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- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
regulatory agencies serving the public instead end up advancing the interests of the companies they regulate. The main way companies accomplish this, economists theorize, is through lobbying and campaign contributions that convince...
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Strict ID Laws Don't Stop Voters: Evidence form a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008-2018
U.S. states increasingly require identification to vote—an ostensible attempt to deter fraud that prompts complaints of selective disenfranchisement. Using a difference-in-differences design on a panel data set with 1.6 billion observations, 2008–2018, we find that... View Details
- May 2016 (Revised June 2017)
- Case
India's Amul: Keeping Up with the Times
By: Rohit Deshpandé, Tarun Khanna, Namrata Arora and Tanya Bijlani
Amul is an Indian dairy cooperative founded in 1947—eight months before India's independence from British rule—and owned by over three million farmers in the state of Gujarat. It is India's largest food product marketing organization, selling 46 products, including...
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Keywords:
Globalization;
Expansion;
Dairy;
India;
Cooperatives;
Milk;
Leadership;
Agriculture;
Agribusiness;
Competition;
Marketing;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry;
India
Deshpandé, Rohit, Tarun Khanna, Namrata Arora, and Tanya Bijlani. "India's Amul: Keeping Up with the Times." Harvard Business School Case 516-116, May 2016. (Revised June 2017.)
- 04 Oct 2018
- Working Paper Summaries
Corruption, Government Subsidies, and Innovation: Evidence from China
- Research Summary
Renovating Democratic Capitalism
This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details
- 14 May 2013
- Blog Post
“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman
Before HBS I helped run digital campaigns for a labor union, the Green Bay Packers, and Lady Gaga’s non-profit at Blue State Digital. Blue State Digital made its name helping design Barack Obama’s 2008 and 2012 digital campaigns, and in...
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Technology
- March 2020
- Case
China's Management of COVID-19 (A): People's War or Chernobyl Moment?
By: Meg Rithmire and Courtney Han
In late 2019, a novel respiratory virus appeared in a province in central China. Government officials in Wuhan, Hubei province had to respond to the new virus in the shadow of the 2002–2003 outbreak of SARS in China and within the context of the country’s public health...
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Keywords:
COVID-19;
Coronavirus;
Pandemics;
Public Health;
COVID-19 Pandemic;
Health Pandemics;
Government Administration;
Social Issues;
Policy;
Decision Making;
China
Rithmire, Meg, and Courtney Han. "China's Management of COVID-19 (A): People's War or Chernobyl Moment?" Harvard Business School Case 720-035, March 2020.
- Teaching Interest
Social Entrepreneurship and Innovation
Combining the tools of philanthropy, business and advocacy (or mission, margin and mandate), social entrepreneurs have tackled long-standing societal issues like teacher training, college access, global public health, renewable energy and sanitation. Social...
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- 23 Jun 2020
- Book
Beginning America Over Again with a New Electoral System
Created by the people for the people, the American political system is instead "a private industry dominated by a textbook duopoly—the Democrats and the Republicans—and plagued and perverted by unhealthy competition between...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 2022
- Article
Indonesia and the Third Indochina War: The End of Containment
By: Mattias Fibiger
The Third Indochina War called forth dramatic changes in the international relations of Southeast Asia. Foremost among these changes was a shift in the geopolitical orientation of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The organization’s founders...
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Fibiger, Mattias. "Indonesia and the Third Indochina War: The End of Containment." Journal of American-East Asian Relations 29, no. 3 (2022): 240–270.
- 02 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Trump’s Tariffs Could Harm Allies as Much as Opponents
House, the president has yet to fulfill some of his key campaign promises. Last year the US trade deficit that he vowed to reduce was the largest in nearly a decade. The imbalance with China alone hit a record $375 billion. With mid-term...
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- 17 Jan 2008
- Research & Ideas
If Marketing Experts Ran Elections
in November. While 20 percent of U.S. adults are political junkies, the rest can't spare the time, don't think their vote will matter, see no important differences among the candidates, or are turned off by the electoral process and...
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by John A. Quelch
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
and fear among certain groups of Americans. History makes it clear that all leaders have to be able to understand and respond to emotional currents among the people they influence. And I think Trump did that on the campaign trail in ways...
