Business And Public Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

1997
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Discussion of "Microeconomic Policy, Technological Change, and Small Business" by Edwin Mansfield

Edwin Mansfield’s thoughtful review of the literature on the economics of technological change raises a variety of interesting issues, far too many to address in a few pages. Consequently I will focus my discussion on the section that I found most challenging and... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Technological Innovation

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

one thousand people came to campus to participate in the 18th annual Social E... A Call for Tri-Sector Athletes Matt Segneri 06 Apr 2017 Given the complexity of problems facing business and society, there’s... View Details

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Blog | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

(MBA 1997), CEO & Co-Founder, Social Finance Tracy Palandjian 28 Mar 2019 This post is part of our Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlig... Boston-based alumni discuss income inequality, the merits of capitalism View Details

01 Dec 2017
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The Business Case (Or Not) for Sustainability

dire need for US federal policy to address climate change. RH: When you look at Europe, you see many companies agitating for some kind of carbon regulation and beginning to shift their View Details

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Channeling Business Leadership into Civic Impact: HBS Alumni and the City of San Francisco Elaine MacDonald 11 Aug 2017 For 30 years, HBS Association of Northern California’s Community Partners has mobilized... View Details

02 May 2011
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MBA Students Comment on Turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa

01 Dec 2018
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Diversity and Diminishing Tax Revenues

February 2013 (Revised September 2013)
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Elasto Therm: The Next Step

By: Jim Sharpe and James Weber

Julia and Nate Burstein were living their dream running their own business and balancing the demands between their work and family obligations while creating a company that was responsive to their employees' and their customers' needs. The Bursteins had joined a large... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurial Management; Entrepreneurs; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Pricing Strategy; Pricing Structure; Sales Force Management; Acquisitions; Work/family Balance; Family-owned Business; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Work-Life Balance; Manufacturing Industry; Rubber Industry; United States

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Summer 2018
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CSR needs CPR: Corporate Sustainability and Politics

By: Thomas Lyon, Magali A. Delmas, John W. Maxwell, Pratima Bansal, Mireille Chiroleu-Assouline, Patricia Crifo, Rodolphe Durand, Jean-Pascal Gond, Andrew King, Michael Lenox, Michael W. Toffel, David Vogel and Frank Wijen

Corporate sustainability has gone mainstream, and many companies have taken meaningful steps to improve their own environmental performance. But while corporate political actions such as lobbying can have a greater impact on environmental quality, they are ignored in... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Communication; Policy; Business and Government Relations

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04 Dec 2018
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New Research and Ideas, December 4, 2018

literature on political risk in business and economic history by examining both new perspectives (risk encountered by companies domestically, rather than risk for foreign investors) View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jul 2009
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File-Sharing and Copyright

Keywords: by Felix Oberholzer-Gee & Koleman Strumpf; Technology; Entertainment & Recreation

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Innovation and Productivity

In this stream of research, Professor Steinwender examines how firms adjust their innovative behavior and productivity in response to changes in the external environment. Analyzing Spanish firm-level data, she finds that two mechanisms proposed in the economic... View Details

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

When the FBI charged Shawn Hogan and two others with defrauding eBay of about $21 million in affiliate marketing sales, Benjamin G. Edelman was watching closely behind the scenes. Edelman's name rarely came up at the time of the 2010... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

2013
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Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline

By: Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills

Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; Public Administration Industry; United States

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22 Aug 2010
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Income Inequality and Financial Crises

19 Feb 2019
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Global Migration and Offshore Outsourcing

10 Sep 2019
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New Survey Shows U.S. Businesses Taking Steps to Foster Culture Of Health, But Room to Grow

20 Jan 2003
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Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

railroad, the telegraph, and a host of other innovations related to them—along with the rise of powerful business figures, such as John D. Rockefeller—gave many observers pause. The reaction was increased... View Details

Keywords: by Garry Emmons

May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
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IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman

Traces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the... View Details