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- 23 Sep 2020
- News
Alumni Consider Election Reform; Clubs Explore Parenting by Case Method
scenario where one candidate wins the popular vote and is projected to take the electoral vote, but lawsuits in many states over mail-in ballots and congressional races mean the outcome is uncertain. Several problematic laws could then...
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Margie Kelley
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Building a Strong and Prosperous Society
left and the right. No one wants politics to be corrupted. It’s also critical for business to push back against gerrymandering and voter suppression. An increasing number of firms are giving their employees time off to vote, which is also...
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- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
tracked by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. For voters between the ages of 18 and 29, the picture was even worse, with a 40 percent turnout. Less than 20 percent of Americans have faith in the democratic...
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- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Monaco's Digital Transformation
country’s own digital security agency handles all encryption. Genta, who brings to his role a background in business leadership at Google, Amazon, and Orange, also worked with his team to develop the Monaco ID card, a secure way for a...
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Jennifer Gillespie
- 01 Apr 2000
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
Harvard Business School alumni are invited to participate in Harvard University's elections for both the Board of Overseers and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots will be mailed during the first week of April, and completed ballots must be received by noon...
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- 25 Aug 2017
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?
highly-skilled workers” Just as problematic are Trump’s numbers with educated voters. Even solely among whites, 60 percent of white voters with a college degree disapprove of Trump’s performance as president, and 54 percent of white View Details
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by Gautam Mukunda
- 01 Sep 2020
- News
Reinvigorating Democracy: A Vote for Change
primaries with a single, nonpartisan primary that uses the same ballot for all voters. The top five finishers then advance to the general election. The second step involves implementing ranked-choice voting in the general election. By ranking the five choices...
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Young, Susan
- 11 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices
American voters want their government to reign in rising drug spending, according to recent polls. They spend twice as much a year per person on medications than the average Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development member...
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- 18 Oct 2021
- Blog Post
How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.
when it came time to vote on reclassification of gig workers under California’s Proposition 22 initiative? Benefits and other protections were at the heart of Proposition 22, the first large-scale look at how voters view gig work. In...
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Consumer Products
- 20 Jan 2017
- Research & Ideas
Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency
parlayed his fame as a celebrity real estate developer into a winning pitch to voters as a Washington outsider. Emphasizing his decades of experience as a wheeler-dealer building luxury hotels, casinos, and golf courses around the world,...
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by Christina Pazzanese
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Student Conferences, at a Glance
Bhusri, general partner, Greylock “After 9/11, do we want or need an ID card? From a technology stand-point, that’s a no-brainer. We need to get our act together first on policy and cultural issues.” — Mark Cleverley, senior consultant,...
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- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
a home, and achieve some level of success, security, and happiness. But how does this vision change in parts of the world where property rights, if they are present at all, are threatened by weak law enforcement, corruption, crime, and...
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by Julia Hanna
- 26 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 26, 2016
rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=45849 Do Interactions with Candidates Increase Voter Support and Participation? Experimental Evidence from...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Time to Vote in University Elections
Harvard Business School alumni are invited to participate in Harvard University's elections for both the Board of Overseers and the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). Ballots will be mailed during the first week of April, and completed ballots must be received by noon...
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- 15 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 15, 2016
Publisher's link: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50752 Voter Registration Costs and Disenfranchisement: Experimental Evidence from France By: Braconnier, Celine, Jean-Yves Dormagen, and Vincent Pons Abstract—A large-scale...
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- 18 Oct 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Venture Capital’s Disconnect with Clean Tech
reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. This creates an obvious market for clean-tech companies, which often focus on greenhouse gas emissions. But now voters are considering Proposition 23, an upcoming ballot initiative heavily funded by...
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- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
Legal Education What Courses Should Law Students Take? Lessons from Harvard's Big Law Survey By: Coates, John C., Jesse M. Fried, and Kathryn E. Spier Abstract—No abstract available. Publisher's link:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
explore the mechanisms underlying the relationship between managerial discretion and future performance. Strict ID Laws Don’t Stop Voters: Evidence from a U.S. Nationwide Panel, 2008–2016 By: Cantoni,...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Apr 2014
- Research & Ideas
Difficulties for Women Bridging Racial, Generational, and Global Divides
In the months leading up to the 2008 presidential election, CNN ran a story titled "Gender or Race: Black Women Voters Face Tough Choices in South Carolina." The "tough choice" in question: should they vote according to race (Barack...
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by Carmen Nobel
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Letters
being active participants. All forms of illicit financial flows are assisted by a global structure that comprises 72 tax havens, secrecy jurisdictions, millions of disguised corporations, anonymous trust accounts, fake charitable foundations, money-laundering...
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