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- Spring 2018
- Article
The ‘Moral Effect’ of Legalized Lawlessness:: Violence in Britain’s Twentieth Century Empire
From 1930s Palestine to Kenya in the years following World War II, systematized violence shaped and defined much of Britain’s twentieth-century empire. Liberal authoritarianism, and with it the “moral effect” that coercion had upon colonial subjects, gave rise to the...
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Elkins, Caroline M. "The ‘Moral Effect’ of Legalized Lawlessness: Violence in Britain’s Twentieth Century Empire." Historical Reflections/Réflexions Historiques 44, no. 1 (Spring 2018): 78–90.
- November 2018 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence
By: Vikram S Gandhi and Caitlin Reimers
In Spring of 2018, Chris Ailman, CIO of the $200 billion pension plan for California public school teachers (CalSTRS) was mandated by his board to “prioritize engagement with makers and retailers of firearms in California” following a series of gun-related tragedies in...
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Keywords:
Pension Funds;
Pension Plan;
Asset Allocation;
Screening;
ESG;
Gun Violence;
Business and Government Relations;
Values and Beliefs;
Education Industry;
California;
United States
Gandhi, Vikram S., and Caitlin Reimers. "CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence." Harvard Business School Case 819-079, November 2018. (Revised December 2018.)
- May 2014
- Article
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence
By: Shon R. Hiatt and Wesley Sine
Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political and civil violence...
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Keywords:
Conflict;
Violence;
Political Turmoil;
Civil Unrest;
Entrepreneurship;
Business Startups;
Government and Politics;
Balance and Stability;
Crime and Corruption;
Business Strategy;
Planning;
Colombia
Hiatt, Shon R., and Wesley Sine. "Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence." Strategic Management Journal 35, no. 5 (May 2014): 773–785.
- Research Summary
Violence and Forced Migration
Professor Fabbe’s second area of research focuses on individual and collective responses to violence and forced migration. Under this research stream, she has implemented large survey projects in Iraq, Turkey, and Morocco. Her work in Turkey tests the notion that... View Details
- February 2005
- Article
Portrait of a Failed Rebellion: An Account of Rational, Sub-optimal Violence in Western Uganda
By: Lucy Hovil and Eric D. Werker
While newspaper reports typically describe anti-civilian violence in civil war as resulting from hatred or anarchy, there is an emerging literature that interprets these processes as calculated, strategic actions of war makers. We argue that this literature...
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Hovil, Lucy, and Eric D. Werker. "Portrait of a Failed Rebellion: An Account of Rational, Sub-optimal Violence in Western Uganda." Rationality and Society 17, no. 1 (February 2005): 5–34.
- 2016
- Working Paper
Delaying Firearm Purchases Reduces Gun Violence
By: Michael Luca, Deepak Malhotra and Christopher Poliquin
Handgun waiting periods are laws that impose a two to seven-day delay between the purchase and delivery of a firearm. While states might institute waiting periods for different reasons (e.g., to allow for background checks), these delays also create a “cooling off”...
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Gun Violence in the United States
By: Deepak Malhotra
My colleagues and I are studying gun violence from two perspectives. First, how do events like mass shootings impact gun policy? Do they have any effect? We find that they do, but not in the way most people would expect. Second, we are studying which types of gun...
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- Web
2.3.7 Physical Violence - MBA
2.3 Community Standards of Conduct 2.3.7 Physical Violence Welcome to HBS Being a Student at HBS 1. Academic Information & Policies 2. Integrity & Standards of Conduct 2.1 Academic Standards of Conduct 2.2 Recruiting Standards of Conduct...
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- 2017
- Chapter
Limitless Violence in Palestine
Elkins, Caroline M. "Limitless Violence in Palestine." In Effervescent Adventures with Britannia: Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain, edited by Wm. Roger Louis, 261–272. Adventures with Britannia. London: I.B. Tauris, 2017.
- 28 Mar 2022
- News
Legacy of Liberal Violence
- November 2020
- Supplement
CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence
By: Vikram S Gandhi
Gandhi, Vikram S. "CalSTRS Takes on Gun Violence." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Supplement 821-701, November 2020.
- 25 Jan 2018
- Cold Call Podcast
One Love: Managing a Movement Against Relationship Violence
Keywords:
Re: Thomas J. DeLong
- 12 Apr 2022
- Book
Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence
Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new...
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by Avery Forman
- 15 Oct 2019
- News
Level of campus sexual violence largely unchanged, survey says
- 2021
- Chapter
British Imperial Violence and the Middle East
Elkins, Caroline M. "British Imperial Violence and the Middle East." In The Darker Angels of our Nature: Refuting the Pinker Theory of History & Violence, edited by Philip Dwyer and Mark S. Micale, 197–218. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- Sep 2021
- Lecture
Legacy of Violence and the British Empire
- 2023
- Working Paper
Causes and Consequences of State Violence against Civilians: The Rohingya of Myanmar
By: C. Austin Davis, Paula Lopez-Pena, A. Mushfiq Mobarak and Jaya Wen
The Rohingya crisis is a severe, ongoing conflict involving large-scale violence and forced displacement, yet its causes are contested and its consequences lack systematic documentation. We marshal a variety of existing and original data to shed light on its drivers,...
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Keywords:
War;
Conflict and Resolution;
Motivation and Incentives;
Developing Countries and Economies;
Myanmar
Davis, C. Austin, Paula Lopez-Pena, A. Mushfiq Mobarak, and Jaya Wen. "Causes and Consequences of State Violence against Civilians: The Rohingya of Myanmar." Working Paper, August 2023.
Clear and Present Danger: Planning and New Venture Survival amid Political and Civil Violence
Although entrepreneurs constitute a key economic driving force for many countries, they often face unstable environments due to violence and civil unrest. Yet, we know very little about how environments characterized by high levels of political and civil violence... View Details
- Oct 2021
- Other Presentation