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- January 2002 (Revised March 2006)
- Background Note
Democracy
By: Rawi E. Abdelal
Surveys scholarship on democracy and democratization. Describes the relationship between democracy and the environment of business, including capitalist economic institutions, economic growth, economic reform, and international relations. View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Situation or Environment; Business and Government Relations; Economic Growth; International Relations; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Abdelal, Rawi E. "Democracy." Harvard Business School Background Note 702-036, January 2002. (Revised March 2006.)
- Forthcoming
- Article
Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy
By: Marco Tabellini and Giacomo Magistretti
In this paper, we study the effects of economic integration with democratic partners on democracy. We assemble a large country-level panel dataset from 1960 to 2015, and exploit improvements in air, relative to sea, transportation to derive a time-varying instrument... View Details
Keywords: Democratization; Institutional Development; Economic Integration; International Trade; Democracy; Political Preferences; Institutions; Trade; Global Range; Economics; Government and Politics
Tabellini, Marco, and Giacomo Magistretti. "Economic Integration and the Transmission of Democracy." Review of Economic Studies (forthcoming). (Pre-published online August 9, 2024. Available also from VOX, VOXEU, Atlantico, The Economist, Domani, and Ideas for India. Longer NBER working paper version available here.)
- September 2022 (Revised August 2023)
- Case
Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
Since the early days of the internet, Taiwan had a vibrant community of civic hackers and open-source programmers who engaged with social issues. Audrey Tang was one of them. She spearheaded the 2014 Sunflower Student Movement in Taiwan, where protestors peacefully... View Details
Keywords: Democracy; Internet; Web Technology; Digital Transformation; Digital Platform; COVID; Information Technology; Applications and Software; Governance; Entrepreneurship; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Innovation and Invention; Taiwan; China; Asia
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Audrey Tang: Using Technology to Strengthen Democracy in Taiwan." Harvard Business School Case 823-048, September 2022. (Revised August 2023.)
- August 2015 (Revised January 2022)
- Case
George Washington and the Foundations of American Democracy
By: Tom Nicholas and Matthew G. Preble
George Washington is perhaps the most well-known of the U.S.'s founding fathers because of his political and military achievements. However, Washington also operated a number of successful business ventures out of his Mount Vernon estate, and he became a landowner on... View Details
Keywords: Government; History; George Washington; Democracy; Decision Making; Entrepreneurship; Government and Politics; Business History; Leadership; United States
Nicholas, Tom, and Matthew G. Preble. "George Washington and the Foundations of American Democracy." Harvard Business School Case 816-019, August 2015. (Revised January 2022.)
- March 2014 (Revised June 2015)
- Case
Can Mexico Make Democracy Work?
By: Gunnar Trumbull and Jonathan Schlefer
Enrique Peña Nieto, the presidential candidate of the old Mexican ruling party elected in 2012, passed the most fundamental reforms in at least two decades. They included allowing private competition in the energy sector, including with the state-owned oil company,... View Details
Keywords: Democratization; Economic Development; Competition Policy; Exchange Rates; Comparative Advantage; Growth and Development; Government Legislation; Political Elections; Economic Growth; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry; Communications Industry; Banking Industry; Latin America; Mexico
Trumbull, Gunnar, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Can Mexico Make Democracy Work?" Harvard Business School Case 714-049, March 2014. (Revised June 2015.)
- 2012
- Chapter
Marketing and Democracy
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz
Quelch, John A., and Katherine E. Jocz. "Marketing and Democracy." In Handbook of Marketing Strategy, edited by Venkatesh Shankar and Gregory S. Carpenter. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2012.
- May 27, 2020
- Editorial
Stable Democracies Better at Fostering Economic Growth
By: Ashish Nanda
Differences across countries in how the COVID-19 pandemic has been managed have led some to raise the broader question of whether democracies are necessarily a good way to organise a society. Research findings clearly show that compared to autocracies, democracies... View Details
Nanda, Ashish. "Stable Democracies Better at Fostering Economic Growth." The Hindu (May 27, 2020).
- Article
Representative Democracy and the Implementation of Majority-Preferred Alternatives
In this paper, we contrast direct and representative democracy. In a direct democracy, individuals have the opportunity to vote over the alternatives in every choice problem the population faces. In a representative democracy, the population commits to a candidate ex... View Details
Coffman, Katherine Baldiga. "Representative Democracy and the Implementation of Majority-Preferred Alternatives." Social Choice and Welfare 46, no. 3 (March 2016): 477–494.
- January 2006 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Capitalism and Democracy in a New World
By: Bruce R. Scott, Sarah Potvin and Alison Adams
Focuses on the formulation of the Northwestern Ordinance as the core of a development strategy for capitalism and democracy in the United States. A precursor to the Constitution, the Northwestern Ordinance was based on the New England Model to achieve a broad and... View Details
Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Economic Systems; Income; Laws and Statutes; Government and Politics; Growth and Development Strategy; Power and Influence; United States
Scott, Bruce R., Sarah Potvin, and Alison Adams. "Capitalism and Democracy in a New World." Harvard Business School Case 706-030, January 2006. (Revised April 2006.)
- 2008
- Book
Greater Good: How Good Marketing Makes for Better Democracy
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz
Marketing has a greater purpose, and marketers, a higher calling, than simply selling more widgets, according to John Quelch and Katherine Jocz. In "Greater Good", the authors contend that marketing performs an essential societal function—and does so democratically.... View Details
- February 1987 (Revised February 1993)
- Case
Oil and Democracy in Venezuela
Gomes-Casseres, Benjamin. "Oil and Democracy in Venezuela." Harvard Business School Case 387-149, February 1987. (Revised February 1993.)
- September 2022 (Revised October 2022)
- Case
Italy: Between Technocracy and Democracy
By: Sophus A. Reinert, Dante Roscini, Emilie Billaud and Elena Corsi
Reinert, Sophus A., Dante Roscini, Emilie Billaud, and Elena Corsi. "Italy: Between Technocracy and Democracy." Harvard Business School Case 723-008, September 2022. (Revised October 2022.)
- Article
India's Conflict Between Dirigisme and Democracy
By: Amar Bhidé
Bhidé, Amar. "India's Conflict Between Dirigisme and Democracy." Wall Street Journal (May 17, 1982).
- April 2012 (Revised October 2013)
- Case
Switzerland: Foreign Pressure and Direct Democracy
By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Jonathan Naharro Martin
Keywords: Switzerland
Rotemberg, Julio J., and Jonathan Naharro Martin. "Switzerland: Foreign Pressure and Direct Democracy." Harvard Business School Case 712-053, April 2012. (Revised October 2013.)
- October 2013
- Teaching Note
Switzerland: Foreign Pressure and Direct Democracy
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
contributions. For example, on the liberal side of the spectrum, you have Democracy for America, founded by Howard Dean, and also Moveon.org. However, online enthusiasm does not necessarily translate into the superior on-the-ground... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- Teaching Interest
United States in the World 39 - History of American Democracy
By: David A. Moss
For Harvard College undergraduates and MBA students
Today we often hear that American democracy is broken - but what does a healthy democracy look like? How has American democratic governance functioned in the past, and how has it changed... View Details
- 2013
- Book
Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline
By: Steven Rosefielde and Daniel Quinn Mills
Democracy and Its Elected Enemies reveals that American politicians have usurped their constitutional authority, substituting their economic and political sovereignty for the people's. This has been accomplished by creating an enormous public service sector... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Government and Politics; Macroeconomics; Public Administration Industry; United States
Rosefielde, Steven, and Daniel Quinn Mills. Democracy and Its Elected Enemies: American Political Capture and Economic Decline. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013.