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- Chapter
Government Regulation of Business
By: R. H.K. Vietor
Vietor, R. H.K. "Government Regulation of Business." In Cambridge Economic History of the United States. 3 vols. Edited by S. L. Engerman and R. E. Gallman. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2000.
- August, 2022
- Article
Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the United States
By: Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new outgroup change the ingroup's perceptions of other outgroups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to recategorization of...
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Keywords:
In-group-out-group Relations;
Ingroup-outgroup Relations;
Immigration;
Race;
Relationships;
United States
Fouka, Vasiliki, and Marco Tabellini. "Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the United States." American Political Science Review 116, no. 3 (August, 2022): 968–984. (Featured in the Boston Globe, Washington Post, and HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the U.S.
By: Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
How do social group boundaries evolve? Does the appearance of a new outgroup change the ingroup's perceptions of other outgroups? We introduce a conceptual framework of context-dependent categorization, in which exposure to one minority leads to recategorization of...
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Keywords:
In-group-out-group Relations;
Immigration;
Race;
Attitudes;
Boundaries;
Prejudice and Bias
Fouka, Vasiliki, and Marco Tabellini. "Changing Ingroup Boundaries: The Effect of Immigration on Race Relations in the U.S." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-100, March 2020. (Accepted at American Political Science Review. Revised June 2021.)
- 14 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
Time that Government Reopens for Business
process? I think that these sorts of scenarios, along with doubts about the effectiveness of recent US foreign policy decisions regarding Syria and Iran, have had a negative effect on how we're viewed by business and View Details
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by Jim Aisner
- November 2018
- Case
Governance Transition at Anadolu Group
By: Paul M. Healy and Esel Y. Cekin
Kamil Yazici and Izzet Ozilhan founded and built Anadolu Group Holding—a family business that grew into a multi-billion-dollar regional powerhouse. For 57 years they were equal partners in running the company. They then handed over a leadership role to a next...
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Keywords:
Family-managed Business;
Professionally-run Company;
Second-generation;
Third-generation;
Governance;
Governance Changes;
Succession Planning;
Corporate Culture;
Shareholders;
Board Of Directors;
Long-term Sustainability;
Conglomerate;
Family Business;
Corporate Governance;
Change Management;
Management Succession;
Leadership;
Transition;
Organizational Structure;
Consumer Products Industry;
Turkey;
Central Asia;
Middle East
Healy, Paul M., and Esel Y. Cekin. "Governance Transition at Anadolu Group." Harvard Business School Case 119-048, November 2018.
- April 2017
- Article
The Responsibilities and Role of Business in Relation to Society: Back to Basics?
By: Nien-he Hsieh
In this address, I outline a back-to-basics approach to specifying the responsibilities and role of business in relation to society. Three “basics” comprise the approach. The first is arguing that basic principles of ordinary morality, such as a duty not to harm,...
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Keywords:
Business And Society;
Corporate Responsibility;
Harm;
Human Rights;
Institutions;
Pareto Efficiency;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Moral Sensibility;
Society;
Rights
Hsieh, Nien-he. "The Responsibilities and Role of Business in Relation to Society: Back to Basics?" Business Ethics Quarterly 27, no. 2 (April 2017): 293–314.
- November 1997 (Revised October 2001)
- Background Note
A Note on Government Sources of Financing for Small Businesses
By: Paul A. Gompers and Catherine M. Conneely
Discusses issues related to government sources of financing for small business in the United States. In addition to presenting motivations for government financing programs, the note gives a detailed presentation of major federal programs to assist small business.
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Gompers, Paul A., and Catherine M. Conneely. "A Note on Government Sources of Financing for Small Businesses." Harvard Business School Background Note 298-015, November 1997. (Revised October 2001.)
- January 2012 (Revised September 2012)
- Case
Aadhaar: India's 'Unique Identification' System
By: Tarun Khanna and Anjali Raina
Keywords:
Business Government Relations;
Information;
Information Technology;
Organizational Design;
Infrastructure;
Leadership Style;
Business and Government Relations;
Change Management;
Crime and Corruption;
Identity;
Projects;
Information Management;
Information Technology Industry;
India
Khanna, Tarun, and Anjali Raina. "Aadhaar: India's 'Unique Identification' System." Harvard Business School Case 712-412, January 2012. (Revised September 2012.)
- October 2019 (Revised January 2020)
- Case
Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance
By: David Yoffie and Daniel Fisher
Mark Zuckerberg founded Facebook based on the idea that connecting people was a fundamentally good thing—and a way to turn a handsome profit. But from the beginning, Facebook received criticism both for how it handled user privacy and how it curated user-generated...
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Keywords:
Platform;
Governance;
Privacy;
Internet and the Web;
Corporate Governance;
Ethics;
Business and Government Relations;
Strategy;
Digital Platforms;
Web Services Industry
Yoffie, David, and Daniel Fisher. "Fixing Facebook: Fake News, Privacy, and Platform Governance." Harvard Business School Case 720-400, October 2019. (Revised January 2020.)
