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12 Oct 2022
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11 Stories from HBS PRIDE for National Coming Out Day

to work through my internalized homophobia, to learn to engage emotionally with people, and to understand that my life could be as long and as happy as those of non-LGBTQIA+ people. Losing some other friends and seeing politicians treat... View Details

06 Jul 2011
Research & Ideas

Are You a Level-Six Leader?

the regional or national electorate. It is difficult to find renowned corporate leaders who fit this category because in business, typically, the Chameleons are weeded out before they reach the top. The world of politics is another matter. Many View Details

Keywords: by Mitch Maidique

01 Jan 2005
News

Joseph J. O'Donnell, MBA 1971

most powerful person in Boston-head of a privately held, billion-dollar company he built practically from scratch; friend and advisor to politicians of both parties, from Boston's Democratic Mayor Tom Menino to the Bay State's Republican... View Details

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2022 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

Emeritus Peter Tufano (MBA 1984) + More Info – Less Info Economists, lawyers, pundits, business leaders, and politicians all speak eloquently and forcefully about the role of business in society. But we listen less to our fellow... View Details

03 Nov 2023
News

Global Networking Night; Sweden Club Holds Climate Forum

emphasized the need for immediate action by global leaders. “This is an existential crisis,” he said. The featured panelists, comprised of entrepreneurs, politicians and academics, included: Harald Mix (MBA 1987), Founder of Altor Private... View Details

Keywords: Margie Kelley

03 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Dealing with the ‘Irrational’ Negotiator

were in dire need of such assistance. There was much support among politicians and activists for this initiative. Not surprisingly, however, there were also certain special-interest groups that opposed this legislation. Here's what was... View Details

Keywords: by Deepak Malhotra & Max H. Bazerman

05 Dec 2016
Research & Ideas

How The 2016 Presidential Candidates Misled Us With Truthful Statements

Well, I think you know what it means. It means that there is not a sexual relationship, an improper sexual relationship, or any other kind of improper relationship. Lehrer: You had no sexual relationship with this young woman? Clinton: There is not a sexual... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

02 Nov 2021
Research & Ideas

Why COVID-19 Probably Killed More People Than We Realize

underreporting, the researchers speculated that countries with more stringent mitigation policies, such as those requiring masks and social distancing, would see higher rates of underreporting. “More stringent policies might put public pressure on View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

02 May 2022
What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

conscience should ignore them. There are others which are objectionable but which do not require a response by a corporation such as Disney.” Ricardo Durazzo commented, “ don’t become a pawn in political infighting between politicians and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Education

21 Feb 2005
Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

individuals. In response to the recent scandals, politicians and government officials have stepped in to pass new laws and create new regulations, while prominent persons on Wall Street and elsewhere in the business community have issued... View Details

Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice

04 Feb 2013
Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

oligopoly would not want to make waves. There is an argument in the political science literature, Ramanna explains, about the "political costs" from size—that larger firms bear greater regulatory scrutiny. "It is easier for a View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting

17 Dec 2007
Research & Ideas

The Rise of Medical Tourism

countries. I know that various Indian hospitals are continually attempting to get accredited to perform certain procedures. What is striking is that in London medical tourism makes the front page of newspapers. People ranging from generals in the British Army to View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Health; Medical Devices & Supplies

15 Jun 2007
Research & Ideas

Remembering Alfred Chandler

between 1880 and 1950, and the political and economic influence of the networks of company directors and politicians in Brazil and Mexico circa 1910. When I arrived at Harvard Business School to join the BGIE unit my first question was,... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Read excerpts from DENIAL

By: Richard S. Tedlow

The Edifice Complex: Denial at Sears

Book Excerpt: Denial at Sears (BusinessWeek.com, February 26, 2010)

From Denial: Why Business... View Details

30 Jun 2010
News

Congressional Pork Is Bad for Business

ascendancy to the chairmanship of a powerful committee, the average firm in his state cuts back capital expenditures by roughly 15 percent, according to the trio's working paper, "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?" The... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

01 Jun 2015
News

Research Brief: If State Pensions Clean Up Their Books, Who Pays?

funding levels but that they’ll cut benefits,” Allen says. And that makes both politicians and union bosses unpopular. It’s understandable that state governments, like corporations, lobby for their own interests—which may mean supporting... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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Sol Erdman Archives | Social Enterprise

Curriculum Social Enterprise Student Club Social Entrepreneurship Summer Fellows Technology for Good Transformative Impact Tri-Sector Impact 1 Results How Americans from All Walks of Life Can Thrive in an Era of Political Polarization Sol Erdman 11 May 2017 View Details

04 Sep 2001
Research & Ideas

Five Questions for Max Bazerman

wings battle over who gets the biggest piece of the pie, while paying little attention to expanding the pie of social resources for all. Q: If I recall my political science studies, lawyers and career politicians are disproportionately... View Details

Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman

12 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Regulators Ease Up on Companies Generating Political Benefits

We all know how political influence works: company X donates money to politician Y, and then that pol leans on regulator Z to go easy on his new best friend. In economic parlance, that circle of back-scratching is known as... View Details