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  • Working Paper

Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth

By: Lant Pritchett and Eric D. Werker
Two key unanswered questions in theories of growth are (a) why some countries successfully initiate episodes of rapid growth while others suffer extended stagnation and (b) why some countries are able to sustain growth episodes over many decades of rapid (or steady)... View Details
Keywords: Elite Commitment; Inclusive Growth; Status and Position; Rank and Position; Economic Growth
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  • 21 Feb 2013
  • Working Paper Summaries

Developing the Guts of a GUT (Grand Unified Theory): Elite Commitment and Inclusive Growth

Keywords: by Lant Pritchett & Eric D. Werker
  • April 2018
  • Article

Elite Strategies and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India

By: Akshay Mangla
This article analyzes India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. This programmatic policy change is puzzling given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I demonstrate the catalytic role of committed... View Details
Keywords: Education; Policy Change; Policy Elites; Institutions; India; Early Childhood Education; Policy; Education Industry; India
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  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Elite Ideas and Incremental Policy Change: The Expansion of Primary Education in India

By: Akshay Mangla
This paper analyzes India’s recent enactment of universal primary education. Given the clientelistic features of Indian democracy, this programmatic policy change presents a puzzle. Drawing on interviews and official documents, I find that committed state elites... View Details
Keywords: India; Political Economy; Ideas; Institutional Change; Education; Change Management; India
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  • 2008
  • Other Unpublished Work

Punctuated Identities and the Careers of Professional Women

This paper proposes a punctuated equilibrium model of identity change to explain how professional women's career goals and attitudes can change rapidly and dramatically during mid-career years. Data collected from interviews of 43 women alumni of an elite business... View Details
Keywords: Work-Life Balance; Decision Choices and Conditions; Identity; Personal Development and Career; Gender
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  • 2023
  • Working Paper

Do Third-Party Guarantors Reassure Foot Soldiers?

By: Natalia Garbiras-Díaz, Michael Weintraub, Leopoldo Fergusson, Juana Catalina Garcia Duque and Laia Balcells
Since the end of the Cold War, international third parties such as the United Nations (UN) have become frequent guarantors of peace agreements. Existing studies document that third parties provide assurances that help maintain peace, yet these studies nearly... View Details
Keywords: United Nations; Colombia; Peacemaking; Peace Process; Peace; Civil Unrest; Civil Society; Political Leadership; Policy; Civil Society or Community; Governance; Government and Politics; Economy; Economic Growth; Latin America; South America; Colombia
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  • 2021
  • Working Paper

Caccia Selvaggia: Myth, Rites, and the Right in Carlo Ginzburg's Storia notturna

By: Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
Carlo Ginzburg (b. 1939) is widely considered one of Europe’s leading historians. His masterpiece Storia notturna (Turin: Einaudi, 1989), widely praised for its extraordinary erudition and creativity, is now over three decades old but it continues to inspire... View Details
Keywords: Mythology; Culture; Political Doctrine; History; Government and Politics; Society
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  • 03 May 2011
  • First Look

First Look: May 3

http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-062.pdf 'Fit': Field Experimental Evidence on Sorting, Incentives and Creative Worker Performance Authors:Kevin J. Boudreau and Karim R. Lakhani Abstract We present the results of a 10-day field experiment in which over 500 View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 28 Nov 2023
  • Book

Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

competition and do not commit to protecting fundamental rights. I find that, sometimes, businesspeople seem attracted to one-party regimes because they seem efficient or lack political conflict. But political conflict is always present in... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • 12 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019

configurations that have developed. There are two central arguments. First, states carved out more sovereign space in places like Greece and Turkey, where religious elites were integral to early centralizing reform processes. Second,... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 19 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 19, 2019

Norton Abstract—Four studies reveal the benefits of relationship rituals: couples with relationship rituals report more positive emotions and greater relationship satisfaction and commitment than those without them. We show that rituals... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 08 Mar 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

desperately vied for the prize it bestowed on New York. Yet well-organized opponents overcame the unorganized supporters of the deal. Old-school reliance on the mayor and governor, powerful power brokers, proved unable to mobilize sufficient backing. Beyond cultivating... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction
  • 29 Jan 2018
  • Book

How 'Teaming' Saved 33 Lives in the Chilean Mining Disaster

miners from the refuge. The Chilean Carabineros Special Operations Group—an elite Chilean police unit for rescue operations—had arrived a few hours after the rst collapse. Yet their initial attempt at rescue had triggered that devastating... View Details
Keywords: by Amy C. Edmondson; Mining
  • 21 Feb 2005
  • Op-Ed

Is Business Management a Profession?

practice; a commitment to use specialized knowledge for the public good, and a renunciation of the goal of profit maximization, in return for professional autonomy and monopoly power; a code of ethics, with provisions for monitoring... View Details
Keywords: by Rakesh Khurana, Nitin Nohria & Daniel Penrice
  • 01 Mar 2024
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

himself up to pursue his passionate competitive ambitions, Finn commits to becoming a great rowing coach. But his growing achievements are upended when a tragic incident reignites his rivalry with Rupert and unearths the long-buried... View Details
Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 15 Dec 2023
  • News

Exploring Business Opportunities in Africa; Alumni Grapple with Plastic Waste Problem

Norwegian investment fund for developing countries which has committed 60 percent of its portfolio to sub-Saharan Africa. Fynn asked the panelists why they’re investing and building businesses in Africa; why they believe companies,... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
  • 07 Apr 2015
  • News

Warrior Spirit

the training grounds for the Evolve Fight Team, an elite group of nearly three dozen professional fighters. (Alongside ONE FC and Evolve, other ventures include Evolve University, the largest online site for training in martial arts, as... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Technical and Trade Schools; Educational Services
  • Research Summary

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building

The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2022
  • News

Full Court Press

first of 15 Jr. NBA programs focused on youth development; in 2017, it opened NBA Academy Africa, one of four NBA Academy programs around the world that features elite training for high school-age prospects, in Senegal. Yet fulfilling the... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell
  • 02 Dec 2010
  • News

Ten Rules for Entrepreneurs

Less than 20 percent of new businesses last five years. Despite those daunting odds, three MBAs from the Class of 1998 are among the elite who succeeded, and their stories make compelling reading in a new book. Former Washington Post... View Details
Keywords: Roger Thompson; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services