- May 1988
- Background Note
Roles and Relationships of Business and Government
By: George C. Lodge
Synthesizes a wide range of literature and experience concerning comparative government-business relations, focusing especially on Japan, Europe, and the United States with some references to Brazil and Mexico. Designed for discussion in two consecutive class sessions....
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Keywords:
Economic Systems;
Framework;
Government and Politics;
Mission and Purpose;
Organizational Structure;
Business and Government Relations;
Mathematical Methods;
System;
Japan;
Europe;
Mexico;
United States;
Brazil
Lodge, George C. "Roles and Relationships of Business and Government." Harvard Business School Background Note 388-159, May 1988.
- March 2017 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Oligarchs
By: Geoffrey Jones, Rachael Comunale and Kate Lazaroff-Puck
This case examines the career of the Russian business oligarch Boris Berezovsky. Berezovsky was one of a small group of business tycoons that became fabulously rich after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, as the new Russian government, advised by prominent...
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Keywords:
Business & Government Relations;
Government and Politics;
Business History;
Business and Government Relations;
Privatization;
Soviet Union;
Russia
Jones, Geoffrey, Rachael Comunale, and Kate Lazaroff-Puck. "Boris Berezovsky, Vladimir Putin and the Russian Oligarchs." Harvard Business School Case 317-005, March 2017. (Revised December 2019.)
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University chose business and government ethics and a good infrastructure for attracting business; while a third panelist selected civil...
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by Martha Lagace
- Teaching Interest
Creating Value in Business and Government
By: W. Carl Kester
This full-credit course is open only to students in the HBS-HKS Joint Degree Program, and is a required course for all joint degree students in the fall semester of their third year. Its purpose is to integrate on the one hand, the perspectives and analytic tools... View Details
- April 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Strategies of Related Diversification
By: Bharat N. Anand
Which businesses should a firm expand into? This question of corporate scope is central to corporate strategy. Flawed scope decisions can have severe consequences, and the trauma experienced by many companies as a result of mistaken decisions to expand scope is often...
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Anand, Bharat N. "Strategies of Related Diversification." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-481, April 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- Article
Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies
By: Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy
The globalization of state-owned multinational companies (SOMNCs) has become an important phenomenon in international business (IB), yet it has received scant attention in the literature. We explain how the analysis of SOMNCs can help advance the literature by...
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Keywords:
Multinational Corporation;
State-owned Enterprises;
State Capitalism;
FDI;
Internationalization;
Government And Business;
National Oil Companies;
State Ownership;
Multinational Firms and Management;
Business Subsidiaries;
Acquisition;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Energy Industry;
China;
India;
Europe
Cuervo-Cazurra, Alvaro, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio, and Kannan Ramaswamy. "Governments as Owners: State-Owned Multinational Companies." Special Issue on Governments as Owners: Globalizing State-Owned Enterprises edited by Alvaro Cuervo-Cazurra, Andrew Inkpen, Aldo Musacchio and Kannan Ramaswamy. Journal of International Business Studies 45, no. 8 (October–November 2014): 919–942.
- June 1981
- Background Note
Framework for Analyzing Government Involvement in Business
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords:
Business and Government Relations
Fox, J. Ronald. "Framework for Analyzing Government Involvement in Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 381-188, June 1981.
- 1991
- Book
Competitiveness and the State: Government and Business in Twentieth-Century Britain
By: G. Jones and M. W. Kirby
This book looks at the relationship between the British government and business since 1900, and examines the impact of government policies on business, productivity and competitiveness. The authors argue that government has a legitimate role to play in improving...
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Keywords:
Political History;
Policy;
Business History;
Performance Consistency;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Productivity;
Business and Government Relations;
Competitive Strategy;
Europe
Jones, G., and M. W. Kirby, eds. Competitiveness and the State: Government and Business in Twentieth-Century Britain. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1991.
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
businesses. But small business credit was hit hard during the recent recession and has been slow to recover. Beginning in early 2009, the federal government acted quickly to unfreeze credit markets with...
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- March 2022
- Module Note
Corporate Governance in Business Analysis and Valuation
Wang, Charles C.Y. "Corporate Governance in Business Analysis and Valuation." Harvard Business School Module Note 122-073, March 2022.
- November 2005 (Revised August 2006)
- Case
Investor Relations at TOTAL
By: Gregory S. Miller, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Examines investor relations and financial communications in a large company with a diverse group of financial stakeholders. Total is an "energy major" based in Paris, France. The importance of its product and its impact on economies and environments combine with the...
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Miller, Gregory S., Vincent Marie Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Investor Relations at TOTAL." Harvard Business School Case 106-023, November 2005. (Revised August 2006.)