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01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

become more and more of a relevant problem over the past eight years or so.” US politics are heating up ahead of the November presidential election as voters evaluate candidates Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald J.... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

March 1998
Article

On the Sequencing of Privatization in Transition Economies

By: Gautam Ahuja and Sumit K. Majumdar

This paper presents an empirical criterion for establishing privatization priorities for state-owned enteiprises. The approach uses firm performance, defined as productive efficiency, as the basis for deciding the sequence in which firms are privatized. Sequencing is... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Performance Efficiency; Privatization; Developing Countries and Economies; Planning; Service Industry; India

2016
Book

Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

By: Lakshmi Iyer

Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details

Keywords: Property Rights; Economic Policy; Political Economy; Emerging Markets; Economic Growth; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations

1996
Chapter

The Study of Modern China's Foreign Relations: Trends and Research Agendas

By: William C. Kirby

Keywords: International Relations; Research; Trends; China

20 May 2019
News

Why Do We Let Political Parties Act Like Monopolies?

17 Jun 2015
News

Put the country before politics

07 Nov 2016
News

How Wikipedia Keeps Political Discourse from Turning Ugly

Mar 2012
Article

Fixing What's Wrong with U.S. Politics

In America today there's a growing sense that the political system is broken and that its ineffectiveness is a major threat to U.S. competitiveness. Why do so many think the political system is not working?... View Details

08 Aug 2021
News

Business Needs to Rethink Its Role in Politics

Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights Under Reform

Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over the last several decades, yet land in China remains publicly owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development... View Details

03 Feb 2022
News

Olympic Sponsors Are Banking on Public Indifference to China's Human Rights Abuses

21 May 2019
News

Making Change Payments, Perspectives, and Politics

09 Feb 2017
News

How should companies navigate polarized politics in the Trump era?

2024
Article

Technological Adoption and Taxation: The Case of China's Golden Tax Reform

By: Haichao Fan, Yu Liu, Nancy Qian and Jaya Y. Wen

This paper investigates the effect of Phase 2 of the Golden Tax Project on VAT in China. The reform introduced computer-generated invoices and electronic transaction linking. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we show that the reform increased VAT by reducing... View Details

Keywords: Taxation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technological Innovation; Economic Growth; China

18 Jan 2012
News

Harvard business grads express doubt in U.S. economy

07 Nov 2011
Research & Ideas

The Forgotten Book that Helped Shape the Modern Economy

this fact. "Where the consensus today is that eighteenth-century economists believed that free trade would bring peace and prosperity to all, the mainstream of political economy at the time was actually... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

29 Jun 2020
News

HBS Professor, CEO Co-Author Redouble Call For Systemic Political Change

2015
Book

Land Bargains and Chinese Capitalism: The Politics of Property Rights under Reform

By: Meg Rithmire

Land reforms have been critical to the development of Chinese capitalism over the last several decades, yet land in China remains publicly owned. This book explores the political logic of reforms to land ownership and control, accounting for how land development and... View Details

Keywords: Property; China