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- 05 Oct 2020
- Book
Want to Be Happier? Make More Free Time
if pursuing a less hectic pace may mean sacrificing career advancement. Also, default to saying “no” for most unplanned, last-minute impositions on your time, especially requests that benefit someone else,... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Sep 2021
- Research & Ideas
Managers, Your Employees Don’t Want to Be Facebook ‘Friends’
For the most part, social media is what you make it. You choose whom to keep tabs on, who can follow you back, what you “like,” and which snippets of your life you reveal. But what if those carefully curated depictions are suddenly on the... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Kim Raczka
- 01 Jun 2023
- News
Buy Big, Sell Small
If you live in a rural village or small city in India and run low on toothpaste, rice, or cooking oil, you’ll likely visit your local kirana, the equivalent of a US neighborhood variety store and a mainstay of the country’s $932 billion retail economy. The shops are... View Details
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Unintended Consequences of Fundraising Tactics
Charity fundraisers use a variety of methods to increase donations, with three of the most common being matching funds, seed money, and thank you gifts. Field experiments have shown that matching funds (Eckel and Grossman, 2008) and seed money (List and Lucking-Reiley,... View Details
- 2010
- Chapter
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
What drives policy making in a democracy? The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
Moss, David, and Mary Oey. "The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics." In Government and Markets: Toward a New Theory of Regulation, edited by Edward J. Balleisen and David A. Moss. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
- 2008
- Other Unpublished Work
The Paranoid Style in the Study of American Politics
By: David Moss and Mary Oey
The conventional view is that political actors, like economic actors, pursue their self interest, and that special interest groups dominate the policy making process by satisfying policy makers' need for money and other forms of political support. Indeed, many... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government Legislation; Media; Interests; Power and Influence; Public Opinion; United States
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McCulloch Hall | About
McCulloch Hall McCulloch Hall is one of seven buildings named for notable secretaries of the United States Treasury at the suggestion of George F. Baker. McCulloch Hall is named for Hugh McCulloch. McCulloch... View Details
- 20 Oct 2015
- Blog Post
What to Expect Your First Year at HBS
friends use is “overwhelming”. I agree with this - you can expect your RC year to be very intense both from academic and social perspectives. Firstly, the academic schedule is packed. The discussion group starts every day at 8:00am, so I would wake up at 6:30am, head... View Details
- 29 Aug 2022
- Op-Ed
Income Inequality Is Rising. Are We Even Measuring It Correctly?
finding ways to reduce inequality to create a more just and equal society for all. In making decisions on how to best intervene, policymakers commonly rely on the Gini coefficient, a statistical measure of resource distribution, including... View Details
- 15 Jan 2014
- Working Paper Summaries
Redrawing the Lines: Did Political Incumbents Influence Electoral Redistricting in the World’s Largest Democracy?
Keywords: by Lakshmi Iyer & Maya Reddy
- April 4, 2009
- Article
The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?
By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias
The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details
Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations
Musacchio, Aldo, and Francisco Flores-Macias. "The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?" Harvard International Review (website) (April 4, 2009).
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consent if the Center requests such consent from time to time for particular processing activities. The Center does not share personal data of alumni with third parties except as may be required by... View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- News
David Moss is Rewriting History
Photographed by Webb Chappell In March 2010, the 1787 drafting of the United States Constitution became breaking news. The members of the Texas State Board of Education had convened in Austin to review the state’s history and other social studies curricula. A battle... View Details
Keywords: April White
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Research - Private Capital Project
Research Research February 2025 Case Blue Owl Financing of Ping Identity By: Victoria Ivashina and Srimayi Mylavarapu In the fall of 2022, Blue Owl Capital's investment committee evaluated a potential investment in the technology sector. The View Details
- 09 Oct 2001
- Research & Ideas
Driven: How Human Nature Shapes Organizations
to a well-known and admired model of industrial organization—General Motors. We will also compare the theoretical model to a much-admired high-technology firm, Hewlett-Packard. Finally we will propose a research project that would test... View Details
Keywords: by Paul Lawrence & Nitin Nohria
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
subject to vesting. As partial consideration for their shares, each founder should be required to assign to the new corporation all inventions and works related to the company's proposed business.... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Jan 2020
- Book
Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking
actions. Change is possible! A new view of the past helps pave the way toward a belief in a different version of the future. Telling a great story builds hope. It should also show other people what’s in it for them. So a great leadership... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Nov 2016
- HBS Seminar
Gillian Hadfield, University of California, Gould School of Law
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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
Administration Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research) 15 Dec 2024 | HBS Magazine Back at the Ranch Veterans are hungry for meaningful work; the ranching industry is desperate View Details
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
Remix
with a napping cat affixed to her side and an iced coffee sweating in one hand. On the other, she is counting out the projects that are currently occupying her time and headspace, all endeavors that she’ll launch from this new home base: There’s a book View Details