's literature "to reflect the fact that MBAs are not all men." By the 1980s women were a fully integrated part of the School, and the pages of the Bulletin reflected this new era. As... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young, Deborah Blagg, and Garry Emmons

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