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Emily R. McComb
Emily McComb is a Senior Lecturer in the Finance Unit at HBS, teaching "Finance 2" in the required curriculum of the MBA program, as well as a co-leader of the HBS Impact Investment Fund in the elective curriculum. Prior to joining the HBS faculty in 2017, Emily was... View Details
- December 2001 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Argentine Paradox: The, Economic Growth and the Populist Tradition
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
Describes the political and economic development in Argentina from 1900 to 1989, with a focus on the role of Peron and populism. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Ingrid Vogel. "Argentine Paradox: The, Economic Growth and the Populist Tradition." Harvard Business School Case 702-001, December 2001. (Revised March 2004.)
- Book Review
Review of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, by Kevin Kruse
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
One Nation under God provides a powerful and timely creation story for conservative public religion in postwar America. It contributes to a growing field of historical scholarship on corporate funding for free enterprise politics and religious interpretations of... View Details
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "Review of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America, by Kevin Kruse." Journal of American History 105, no. 2 (September 2018): 455–457.
- 11 Dec 2017
- News
Porter & Gehl on Politics: In Their Own Words
- 03 Oct 2012
- What Do You Think?
Can We Bring Back the “Industrial Commons” for Manufacturing?
Summing Up Where Is the Leadership Necessary to Regenerate the "Industrial Commons" In their book Producing Prosperity, Gary Pisano and Willy Shih pointed to the lack of long-term thinking and investment as well as education necessary to rejuvenate an... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China
Over the past two decades, no two economies have averaged more rapid economic growth than China and Vietnam. But while China's income inequality has risen rapidly over that same time frame, Vietnam's has only grown moderately. Structural and socio-cultural determinants... View Details
Keywords: Income Characteristics; Economic Growth; Policy; Government and Politics; Equality and Inequality; China; Viet Nam
Abrami, Regina M., Edmund Malesky, and Yu Zheng. "Accountability and Inequality in Single-Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-099, May 2008.
- September 1994
- Case
Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (B-2)
Asks the students to evaluate the challenges a company faced in the summer of 1989 in the light of great political uncertainties. A rewritten version of an earlier case. View Details
Keywords: Joint Ventures; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Globalization; Construction Industry; Manufacturing Industry; China
Yoshino, Michael Y. "Otis Elevator Company: China Joint Venture (B-2)." Harvard Business School Case 395-059, September 1994.
- 17 Jun 2015
- News
Why Democrats should back Obama on TPP
Julie Battilana
Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details
Laura Alfaro
Laura Alfaro is the Warren Alpert Professor of Business Administration. At Harvard since 1999, she served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica from 2010-2012, taking a leave from HBS. She is Co-Editor of the Journal of International... View Details
- 2013
- Article
An Incident Management System for Japan?
By: Arnold M. Howitt, Haruo Hayashi, Hiromi Akiyama, David W. Giles and Dutch Leonard
Substantial political will and bureaucratic skill are needed to implement a national incident management framework in Japan, but change could be on the way. View Details
Howitt, Arnold M., Haruo Hayashi, Hiromi Akiyama, David W. Giles, and Dutch Leonard. "An Incident Management System for Japan?" Crisis Response Journal 9, no. 1 (2013): 17–19.
- May 2011
- Supplement
Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (B)
By: Lakshmi Iyer and John Macomber
In July 2009, as investors prepared to submit financial bids for the $3 billion Dharavi slum redevelopment project, considerable economic and political risks remained. View Details
Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Private Equity; Social Issues; Investment; Developing Countries and Economies; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Mumbai
Iyer, Lakshmi, and John Macomber. "Dharavi: Developing Asia's Largest Slum (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 711-107, May 2011.
- March 27, 2018
- Other Article
Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand
By: Aaron K. Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
In this podcast, we discuss the emerging phenomenon of CEO activism. We explain how political polarization in the U.S. and employee expectations around company values are pushing corporate leaders to enter into controversial political and social debates. We also hear... View Details
Chatterji, Aaron K., and Michael W. Toffel. "Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand." HBR IdeaCast (March 27, 2018). (Podcast.)
- 16 Nov 2022
- News
Investing in Indigenous Sovereignty
- 2015
- Other Unpublished Work
Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?
By: Rebecca Henderson and Karthik Ramanna
In a capitalist system based on free markets, do managers have responsibilities to the system itself? If they do, should these responsibilities shape their behavior when they engage in the political processes that structure the institutions of capitalism? The... View Details
Keywords: Capitalism; Lobbying; Leadership; Economic Systems; Managerial Roles; Business and Government Relations
Henderson, Rebecca, and Karthik Ramanna. "Do Managers Have a Role to Play in Sustaining the Institutions of Capitalism?" Governance Studies, The Initiative on 21st Century Capitalism, No. 20, Brookings Institution, 2015.
- 2019
- Working Paper
U.S. Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
The key pieces of antitrust legislation in the United States—the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 and the Clayton Act of 1914—contain broad language that has afforded the courts wide latitude in interpreting and enforcing the law. This article chronicles the judiciary’s... View Details
Keywords: Antitrust; Trusts; Restraint Of Trade; Merger; Cartel; New Deal; Harvard School; Chicago School Of Law And Economics; Post-Chicago; Law; Competition; Policy; Vertical Integration; Horizontal Integration; Acquisition
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "U.S. Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 19-110, May 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 2018
- Other Unpublished Work
Trump's Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand
By: Rafael Di Tella
In the 2016 United States presidential election, candidates from both major political parties used anti-establishment messaging to appeal to Americans, a theme that had been on the sidelines of US political discourse for decades. Donald Trump, in particular, played... View Details
Keywords: Populism; Globalization; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Government and Politics; Demographics; United States
Di Tella, Rafael. "Trump's Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand." HBS Working Knowledge, March 2018.