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2012
Article

Antitrust Scrutiny of Google

By: Benjamin Edelman

I evaluate antitrust claims against Google and propose possible remedies. While Google's specific tactics are often novel, I show connections to practices deemed unlawful over a period of decades, and I identify remedies well grounded in antitrust precedent. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Antitrust; Google; Search; Non-price Terms; Digital Marketing; Lawsuits and Litigation; Advertising Industry; Information Technology Industry

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November 2006
Background Note

Technical Game Theory Note #4: Contracting and Strategic Alliances

By: Dennis A. Yao

Provides a game theory-based interpretation of contracting and strategic alliances and introduces the problem of moral hazard. View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Alliances; Game Theory

July 2002
Article

The Sale of Ideas: Strategic Disclosure, Property Rights, and Contracting

By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao

Ideas are difficult to sell when buyers cannot assess an idea's value before it is revealed and sellers cannot protect a revealed idea. These problems exist in a variety of intellectual property sales ranging from pure ideas to poorly protected inventions and reflect... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Contracts; Strategy; Valuation

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Business Education & The Case Method | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

was formally incorporated into the HBS curriculum. A graduate of Harvard Law School, lawyer, and HBS professor, Donham believed in the instructional value of placing students in the role of protagonists solving real-life business... View Details

11 Jul 2012
Research & Ideas

Book Excerpt: ’The Future of Boards’

"Boardroom Challenges," The Future of Boards Why so many directors were reflecting on the board's role is difficult to pinpoint. A partial answer undoubtedly rests in the fact that regulations and laws offer little guidance about what... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Lorsch

01 Jun 2002
News

HBS Students Negotiate a Victory

Chung and Kapadia: winning teamwork. (photo by Thomas J. Fitzsimmons) Chung and Kapadia: winning teamwork. (photo by Thomas J. Fitzsimmons) Two students in the MBA/JD joint degree program took top honors at Harvard Law School's 79th... View Details

Keywords: Air Transportation; Transportation

01 Sep 2018
News

Remembering Dick Spangler

Achievement Award, the highest distinction at HBS. In 2005, the University honored him with the Harvard Medal, in appreciation for his many contributions to Harvard; in 2013 Harvard awarded him an honorary doctor of laws degree. The... View Details

01 Jun 2005
News

Ideas: Books

institutions ranging from Wall Street, to law and business schools, to the AFL-CIO examining the responsibilities of “gatekeepers” — corporate directors, regulators, auditors, lawyers, investment bankers, and journalists. They find that... View Details

Keywords: Alfred D. Chandler Jr.; Chandler

01 Dec 2002
News

Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Advises New MBA Students on Business Values

concern about the current crisis in corporate America. “Safeguarding people's pensions is one of my top priorities as U.S. Secretary of Labor,” she said, lauding the corporate governance reforms signed into law recently by President... View Details

06 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 6

into how individuals learn directly from their prior experience and indirectly from the experiences of others. The Litigation of Financial Innovations Authors: Josh Lerner Publication: Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Mar 2013
News

Private firms playing major role against cyberattacks

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; National Security and International Affairs; Government

December 2023
Case

The American Bully XL

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback, Johnathan Sun and Robert Ialenti

The American Bully XL, first introduced to the United Kingdom around 2014, had been held responsible for a disproportionate share of both dog-related attacks and deaths. The case discusses the announcement, in October 2023, that the dog breed would be added to a list... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Administration; Laws and Statutes; Risk and Uncertainty; United Kingdom

Article

The Information Content of Litigation Participation Securities: The Case of CalFed Bancorp

By: B. C. Esty

Keywords: Information; Lawsuits and Litigation; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry

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Article

Trust and Collaboration in the Aftermath of Conflict: The Effects of Contract Structure

By: Deepak Malhotra and Fabrice Lumineau

Leveraging a longitudinal dataset concerning 102 inter-firm disputes, we evaluate the effects of contract structure on trust and on the likelihood of continued collaboration. We theoretically refine and empirically extend prior research by (a) distinguishing between... View Details

Keywords: Collaboration; Contract Structure; Contracts; Design; Trust; Conflict and Resolution

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October 2001
Case

Healthcare Brands Corporation

By: David F. Hawkins

A U.K. and a U.S. firm are entering into a merger agreement. Management must decide whether the merged companies should be domiciled in the United Kingdom and account for the merger as a pooling of interests or the United States and account for the merger as a... View Details

Keywords: International Accounting; Mergers and Acquisitions; Contracts; Health Industry; United Kingdom; United States

August 2000 (Revised November 2001)
Background Note

Liability Reporting

By: Paul M. Healy and Preeti Choudhary

By examining key criteria for recognizing a liability, this case explores liability recognition in straightforward situations and then examines the most difficult reporting issues in recording liabilities. These often arise when: 1) uncertainty arises about whether an... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Legal Liability; Valuation; Problems and Challenges; Accounting Industry