Elections - Publications - Faculty & Research

08 Dec 2015
First Look

December 8, 2015

Afghan female entrepreneur Kamila Sidiqi between 2009 and 2015. The case opens with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry praising her achievements at a State Department dinner in March 2015 for the newly elected President of Afghanistan,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

04 Apr 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research, April 4

elections shows that voter registration requirements have significant effects on turnout, resulting in unequal participation. We assigned 20,500 apartments to one control or six treatment groups that received canvassing visits providing... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2017
News

Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?

for somebody like me, I could see people not being wild about Hillary Clinton. Maybe she wasn't warm enough. People talked a lot about oh, the only time I really saw her as warm and authentic was that night in New Hampshire in the previous View Details

10 Oct 2005
Research & Ideas

Homers: Secrets on the Factory Floor

employee elected body) that my intentions were neither destructive nor judgmental. The labor council granted me access to its list of retirees, and, to this day, I cannot thank them enough. Q: What was the reception you got while... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Manufacturing

09 Jul 2024
Research & Ideas

Are Management Consulting Firms Failing to Manage Themselves?

firms ushered in increasingly accommodating policies to attract and retain staff. Turnover rates steadily decreased, while compensation expectations increased. This has fundamentally challenged the long-standing “up or out” model: As fewer associates have left and... View Details

Keywords: by David Fubini; Consulting

16 Nov 2017
News

The Business of Social Justice

Brooks immersed herself in HBS, resurrecting the inactive role of historian of the African-American Student Union. She also joined the Harbus Foundation and the Management Consulting and Social Enterprise clubs. She also was elected to... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Mar 2013
News

A Healthy Profit

influence HBS and HSPH curricula. Chu and Bloom, for instance, lead an HBS-HSPH elective on social-impact investment that includes the Antares field studies, cotaught with HBS associate professor Shawn Cole and HBS professor Kash Rangan.... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Health, Social Assistance

March 2018
Teaching Note

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (A) and (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu

Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines the ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must determine how to... View Details

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16 Apr 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, April 16, 2019

that immigration triggered hostile political reactions, such as the election of more conservative legislators, higher support for anti-immigration legislation, and lower redistribution. Exploring the causes of natives’ backlash, I... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

24 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 24, 2009

the voter. Substantial equilibrium turnout emerges with nontrivial voting costs and modest altruism. The model can explain higher turnout in close elections as well as votes for third-party candidates with no prospect of victory. For... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Oct 2006
Research & Ideas

New at the Helm: A Talk with HBS Dean Light

innovate. In recent years, for example, we've launched three new courses—Finance II, The Entrepreneurial Manager, and Leadership and Corporate Accountability—in the required MBA curriculum, as well as a new prematriculation module on information technology. And in the... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Education

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

changes from Washington, not Beijing. HBS Working Knowledge gathered advice from faculty on this radical shift for firms and how they can adapt to and navigate this new terrain. Jaya Wen and Ebehi Iyoha: Leverage microdata to navigate tariffs In May, President Biden... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

31 Mar 2009
First Look

First Look: March 31, 2009

performance after they go public. These results stem from the professional ownership, tighter monitoring, and reputational considerations exhibited by PE sponsors. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-104.pdf Elections... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

apartheid and its first democratic elections in 1994, was doing everything right. They had liberalized the economy. They had enacted economic reforms that made it easy for foreign capital to flow in and out. They performed well on various... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

18 Mar 2001
Research & Ideas

Want to Be an Entrepreneur? [Part I]

the students, enrolled last fall in one of three sessions of Harvard Business School's elective "Entrepreneurial Finance" course, found the possibilities intriguing. They were having fun. But then Sahlman, who was having as much... View Details

Keywords: by John S. Rosenberg

20 Jun 2019
News

Reframing Modern Art

worked on was in the aftermath of the first election of Mandela in South Africa. So, all of that was exhilarating to me in many ways. I traveled extensively. So, one way that I became intrigued with art was that perhaps 30%, 40% of the... View Details

01 Dec 2008
News

Business at the Summit

elected officials.” “Where are the grown-ups?” asked Gadiesh, referring to the lack of 21st-century institutions needed to lead in government and business. Zobel described how wealth disparities in the Philippines create popular distrust... View Details

Keywords: leadership; alumni events; Centennial; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Finance; Management

01 Jun 2018
News

June 2018 Alumni and Faculty Books

J.R. Klein Oxford University Press In the wake of the Brexit vote and the election of Donald Trump, globalization is increasingly under the microscope. The view that the reversal of globalization and a return to protectionism and... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Technology for Learning's Sake

for classroom discussion. Recently augmented by advances in technology, his concept is leading to a significant shift in the nature of case discussion and classroom dynamics. Starting in 1991, Bhide asked students in his Entrepreneurial Management View Details

Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; photo by David Zadig

04 Oct 2018
News

“A Shout Through Time”

took over this responsibility. He is an elected official. He also happens to be the person who is the innkeeper of the only town hotel; which I think may only have eight or ten rooms. So, our experience was being greeted by him, being... View Details

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