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  • September 2006 (Revised August 2007)
  • Case

The Dubai Ports World Debacle and its Aftermath

By: Julio J. Rotemberg
Describes the political ramifications in the United States of Dubai-based DP World's acquisition of London-based Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O). Because P&O operated some port terminals in the United States, DP World obtained clearance from the... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; National Security; Business and Government Relations; Ship Transportation; Dubai; United States
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  • 02 Mar 2007
  • What Do You Think?

What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

microcosm of current concerns and suggested solutions, does it bode well for the formation of a consensus, political or otherwise, leading to progress? But a number of respondents raised the question of whether the most feasible solution... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
  • September 2019
  • Article

Bill McKibben’s Influence on U.S. Climate Change Discourse: Shifting Field-Level Debates Through Radical Flank Effects

By: Todd Schifeling and Andrew J. Hoffman
This article examines the influence of radical flank actors in shifting field-level debates by increasing the legitimacy of preexisting but peripheral issues. Using network text analysis, we apply this conceptual model to the climate change debate in the United States... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Climate Change; Public Opinion; Power and Influence; Policy; United States
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  • 02 Jul 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Religion, Politician Identity, and Development Outcomes: Evidence from India

Keywords: by Sonia Bhalotra, Guilhem Cassan, Irma Clots-Figueras & Lakshmi Iyer
  • 2014
  • Working Paper

Mobilizing Culture for Public Action: Community Participation and Child Rights in Rural Uttar Pradesh

By: Akshay Mangla
Community-based initiatives that work to empower the poor and promote their participation have gained strong support among scholars and practitioners of development. Yet the questionable assumptions about culture and development that inform these initiatives render it... View Details
Keywords: India; Culture; Child Rights; Caste Relations; Child Education; Child Health; India
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  • 03 Oct 2023
  • Research Event

Build the Life You Want: Arthur Brooks and Oprah Winfrey Share Happiness Tips

politics is downstream from culture. And culture is downstream from psychiatry and theology and all kinds of things. But what what do you think is going on in in America right now to cause this this level of dissatisfaction or... View Details
Keywords: by HBS Staff

    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; brokerage; financial services; federal government; investment banking industry; state government
    • March 18, 2009
    • Article

    Regulate, Baby, Regulate

    The U.S. today faces its biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. That is why Barack Obama and his team have been looking to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for help. The stimulus measure passed by Congress in February that includes money for building... View Details
    Keywords: Financial Crisis; Management Teams; Infrastructure; Insurance; Negotiation Deal; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Credit; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; United States
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    • 2016
    • Case

    Advanced Leadership Pathways: Alberto Mora and the Costs and Consequences of Torture

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Benjamin Summers
    Alberto Mora's time as General Counsel of the Navy from 2001–2006 greatly influenced his mission to illuminate the policy consequences of torture. Mora's drive to restore the nation's awareness and conscience against torture was gaining traction. Prominent... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership Skills; Torture; Costs And Consequences; Humane; Restraint; Human Dignity; Treatment Of Prisoners; Prison; Repression; Opposition; Revolution; Democracy; Communism; International Affairs; Public Service; September 11; War On Terror; Operation Enduring Freedom; Guantanamo; Cuba; Coalition; Working Group; Cruelty; Interrogation; Memorandum; American Law; Authority; Authoritative; Quadrennial Defense Review; National Defense Authorization Act; Public Engagement; Advocacy; Law; Accountability; Center For The Victims Of Torture; Human Rights; Public Policy; Legality; Morality; Legal System; Tactical Military Operations; West Point; NGO; Human Rights First; American Civil Liberties Union; Human Rights Watch; Amnesty International; Constitution Project; Center For Constitutional Rights; Strategic Military Effect; National Security; Weapon; Terrorism; Prisoners Of War; Abu Ghraib; Pentagon; Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Leadership; Rights; Policy; Public Opinion; United States
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    • 2011
    • Other Unpublished Work

    Lords of the Harvest: Third-Party Signaling and Regulatory Approval of Genetically Modified Organisms

    By: Shon R. Hiatt and Sangchan Park
    Little is known about the factors that influence regulatory agencies' decision making. We posit that regulatory agencies are influenced by the firms they regulate, but not exclusively via political influence as is argued in the traditional regulatory-capture... View Details
    Keywords: Genetics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Reputation; Agribusiness; Power and Influence; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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    • October 2007 (Revised March 2009)
    • Case

    Engineering a Renaissance: The Launch of the Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

