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- 19 Feb 2016
- Working Paper Summaries
‘Does 'What We Do' Make Us 'Who We Are'? Organizational Design and Identity Change at the Federal Bureau of Investigation
- 23 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Sustainability Reporting: It’s Effective
mandatory reporting. Serafeim and Ioannou also measured the incremental effects of two additional variables: effective enforcement of government decisions and assurance of data in the reports by independent organizations. They found that... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
world. The law enforcement agency counters that its interest is strictly in this case. Clearly many interests have a seat at the table in this dispute: Apple, its customers, and a portion of Silicon Valley... View Details
- 17 Jul 2000
- What Do You Think?
Where Is the Microsoft Board?
laws the government uses to enforce their whims and desires...For Microsoft to treat such a system of non-objective law with disdain ... and contempt ... is a commendable and... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
to improve IPR in many ways. We classify the reforms we study according to whether or not they expand or strengthen patent law along five dimensions: Expansion in the range of goods eligible for patent protections. Expansion in the... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Bottom-Line Discrepancies
coauthors examine the discrepancy further in two related working papers: one that looks at the link between stock options and sheltering activity and another that discusses the implications of tax enforcement on shareholders. For more... View Details
- November 1991
- Case
Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)
Monsanto has yet to receive FDA approval for BST, a growth hormone for cows. Anti-BST groups have successfully lobbied Wisconsin and Minnesota, major milk producing states, to ban milk from BST-injected cows; the FDA has charged Monsanto with improperly promoting BST... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Safety; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law Enforcement; Conflict and Resolution; Research and Development; Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Minnesota; Wisconsin
Leonard, Dorothy A. "Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)." Harvard Business School Case 692-066, November 1991.
- 02 Dec 2017
- News
The Lines That Divide America
exchange for hard work is now both limited and unevenly granted,” he writers. “Worse yet, white working-class citizens perceive others—mainly minorities and immigrants—to be unfairly cutting ahead of them in line. And members of the white working class believe the... View Details
Keywords: Nitin Nohria
- 24 Oct 2013
- News
Engineering a More Secure World
Anthony Harris Photo courtesy of Anthony Harris by Francis Storrs On April 14, 2013, a sheriff's deputy pulled over a truck cruising down Interstate 55 in Mississippi. What started as a routine traffic stop became more serious when the deputy noticed scratches around... View Details
- 08 Apr 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries
will enforce formal contracts just as they are expected to at home. What they may ultimately learn is that dispute resolution can look very different in different cultures. In Japan, which has a relatively small legal system and few... View Details
Keywords: by James K. Sebenius
- 23 Nov 2010
- First Look
First Look: November 23
Effective Self-Policing Authors: Michael W. Toffel and Jodi L. Short Publication: Journal of Law and Economics (forthcoming) Abstract Administrative agencies are increasingly establishing voluntary self-reporting programs both as an... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
deterrence effect. This leads to strong enforcement spillovers up the VAT chain. These findings confirm that when taking evasion into account, significant differences emerge between otherwise equivalent forms of taxation. February 2015... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Student-Profile
Fanele Mashwama
variety of reasons; this debt might exacerbate downturns,” explains Fanele. “Those firms likely earn Naira revenues but have to service dollar denominated debt.” Fanele’s second research interest concerns sovereign immunity. “There’s an entire body of View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Transforming the IRS
now running more like a 21st-century business than a 1950s-style business. Internally, we implemented a top-to-bottom reorganization and began to bring business practices and technology up-to-date. We also implemented new strategies for service to taxpayers and for... View Details
- 01 Jun 2009
- News
Too Big To Fail
panel last October when it enacted the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to rescue faltering financial institutions. Law-makers instructed the panel to monitor TARP expenditures and recommend regulatory reforms. Led by Harvard View Details
- 29 Jun 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Uber Is Worth Saving and How To Do It
love didn’t last, though, especially when Kalanick defied those same cities when they tried to enforce local laws or when Uber would start a service without municipal permission. (Uber argued it was a... View Details
- March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
- Case
The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream"
By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Laura Winig
In 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison operator in the U.S., was considering expansion options. The company's largest customers, federal and state governments, were under economic pressure to reduce the incarceration rate and... View Details
Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Profit; Law Enforcement; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; United States
Di Tella, Rafael M., and Laura Winig. The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream". Harvard Business School Case 710-042, March 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
- 02 Nov 2020
- What Do You Think?
Is Antitrust Just a Quaint Notion in the Digital Age?
Joel put it, “Though I get the point that their behavior excludes competitors, the consumer would seem to benefit for now. What I wonder is why there is not more aggressive enforcement where the consumer is clearly being hurt, as... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail; Technology; Telecommunications; Communications; Consumer Products; Service
- 16 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Is MySpace.com Your Space?
per visit on the site. But MySpace and its rivals have also come under fire from law enforcement officials, policymakers, and parents, who worry that they are a haven for child predators. Given that... View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
both of which could involve governments as players. We further distinguish between strategies to play the game and strategies to shape the rules. Here too, efforts to shape, interpret, and enforce the rules may or may not involve... View Details