Winning Coalition - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Oct 2001
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Books: Winning the Influence Game

"Managers who ignore the actions of government do so at great risk," warn the authors of Winning the Influence Game: What Every Business Leader Should Know about Government. HBS associate professor Michael Watkins, former congressman and... View Details

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

01 Mar 2004
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David Horgan: Iraqi Briefing, 21st November, 2003

now. Only Iraqis can secure their country. Give a date for Coalition withdrawal. Any date, even distant, would calm sensitivities. Hold immediate free and fair elections - open to all comers, including former government and Islamists.... View Details

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

29 Jan 2021
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Holding Business to Account

racist name was bad business. Still, FedEx did not act. Finally, in late June 2020, in the wake of Black Lives Matter protests, Boston Common and a coalition of 86 other investors—among them Native American leaders—again asked FedEx, and... View Details

01 Dec 2011
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A Modest Tax Proposal

one year. Such a holiday would raise revenues and create jobs in the United States, according to the WIN America Campaign, a coalition of companies including Apple, Google, and Pfizer. But the last time such... View Details

Keywords: Robert C. Pozen; tax holidays

01 Sep 2017
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City of Dreams

Defecting from his position as Rajapaksa’s minister of health, Sirisena’s unexpected win signaled a miraculously peaceful transition to a more democratic, just future. A coalition government formed, with... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Alice Carfrae; Sri Lanka; Construction of Buildings; Construction; Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development; Government

01 Sep 2007
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Ali Allawi

Iraq from the perspective of an insider — The Occupation of Iraq: Winning the War, Losing the Peace. Published last spring, it’s a damning indictment not just of America’s many missteps, but also of the “utter mediocrity, incompetence,... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; National Security and International Affairs; Government

01 Dec 2007
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Lighten Up

HBS and the Kennedy School of Government. Coup, who’s 41 and a numbers whiz, worked as the policy director for the anti-deficit Concord Coalition in Washington, D.C.; a strategic planner in the office of the American Stock Exchange’s... View Details

Keywords: Kathryn Jones; Sporting Goods, Hobby, Musical Instrument, and Book Stores; Retail Trade

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