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- 03 Sep 2018
- News
Moving Pictures
the 2000 presidential election played out in the Supreme Court’s Bush v. Gore decision made him pause: “I became very disheartened with politics as a way to move the needle,” Singer says. He was still writing, though. And while he hadn’t... View Details
- 01 Sep 2017
- News
History’s Lessons
the North continued to suffer crushing numbers of casualties. Pressure grew on the Union side to end the conflict, even if it meant foregoing universal emancipation. Facing the prospect of an upcoming presidential election against a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
Opening the Door
parents than men. Women are eager to find a way to integrate their personal and professional lives. Electing to leave the corporate world and pursue entrepreneurial careers can make it even harder for women to fulfill their personal... View Details
- 12 Dec 2017
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017
the events set in motion after Trump kept his campaign promise and called Carrier’s parent company’s CEO one week after his surprise presidential election victory. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/318030-PDF-ENG View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
Vive la Madeleine!
“It’s changing here enormously,” she says of France’s labor climate. “The workers elected Hollande, a Socialist, but he has done just the opposite of what he promised, which was to reinforce the rights of workers,” she says. Yet Brand... View Details
- 15 Oct 2008
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First Look: October 15, 2008
Werker Abstract Using rainfall, public relief, and election data from India, we examine how governments respond to adverse shocks and how voters react to these responses. The data show that voters punish the incumbent party for weather... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Apr 2019
- Cold Call Podcast
Can Mark Zuckerberg Rebuild Trust in Facebook?
trust in traditional media is at its highest point in the past decade at 66 percent. But trust in social media platforms languishes at around 43 percent, and in this era of fake news, fixed elections and fraudulent data, regaining the... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/09-043.pdf Media versus Special Interests Authors:Alexander Dyck, David Moss, and Luigi Zingales Abstract We argue that profit-maximizing media helps overcome the problem of "rational ignorance" highlighted by Downs (1957) and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 13 Feb 2018
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New Research and Ideas, February 13, 2018
illustrates the potential for creative and strategic negotiation to overcome what many regard as impossibly high barriers—as well as the painful lesson that negotiating virtuosity plus the election of a charismatic leader hardly suffice... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025 By Course Title View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | Print View A B C D E F G I L M N O P R S T U V W A Area Faculty Name Term Quarter Credits A... View Details
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Elective Curriculum: Course Descriptions Last Updated: 22 Jan 2025 By Faculty View by Unit | View by Course Title | View by Faculty | Print View A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z A Course Title Area Term Quarter Credits Laura... View Details
- 26 May 2022
- News
Bidding Up
had trouble with social things. You know, in later years, all that got corrected by taking an anticonvulsive drug, which I still take. But it was a factor, definitely, in my life, in that period. JH: Despite that setback, Wilson was View Details
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
E Ink’s Wild Ride
outcome. But it’s not going to happen in this one.” Two cases authored by HBS professor David Yoffie and taught in the elective course Strategy and Technology track E Ink’s evolution and highlight some of the challenges it has faced over... View Details
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
better leaders themselves while they are doing all these other things. Thus far, we have not seen much evidence — either along the campaign trail or since the election — that Mr. Trump meets most of these criteria. But I think many voters... View Details
Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
New Horizons for Iraq
Gurfein and friends at Iraqi marketplace Courtesy David Gurfein Marine Major David (“Bull”) Gurfein (MBA ’00) was a platoon commander during the 1989 invasion of Panama and the first Gulf War. He left active duty as a reservist in 1998 and enrolled at HBS, where he was... View Details
- 28 Apr 2009
- First Look
First Look: April 28, 2009
those in Asia. These companies are the subject of the Financial Management of Family and Closely Held Firms course, an elective MBA course at Harvard Business School. The course introduces students to the unique finance, governance, and... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Dec 1997
- News
Growing Together
elective that examines how to create and manage the challenges of nonprofit or for-profit social enterprises. Field Studies in Social Enterprise, a practice-based elective, offers students the opportunity to work in teams with leading... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso and Nancy O. Perry
- 10 Dec 2014
- News
Front-Row Seat
Bradley merged the Atlantic magazine’s Boston operations with those of the National Journal and Government Executive, just 3 of 55 employees elected to make the move to Washington, DC. Nearly 150 years after its founding, the Atlantic’s... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
What does a career path for a public entrepreneur actually look like? In which sector (private vs. public) should I start? Should I run for elective office? What does that imply for how I pursue my career? And often, and perhaps... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Dec 2015
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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