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A Leader's Guide to Navigating Employee Activism
Global Business Big IdeaWith employees increasingly speaking out on political and social issues, the authors use their research on activist voices in the workplace to suggest... -
ESG Is Under Attack. How Should Your Company Respond?
Business and society Digital ArticleA framework to help you understand the backlash and stay true to your values. -
When to Let Them Duke It Out
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleTop management teams whose members don't trust one another perform worse when they're handed unilateral decisions than when they slug it out to reach... -
How Obama Became CEO of the USA - and What It Means for CEOs Everywhere
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleIt's the morning after one of the most miraculous events in memory, so it seems slightly uninspired to look to yesterday's election for lessons about... -
Should an Aging Leader Step Aside?
Leadership & Managing People Digital ArticleNavigating ageism, leadership ability, and succession planning. -
The Climate Movement Needs More Corporate Lobbyists
Global Business Digital ArticleThe fossil fuel industry has too much influence. -
HBR's Picks on Managing Social and Political Issues at Work
Global Business Big IdeaWhen political and social issues touch business and the workplace, employees and their leaders sometimes struggle to address those issues productively... -
How to Negotiate After a Staggering Defeat: A Playbook for Democrats
Strategy & Execution Digital ArticleIf you can create value, you have leverage. -
Why Pollsters Were Completely and Utterly Wrong
Technology & Operations Digital ArticleThey had the wrong data. -
How to Talk About Office Politics with a New Colleague
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Why the News Is Not the Truth
Global Business Magazine ArticleThe news media and the government are entwined in a vicious circle of mutual manipulation, mythmaking, and self-interest. Journalists need crises to dramatize... -
Do Business and Politics Mix? (Commentary for HBR Case Study)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNatural Foods, a midsize chain of organic grocery stores, has chosen to donate to a super PAC that plans to fund ads promoting political candidates with... -
Can America's Blue States Tackle Climate Change on Their Own?
Global Business Digital ArticleThere's a certain logic to wealthier, more liberal states leading the way. -
If Democrats Want to Challenge Trump, They Need a New Strategy
Global Business Digital ArticleAnd they have to start by prioritizing. -
Do Business and Politics Mix? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
Organizational Development Magazine ArticleNatural Foods, a midsize chain of organic grocery stores, has chosen to donate to a super PAC that plans to fund ads promoting political candidates with... -
Obama's First 100 Days: How Should We Evaluate Him?
Global Business Digital ArticleEditor's note: This post is part of our special package examining Obama's transition into the Presidency. As President Obama's first 100 days draw to... -
Do Politics Shape Buyout Performance?
Strategy & Execution Magazine ArticleA new study of private equity buyouts shows that, on average, U.S. acquisitions made in "red" (Republican) states deliver significantly higher returns... -
The Significance of Obama's Stimulus Performance
Finance & Accounting Digital ArticleThis post is part of our in-depth look at Obama's First 90 Days in office. It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.... -
The Problem with FEMA No One Is Talking About
Global Business Digital ArticleThe agency reduces our incentives to adapt to climate change, and that's a bad thing. -
Corporate Political Spending Is Bad Business
Business and society Magazine ArticleHow to minimize the risks and focus on what counts
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The Business of Campaigns
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2022, the U.S. Congress examined the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, the latest in a long series... -
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After... -
Can China Lead?: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth
Global Business Book35.00View Details In this thought-provoking book, noted China experts from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School assert that while China has experienced remarkable... -
Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details During the 2016 U.S. election, long-time politician Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump, a Republican, faced off in a... -
Mexico (B): Escaping from the Debt Crisis?
