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- 24 Mar 2010
- News
How to design a fair bank tax
- Article
State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions
By: Christopher Marquis, Doug Guthrie and Juan Almandoz
A number of studies have shown that, as a result of the ambiguity of U.S. legal mandates, organizations have considerable latitude in how they comply with regulations. In this paper, we address how the different agendas of the federal and state governments increase... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Opportunities; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Forecasting and Prediction; Banks and Banking; Motivation and Incentives; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Management Practices and Processes; Research; United States
Marquis, Christopher, Doug Guthrie, and Juan Almandoz. "State Activism and the Hidden Incentives Behind Bank Acquisitions." Social Science Research 41, no. 1 (January 2012): 130–145.
- 1 Apr 2013
- Interview
Restoring U.S. Competitiveness: Professor Michael Porter in an interview with Charlie Rose
"There is an historic opportunity right now for business and government to work together [to restore U.S. competitiveness]." Professor Porter discusses the eight federal policy priorities that business leaders and policymakers, liberals and conservatives agree will... View Details
Keywords: U.S. Competitiveness; Competition; Policy; Global Strategy; Business and Government Relations; United States
Porter, Michael E. "Restoring U.S. Competitiveness: Professor Michael Porter in an interview with Charlie Rose." Charlie Rose (Television program), April 1, 2013.
- 2023
- Article
Let's Coordinate! The Reinforcement of a ‘Liberal Bastion’ within European Industrial Federations, 1978-1987
By: Sabine Pitteloud
This article focuses on the establishment in the 1970s of a new international private governance forum, the so-called ‘Interlaken Conferences’, which gathered together the leading figures of the Industrial Federations of the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria,... View Details
Keywords: Business Interest Association; Lobbying; Neo-Liberalism; Neocorporatism; Coordination; Economic Policy; Business and Government Relations; Labor Unions; Economics; Policy; Europe
Pitteloud, Sabine. "Let's Coordinate! The Reinforcement of a ‘Liberal Bastion’ within European Industrial Federations, 1978-1987." Special Issue on Brokers of the wealthy (Transnational business associations) edited by Pierre Eichenberger, Neil Rollings and Janick Marina Schaufelbuehl. Business History 65, no. 2 (2023): 345–365.
- 12 Feb 2018
- News
On infrastructure, Donald Trump has a math problem
- 24 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
Stimulus Surprise: Companies Retrench When Government Spends
Recent research at Harvard Business School began with the premise that as a state's congressional delegation grew in stature and power in Washington, D.C., local businesses would benefit from the increased federal spending sure to come... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Oct 2022
- News
Harvard Business School Announces 2022-2023 Kaplan Fellows
- October 2011
- Case
Chris and Alison Weston (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Celia Moore
Chris and Alison Weston describe how they, a well-educated middle class couple, ended up committing mail fraud, for which they each served a year and a half in federal prison. The case highlights for students how otherwise upstanding individuals much like themselves... View Details
Sucher, Sandra J., and Celia Moore. "Chris and Alison Weston (A)." Harvard Business School Case 612-019, October 2011.
- September 1982 (Revised July 2007)
- Background Note
Gift and Estate Taxes
By: Henry B. Reiling and Timothy O'Brien
Identifies and discusses the major features of the federal gift and estate tax, plus major nontax implications. View Details
Reiling, Henry B., and Timothy O'Brien. "Gift and Estate Taxes." Harvard Business School Background Note 283-024, September 1982. (Revised July 2007.)
Marco Sammon
Marco Sammon is an assistant professor in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches FIN2 in the required curriculum.
His research is focused on asset pricing. Currently, he is working on several projects regarding the factors that affect the... View Details
Ebehi Iyoha
Ebehi Iyoha is an Assistant Professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit at Harvard Business School. Her research interests lie at the intersection of industrial organization and international trade. Using a combination of structural and reduced-form methods,... View Details
- January 2016 (Revised February 2016)
- Case
Citizens United and Corporate Speech
By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
The story of Citizens United began in late 2007, as leading members of the Republican and Democratic parties were preparing for the 2008 presidential primaries. Democrats expected a three-way contest in their party between Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, Senator (and... View Details
- 06 Dec 2017
- News
These Harvard Business Grads Are Putting Politics Above Profits
- 02 Jun 2009
- News
Don't prop up failing schools
Samuel B. Antill
Samuel Antill is an assistant professor of business administration in the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. He teaches the Finance II course in the MBA required curriculum.
Professor Antill’s research interests are in corporate... View Details
Professor Antill’s research interests are in corporate... View Details
- 02 Sep 2019
- What Do You Think?
Are Overlooked Forces Shielding the US from Severe Economic Downturns?
steadily look to the US for some sort of leadership” (Phillippe Gouamba). Actions by the Federal Reserve appeared to weigh-in more heavily than other factors in the thinking of several respondents. Keckjr_showme’s commented, “To be as... View Details
- 05 Oct 2011
- News
On Corporate Taxes, Put the Public in Publicly Traded: View
- 26 Feb 2009
- Research & Ideas
Podcast: Preventing Future Financial Failures
Podcast with: David Moss Interviewer: Jim Aisner Running Time: 21 min., 03 sec. To listen to this interview with professor David Moss, click on the triangular Play button below. The Macromedia Flash plug-in is required to play this video. If you install the Flash... View Details
- 15 Sep 2009
- News
Insurance supermarket risks
- 26 Jan 2015
- Video