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- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A reformed fiscal policy is vital to renewing US productivity
Richard H. K. Vietor, Baker Foundation Professor, is an expert on how nations compete—and he’s worried about the United States. Vietor focuses on government policies, laws, and other actions that affect competitiveness, defined as the ability of a nation’s companies to... View Details
- 2003
- Book
Wheel, Deal, and Steal: Deceptive Accounting, Deceitful CEOs, and Ineffective Reforms
By: D. Quinn Mills
Mills, D. Quinn. Wheel, Deal, and Steal: Deceptive Accounting, Deceitful CEOs, and Ineffective Reforms. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Financial Times Prentice Hall, 2003.
- September 26, 2011
- Article
A Two-Pronged Approach to Reforming International Corporate Taxes in the U.S.
By: Robert C. Pozen
- Other Unpublished Work
Going Bust in Bangkok: Lessons from Bankruptcy Law Reform in Thailand
By: C. Fritz Foley
- November 2005 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Brazil Sugar and the WTO: Agricultural Reform in the European Union
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Kerry Herman and Irina Tarsis
Pedro de Camargo Neto, Brazil's secretary of trade and production for the Ministry of Agriculture, has won a WTO sugar decision for Brazil against the EU sugar policies. This case analyzes what this decision will mean to world food policies, especially those of the EU... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Government and Politics; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; United States; Brazil
Goldberg, Ray A., Kerry Herman, and Irina Tarsis. "Brazil Sugar and the WTO: Agricultural Reform in the European Union." Harvard Business School Case 906-408, November 2005. (Revised April 2006.)
- October 2012
- Article
The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums
By: Ronen Avraham, Leemore S. Dafny and Max Schanzenbach
Avraham, Ronen, Leemore S. Dafny, and Max Schanzenbach. "The Impact of Tort Reform on Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance Premiums." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 28, no. 4 (October 2012): 657–686.
- 12 Nov 2014
- News
A Challenge to the New Congress: Pass Housing Finance Reform
- 16 May 2014
- News
Health cuts ‘wrong way’ to reform system, Harvard expert says
- 05 May 2017
- News
Here’s the real loser in the GOP health-care reform plan
- Feb 2014
- Case
A Long, Bumpy and Unfinished Road: Education Reform in Memphis, Tennessee
Pitt Hyde, a Memphis business leader and the founder of the Hyde Family Foundation, works to ensure the success of the merger between the Memphis City School district and the Shelby County School system. View Details
- 1994
- Chapter
Financial System Reform in Poland: Lessons from Japan's Main Bank System
By: T. Hoshi, A. Kashyap and G. W. Loveman
Hoshi, T., A. Kashyap, and G. W. Loveman. "Financial System Reform in Poland: Lessons from Japan's Main Bank System." In The Japanese Main Bank System : Its Relevance for Developing and Transforming Economies, edited by M. Aoki and H. Patrick, 592–634. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1994.
- 1992
- Working Paper
Pension Reform and Privatization in International Perspective: A Case of Israel
By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton
- 03 Apr 2016
- News
Did EMC’s sale push noncompete reform over the edge? Not exactly
- August 1992
- Article
Pension Reform and Privatization in International Perspective: The Case of Israel
By: Zvi Bodie and Robert C. Merton
Keywords: Israel
Bodie, Zvi, and Robert C. Merton. "Pension Reform and Privatization in International Perspective: The Case of Israel." Riv'on le-kalkalah [Economic Quarterly] 152 (August 1992). (Reprinted in English in The Foundations of Pension Finance, Volume II, Zvi Bodie and E. Philip Davis, eds., Edward Elger, 2000.)
- August 2017
- Case
Boston Public Schools' Long Term Financial Plan
By: C. Fritz Foley, Victor Wu and F. Katelynn Boland
In the fall of 2016, the senior leadership team of Boston Public Schools prepared a report indicating that costs were expected to grow faster than revenues for many years to come. They faced questions about whether the projections would be believed and about how to... View Details
Keywords: Financial Planning; Education Reform; Education; Budgets and Budgeting; Corporate Finance; Public Administration Industry; United States; Boston
Foley, C. Fritz, Victor Wu, and F. Katelynn Boland. "Boston Public Schools' Long Term Financial Plan." Harvard Business School Case 218-031, August 2017.
- July 2000
- Teaching Note
Economic Reform in the Czech Republic: Velvet Revolution or Velvet Blanket? TN
By: Bruce R. Scott and Thomas S. Mondschean
Teaching Note for (9-700-100). View Details
Keywords: Czech Republic
- July 2010
- Article
The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and U.S. Ethnic Invention
By: William R. Kerr and William F. Lincoln
This study evaluates the impact of high-skilled immigrants on U.S. technology formation. We use reduced-form specifications that exploit large changes in the H-1B visa program. Higher H-1B admissions increase immigrant science and engineering (SE) employment and... View Details
Keywords: Engineering; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Immigration; Innovation and Invention; Patents; Business and Government Relations; Science; United States
Kerr, William R., and William F. Lincoln. "The Supply Side of Innovation: H-1B Visa Reforms and U.S. Ethnic Invention." Journal of Labor Economics 28, no. 3 (July 2010): 473–508. (Winner of H. Gregg Lewis Prize for Best Paper in Journal of Labor Economics 2010-2011.)
- Winter 2013
- Article
Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking
By: Daniel Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Lys
We investigate the mechanism through which the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) was associated with changes in corporate investment strategies. We document that the passage of the governance regulations in SOX was followed by a significant decline in pay‐performance... View Details
Cohen, Daniel, Aiyesha Dey, and Thomas Lys. "Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 1296–1332.