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- 01 Apr 2001
- News
Beyond the Rim: New Paths to Success in Asia
other HBS scholars are essential to understanding the realities of doing business. They provide what Asia-Pacific Initiative director F. Warren McFarlan calls “local content.” For HBS faculty, access to such information has been made... View Details
- 01 Feb 1997
- News
HBS Introduces Global Networking through Technology
became Dean," notes Professor F. Warren McFarlan, the School's senior associate dean, director of External Relations. "Over the last eighteen months, information technology has transformed the way our students communicate on campus and... View Details
- January 2001
- Background Note
Responsibilities & Rights of Family Shareholders of a Family Business
By: John A. Davis
Describes the major responsibilities and rights of family shareholders of a family owned business. View Details
Davis, John A. "Responsibilities & Rights of Family Shareholders of a Family Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 801-264, January 2001.
- fall 1997
- Article
The Endangered Species Act and the U.S. Economy
By: A. J. Hoffman, M. H. Bazerman and S. L. Yaffe
Hoffman, A. J., M. H. Bazerman, and S. L. Yaffe. "The Endangered Species Act and the U.S. Economy." MIT Sloan Management Review 39, no. 1 (fall 1997): 59–73.
- June 2001 (Revised July 2002)
- Teaching Note
Discount and Hawkins Exercise TN
Teaching Note for (9-898-130) and (9-898-131). View Details
- 01 Mar 2014
- News
3-Minute Briefing: Frank Blethen (PMD 35, 1978)
SOMETHING NEW happening with the newspaper ownership model. With John Henry, Warren Buffett, and Jeff Bezos, we're starting to get some enlightened buyers. It's the first ray of hope I've seen in a while. The Seattle Times is one of only... View Details
- June 1997 (Revised November 1998)
- Case
Sky Air, Inc.
By: Paul A. Gompers
Concerns a fictitious airline company and examines the moral hazard situation that results within a firm. Provides an opportunity to discuss corporate governance and contracting under uncertainty. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Governance; Contracts; Risk and Uncertainty; Air Transportation Industry
Gompers, Paul A. "Sky Air, Inc." Harvard Business School Case 297-110, June 1997. (Revised November 1998.)
- 01 Dec 2001
- News
September 11: A Community Reflects
selection," wrote Daniel A. Shanoff (HBS '02) in the September 17 edition. "We sweated the early-term cold call. The common metaphor we all bank on— that HBS is our own little oasis away from the 'real world'— was pierced. It's hard to... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young;Deborah Blagg
- 13 Dec 2017
- News
Skydeck Live: What Really Motivates American Voters?
That in the 2012 election in Massachusetts when it was Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney, and when it was Elizabeth Warren versus Scott Brown. So you look at those elections, you think that everybody would vote. Something like 28% of... View Details
- July 2002
- Article
The Sale of Ideas: Strategic Disclosure, Property Rights, and Contracting
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
Ideas are difficult to sell when buyers cannot assess an idea's value before it is revealed and sellers cannot protect a revealed idea. These problems exist in a variety of intellectual property sales ranging from pure ideas to poorly protected inventions and reflect... View Details
Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "The Sale of Ideas: Strategic Disclosure, Property Rights, and Contracting." Review of Economic Studies 69, no. 3 (July 2002): 513–531. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 2002
- Other Teaching and Training Material
The States vs. Microsoft
By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris
- August 2010
- Article
Antitrust—What Role for Strategic Management Expertise?
By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis A. Yao
Oberholzer-Gee, Felix, and Dennis A. Yao. "Antitrust—What Role for Strategic Management Expertise?" Boston University Law Review 90, no. 4 (August 2010): 1457–1478.
- February 2008
- Article
Attracting Skeptical Buyers: Negotiating for Intellectual Property Rights
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
Expropriable disclosures of knowledge to prospective buyers may be necessary to facilitate the sale of intellectual property (IP). In principle, confidentiality agreements can protect disclosures by granting the seller rights to sue for unauthorized use. In practice,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Intellectual Property; Knowledge Sharing; Lawsuits and Litigation; Rights; Agreements and Arrangements; Competition
Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Attracting Skeptical Buyers: Negotiating for Intellectual Property Rights." International Economic Review 49, no. 1 (February 2008): 319–348. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- November 1991
- Case
Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)
Monsanto has yet to receive FDA approval for BST, a growth hormone for cows. Anti-BST groups have successfully lobbied Wisconsin and Minnesota, major milk producing states, to ban milk from BST-injected cows; the FDA has charged Monsanto with improperly promoting BST... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Safety; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law Enforcement; Conflict and Resolution; Research and Development; Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Minnesota; Wisconsin
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)." Harvard Business School Case 692-066, November 1991.
- Web
Bibliography - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School
Harvard University Press, 1967. Kindleberger, Charles P. Manias, Panics and Crashes: A History of Financial Crises , 5th ed. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 2005. Landis, James M. “Legislative History of the Securities Act of 1933,” George Washington View Details
- 2003
- Chapter
La tragédie de la thalidomide: affaires judiciaries et résponses législatives, 1959-1971
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
- 05 Nov 2009
- Research & Ideas
A Market for Human Cadavers in All but Name?
names; however, much less attention is paid to where the cadaver came from. A. Tensions Around the Supply and Demand of Cadavers Supplying human cadavers is left to the responsibility of others, most notably the anatomy course instructors... View Details
- 14 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 14
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-055.pdf Marketplace Institutions Related to the Timing of Transactions Author:Alvin E. Roth Abstract This paper describes the unraveling of transaction dates in several markets, including the labor markets for new lawyers hired by... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 1997
- News
Sorting Myth from Reality at Hong Kong Conference
accepted the concept of the constitutionality of the Basic Law itself. Fung admitted to having one serious worry about the future. When asked by Victor A. Faux (MBA '72, DBA '82) if there was anything that... View Details
Keywords: Alejandro Reyes
- October 2009
- Journal Article
Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence from Soccer
By: Oriol Carbonell and Diego A. Comin
This paper designs and implements an empirical test to discern whether the parties to a contract are able to commit not to renegotiate their agreement. We study optimal contracts with and without commitment and derive an exclusion restriction that is useful to identify... View Details
Carbonell, Oriol, and Diego A. Comin. "Testing the Commitment Hypothesis in Contractual Settings: Evidence from Soccer." Art. 1. Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports 5, no. 4 (October 2009).