Government Policy - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2019
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New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019

had taken extraordinary steps to avoid failure—either receiving one-off government support, merging with another firm, or submitting to heightened regulation to qualify for future government support. Led by... View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Feb 2011
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transformations were homologically related to changes in the prevailing mode of governance in the American economy: business schools became essential sites for the development of tools and methods (e.g., input-output approaches, linear... View Details

19 Sep 2017
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First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19

a number of modifications to the current set of risk-based capital requirements, to the leverage ratio, and to the Federal Reserve’s stress-testing framework. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53243 forthcoming View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Dec 2017
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New Research and Ideas, December 12, 2017

struggled during the economic crisis from 2001 to 2002, it was well positioned to grow as the economy began to recover in 2003, in part due to government policies that helped stabilize the media industry.... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2011
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Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article: http://hbr.org/2011/11/kfcs-radical-approach-to-china/ar/1 Tax Policy and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Nov 2000
Research & Ideas

The Determinants of Corporate Venture Capital Success

particularly the weak level of protection afforded by the California courts), it was unclear how effective a policy of aggressive litigation would be. Furthermore, such a policy might reduce Xerox's ability... View Details

Keywords: by Paul Gompers & Josh Lerner

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

exploring the conditions under which investable tax credits may be the most effective mechanism to deliver a production subsidy and discusses the desirability of employing investable tax credits in other policy domains. Estimates of tax... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
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Thinking Slow: An Argument for Bureaucracy?

Mott said "let's not forget the plethora of research that shows teams consistently outperform individuals. It is the modifying effect of the team, which also slows down the decision-making process, that produces a better result." Yadeed Lobo had other... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

02 Sep 2015
Research & Ideas

Explaining China's Crash

percent. As the world’s second-largest economy, China’s crash ripped through world markets, including Japan, Hong Kong, Europe, and the United States, as uneasy investors instigated historic single-day sell-offs. Early this week, the Chinese View Details

Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese; Financial Services

25 Sep 2012
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framework for understanding the links between manufacturing and innovation that will enable them to make better outsourcing decisions. They also detail how government must change its support of basic and applied scientific research and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

1989
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Planning and Power in Iran: Ebtehaj and Economic Development under the Shah

By: Geoffrey Jones

This book provides a biography of Abol Hassan Ebtehaj, who headed Iran's central bank and Plan Organization during the 1940s and 1950s. It provides a wide-ranging survey of the problems of modernization and economic planning in Iran. Ebtehaj was at the center of... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decision Making; Economics; Central Banking; Policy; Political History; Resignation and Termination; Biography; Books; Surveys; Growth and Development Strategy; Planning; Iran

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January 1990 (Revised September 1994)
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Cray Research, Inc.: Preparing for the 1990s

By: Francis Aguilar

Describes the major changes Cray Research faced from 1985 (the time of the original case) to 1990. The dramatic decision to divide the company into two separate firms sets the stage for an analysis of the major strategic and organizational challenges facing senior... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Management Systems; Change Management; Technology Adoption; Business Units; Organizational Structure; Business Strategy; Management Teams; Growth and Development Strategy; Information Technology

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07 Apr 2009
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Working PapersSecuring Jobs or the New Protectionism? Taxing the Overseas Activities of Multinational Firms Author:Mihir A. Desai Publication:(Forthcoming in Tax Notes) Abstract Tax policy toward American multinational firms would... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

12 Apr 2010
Research & Ideas

One Report: Better Strategy through Integrated Reporting

for our shareholders" or "By pursuing sound environmental, social, and governance policies we are creating value for our shareholders, all other stakeholders, and society at large." Of course, sustainable... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

12 Sep 2006
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First Look: September 12, 2006

development. Detailed historical economic and social data allow an evaluation of policy results. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=706497 Inniskillin and the Globalization of Icewine... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Sep 2015
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September 29, 2015

traces the evolution of the Internet from government ownership to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers that had... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

06 Aug 2014
Research & Ideas

Climbing Down from the Ivory Tower

Field Research Out of the classroom, Ashraf has been walking the talk by incorporating co-production into her own field research. In 2010 Ashraf was part of a research team that helped the Zambian government with a nascent national... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Education; Health

03 Feb 2014
Research & Ideas

The Tricky Business of Managing Web Advertising Affiliates

know how companies that use affiliate marketing should set the policies that govern the gray areas where bad practices flourish. They studied three popular models for managing affiliate networks: doing it... View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Advertising; Publishing

20 Dec 2011
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First Look: December 20

the bonding hypothesis, we analyze markets' reaction to a sudden radical change in the law governing U.S.-listed foreign firms. In March 2010, the U.S. Supreme Court signaled its intention to geographically limit the reach of the U.S.... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

December 2010 (Revised March 2011)
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The Euro in Crisis: Decision Time at the European Central Bank

By: J. Gunnar Trumbull, Dante Roscini and Diane Choi

This case traces the origins and evolution of the European Central Bank, with attention to its 2010 decision concerning the purchase of Greek sovereign debt. View Details