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 12 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Book Excerpt: Strength in Numbers
Professor Gunnar Trumbull disagrees. In his new book, Strength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests, Trumbull shows how groups such as consumers can effect change by forming interest-driven alliances among activists,...
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Re: Gunnar Trumbull
- September 2009 (Revised August 2010)
- Case
Congressional Candidate Dan Silver and KNP Communications
By: Amy J.C. Cuddy and Nithyasri Sharma
In the 2006 election cycle, Ron Klein was running for the U.S. Congressional seat from Florida's 22nd District. He was up against Rep. Clay Shaw, a popular 26-year incumbent with significant name recognition in the district. Leading up to the election, Klein's campaign...
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Keywords:
Interpersonal Communication;
Competency and Skills;
Political Elections;
Personal Characteristics;
Public Administration Industry;
Florida
Cuddy, Amy J.C., and Nithyasri Sharma. "Congressional Candidate Dan Silver and KNP Communications." Harvard Business School Case 910-013, September 2009. (Revised August 2010.)
- 11 Feb 2008
- Research & Ideas
Does Democracy Need a Marketing Manager?
Very little scholarship has been done around the subject of marketing and democracy. In fact, many believe that politics needs less marketing. Harvard Business School professor John A. Quelch and research associate Katherine E. Jocz see...
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by Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
influence them. More specifically, this approach steers attention away from the political processes whereby administrative policies are formed and implemented . . . . These difficulties are compounded by the typical simplifying device of...
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- August 2006 (Revised October 2020)
- Case
Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Struggle for Indian Independence
By: Geoffrey Jones, Prabakar 'PK' Kothandaraman and Kerry Herman
Describes the role of a leading Indian business leader in the campaign for independence before 1947 and his close relationship with the legendary Mahatma Gandhi. Provides the opportunity to consider the impact of colonialism on shaping Indian entrepreneurship and the...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Government and Politics;
Business History;
Leadership;
Business and Government Relations;
Power and Influence;
India
Jones, Geoffrey, Prabakar 'PK' Kothandaraman, and Kerry Herman. "Jamnalal Bajaj, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Struggle for Indian Independence." Harvard Business School Case 807-028, August 2006. (Revised October 2020.)
- February 2016 (Revised August 2021)
- Case
Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Black Voting Rights
By: David Moss and Dean Grodzins
In January 1965, Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., the most prominent leader of the civil rights movement in the United States, launched a campaign of civil disobedience in Selma, Alabama, to bring national attention to disenfranchisement of black voters in the South. On...
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Keywords:
Rights;
Voting;
Race;
Government and Politics;
Conflict and Resolution;
Leadership;
History;
Alabama
Moss, David, and Dean Grodzins. "Martin Luther King and the Struggle for Black Voting Rights." Harvard Business School Case 716-042, February 2016. (Revised August 2021.)
- September 2019 (Revised May 2020)
- Supplement
Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Pippa Tubman Armerding
This case describes Keroche co-founder Tabitha Karanja’s decision to exit the wine business following the Kenyan government’s 2007 increase in excise taxes on wine. In August 2007, Keroche introduced the vodka drink Viena Ice as a replacement for its fortified wines,...
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Keywords:
Keroche;
Alcohol;
Alcoholic Beverages;
Alcoholic Drinks;
Beverages;
Drinks;
Wine Industry;
Wine;
Fortified Wine;
Viena;
Viena Ice;
Beer;
Beer Market;
Premium Beer;
Manufacturing;
Summit Lager;
Business Ventures;
Business Exit or Shutdown;
Business Growth and Maturation;
Business Startups;
Small Business;
Family Business;
Crime and Corruption;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Decisions;
Income;
Demographics;
Geographic Scope;
Geographic Location;
Goods and Commodities;
Government Legislation;
Growth and Development;
Business History;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Laws and Statutes;
Lawfulness;
Goals and Objectives;
Consumer Behavior;
Market Entry and Exit;
Problems and Challenges;
Safety;
Social Issues;
Poverty;
Strategy;
Competition;
Manufacturing Industry;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Kenya;
Nairobi;
Africa
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Pippa Tubman Armerding. "Keroche (D): Transforming the Core Business." Harvard Business School Supplement 720-393, September 2019. (Revised May 2020.)