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- 1992
- Article
Public Policy and the Evolution of Cable Television, 1950-90
By: Willis Emmons
Emmons, Willis. "Public Policy and the Evolution of Cable Television, 1950-90." Business and Economic History 21 (1992): 182–191.
- August 1990
- Case
NASA After Challenger: Restoring an Image
By: Stephen A. Greyser and Norman Klein
In the days following the loss of the space shuttle Challenger and its crew in January of 1986, NASA officials were unwilling to communicate with the media or the public. A siege mentality took hold, and the press and public responded with intense criticism and...
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Keywords:
Communication Strategy;
Policy;
Business and Community Relations;
Situation or Environment;
Conflict Management
Greyser, Stephen A., and Norman Klein. "NASA After Challenger: Restoring an Image." Harvard Business School Case 591-009, August 1990.
- October 1989 (Revised October 1992)
- Case
Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry
Describes the arguments for and against the tobacco industry. With the per capita demand for cigarettes steadily declining by 2% to 3% every year, the tobacco companies have been using various approaches to stem the tide. Many such moves, however, have come under...
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Keywords:
Debates;
Marketing Strategy;
Demand and Consumers;
Performance;
Social Issues;
Consumer Products Industry
Rangan, V. Kasturi. "Smoke Wars: The Case for and Against the Cigarette Industry." Harvard Business School Case 590-040, October 1989. (Revised October 1992.)
- September 1989 (Revised January 1991)
- Case
Massachusetts Lottery
By: John A. Quelch
Describes the role of state lotteries, lottery marketing, and the operation of the Massachusetts State Lottery, including reference to Massachusetts lottery advertising. Highlights the success of state lotteries while also noting growing criticism, particularly of...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Marketing;
Advertising;
Government and Politics;
Public Administration Industry;
Massachusetts
Quelch, John A. "Massachusetts Lottery." Harvard Business School Case 590-009, September 1989. (Revised January 1991.)
- 1984
- Article
Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christine E. Bishop
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Christine E. Bishop. "Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy." Health Care Financing Review 5, no. 4 (1984).
- 1981
- Article
A Consumer Based Approach for Establishing Priorities in Consumer Information Programs: Implications for Public Policy
By: Rohit Deshpandé and S. Krishnan
Although there exists substantial research on the style and format of consumer information programs, little attention has been devoted to the critical issue of whether consumers need new information at all. A conceptual approach to systematically assess this...
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- 1981
- Chapter
The Characteristics of Knowledge Use: Corporate and Public Policy Insights
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Gerald Zaltman
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Gerald Zaltman. "The Characteristics of Knowledge Use: Corporate and Public Policy Insights." Chap. 18 in Government Marketing: Theory and Practice, edited by Michael P. Mokwa and Steven E. Permut, 270–278. Public and Nonprofit Sector Marketing. New York, NY: Praeger, 1981.
- 1981
- Chapter
The Characteristics of Knowledge Use: Corporate and Public Policy Insights
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Gerald Zaltman
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Gerald Zaltman. "The Characteristics of Knowledge Use: Corporate and Public Policy Insights." Chap. 18 in Government Marketing: Theory and Practice, edited by Michael P. Mokwa and Steven E. Permut, 270–278. Public and Nonprofit Sector Marketing. New York, NY: Praeger, 1981.
- 1980
- Book
Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia
By: Malcolm Gillis, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr. and Ulrich Peterson
Keywords:
Taxation;
Investment;
Policy;
Metals and Minerals;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Indonesia
Gillis, Malcolm, Ralph Beals, Glenn Jenkins, L. T. Wells Jr., and Ulrich Peterson. Tax and Investment Policies for Hard Minerals: Public and Multinational Enterprises in Indonesia. MA: Ballinger Publishing Company, 1980. (Wells wrote chapter 20.)
- 01 Jan 1980
- Conference Presentation
The Impact of Public and Private Institutional Policies on Families: The Work Place
By: R. M. Kanter and A. R. Cohen
- 1979
- Article
The Use of Buying Decision Rules by the Elderly: Public Policy Implications of Perceived Post-Purchase Dissatisfaction
By: Rohit Deshpandé and S. Krishnan
Deshpandé, Rohit, and S. Krishnan. "The Use of Buying Decision Rules by the Elderly: Public Policy Implications of Perceived Post-Purchase Dissatisfaction." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1979): 583–588.
- 1978
- Article
Perceptions of Unfair Marketing Practices: Consumerism Implications
By: Gerald Zaltman, Rajendra K. Srivastava and Rohit Deshpandé
Previous research in complaint behavior has ignored the perception of unfair marketing practices as an explanatory variable. Perceptions of unfair marketing practices are related to consumer complaint behavior, although differentially related across different ages....
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Zaltman, Gerald, Rajendra K. Srivastava, and Rohit Deshpandé. "Perceptions of Unfair Marketing Practices: Consumerism Implications." Advances in Consumer Research 5 (1978): 247–253.
- November 1977 (Revised March 1984)
- Case
Cargill, Inc.: Managing Corporate Public Policy
By: Ray A. Goldberg
Goldberg, Ray A. "Cargill, Inc.: Managing Corporate Public Policy." Harvard Business School Case 578-088, November 1977. (Revised March 1984.)
- 1977
- Working Paper
Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance
By: Jerry R. Green
A two-period lifetime overlapping generations growth model is used to evaluate the possibility that social insurance can effectively offset economic risks associated with uncertainty about the rate of population growth. Crude measures of the seriousness of this type of...
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Keywords:
Social Insurance;
Econometric Models;
Public Sector;
Government Administration;
Policy;
Human Needs;
Social Issues;
Risk and Uncertainty
Green, Jerry R. "Mitigating Demographic Risk Through Social Insurance." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 215, November 1977.
- 1977
- Article
The Management of Marketing Conflict: Implications for Public Policy
By: Rohit Deshpandé and Rajendra K. Srivastava
Deshpandé, Rohit, and Rajendra K. Srivastava. "The Management of Marketing Conflict: Implications for Public Policy." AMA Educators' Proceedings (1977): 542.
- Research Summary
Behavioral Hazard and Public Policy
It is well recognized that people overuse low-value medical care due to moral hazard—because copays are lower than costs. Now Professor Schwartzstein has introduced the concept of “behavioral hazard” to explain the opposite: people underuse high-value care because... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE)
Business, Government, and the International Economy is a course about how the world works. More specifically, BGIE (pronounced “biggie”) is a course of study through which we seek to understand better the economic, political, and historical forces that determine the... View Details
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Clusters and Competition
Porter is conducting ongoing research on the theory of clusters, or geographic concentrations of interconnected companies and institutions in a particular field. This work includes further development of cluster theory and its implications for management and public...
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Corporate Governance and International Competitiveness
By: W. Carl Kester
W. Carl Kester's research involves comparisons of national or broad regional systems of corporate governance (e.g., German, Japanese, Anglo-American), and the influence these systems exert on corporate investment and international competitiveness. Kester has found...
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Democratic Governance and Decision Making
By: David A. Moss
Under what conditions are public policies in a democracy determined by special interests or, alternatively, by the general interest? A good deal of academic work, particularly associated with the economic theory of regulation, suggests that special interests...
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