Political Issues - Publications - Faculty & Research

16 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

end of the 19th century, but it did not start out as a superstar paper or at head of the pack. Q: What overarching themes of business history reflected in the Times interested you most? A: I loved writing the Wall Street section. Many View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

forthcoming Journal of Political Economy CEO Behavior and Firm Performance By: Bandiera, Oriana, Stephen Hansen, Andrea Prat, and Raffaella Sadun Abstract— We measure the behavior of 1,114 CEOs in six countries parsing granular CEO diary... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

(again) American political leaders have repeatedly tried and failed to stem spiraling drug costs. US President Donald Trump said in May that he expected drugmakers to voluntarily cut their costs, providing few details. However, a Wells... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

12 Jan 2004
What Do You Think?

How Should We Think About the Exportation of Jobs?

they were transitory. As Sudip Sen put it, "The 'export' of any activity, be it manufacturing or service outsourcing, is driven by pure economics. True, it has a social and political impact; but more often than not the latter adjusts... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Dec 2018
News

Hard Choices

Dear alumni and friends, We celebrated the opening of Klarman Hall on October 1 and used the occasion to spark discussion and spur thinking on important issues of the day. Beth and Seth (MBA 1982) Klarman, in providing the gift for this... View Details

Keywords: Seth Klarman (MBA 1982)

21 Sep 2016
Research & Ideas

Shabana Azmi: Leveraging Bollywood Fame into Social Good

Silverthorne: What do you think are the roots of her social activism? Deshpandé: It goes back to growing up in a family where both her parents were politically active, and believed that art was an instrument for View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Motion Pictures & Video

05 May 2023
News

Fail Better

looking for me and I, nobody knew where I was, and in an environment that is less politically correct, everybody knew that Joe was looking for me because he stepped out of his office and started yelling about my whereabouts. So I get to... View Details

22 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Profits and Prophets: The Role of Values in Investment

education, not for use as a political weapon. The board conditionally agreed to end the disputed investments. The result: With investments constricted over a number of years, the fund experienced a $3 million performance shortfall, which... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

15 Nov 2017
Research & Ideas

How Does a Social Startup Decide to Commercialize? It May Depend on the Founder's Gender

norm, female-led social ventures are likelier to engage in commercial activity. These are among the key findings in the paper Blurring the Boundaries: The Interplay of Gender and Local Communities in the Commercialization of Social Ventures, published in a recent View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

Fast Answer

Historical Research - India

the world (46679 results for India). Reports with translations are issued for eight world regions daily and cover such topics as military affairs, politics, the environment, societal issues, economics, and science and technology. Readex... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Leadership: Getting Down to Fundamentals

you can’t study a leader in isolation; there’s a relational construct between a person and society. Clinical psychology gets into the underlying motivation for people who seek leadership positions. In political science, we saw the... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

01 Jun 2003
News

Ruling from the Bench

that was hastily withdrawn once her gender became apparent. “I’m sorry, we don’t hire women,” the interviewing partner politely told her. After graduating at the top of her class in 1966, she received offers from firms in New York and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government

05 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

Can Putin Score Olympic Gold?

trouble if they don't go well. Perhaps the brand with the most to gain—or lose—is Mother Russia, which paid a record $51 billion to host the Games, and has a rare opportunity to show it has shaken off its economic and political doldrums... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Sports; Advertising

03 Mar 2008
First Look

First Look: March 4, 2008

sufficient capital the opportunity to open a bank and issue bank notes (a widely accepted form of paper money at the time). The bill also required that every note issued by a New York bank be fully backed by... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Apr 2010
First Look

First Look: April 6

manage operations in order to minimize risk. This case is an effective vehicle for discussing the complex issues involved in operating in the difficult, uncertain political environment of a developing... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Dec 2015
News

The Year in Ideas 2015

have a big impact on the economy, says Associate Professor Karthik Ramanna in his new book, Political Standards. With a small pool of qualified experts who set the standards—experts who often have a commercial stake in the outcome—and... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna, Christine Lejeune, Dan Morrell, and April White

15 Jan 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, January 15, 2019

primaries, candidates from both major political parties used anti-establishment messaging to appeal to the electorate, a theme that had been on the sidelines of U.S. political discourse for decades. Trump,... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

people, any more than telephones or electricity are options. Because the infrastructure is that essential, that's why politics will be involved." The role of regulation in this environment, she said, is to be both flexible and creative:... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

11 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 11, 2006

(foreign and domestic), its government, and private Argentine companies that had to do business in the post-renegotiation environment. The case also discusses the larger issue of how the international financial community should handle... View Details