    Dean Venky of the newly launched School of Engineering and Applied Sciences is faced with a range of opportunities and challenges as he presides over the launching of a new school of engineering at Harvard University. His opportunities include an ample endowment, a... View Details
    Keywords: Higher Education; Engineering; Leading Change; Product Launch; Service Operations; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Alliances; Competitive Strategy
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    • November 2003 (Revised March 2006)
    • Case

    Dow Chemical's Bid for the Privatization of PBB in Argentina

    By: Mihir A. Desai and Alexandra de Royere
    What price should Dow Chemical bid for PBB, a petrochemical complex that is being privatized by the Argentine government? To answer this question, students are forced to consider the role of country risk, the underlying currency exposure of the business, and how to... View Details
    Keywords: Bids and Bidding; Privatization; Credit Derivatives and Swaps; Cash Flow; Emerging Markets; Valuation; Business and Government Relations; Multinational Firms and Management; Risk and Uncertainty; Energy Industry; Argentina
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    • February 2005
    • Article

    European Integration and Corporate Restructuring: The Strategy of Unilever c1957-c1990

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Peter Miskell
    This article examines the role of the large Anglo-Dutch consumer products company in promoting European integration. It shows that Unilever contributed financially to campaigns to support the creation of the European Union, and its subsequent expansion, despite a... View Details
    Keywords: Horizontal Integration; Organizations; Policy; Expansion; Market Transactions; Geographic Location; Restructuring; Competition; Brands and Branding; Production; Capital Structure; Value; Consumer Products Industry; European Union; United States
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    • 11 Apr 2023
    • Op-Ed

    The First 90 Hours: What New CEOs Should—and Shouldn't—Do to Set the Right Tone

    your values and style. My preference is to employ people who are polite but firm, welcoming but professional. You might decide to retain your predecessor’s EA because of his or her knowledge about how the place works and inside... View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch
    • February 2025
    • Case

    Doing Business in Kigali, Rwanda

    By: Andy Zelleke, Martin A. Sinozich, Julianne Bliss and Choetsow Tenzin
    Rwanda’s transformation from a post-genocide recovery effort to one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies presents a compelling case for investors and business leaders. With an ambitious Vision 2050 strategy, Kigali has emerged as a regional hub for trade, innovation,... View Details
    Keywords: Business History; International Relations; Government and Politics; Foreign Direct Investment; Culture; Transformation; Developing Countries and Economies; Economic Growth; Emerging Markets; Rwanda
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    The Impact of the Chinese Exclusion Act on the U.S. Economy

    By: Joe Long, Carlo Medici, Nancy Qian and Marco Tabellini
    This paper investigates the economic consequences of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act, which banned immigration from China. The Act reduced the number of Chinese workers of all skill levels living in the United States. It also reduced the labor supply and the quality of... View Details
    Keywords: Growth; Productivity; Economic Development; Business History; Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Business and Government Relations; Prejudice and Bias; Government Legislation; Immigration; United States
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    • Web

    Strategy - Faculty & Research

    development, and teaching draws on multiple disciplines, including economics, sociology, and political science, and focuses on both domestic and global competition. The objective of the work is to generate findings and develop concepts... View Details
    • 2021
    • Working Paper

    Trade and the Single Car Market: The EC-Japan Elements of Consensus, 1985–1999

    By: Grace Ballor
    In 1991, in the midst of the program to create a liberal Single European Market and in the context of a new Joint Declaration for cooperation with Japan, the European Commission brokered a private deal to restrict Japanese imports into the European Community for nearly... View Details
    Keywords: Market; Protectionism; Liberalization; Trade; Markets; International Relations; Auto Industry; Europe; European Union; Japan
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    • May 2020
    • Article

    Tackling Climate Change Requires Organizational Purpose

    By: Rebecca Henderson and George Serafeim
    Unchecked climate change presents a profound threat to economic growth and political stability but despite widespread public concern about the issue, global emissions of greenhouse gases have not declined. Indeed current “business as usual” predictions imply that... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Purpose; Purpose; Sustainability; Environment; Climate Change; Organizations; Mission and Purpose; Environmental Sustainability; Strategy; Leadership
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    • Article

    The Right and Wrong Way to Do ‘CEO Activism’

    By: Aaron K Chatterji and Michael W. Toffel
    CEO activism—where leaders take public stands on controversial social and political issues that aren’t related to their company’s bottom line—has become increasingly common. CEO activism has attracted favorable media attention, but has also resulted in backlash and... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Social Issues; Communication Strategy; Performance Effectiveness
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