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- 2008
- Working Paper
Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
By: Lakshmi Iyer and Anandi Mani
We develop a framework to empirically examine how politicians with electoral pressures control bureaucrats with career concerns as well as the consequences for bureaucrats' career investments. Unique micro-level data on Indian bureaucrats support our key predictions....
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Keywords:
Governance Controls;
Political Elections;
Management Skills;
Managerial Roles;
Personal Development and Career;
Societal Protocols;
India
Iyer, Lakshmi, and Anandi Mani. "Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-006, July 2008. (Revised April 2009, November 2009.)
- May 2019
- Supplement
Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices
By: Karen Mills and Jan W. Rivkin
This supplement discusses Amazon’s 2018 decision to split its HQ2 between two locations--Long Island City in New York and National Landing outside Washington, DC—as well as the ensuing response from local politicians and the public.
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Keywords:
Economic Development;
Headquarters;
Local Government;
Incentives;
Business Headquarters;
Business and Government Relations;
Development Economics
Mills, Karen, and Jan W. Rivkin. "Amazon's HQ2 (C): Choices." Harvard Business School Supplement 719-465, May 2019.
- 04 Feb 2020
- Video
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of Bangladesh-based BRAC, the world’s largest NGO, describes how he was approached by politicians asking him to influence the votes of his employees, and how he refused to do...
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- 28 Oct 2010
- News
Far from the meddling crowd
- 10 Dec 2010
- News
Something for the weekend
- 16 May 2018
- News
Salaries at this Boston company rank among highest in US
- 22 Jul 2011
- News
Beware "the Pledge"
- 21 Aug 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Traveling Agents: Political Change and Bureaucratic Turnover in India
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by Lakshmi Iyer & Anandi Mani
- 30 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Voters Appreciate Responsive Governments? Evidence from Indian Disaster Relief
- 31 Oct 2019
- Video
Dato' Sri Tahir
Daro’ Sri Tahir, founder of a large financial service group in Indonesia, argues that the whole eco-system of the country is corrupt, with businesses pursuing strategies which make no economic sense, and then...
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- Feb 2012
- Case
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul: Building on a Diversified Base (Abridged)
Starting in 2003, the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan region lagged the rest of the U.S. in job creation. Alarmed business and civic leaders coalesced around the Itasca Project, which set in motion a series of actions by groups of CEOs and View Details
- 06 Mar 2011
- News
Kasich, budget must address Harvard 'Competitiveness' study findings
- 17 Jul 2011
- News
Why India can't feed her people
- October 2008
- Case
Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)
By: Huw Pill, Rafael M. Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
What caused the 1997-98 Asia Crisis: Asian nations' poor economic management, international financial contagion, close "crony" relations between local politicians and capitalists? This case examines how the crisis erupted in Thailand and spread in a chain of events...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Financial Crisis;
Ethics;
Financial Institutions;
Financial Management;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
Asia
Pill, Huw, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Financial Crisis in Asia: 1997-1998 (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 709-004, October 2008.
- 30 Jul 2018
- News
How to lead like Abraham Lincoln, according to a Harvard historian
- 06 Jan 2014
- News
Leading Thoughts
- 02 May 2009
- News