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- 28 May 2007
- Research & Ideas
How Property Ownership Changes Your World View
perceive the system to be illegitimate, the tendency is to demand justice through increased government intervention and policies," Di Tella observes. These three factors, taken together, create an... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 02 Oct 2012
- First Look
First Look: October 2
areas. Our results suggest that matching between scientists may be subject to considerable frictions-even among those in relatively close geographic proximity and in the same organizational system. At the same time, even a brief and focused View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Feb 2008
- What Do You Think?
How Sustainable Is Sustainability in a For-Profit Organization?
progress in this realm require government intervention, even if this proves more costly than proactive efforts on the part of management? Or does government intervention tend... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
continue to enjoy broad freedom to unload options, a practice that enables executives to benefit from increases in short-term stock prices that come at the expense of long-term value. That the market for CEOs has not been operating like other markets does not mean that... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 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
- 10 Nov 2009
- First Look
First Look: Nov. 10
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-104.pdf Stretching the Inelastic Rubber: Taxation, Welfare and Lobbies in Amazonia, 1870-1910 Author:Felipe Tâmega Fernandes Abstract This paper examines the effect of government View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 May 2020
- Op-Ed
How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents
COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details
- 22 May 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, May 22, 2018
generations of the same family may even cease to regress towards the mean. Moreover, we demonstrate that government interventions intended to ameliorate inequality may in fact lower intergenerational... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 23 Jul 2024
- Research & Ideas
Forgiving Medical Debt Won't Make Everyone Happier
15 state or local governments had passed programs to pay for about $8 billion in medical relief. Five more are considering moves that would bring the total to almost $13 billion. Many work with a nonprofit called Undue Medical Debt... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 8, 2016
time, we align these cases with a rigorous theoretical framework that clarifies the circumstances under which government intervention in the market can improve outcomes. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2020
- In Practice
Post-COVID Health Care: More Screens, Less Red Tape?
employer-based insurance will return Amitabh Chandra: More demand for insurance exchanges Recessions and pandemics create job losses that highlight the problems of tying health insurance to employment. Cleaving insurance from employment is often viewed as a path to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
corporate executives, government officials, and journalists, for allegedly spreading false rumors online about the market’s stability. And in a turnabout, authorities also announced they will not institute more View Details
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
state-owned firms. This article examines how the founder of the Koç Group, Vehbi Koç, formulated his business model and analyses how his firm evolved into a diversified business group. Although the case supports prevailing explanations of business groups related to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Dec 2013
- First Look
First Look: December 17
http://www.amazon.com/Can-China-Lead-Reaching-Limits/dp/1422144151 August 2013 Princeton University Press The Empire Trap: The Rise and Fall of U.S. Intervention to Protect American Property Overseas, 1893-2013 By: Maurer, Noel... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 07 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 7
press, one certainly gets the impression that there is a return of "state capitalism," as if state intervention in industrial activity actually went away for a significant period of time. Moreover, many observers of the recent... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 14 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 14
appropriate relational contracts within the firm. In this paper we report the first results from a research program designed to test the empirical validity of this idea. We use the quasi-randomized roll out across multiple sites within a single firm of an View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Feb 2000
- Research & Ideas
Growing Pains: Prescriptions for U.S. Health Care
dramatically." According to Christensen, none of these changes will take place without staunch resistance from the medical establishment. Even federal regulators are being asked to enter the fray, recalling previous cries for View Details
- 06 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
Should Entrepreneurs Pitch Products or Ideas for Products?
reluctant to meet them for fear of more idea-theft suits. Smarter government intervention might loosen these buyer’s participation constraints, Luo says. Related Articles HBS Cases: Branding Yoga Protecting... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
government relations is part of the inner circle. You can look at Turkcell and see it as a typical emerging-market story. Government intervention is everywhere. Regulators even... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Sep 2014
- Op-Ed
The ABCs of Addressing Climate Change (From a Business Perspective)
It's Climate Week in New York City. The schedule features a UN Climate Summit, a People's Climate March, the Clinton Global Initiative, substantial criticism of the whole endeavor, and plenty of agitated interaction. There is a lot of noise here. How can businesses cut... View Details