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the "Third World Debt Crisis" that came to the forefront of global... -
Opportunity Zones
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On December 22, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). While many pundits focused on the bigger ticket... -
The Panic of 1907 and the High Tide of Progressivism (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case UV7329. This follow-up to "The Panic of 1907 and the High Tide of Progressivism (A)" (UVA-F-1781) explores how well the Federal Reserve... -
Justin Trudeau Wins 2015 Canada Election: A Blue Ocean Strategy in Politics
Strategy & Execution Case Study5.00View Details The case describes how Justin Trudeau came from a seemingly hopeless third place (in the party rankings) to win a stunning majority and become Canada's... -
Pricing Carbon: The Birth of British Columbia's Carbon Tax
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In 2008, British Columbia became one of the few jurisdictions in the world to successfully implement a comprehensive carbon tax. The architect of the... -
Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A)
Finance & Accounting Case Study11.95View Details Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks,... -
Dealing with the Devil: The Tobacco Control Negotiations of 1997-98
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details The decade of the 1990s was one of increasingly bitter public criticism of the major US tobacco companies on the part of a number of anti-tobacco advocacy... -
Braver Angels: A Grassroots Effort to Depolarize American Politics
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details The founders of Braver Angels, an organization that uses family therapy principles to foster constructive dialogue between conservatives and liberals,... -
U.S. Government Debt and the Debate over a Balanced Budget Amendment
Leadership & Managing People Case Study11.95View Details In the first decade of the 21st century, national debt as a share of GDP rose dramatically in the United States and across the developed world. This case... -
The Panic of 1873 and the "Long Depression" (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case UV7525. In 1878, President Rutherford B. Hayes must decide whether to sign the Bland-Allison Act and commit the United States to minting... -
The WTO under Azevêdo: Between a Rock and a Hard Place
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2020, the World Trade Organization (WTO), the cornerstone of the multilateral rules-based global trading system, faced the biggest crisis of its existence.... -
Porter Airlines: A Political Fight for Flight
Innovation & Entrepreneurship Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the political, regulatory and stakeholder challenges confronting the founder of Porter Airlines, located in Toronto, Ontario, during... -
The Guggenheims and Chilean Nitrates
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details The case describes the growth of Guggenheim Brothers as one of the largest mining companies in the world in the early twentieth century. Global expansion... -
Electric Car Wars, 2018
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Electric cars had long been championed by environmentalists as a superior solution to the internal combustion engine (ICE), but, despite large government... -
Ibrahim Dabdoub at the National Bank of Kuwait
Strategy & Execution Case Study11.95View Details Ibrahim Dabdoub, the Group chief executive of the National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), reflects on his past 30 years at the helm of the Bank. Under his leadership,...
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The Business of Campaigns
Management Case Study11.95View Details In 2022, the U.S. Congress examined the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, the latest in a long series... -
Ukraine: On the Border of Europe and Eurasia (B)
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details In the fall of 2013, the people of Ukraine disagreed passionately whether their country should intensify ties with the European Union or Russia. After... -
Can China Lead?: Reaching the Limits of Power and Growth
Global Business Book35.00View Details In this thought-provoking book, noted China experts from Harvard Business School and the Wharton School assert that while China has experienced remarkable... -
Populism in America: Fake News, Alternative Facts and Elite Betrayal in the Trump Era
Global Business Case Study11.95View Details During the 2016 U.S. election, long-time politician Hillary Clinton, a Democrat, and celebrity billionaire Donald Trump, a Republican, faced off in a... -
A Leader's Guide to Navigating Employee Activism
Global Business Big IdeaWith employees increasingly speaking out on political and social issues, the authors use their research on activist voices in the workplace to suggest... -
Mexico (B): Escaping from the Debt Crisis?
Global Business Case Study5.00View Details Describes the response of the Mexican authorities and the international community to the "Third World Debt Crisis" that came to the forefront of global... -
Opportunity Zones
Finance & Accounting Case Study8.95View Details On December 22, 2017, President Donald J. Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA). While many pundits focused on the bigger ticket... -
The Panic of 1907 and the High Tide of Progressivism (B)
Finance & Accounting Case Study5.00View Details Supplement to case UV7329. This follow-up to "The Panic of 1907 and the High Tide of Progressivism (A)" (UVA-F-1781) explores how well the Federal Reserve... -
ESG Is Under Attack. How Should Your Company Respond?
Business and society Digital ArticleA framework to help you understand the backlash and stay true to your values.