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Business, Government & the International Economy

Business, Government & the International Economy

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    • January 2023
    • Case

    Singapore: 'From Third World to First'

    By: Charlotte L. Robertson and Mattias Fibiger

    • January 2023
    • Case

    Singapore: 'From Third World to First'

    By: Charlotte L. Robertson and Mattias Fibiger

    • January 2023
    • Article

    Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

    By: Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini

    Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized racial discrimination. This paper shows that the Great Migration and support for civil rights are causally linked. Predicting Black inflows with a shift-share instrument, we find that the Great Migration raised support for the Democratic Party, increased Congress members' propensity to promote civil rights legislation, and encouraged pro-civil rights activism outside the U.S. South. We provide different pieces of evidence that support for civil rights was not confined to the Black electorate, but was also shared by segments of the white population.

    • January 2023
    • Article

    Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

    By: Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini

    Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized racial discrimination. This paper shows that the Great Migration and support...

    • December 2022
    • Case

    Applegate Farms

    By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred

    • December 2022
    • Case

    Applegate Farms

    By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred

About the Unit

The BGIE Unit conducts research on, and teaches about, the economic, political, social, and legal environment in which business operates. The Unit includes scholars trained in economics, political science, and history; in its work, it draws on perspectives from all three of these disciplines.

The following demonstrates one way of classifying the approaches the Unit takes to learning and teaching.

  • The Unit examines the “rules” and policies established by government and other non-business institutions that affect business in the United States.
  • The Unit turns to history to understand the origins of today’s business environment as well as some of the alternatives that have emerged from time to time.
  • The Unit examines other countries’ business environments and their historical development.
  • The BGIE group is deeply interested in the impact of globalization and the way rules are emerging to govern international economic transactions as globalization proceeds.

Recent Publications

Japan: Land of the Setting Sun

By: Mattias Fibiger
  • January 2023 |
  • Teaching Note |
  • Faculty Research
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Fibiger, Mattias. "Japan: Land of the Setting Sun." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-424, January 2023.

Labor Unions in the United States

By: Reshmaan Hussam, Trevor Fetter and Grace Liu
  • January 2023 |
  • Technical Note |
  • Faculty Research
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Hussam, Reshmaan, Trevor Fetter, and Grace Liu. "Labor Unions in the United States." Harvard Business School Technical Note 723-031, January 2023.

Singapore: 'From Third World to First'

By: Charlotte L. Robertson and Mattias Fibiger
  • January 2023 |
  • Case |
  • Faculty Research
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Robertson, Charlotte L., and Mattias Fibiger. "Singapore: 'From Third World to First'." Harvard Business School Case 723-023, January 2023.

The Shuanghui-Smithfield Acquisition (A) and (B)

By: Dante Roscini
  • January 2023 |
  • Teaching Note |
  • Faculty Research
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 720-042 and 720-043.
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Roscini, Dante. "The Shuanghui-Smithfield Acquisition (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-029, January 2023.

Japan: Land of the Setting Sun? (B)

By: Mattias Fibiger
  • January 2023 |
  • Supplement |
  • Faculty Research
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Fibiger, Mattias. "Japan: Land of the Setting Sun? (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-415, January 2023.

Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights

By: Alvaro Calderon, Vasiliki Fouka and Marco Tabellini
  • January 2023 |
  • Article |
  • Review of Economic Studies
Between 1940 and 1970, more than 4 million African Americans moved from the South to the North of the United States, during the Second Great Migration. This same period witnessed the struggle and eventual success of the civil rights movement in ending institutionalized racial discrimination. This paper shows that the Great Migration and support for civil rights are causally linked. Predicting Black inflows with a shift-share instrument, we find that the Great Migration raised support for the Democratic Party, increased Congress members' propensity to promote civil rights legislation, and encouraged pro-civil rights activism outside the U.S. South. We provide different pieces of evidence that support for civil rights was not confined to the Black electorate, but was also shared by segments of the white population.
Keywords: Civil Rights; Great Migration; History; Race; Rights; Prejudice and Bias; Government Legislation
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Calderon, Alvaro, Vasiliki Fouka, and Marco Tabellini. "Racial Diversity and Racial Policy Preferences: The Great Migration and Civil Rights." Review of Economic Studies 90, no. 1 (January 2023): 165–200. (Available also from VOX, Broadstreet, and VOX EU.)

Comviva: Exploring New Frontiers (A) and (B)

By: Dante Roscini
  • December 2022 |
  • Teaching Note |
  • Faculty Research
Teaching Note for HBS Case Nos. 721-006 and 721-010.
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Roscini, Dante. "Comviva: Exploring New Frontiers (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 723-028, December 2022.

Applegate Farms

By: Forest L. Reinhardt, Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
  • December 2022 |
  • Case |
  • Faculty Research
Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Consumer Behavior; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Brands and Branding; Integration; Strategy; Change Management; Change; Organizational Structure; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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Reinhardt, Forest L., Jose B. Alvarez, and Natalie Kindred. "Applegate Farms." Harvard Business School Case 723-025, December 2022.
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    • 31 Oct 2022

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    • 17 Oct 2022

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    • 12 Apr 2022

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Harvard Business Publishing

    • March 2012
    • Article

    Macroeconomic Policy and U.S. Competitiveness

    By: Richard H.K. Vietor and Matthew Weinzierl
    • December 2022
    • Case

    Mission Produce in 2022

    By: Forest Reinhardt, Jose B. Alvarez and Natalie Kindred
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