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    American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890-1940

    American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with... View Details

    • December 2010
    • Article

    Implications for GAAP from an Analysis of Positive Research in Accounting

    By: S.P. Kothari, Karthik Ramanna and Douglas J. Skinner
    Based on extant literature, we review the positive theory of GAAP. The theory predicts that GAAP's principal focus is on control (performance measurement and stewardship) and that verifiability and conservatism are critical features of a GAAP shaped by market forces.... View Details
    Keywords: Fair Value Accounting; Standards; International Accounting; Financial Markets; Financial Reporting
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    • March 2019
    • Article

    Evidence of Upcoding in Pay-for-Performance Programs

    By: Hamsa Bastani, Joel Goh and Mohsen Bayati
    Recent Medicare legislation seeks to improve patient care quality by financially penalizing providers for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs). However, Medicare cannot directly monitor HAI rates and instead relies on providers accurately self-reporting HAIs in claims... View Details
    Keywords: Medical Coding; Health Policy; Healthcare-acquired Conditions; Medicare; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Performance Improvement; Quality; Measurement and Metrics; Government Legislation
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    • 2011
    • Report

    Nordic Globalization Barometer 2011

    By: Christian H.M. Ketels
    The Nordic Globalization Barometer 2011, the fourth in its series, builds on the methodology established in previous editions: The first part provides a short overview of the macroeconomic climate in the Nordic countries. The second part tracks the changes in economic... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Growth; Financial Crisis; Macroeconomics; Trade; Globalized Economies and Regions; Policy; Competitive Strategy; Scandinavia
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    • 02 Jan 2020
    • News

    British invasion: The UK fintechs taking on the US

      John A. Deighton

      John Deighton is The Harold M. Brierley Professor of Business Administration Emeritus at Harvard Business School. He is an authority on consumer behavior and marketing, with a focus on digital and direct marketing. He teaches in the area of Big Data in Marketing,... View Details

      Keywords: financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services; financial services
      • October 2003 (Revised January 2004)
      • Background Note

      Online Securities Trading in Japan

      By: Lynda M. Applegate, Jamie Ladge, Haruki Umezawa and Masako Egawa
      Provides an overview of the Japanese securities industry and discusses how the online trading/brokerage industry grew as a result of deregulation of financial markets and penetration of the Internet in Japan. Describes major players in the online industry--Matsui... View Details
      Keywords: Internet and the Web; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Financial Markets; Business Strategy; Financial Instruments; Globalized Markets and Industries; Internet and the Web; Japan
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      • 2011
      • Article

      Too Big to Live: Why We Must Stamp Out State Monopoly Capitalism

      The problems of excessive economic concentration, so lucidly and incisively analysed here, are not limited to the financial services industry. For the problem is now widespread: while five firms control 80% of the banking industry, a similar or greater concentration is... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Monopoly
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      • 2017
      • Working Paper

      Private and Public Disclosures in Countries with Weak Institutional Environments: Evidence from Shanghai-Hong Kong Connect

      By: Aaron Yoon
      I study firms’ use of disclosure to build investor confidence when they operate in a market where the institutions that support the supply of credible information are weak. Using the announcement of a regulation that allowed foreigners to invest in select Shanghai... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Reputation; Institutional Investing; Trust
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      • 2018
      • Book

      American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940

      By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
      American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with regulators to... View Details
      Keywords: Economic Systems; Competition; Policy; Fairness; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
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        Moving Forward: The Future of Consumer Credit and Mortgage Finance

        The recent collapse of the mortgage market revealed fractures in the credit... View Details

        • September 2011
        • Case

        AXA Private Equity: The Diana Investment

        By: Michael J. Roberts and William A. Sahlman
        The case focuses on an investment made by AXA Private Equity, a French manufacturer of food ingredients. The investment is made at the height of the financial markets, and financed with significant debt. Soon thereafter, the financial crisis impacted the company's... View Details
        Keywords: Private Equity; Ethics; Investment; Financial Crisis
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        • 07 Apr 2009
        • News

        Why Obama and Geithner Should Find a Bank Czar

        • July–September 2014
        • Article

        Investing in Superstars: Lessons from the World of Football [¿Cómo Invertir en Superestrellas? Lecciones del Mundo del Fútbol]

        By: Anita Elberse
        Markets for soccer players are winner-take-all markets in which a select few top players earn extremely high rewards. The search for effective talent strategies in these conditions has led clubs to pursue a superstar-acquisition model, a talent-development model, or a... View Details
        Keywords: Sports Management; Talent Management; Talent and Talent Management; Sports; Sports Industry; Europe; Latin America
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        • July 2020
        • Case

        Amanda and Kristen: Mented Cosmetics

        By: Steven Rogers, Jeffrey J. Bussgang and Alterrell Mills
        The co-founders (Black HBS alumnae) of an e-commerce beauty startup explore the unmet needs within the beauty industry. This case study examines the entrepreneurial opportunities that come from identifying an underserved market, specifically within the Black community... View Details
        Keywords: Brands and Branding; Competition; Customers; Disruption; Disruptive Innovation; Distribution Channels; Entrepreneurship; Finance; Macroeconomics; Marketing; Marketing Channels; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Culture; Product Design; Product Development; Product Positioning; Sales; Social Issues; Social Marketing; Business Startups; Strategic Planning; Strategy; Supply Chain Management; Venture Capital; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry; Advertising Industry; Public Relations Industry; Chemical Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Retail Industry; North and Central America; United States; New York (city, NY); New York (state, US)
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        • 08 Aug 2016
        • Working Paper Summaries

        The Unintended Consequences of the Zero Lower Bound Policy

        Keywords: by Marco Di Maggio and Marcin Kacperczyk; Banking

          Pedro Tarak

          Keywords: B Corporation
          • December 2020
          • Case

          XP: Dual Track Financing Alternatives

          By: Marco Di Maggio, Pedro Levindo and Carla Larangeira
          XP, an investment platform, was on the verge of defining whether to do an IPO or selling off a majority stake to Itaú Unibanco, Brazil´s largest financial conglomerate. Under the leadership of Guilherme Benchimol, XP´s co-founder and CEO, XP had risen to become the... View Details
          Keywords: Financing Decisions; Expansion; Decision Choices and Conditions; Latin America; Brazil
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          • 2017
          • Working Paper

          Carbon Tariffs: Effects in Settings with Technology Choice and Foreign Production Cost Advantage

          By: David F. Drake
          Emissions regulation is a policy mechanism intended to address the threat of climate change. However, the stringency of emissions regulation varies across regions, raising concerns over carbon leakage—an outcome where stringent regulation in one region shifts... View Details
          Keywords: Technology; Competition; Pollutants; Taxation; Environmental Sustainability; Globalized Markets and Industries
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          • May 1999 (Revised March 2008)
          • Case

          Husky Injection Molding Systems

          By: Jan W. Rivkin
          Husky, a Canadian maker of injection molding systems, has established an enviable position in the market for plastics processing equipment. The company builds the highest performance systems in the business and charges a hefty premium for them. Husky is enjoying robust... View Details
          Keywords: Market Entry and Exit; Rank and Position; Competition; Expansion; Industrial Products Industry; Canada
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