Campaigns - Publications - Faculty & Research

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

large-scale changes to business practices and legal reform. “Through the 1930s, she remained the only woman pictured in the all-male leadership council of the Fair Trade Committee,” Sawyer says. “She traveled throughout the states, View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

01 Jun 2002
News

Profile: The Invisible Hand - Robert Massie and God's Green Earth

since its inception, has had to figure out how it relates to economic power and rethink that question repeatedly during the life of the republic, just as we are now doing. That's what the campaign finance bill is about, and that's what's... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; management; ethics

01 Jun 2011
News

Howard Stevenson: The Personal Side

through for him at a scary moment.” — Andy O’Brien, HBS Chief of Operations. (O’Brien, assisted by others, administered life-saving CPR to Howard Stevenson during a heart attack in front of Baker Library, January 2006.) “I asked Howard to lead the School’s Capital... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

regulations. Dean Donald K. David of Harvard Business School; Merrill Griswold, the President of Massachusetts Investors Trust; and several other prominent industrialists and lawyers mounted a successful campaign to relax the laws of... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

01 Oct 2002
News

The Class of 1977

surprise “Keep America Rolling” zero-percent financing campaign on GM vehicles to keep GM's, and its suppliers', production lines rolling in the face of an unprecedented national crisis. Rick's quick and decisive action against... View Details

Keywords: Desmond Wong

07 Nov 2017
First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 7, 2017

when treating the opponent’s campaign plan as given. Our formulation accounts for both the time cost of traveling between districts and the time expended while campaigning within districts. We describe a... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

02 Jun 2003
Research & Ideas

Why Have Marketers Ignored America’s Man-of-Action Hero?

American and British history. These brands build culture share primarily through advertising, so we analyze how the client and agency worked together to develop these successful campaigns. We interviewed managers on both the client and agency sides to reconstruct how... View Details

Keywords: by Manda Salls

06 Aug 2024
Op-Ed

What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago

epitomize this idea. Governments can rally around these figures to showcase the advantages of a multicultural and diverse society. Such information campaigns can be combined with policies aimed at fostering the integration of foreign-born... View Details

Keywords: by Marco Tabellini

14 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Thriving in the Turbulence of Emerging Markets

giving. It dated back to Rahul's grandfather, the founder of the group, who had been the most prominent business leader who supported Gandhi's campaign against British rule in India. He and most of his family spent long periods in jail as... View Details

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Manufacturing; Auto

18 Dec 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018

GoFundMe is the world’s largest social fundraising platform. Gross donation volume is growing rapidly, yet the number of monthly campaign starts is relatively flat. The CEO contemplates a variety of growth initiatives. Purchase this... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

15 Nov 2016
First Look

November 15, 2016

describes her personal journey from art student and college dropout to financier and campaigner for corporate sustainability. Trillium grew out of Bavaria's initial work in Boston-based Franklin Research and Development Corporation and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

27 Jan 2009
First Look

First Look: January 27, 2009

examines media and content choices by each candidate and allows students to explore the role of new media in political campaigns. The focus is on fundraising in 2007 and campaigning for Primary delegate votes in 2008. Purchase the case:... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

08 Jan 2018
Research & Ideas

The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records

also taken some steps to level the playing field by making consumers more aware of the resources they have. In 2015, FINRA launched a national ad campaign to highlight its BrokerCheck service, with spots on cable that show, for example, a... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Financial Services

Web

Instagram Takeover Policy | About

policies, I understand that my access will be revoked immediately, and I will not be considered for future social media campaigns or opportunities. Print Name: __________________________________________________________________ Date:... View Details

28 Mar 2019
News

California Alumni Explore Role of Capitalism in Addressing Climate Change

leaders. The ECLM was followed by the School’s Campaign Celebration, where attendees joined Dean Nohria and more than 250 alumni and guests at the Natural History Museum in London to celebrate the conclusion of a successful campaign. HBSA... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

01 Mar 2017
News

Case Study: Moment in the Sun

health benefits—it helps the body store less fat, helps build the immune system, and reduces stress.” Hoskins cofounded the company in 2014, launching a Kickstarter campaign in November 2015 that netted Ario more than $200,000 in 30 days.... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell

01 Jun 2015
News

Learning from Global Immersion Experiences

Campaign for Harvard Kennedy School, was so pleased with the innovative course that he doubled his commitment. Mayo notes another unexpected incident during the stay—a labor protest that, in part, targeted President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s... View Details

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

and translated this insight into a sustained political and publishing campaign to ensure that the English and later the British Empire would consist of an industrializing core and a periphery producing and providing raw materials. He... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2017
Research & Ideas

Can China Maintain Its Economic Power?

consumption. More recently, there was an anticorruption campaign that created huge turmoil in the government, and also a large buildup of balance-of-payments surpluses. So the red flags were discernible in social structure, in economic... View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

deforestation campaign in order to make its supply chain more socially and environmentally responsible. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=907414 Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.: An... View Details