Political Polarization - Publications - Faculty & Research

18 Nov 2020
News

Networking Goes Truly Global; Confronting Institutional Racism with Case Method Webinar

and Joseph Fuller The live, virtual presentation—offered twice to accommodate alumni across the globe—explored how companies can address three forces that are changing how and where we work: the rise of the gig economy; the growing View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

07 Oct 2013
Research & Ideas

The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking

discuss the core challenges of fighting global carbon dioxide emissions in a shortsighted, ideologically polarized environment. To his mind, both in Europe and in the United States, government efforts to regulate carbon emissions have... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Energy; Utilities

01 Mar 2004
Lessons from the Classroom

Mission to Mars: It Really Is Rocket Science

the latter are paragons of process virtue. For example, it is quite possible that as many mistakes were made in the celebrated 1997 Pathfinder mission as were made in the failed 1999 Polar Lander mission. But we will never know. By not... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Sep 2017
News

History’s Lessons

the lives of two men on a past polar expedition by traveling thirty miles without stopping to eat or sleep.... Here is a key insight for modern leaders: hire for attitude, train for skill. Shackleton understood that the more volatile and... View Details

Keywords: Abraham Lincoln; Ernest Shackelford; Rachel Carson

20 May 2008
First Look

First Look: May 20, 2008

mission, and meeting the expectations of a demanding capital market. Additionally, Compartamos' Co-CEOs must decide how to face the highly polarized reactions in the microfinance industry to its IPO. In the process, the case examines the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

15 Jun 2021
News

June 2021 Books and Podcasts

ethnicity, and along different points of the political spectrum. The topics ranged from race to guns, from character to party politics, from masks to rallies, from the US Supreme Court to the pandemic to immigration and climate change. On... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information

07 Feb 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: February 7

policy solutions, a challenging proposition in a politically polarized environment. This paper focuses on how CEOs engage in the political process to encourage government... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Sep 2018
News

Moving Pictures

JD/MBA degree as a way to ensure that he’d have all the necessary tools to do so. But as his time at Harvard drew to a close, Singer continued to wrestle with what to do next. Law, public policy, and politics offered the most obvious... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment

23 Dec 2008
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First Look: December 23, 2008

number of Americans eligible for cancer prevention and treatment. The new strategy brings with it considerable political risk. Leveraging an organization with three million volunteers, this case describes how he skillfully transforms the... View Details