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- March 2019 (Revised March 2019)
- Teaching Note
Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations
By: Rafael Di Tella, Vincent Pons and Nathaniel Schwalb
Teaching Note for HBS No. 719-001.
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- June 1990
- Teaching Note
Population Services International: The Social Marketing Project in Bangladesh (Abridged), Teaching Note
By: James E. Austin and Tomas Otto Kohn
- February 2019 (Revised March 2019)
- Case
Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations
By: Vincent Pons, Rafael Di Tella and Annelena Lobb
Pons, Vincent, Rafael Di Tella, and Annelena Lobb. "Populism in Bolivia: From Goni's Neoliberal Shock to Evo's Oil Contract Renegotiations." Harvard Business School Case 719-001, February 2019. (Revised March 2019.)
- 2014
- Contribution
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contextual Intelligence for the Study of Two Thirds of the World's Population
By: Tarun Khanna
In this paper, I review the concept of "institutional voids" that provides a way to understand the structure of emerging markets. These voids impede would-be buyers from getting together with would-be sellers, and hence compromise the functioning of markets....
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Khanna, Tarun. "Entrepreneurship in Emerging Markets: Contextual Intelligence for the Study of Two Thirds of the World's Population." Contribution to Multidisciplinary Insights from New AIB Fellows. Vol. 16, edited by Jean J. Boddewyn, 221–238. Research in Global Strategic Management. Bingley, UK: Emerald Group Publishing, 2014.
- 2018
- Other Unpublished Work
Trump's Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand
By: Rafael Di Tella
In the 2016 United States presidential election, candidates from both major political parties used anti-establishment messaging to appeal to Americans, a theme that had been on the sidelines of US political discourse for decades. Donald Trump, in particular, played...
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Keywords:
Populism;
Globalization;
Public Opinion;
Social Issues;
Government and Politics;
Demographics;
United States
Di Tella, Rafael. "Trump's Populism: What Business Leaders Need To Understand." HBS Working Knowledge, March 2018.
- December 1969
- Article
A Golden Golden-Rule for Welfare-Maximization in an Economy with a Varying Population Growth Rate
By: Robert C. Merton
Merton, Robert C. "A Golden Golden-Rule for Welfare-Maximization in an Economy with a Varying Population Growth Rate." Western Economic Journal 4 (December 1969): 307–318. (Chapter III of Ph.D. dissertation.)
- October 2020 (Revised March 2022)
- Case
Automercados Plaza's: Surviving Venezuela's Hyperinflation
By: Alberto Cavallo, Mariana Cal and Carla Larangeira
Under the rule of presidents Hugo Chávez and Nicolas Maduro, Venezuela experienced one of the worst economic and political meltdowns in modern history, culminating with a massive hyperinflation. Remarkably, during this dramatic times Automercados Plaza's had grown to...
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Keywords:
Hyperinflation;
Populism;
Inflation and Deflation;
Macroeconomics;
Management;
Strategy;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Business and Government Relations;
Retail Industry;
South America;
Venezuela
Cavallo, Alberto, Mariana Cal, and Carla Larangeira. "Automercados Plaza's: Surviving Venezuela's Hyperinflation." Harvard Business School Case 721-014, October 2020. (Revised March 2022.)
- August 2020 (Revised November 2022)
- Case
George Soros: The Stateless Statesman
By: Geoffrey Jones and Wendy Ying
This case traces the business career and philanthropic activities of George Soros. The Hungarian-born Soros made a fortune as a hedge fund investor after establishing Quantum Fund on the tax haven island of Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles in 1973 where he was...
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Keywords:
Hedge Fund;
Philanthropy;
Populism;
Finance;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Political Elections;
Personal Development and Career;
Leadership Style;
Financial Services Industry;
Europe;
Hungary;
United Kingdom;
North and Central America;
United States
Jones, Geoffrey, and Wendy Ying. "George Soros: The Stateless Statesman." Harvard Business School Case 321-012, August 2020. (Revised November 2022.)
- 2015
- Chapter
Investigating Population Dynamics of the KUMBH MELA through the Lens of Cell Phone Data
By: Jukka-Pekka Onnela and Tarun Khanna
Onnela, Jukka-Pekka, and Tarun Khanna. "Investigating Population Dynamics of the KUMBH MELA through the Lens of Cell Phone Data." In Kumbh Mela, January 2013: Mapping the Ephemeral Mega City, edited by Rahul Mehrotra and Felipe Vera, 202–218. Ostfildern, Germany: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015.
- July 2017
- Teaching Plan
Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era
By: Rafael Di Tella and Sarah McAra
- 2020
- Working Paper
Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Every order is a bargain with disappointments and trade-offs. Thus is every order an unstable equilibrium. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, created both international prosperity and domestic instability. That instability was fully realized during the...
