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- 01 Mar 2012
- News
Competitiveness at Risk
and cutting wages, this will reduce the purchasing power of Americans, shrink the tax base, and eventually undermine the business environment in America. Conversely, if workers get higher pay while American-based companies are not able to... View Details
- 02 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 2
discussed supporting innovation through a range of additional policy interventions, including tax credits, loan guarantees, IP policy, regulatory mandates, codes, and standards. It is critically important that these kinds of interventions... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Clearing the Air
They already have, to some extent, in the United States. The Inflation Reduction Act increases certain tax credits for direct-air capture and California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard enabled the creation of what is essentially a carbon... View Details
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
and a little understood provision in the federal tax code that is implemented at the state level, the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC). The relationship is complex because, while the federal government... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Aug 2007
- First Look
First Look: August 28, 2007
Describes how Royal DSM NV, an $8 billion dollar global corporation, leveraged information technology to enable a major corporate portfolio transformation between 2000 and 2006. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=807167... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
governments rely on honest reporting. Proof of honest intent is typically provided through signature at the end of the document, e.g., tax returns or insurance policy forms. Still, people sometimes cheat to advance their financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 17, 2009
(FDI). The worldwide tax regime employed by the U.S. potentially distorts this choice by penalizing FDI, relative to FPI, in low-tax countries. On the other hand, weak investor protections in foreign countries may increase the value of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Money Matters
advice, buy products, and manage finances. Enter iTrust with a range of services covering mortgages, mutual funds and other investments, insurance, and tax and financial planning. From the outset, the partners aimed to distinguish iTrust... View Details
- 07 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 7
Redistribute So Much but Tag So Little? The Principle of Equal Sacrifice and Optimal Taxation Author:Matthew Weinzierl Abstract Tagging is a free lunch in conventional optimal tax theory because it eases the classic tradeoff between... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Buy Now, Pay Later: Research Links - Manuscript Collections
of financial records, tax records, and correspondence of George R. Briggs, an automobile dealer of Plymouth, Mass., who handled the Dodge, Nash, Ajax, Austin, and Packard lines. The collection also contains information on relations with... View Details
- 23 Oct 2019
- News
A Bid for the Future
tax and regulatory climate, outstanding talent, workforce development.” Over the course of nearly eight years, the Louisiana Economic Development agency’s efforts attracted companies that included IBM, CGI, CSC (now General Dynamics IT),... View Details
- 01 Mar 2017
- News
The Realities of the Refugee Crisis
very carefully how Europe responds, because they see it as setting a template for how to manage refugee flows in general. What are the economic impacts of a large refugee flow? GT: The economic research on this is not totally solid. Eventually, we think that in terms... View Details
Keywords: April White
- 01 Jun 2002
- News
Two Presidents, One Goal: Building on the Club of Chicago
wide-reaching networking system. The club also continues to generate volunteers for the Tax Assistance Program (TAP), a nonprofit venture founded by Robert M. Burke (MBA '99). Through TAP, volunteers help residents in underprivileged... View Details
Keywords: Amy Burton
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
School Ties
education and business competitiveness." Balancing the Books Four ways that business is partnering with PK-12 Enabling innovation. Companies in San Antonio, Texas, worked to gain voter approval for a tax increase to fund quality... View Details
- 31 May 2016
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May 31, 2016
despite high marginal tax rates; and, why other firms maintain high leverage despite little tax benefit. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=49212 Firm Selection and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Sep 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Curse of Double-Digit Growth
Werker's study. "Legal rights were weaker, it took more time to register property [and] more money to start a business, and there were higher corporate taxes and informal payments to government officials. Infrastructure was poorer... View Details
Keywords: by Kim Girard
- 12 Sep 2011
- Research & Ideas
The Untold Story of ‘Green’ Entrepreneurs
In the 1920s, on pitch black nights in rural eastern Montana, the farmhouse owned by the parents of brothers Marcellus and Joe Jacobs stood out for one reason: it had light, although located far from power lines and gasoline supplies. It was a beacon in the dark that... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Apr 2008
- Research & Ideas
The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy
position to do something about it. Money for new enterprises had been restricted, they believed, by the New Deal's onerous tax system, and by the increasing prominence of ultraconservative investment trusts. Investment trusts and life... View Details
Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante
- 21 Dec 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #12: Vehicle to Everything - Claire Broido Johnson (MBA 2002), Chief Operating Officer of Fermata Energy
Chevrolet Bolt, which starts at $25,600, generally sell for under $40,000 (before tax incentives) — well below the EV average of close to $65,000. S&P Global Mobility released findings that Tesla controls 65% of the U.S. electric... View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
What are the career opportunities in business and environment? In Summer 2024, over 100 MBA students found internships at the intersection of business and the environment. This post provides a sample of some of the types of companies that students worked at this summer... View Details