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- 2010
- Working Paper
Beyond Agency Theory: The Hidden and Heretofore Inaccessible Power of Integrity (PDF file of Keynote Slides)
By: Michael C. Jensen and Werner Erhard
There is far too much concern today about the conflicts of interest between people; for example, conflicts of interest between agents and owners—historically a favorite topic of Jensen—and not enough attention paid to the damage caused by an individual's conflict of... View Details
- 1995
- Chapter
Perspectives on PPP and Long-Run Real Exchange Rates
By: K. Froot and K. Rogoff
Froot, K., and K. Rogoff. "Perspectives on PPP and Long-Run Real Exchange Rates." Chap. 32 in Handbook of International Economics, Volume 3, edited by G. M. Grossman and K. Rogoff, 1647–1688. Handbooks in Economics. Elsevier Science, 1995. (Revised from Harvard Business School Working Paper No. 95-038.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Point Four and the Politics of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States during the Early Cold War
By: Melanie Sheehan
This article traces business influence in the formulation of the Point Four technical assistance program, the first US Cold War-era international development program. It focuses specifically on business interest associations’ efforts to secure federal incentives to... View Details
Keywords: Point Four Program; Business Interest Association; International Development; Cold War; Foreign Direct Investment; Business History; Business and Government Relations
Sheehan, Melanie. "Point Four and the Politics of Foreign Direct Investment in the United States during the Early Cold War." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-078, June 2023.
- Web
Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent - Course Catalog
HBS Course Catalog Understanding Africa: Business, Entrepreneurship, Political Economy and the Complexities of a Continent Course Number 1555 Senior Lecturer Hakeem I. Belo-Osagie Spring; Q4; 1.5 credits 6... View Details
- 16 May 2012
- Conference Presentation
Constructing Institutional Ambiguity: Technology Definitions and Entrepreneurship in the U.S. Geothermal Power Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
- 5 May 2012
- Conference Presentation
Construction of Ambiguous Technology Definitions and Entrepreneurship in The U.S. Geothermal Power Sector
By: Shon R. Hiatt
- November 7, 2016
- Article
How Wikipedia Keeps Political Discourse from Turning Ugly
By: Shane Greenstein and Feng Zhu
Greenstein, Shane, and Feng Zhu. "How Wikipedia Keeps Political Discourse from Turning Ugly." Harvard Business Review (website) (November 7, 2016).
- 10 Dec 2015
- News
The Most Powerful Woman in Chinese Entertainment
The Hollywood Reporter scored the first interview with Zhang Wei (MBA 1999), president of the Alibaba Group’s new film division. In a Q&A, Zhang, whom the publication calls “most powerful woman in Chinese entertainment,” shared her vision... View Details
- 1993
- Book
The International Political Economy of Direct Foreign Investment
By: B. Gomes-Casseres and D. B. Yoffie
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment
Gomes-Casseres, B. and D. B. Yoffie, eds. The International Political Economy of Direct Foreign Investment. 2 vols. London, England: Edward Elgar Publishing, 1993.
- 30 Nov 2011
- Keynote Speech
Democracy in America: Constructive Competition or Politics as War?
By: Lynn S. Paine
- 03 Dec 2015
- Op-Ed
How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It
in on the innovation: the entrepreneurs, the investors, the utilities, and, yes, the regulators and political leaders. In all of the above, we must provide public transparency in order to earn View Details
- October 2015
- Case
Integrating Avocent Corporation into Emerson Network Power
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury and Vincent M. Servello
This case reviews Emerson Electric’s proposed acquisition of Avocent Corporation in 2009. The focus of this case is how a technology company such as Avocent, with a dramatically different business model compared to its acquirer, should be integrated into a large,... View Details
Choudhury, Prithwiraj, and Vincent M. Servello. "Integrating Avocent Corporation into Emerson Network Power." Harvard Business School Case 616-032, October 2015.
Design Rules, Vol. 1: The Power of Modularity
We live in a dynamic economic and commercial world, surrounded by objects of remarkable complexity and power. In many industries, changes in products and technologies have brought with them new kinds of firms and forms of organization. We are... View Details
- October 2019
- Article
Does Political Uncertainty Increase External Financing Costs? Measuring the Electoral Premium in Syndicated Lending
By: Olivia S. Kim
This article investigates the impact of political uncertainty on contractual lending terms using a large sample of syndicated loans and a within-firm estimation approach to achieve identification. Firms pay 7 basis points (bps) more on loans originated when their... View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Political Elections; Financing and Loans; Developing Countries and Economies
Kim, Olivia S. "Does Political Uncertainty Increase External Financing Costs? Measuring the Electoral Premium in Syndicated Lending." Journal of Financial and Quantitative Analysis 54, no. 5 (October 2019): 2141–2178.
- 2016
- Article
Academia's Emerging Crisis of Relevance and the Consequent Role of the Engaged Scholar
By: Andrew J. Hoffman
Universities are facing a crisis of relevance. While there are multiple reasons for this to be happening, one that deserves particular attention is the extent to which academic scholars do not see it as their role to engage in public and political discourse. However,... View Details
Hoffman, Andrew J. "Academia's Emerging Crisis of Relevance and the Consequent Role of the Engaged Scholar." Journal of Change Management 16, no. 2 (2016): 77–96.
- 2023
- Book
Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World
By: Mattias Fibiger
After the murder of senior generals in the Indonesian army by elements of the country's communist party in 1965, General Suharto orchestrated the mass killing of some half a million leftists and fellow travelers. But his ambitions spanned far beyond perpetrating a... View Details
Keywords: Indonesia; Cold War; Political Economy; Foreign Aid; International Investment; International Relations; International Finance; History; War; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Indonesia; Southeast Asia
Fibiger, Mattias. Suharto's Cold War: Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the World. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023.
- October 1988 (Revised March 1989)
- Case
Florida Power Light Quality Improvement (QI) Story Exercise (A)
Florida Power and Light (FPL) has developed a widely acclaimed quality improvement program (QIP). This exercise leads the students through the process that a division of FPL utilized in an attempt to "improve service." Specifically, the process requires students to... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Service Delivery; Performance Improvement; Business Processes; Utilities Industry; Florida
Hart, Christopher. "Florida Power Light Quality Improvement (QI) Story Exercise (A)." Harvard Business School Case 689-041, October 1988. (Revised March 1989.)