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• Case | HBS Case Collection | November 2018 (Revised January 2019)

  The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'

  Rawi Abdelal, Dante Roscini and Elena Corsi

  Italy’s March 2018 elections led to a populist government which included the right-wing League and the anti-establishment 5 Star Movement. To respect their electoral promises, the two parties came up with a budget plan which provided for a public deficit at 2.4%, a figure higher than what the previous administration had promised the EU Commission. On October 23, 2018, the EU Commission rejected such plan asking Italy to revise downwards the public deficit. The same day, Italian bond yields spoke to 4-year highs, up to 3.7% as investors questioned Italy’s capacity to repay its public long-term debt, the second highest in the EU. Would the Italian government be able to implement its plan?

  Keywords: globalized economies; unemployment; extremism; Political Elections; Immigration; Poverty; Social Issues; Government and Politics; Financial Condition; Financial Markets; Italy;

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  Abdelal, Rawi, Dante Roscini, and Elena Corsi. "The Rise of Populism and Italy's Electoral 'Tsunami'." Harvard Business School Case 719-042, November 2018. (Revised January 2019.)  View Details

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• Case | HBS Case Collection | April 2018 (Revised January 2019)

  WeWork

  Jeffrey F. Rayport, Sarah Gulick and Matthew G. Preble

  WeWork co-founder Miguel McKelvey was concerned about the culture of his rapidly expanding global venture. In particular, he wanted to ensure that WeWork continued to be a great place to work, both because he cared about WeWork's people and because a better work experience was core to the company’s brand. In the summer of 2017, he had made a presentation to the company at an all-hands meeting. In it, he proposed the creation of a culture operations team, and he announced that he would take the title of chief culture officer to lead it. In this case, which describes the founding and growth of WeWork from 2010, we encounter McKelvey planning for his new role with co-founder Adam Neumann and envisioning a “culture OS” that he and Neumann would use to lead the organization internally—and to offer as a “product” to scaled enterprises externally.

  Keywords: Organizational Culture; Employee Relationship Management; Working Conditions;

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  Rayport, Jeffrey F., Sarah Gulick, and Matthew G. Preble. "WeWork." Harvard Business School Case 818-101, April 2018. (Revised January 2019.)  View Details

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• Supplement | HBS Case Collection | November 2018 (Revised January 2019)

  The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (B)

  Lynn S. Paine and Federica Gabrieli

  Supplement to HBS Case 319-046. The case describes the events that took place in the run-up to the 2018 Annual General Meeting, the voting outcome, key perspectives on success factors, and the challenges that The Weir Group faced in the near future.

  Keywords: Corporate Governance; Human Resources; Management; Executive Compensation; Europe; United Kingdom; Scotland;

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  Paine, Lynn S., and Federica Gabrieli. "The Weir Group: Reforming Executive Pay (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-047, November 2018. (Revised January 2019.)  View Details

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