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Keywords:
Centrism;
Populism;
Globalization;
History;
Balance and Stability;
Economic Systems;
Government and Politics;
Learning
Abdelal, Rawi. "Of Learning and Forgetting: Centrism, Populism, and the Legitimacy Crisis of Globalization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-008, July 2020.
- November 2021 (Revised May 2022)
- Case
West Virginia: Finding the Right Path Forward
By: Matthew C. Weinzierl, Christine Keung and Reggie Smith
Once at the center of the American economy, the state of West Virginia had seen decades of decline as its coal industry fell on hard times. With beautiful but challenging topography, a proud but shrinking population, and a new scourge of the opioid epidemic, the...
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Keywords:
Population Health;
Geographic Location;
Economic Slowdown and Stagnation;
Problems and Challenges;
Social Issues;
West Virginia
Weinzierl, Matthew C., Christine Keung, and Reggie Smith. "West Virginia: Finding the Right Path Forward." Harvard Business School Case 722-024, November 2021. (Revised May 2022.)
- December 2018
- Article
Some Elements of Peronist Beliefs and Tastes
By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We study the beliefs and values of Peronism. Instead of a comprehensive approach, we focus on three elements. First, we study beliefs and values about the economic system present in Peron’s speeches during the period 1943–1955. Second, given that these beliefs are...
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Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Some Elements of Peronist Beliefs and Tastes." Latin American Economic Review 27, no. 1 (December 2018).
- May 2023
- Article
A Public Health Approach to Negative News Media: The 3-to-1 Solution
By: Tyler VanderWeele and Arthur C. Brooks
There is clear evidence that the prevalence of negative media reporting has increased substantially over the past years. There is evidence also that this negative reporting adversely affects social interactions, as well as health and well-being outcomes. Given the wide...
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Keywords:
News;
Social Networks;
Contagion;
Population Health;
Media;
Health;
Welfare;
Organizational Change and Adaptation;
Journalism and News Industry
VanderWeele, Tyler, and Arthur C. Brooks. "A Public Health Approach to Negative News Media: The 3-to-1 Solution." American Journal of Health Promotion 37, no. 4 (May 2023): 447–449.
- Article
Anger and Regulation
By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
We study a model in which agents experience anger when they see a firm that has displayed insufficient concern for the welfare of its clients (i.e., altruism) making high profits. Regulation can increase welfare, for example, through fines (even with no changes in...
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Keywords:
Altruism;
Populism;
Public Relations;
Profit;
Consumer Behavior;
Perception;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Anger and Regulation." Scandinavian Journal of Economics 116, no. 3 (July 2014): 734–765.
- May 28, 2020
- Editorial
Populism, the Pandemic, and the Crisis of Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
Abdelal, Rawi. "Populism, the Pandemic, and the Crisis of Globalization." Valdai Discussion Club (May 28, 2020).
- September 2020
- Article
Dignity, Inequality, and the Populist Backlash: Lessons from America and Europe for a Sustainable Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
The greatest challenge to the sustainability of our current era of globalization comes from within the United States. Most Americans have come to reject globalization. We must discern the lessons from the parts of the developed world where the backlash is also...
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Keywords:
Populism;
Backlash;
Dignity;
Globalization;
Economic Systems;
Equality and Inequality;
Policy;
Values and Beliefs;
United States;
Europe
Abdelal, Rawi. "Dignity, Inequality, and the Populist Backlash: Lessons from America and Europe for a Sustainable Globalization." Global Policy 11, no. 4 (September 2020): 492–500.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Dignity, Inequality, and the Populist Backlash: Lessons from America and Europe for a Sustainable Globalization
By: Rawi Abdelal
The greatest challenge to the sustainability of our current era of globalization comes from within the United States. Most Americans have come to reject globalization. We must discern the lessons from the parts of the developed world where the backlash is also...
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Keywords:
Pandemics;
Populism;
Dignity;
Globalization;
Economic Systems;
Equality and Inequality;
Policy;
Values and Beliefs;
United States;
Europe;
France;
Germany
Abdelal, Rawi. "Dignity, Inequality, and the Populist Backlash: Lessons from America and Europe for a Sustainable Globalization." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-123, June 2020.
- Research Summary
The Fragile State of the World: Populism, Unfairness, and the Vulnerabilities of Global Capitalism
By: Rawi E. Abdelal
We are living through the second great era of globalization. The first era of globalization, circa 1870–1914, was destroyed by the geopolitics of a great power transition, armed conflict, and a populist backlash against free trade and multinational business. Today we...
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