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  • 04 Jan 2017
  • What Do You Think?

How Much Bureaucracy is a Good Thing in Government and Business?

Summing Up: Are Bureaucracies Worth Improving? Several messages emerge from responses to this month’s column on the worthiness of bureaucracies. In general, there is a wide range of thinking about the value of View Details
Keywords: by James L. Heskett
  • 14 Apr 2016
  • News

Bureaucracy has had it too easy

  • 1991
  • Chapter

The Future of Bureaucracy and Hierarchy in Organizational Theory: A Report from the Field

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Organizational Structure; Rank and Position
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  • 01 Apr 1989
  • Conference Presentation

The Future of Bureaucracy and Hierarchy in Organizational Theory: A Report from the Field

By: R. M. Kanter
Keywords: Theory; Organizational Structure
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  • January 9, 2016
  • Editorial

Local Initiative Key to Quality Education

By: Akshay Mangla
Keywords: Bureaucracy; India; Governance; Education; India
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Inside the State: Bureaucratic Norms and Primary Education in Rural India (Book manuscript in progress)

When and how do poor democracies implement primary education effectively? India has earned accolades for its robust democracy. Yet the state’s historic... View Details
Keywords: Education Reform; Bureaucracy; Policy Implementation; India
  • 13 Mar 2015
  • News

If Greece Embraces Uncertainty, Innovation Will Follow

Keywords: Greece; innovation; risk tolerance; bureaucracy; entrepreneurship; Government
  • Article

Bureaucratic Norms and State Capacity in India: Implementing Primary Education in the Himalayan Region

By: Akshay Mangla
Himachal Pradesh has surged ahead of other Indian states in implementing universal primary education. Through a combination of field research methods, this paper connects these achievements to bureaucratic norms, unwritten rules within the state that guide the behavior... View Details
Keywords: India; Bureaucracy; Norms; State Capacity; Education; Government and Politics; Education Industry; India
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  • March 2013 (Revised August 2014)
  • Case

Indonesia's OJK: Building Financial Stability

By: Lakshmi Iyer and David Lane
In 2013, a new financial services authority, the Otoritas Jasa Keuangan (OJK), took over responsibility for regulating capital markets and non-bank financial institutions in Indonesia. OJK was scheduled to take over bank regulation and supervision from the central... View Details
Keywords: Monetary Policy; Bank Regulation; Financial Market Regulation; Corruption; Bureaucracy; Central Bank Independence; Indonesia; Crime and Corruption; Central Banking; Ethics; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Financial Crisis; Financial Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Indonesia
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  • 04 Feb 2020
  • Video

Dr. Prathap C. Reddy

Prathap C. Reddy, founder of... View Details

  • 25 Mar 2014
  • News

Can China’s Economic System Overcome its Political System?

  • 25 Mar 2014
  • Research & Ideas

China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System

One need only look as far as the bookshelf to see the optimism attached to China's ascension as a world economic and political power. Titles like The Dragon Awakes; The Rise of China; and When China Rules the World predict an inevitable, if not entirely welcome, rise... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 09 May 2011
  • News

Cisco and a Cautionary Tale about Teams

  • 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM EDT, 18 May 2021
  • Virtual Programming

Books@Baker: Mitchell Weiss

Is government too big, too slow, and too mired in bureaucracy to tackle climate change, crumbling infrastructure, and other tough social problems? Join HBS professor Mitchell Weiss as he talks about these and other ideas from his new book, We the Possibility:... View Details
  • February 2016 (Revised April 2020)
  • Case

In the Name of Democracy? The Rise and Decline of India's Congress Party

By: Akshay Mangla and Jonathan Schlefer
In 1950 it looked highly doubtful that Indian democracy would hold—typical family income was $6 a month, only about 15% of the population was literate, there were deep religious and ethnic differences, and more than a dozen national languages were spoken. But after a... View Details
Keywords: Congress Party; Economic Development; Democratization; Economic Reform; Economic Systems; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Development Economics; India
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  • 21 May 2018
  • Working Paper Summaries

Business, Governments, and Political Risk in South Asia and Latin America Since 1970

Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones and Rachael Comunale
  • 03 Apr 2015
  • News

How To Run A Business Without Any Bosses

  • 30 Dec 2010
  • News

Shrink It, Cure It

  • 11 Mar 2013
  • News

Encourage Small Wins—and the Big Wins Are More Likely to Come

  • May 20, 2016
  • Comment

World Health Organization Lacks Leadership to Combat Pandemics

By: John A. Quelch
When it comes to emergency preparedness for pandemics, the World Health Organization is falling short. It has not provided prompt and clear leadership to the world in combating either the Ebola or Zika viruses. Its leadership has been low energy, its representatives... View Details
Keywords: Global Health; World Health Organization; World Bank; Pandemics; Emergency Preparedness; Experience and Expertise; Decisions; Forecasting and Prediction; Communication Strategy; Nonverbal Communication; Framework; Governance; Government and Politics; Health; Management; Practice; Problems and Challenges; Projects; Risk and Uncertainty; Human Needs; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Welfare or Wellbeing; Biotechnology Industry; Health Industry; Journalism and News Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Public Administration Industry; Tourism Industry; Transportation Industry; Travel Industry; Africa; Asia; Europe; Latin America; North and Central America; South America; West Indies
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