Voting Rights - Publications - Faculty & Research

19 Feb 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019

advertising, and outside advertising—vary in their effectiveness for voters with different political predispositions. We compile a comprehensive dataset that includes voting outcomes, detailed campaign activities, and voters’ party... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Sep 2003
Lessons from the Classroom

HBS Cases: Developing the Courage to Act

methods of instruction. These meetings led to a broad commitment to case-method teaching and, in 1921, a formal faculty vote that officially changed the name of the school's approach from the "problem method" to the "case... View Details

Keywords: by David A. Garvin

19 Oct 2015
Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

the Bishop William Lawrence University Professor—who had done extensive research examining the benefits of clusters—to speak to the governor’s cabinet and the legislature in support of the idea. “That was the real reason the legislature View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

05 Mar 2019
First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 5, 2019

core business, ranging from environmental issues to LGBTQ rights and race relations. In the first study of this phenomenon, we implement two framed field experiments to provide evidence on how CEO activism can influence public opinions... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

11 Dec 2007
First Look

First Look: December 11, 2007

This chapter proposes that patents are real options that allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Jan 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research: January 17

considering such a path, the authors offer practical advice for each stage of the process. Think it through. Do you have the right qualities for the job (managerial skills, confidence, persuasiveness, persistence, a thirst for learning,... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care

perhaps as expected in a time of worldwide politicization and polarization. For one thing, Republicans are the only ones doing the talking—Democrats have not yet been invited to come to the table and likely won’t if Republican leaders can muster 50 View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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