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- 01 Jun 2017
- News
Supercharged
200,000 qualified plug-ins domestically—a number that Tesla and GM could hit within the next year. Sales of all-electrics would undoubtedly slump were the Trump administration to end the federal tax credit program altogether, as some EV... View Details
- 07 Dec 2009
- Research & Ideas
Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship
soil that encourages entrepreneurial growth? Tax breaks? Research? Access? Protection? A: Policies that governments employ to encourage venture capital and entrepreneurial activity take two broad forms: those that ensure that the economic... View Details
- 05 Dec 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, December 5, 2017
of firm entry and exit, output, and R&D. Taxing the continued operation of incumbents can lead to sizable gains (of the order of 1.4% improvement in welfare) by encouraging exit of less productive firms and freeing up skilled labor to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2020
- Book
Capitalism Is More at Risk Than Ever
country and the world to recognize the opportunity that exists to have a material positive impact on the problems taxing our system by using their skills to build profitable businesses. We’re not talking about charity. We want them to see... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 May 2019
- News
A More Perfect Union
policy has largely played out is that companies have fought for something very narrow that they want out of government—one particular industry gets one specific tax consideration, for example. It’s unrealistic to suggest that companies... View Details
- 01 Jun 2018
- News
Up by the Roots
dedicated to churning out homegrown entrepreneurial techies, ought to turbocharge the local startup scene. According to Josh Lerner, government also plays an important role in fostering healthy entrepreneurial ecosystems by doing things like promulgating favorable... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
- News
The Burning Man Project
to be shared in perpetuity, they donated their shares back to a nonprofit. The money involved is pretty staggering. We sell tickets. They're $400 each this year. That changes year to year. And we have to lease the land it's on from the Bureau of Land Management. We... View Details
- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
don't pay off for the vast majority of people. "As a result, voters favor high taxes," Di Tella says. "It's like a tax in a casino—people believe that it should be high because so little effort has been expended in winning... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 13 Apr 2023
- Blog Post
Grolsch Brewing Company: Drink Sustainably
companies we visited were supportive of market interventions by government policy and regulation to encourage sustainable investments. For example, Grolsch shared that taxes on landfilling (which is now prohibited in the Netherlands) and... View Details
- 17 Jun 2020
- Blog Post
Black MBA Students Pen Letters to the HBS Community: Letter 2/5
reality pretty cheap – no financial expenditures, taxes to subsidize investment, nor psychological sacrifice other than a softening of oppression and the mirage of a self-delusional supremacy. The real costs – dignified housing, quality... View Details
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Managing the Business of Life
up there. Any one of them alone is taxing enough, but Monica Dodi has experienced all three in the past two years. Yet the unstoppable entertainment executive, now a single mom, is still smiling and upbeat. "I'm happy and where I want to... View Details
- 01 Dec 2015
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015
finance. Wilson then addresses issues central to the present-day political discussion, such as the fairness of US tax policy, the social safety net, health care, and income inequality. Faculty Books Presence: Bringing Your Boldest Self to... View Details
- 08 Feb 2016
- Research & Ideas
The Civic Benefits of Google Street View and Yelp
led cities to digitize more of their own information, putting everything from tax records and public health inspection scores online. “They take a dataset that used to be in an obscure database or on paper, and now it’s available for the... View Details
- 04 Dec 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Fantastic Horizon: How to Invest in a New City
trusted regulatory environment: Taking a page from the playbooks of Singapore and Switzerland, both KAEC and Phu My Hung worked within national and provincial frameworks to establish extra transparency, extra processing speed, a consistent View Details
- 23 Sep 2024
- Blog Post
2024 Summer Internships in Business & Environment
than 75% of the average company's footprint. Their accounting standard has already enabled organizations to develop deep insights into their environmental impacts and will be of critical importance as countries implement Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms to View Details
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
this case: http://hbr.org/product/abraaj-capital-and-the-karachi-electric-supply-company-b/an/814045-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 314-090 Legislative Choices for U.S. Corporate Tax Reform This case asks students to wear the hat of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jul 2009
- Research & Ideas
Conducting Layoffs: ’Necessary Evils’ at Work
broadening our focus to understand how people can get other essential but taxing managerial tasks accomplished. Joshua is currently working on research designed to help managers and executives handle complex ethical tasks in... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
organizational mission and the relevance of Miami, as well as branding, funding, and focus. The invitation had come in the midst of a major expansion effort by Endeavor into new emerging markets and threatened to disrupt those efforts and View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 8
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-101.pdf Corporate Governance and Internal Capital Markets Authors:Zacharias Sautner and Belén Villalonga Abstract We exploit an exogenous shock to corporate ownership structures created by a recent tax... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2016
- News
How Do We Win the Cyberwar?
“We’re not going to occupy Berlin, and everything simply goes away,” says Rothrock. “Cyberdefenses must be part of business.” Winning means cyberterrorism and cyberwarfare have become a sort of manageable tax or a cost of doing business,... View Details
Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai