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- June 2011
- Article
Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act
By: Dhammika Dharmapala, C. Fritz Foley and Kristin J. Forbes
This paper analyzes the impact of the Homeland Investment Act of 2004, which provided a one-time tax holiday for the repatriation of foreign earnings and thereby reduced the cost to U.S. multinationals of accessing a source of internal capital. Lawmakers and lobbyists... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Performance Effectiveness; Code Law; Taxation; Cost; Capital; Financial Strategy; Research and Development; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Shareholder Relations; United States
Dharmapala, Dhammika, C. Fritz Foley, and Kristin J. Forbes. "Watch What I Do, Not What I Say: The Unintended Consequences of the Homeland Investment Act." Journal of Finance 66, no. 3 (June 2011): 753–787.
- 30 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 30
Governance Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business regulation is increasingly... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
that normative or preconceived beliefs about the functioning of the social world may guide social behavior in children. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54387 Coupling Labor Codes of Conduct and Supplier... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
SMS Terms - HBS Online
Privacy Notice SMS Terms Terms of Use FERPA Community Values & Honor Code Trademark Notice Cookies The following terms apply if you have opted in to receive information from HBS Online using automated dialing technology to call or text... View Details
- 13 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 13, 2007
contribute to longer term complementary effects which work to overcome the losses from cannibalization. Our results are based on both interrupted time series analysis and a difference-in-differences analysis of six years of proprietary sales data and we use a novel zip... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 30 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
Why Evolutionary Software Development Works
ratings were gathered using a two-round Delphi (in which information from the first round is given to all experts to help them make their final assessment). To assess the resource productivity of each project, the researchers calculated a measure of the lines of new... View Details
- Profile
Matthew Mariner
evaluated entrepreneurs, Matthew now wants to be an entrepreneur evaluating opportunities. "My summer internship will be either with a startup — or I'll start something myself." With entrepreneurship in mind, Matthew had learned a few View Details
- 01 Jun 1999
- News
Ian Walsh
and hidden missile sites. About ten miles from O'Grady's last known position, Walsh recalls, "My copilot and I suddenly heard the downed airman's voice and code name over our radio." Moments later, the two transport choppers were on the... View Details
Keywords: James E. Aisner
- 01 Aug 2001
- News
William F. Connell (MBA '63)
after reading the Partnership's code of conduct as well as policies regarding issues such as antitrust and environmental protection. Connell, who graduated magna cum laude from Boston College (BC) and served as an officer in the U.S.... View Details
- Web
Eligibility | New Venture Competition
infrastructure) The project can be a nonprofit, for-profit or hybrid model. The project can only be entered in one track of the New Venture Competition (e.g. Social Enterprise or Business). Living within the Community Standards & Student Honor View Details
- 10 Mar 2015
- News
Women in Tech: Breaking the Digital Ceiling
leadership, computer science education is a place to start. That’s the logic behind groups like Girls Who Code that combine the power of role modeling with an early introduction to computer programming and other science, technology,... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 10 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 10
such as talent and capital, away from wealth creation and toward wealth distribution. It distorts thinking. Restoring the balance of power is critical to the competitiveness and the health of the rest of the economy. Limits on the size and leverage of banks and changes... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Innovation and Entrepreneurship - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School
Working Life INSTANT PHOTOGRAPHY The Idea of Instant Photography Research and Development, Project Code SX-70 Introducing One-Step Photography TAKING THE PRODUCT TO MARKET Impact of the New Medium Medium of Artistic Expression A NOBLE... View Details
- 27 Aug 2019
- News
A Shot at Success
Athletes launched in Dallas, serving 40 basketball stars from 31 high schools across 29 zip codes in the region. Incoming sophomores and juniors are nominated for the program by teachers or administrators. These students have what... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
address the disproportionally male makeup of corporate boards. The code allows boards to implement their own gender-diversity policies and explicitly identifies merit as a consideration. Companies are not required to follow the code, but... View Details
- 07 Nov 2014
- News
The First Five Years: Tiffany Pham (MBA 2012)
potential to create a lasting impact on women, worldwide. As the lead developer at MOGUL, I coded the first version myself, using Ruby on Rails. It has been an incredible journey, to achieve significant user traction upon launch and... View Details
- 28 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 28, 2008
School. True professions have codes, and the meaning and consequences of those codes are taught as part of the formal education required of their members. Through these codes, professional institutions forge an implicit social contract... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
power have been virtually stagnant for decades. Two incomes are required where one used to suffice. Jobs and entire industries have gone overseas. The trade deficit has grown enormously. Tax codes have become skewed to the very wealthy.... View Details
- Profile
Kaki Ettinger
engineer to launch new functionalities for his nonprofit coding website, and leverage human-centered design principles to do research for a large corporation. During the final semester of my MBA, I applied analytic skills learned in class... View Details
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Security & Privacy | Information Technology
benefit of the University and for the benefit of you and your loved ones. Apply Updates to Your Devices and Apps Cyberattacks exploit vulnerabilities in devices or apps to install malicious code and enable unauthorized access to systems... View Details