Private Governance - Publications - Faculty & Research

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

of government in the urbanization process. There's always the hope that government can wave a magic wand and fix these problems, but generally government can't. It is either... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

11 Jun 2012
Research & Ideas

When Business Competition Harms Society

paper, The Role of Organizational Scope and Governance in Strengthening Private Monitoring .) For Future Study Next, the researchers plan to study whether government crackdowns... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Auto

06 Mar 2006
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The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?

would advocate a discontinuation of operations after attempting unsuccessfully to resist meeting government demands for private information. Some suggested more complex strategies. Among those in favor of... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

01 Jan 2005
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Rahul Bajaj, MBA 1964

Chairman & Managing Director, Bajaj Auto Ltd. Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page EARLIER EDUCATION St. Stephen's College (Delhi), 1958 B.A., Economics The Government Law College (Bombay), 1960 LL.B. LIFELONG LESSON FROM HBS... View Details

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Vivek Garg

patient care, such as pricing, insurance, and organizational issues," says Vivek. "At MPAC, I got a broad exposure to how other interest groups—including payers, the government, private industry—think about medicine and care... View Details

17 Oct 2012
Research & Ideas

America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance

policy makers. The skills, know-how, and capabilities underpinning an industrial commons accumulate over time. Both government policies and the investment decisions of private enterprises determine what... View Details

Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano & Willy C. Shih; Manufacturing

01 Mar 2016
News

Off Script

according to one study—and the limited lifespan of patent rights. What can the pharmaceutical industry and government regulators do to improve conditions? We put your queries to Fred Hassan (MBA 1972), a managing director at Warburg... View Details

Keywords: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities; Finance

29 Sep 2008
Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

banks—a mortgage delivery system that was populated by brokers, mortgage banks, and investors. "This opened the door to new sources of capital from around the world. Holding that door wide open were Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. By that time those View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services

December 2017
Response

Reply: Do Powerful Politicians Really Cause Corporate Downsizing?

By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy

While we commend the initiative of Snyder and Welch (2017), we lay out in this short reply why we remain highly confident in our results and our interpretation thereof. We welcome authors to continue to explore the data for themselves and look forward to the new... View Details

Keywords: Spending; Private Sector; Taxation; Interest Rates; Business and Government Relations; Investment; Employment; Power and Influence

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January 2010 (Revised April 2010)
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Greenbriar Growth Partners and Microsurgery Devices

Greenbriar Growth Partners (GGP), a venture capital (VC) firm, has been an investor in Microsurgery Devices (MSD) for four-plus years and has come into conflict with the company's founder. Should the Board's nominating committee re-nominate the VC investor, and should... View Details

Keywords: Financial Crisis; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Initial Public Offering; Governing and Advisory Boards; Conflict of Interests; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; United States

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15 Apr 2014
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First Look: April 15

Publications August 2013 American Economic Review Private Equity, Jobs, and Productivity By: Davis, Steven J., John Haltiwanger, Kyle Handley, Ron Jarmin, Josh Lerner, and Javier Miranda Abstract—Private equity critics claim that... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

03 Dec 2015
Op-Ed

How "New Nuclear" Power Could Save the Planet—If Regulators Would Allow It

Leaders from some 150 nations have convened in Paris this week for the COP21 conference with a singular goal: to fight the global threat of climate change. Each of them have brought to Paris their own national plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that drive... View Details

Keywords: by Joseph Lassiter; Energy

09 Dec 2014
First Look

First Look: December 9

information-processing activity. Prior research has identified consequential information-processing failures that occur in small groups, such as the failure to discuss privately held relevant information, biased processing of information,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Managing & Investing in a Fast-Growing Emerging Market: India

style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">India -- Politics and government -- 21st century Social entrepreneurship -- India Add additional topic keywords, date ranges, and/or limit... View Details

03 Oct 2024
Blog Post

Van den Ende Rozen

neighboring plant. This highlights a crucial aspect of sustainable tech transition: it's not only about technology and costs but also about policy and government support. The interplay between private... View Details

11 Mar 2020
News

Making It Rain

weather services. “This market is not very innovative, and it’s one of the last industries where governments still lead the technology,” Elkabetz says. Most of the industry relies on data from three public sources: staffed weather... View Details

Keywords: Lisa Scanlon Mogolov

01 Feb 1997
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Leading the Way In Negotiation and Decision Making

Jerry R. Green, using game-theory insights, studies the negotiation process within agencies as he looks for ways that business or government can make the right decision for an organization as a whole while still benefiting individual... View Details

Keywords: Judith A. Ross

11 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Digital Designs on the Inner City

An increasing number of inner city residents own computers and have online access, but government agencies and private companies need to do more to bridge the digital divide that still exists among income... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2015
News

Lessons from a Megacity

The first step in researching the public transportation system in Buenos Aires: send the private driver home. “How could we be there studying public transportation and not use it?” asks Eryn Schultz (MBA 2015). She was one of 39 students... View Details

Keywords: April White; Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation; Transportation

09 Aug 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Speed Up Energy Innovation

private sectors. We know that if you can build what the authors of that chapter call an innovative ecosystem, it appears to really accelerate innovation in very productive ways. What's striking about energy innovation to date is that a... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Energy; Utilities

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