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- 01 Mar 2016
- First Look
March 1, 2016
Enforcement: Evidence from Two Field Experiments By: Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer Abstract—Effective dispute resolution is important for reducing private and social costs. We study how resolution responds to changes in price and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
By 2050, the Earth's population will likely exceed 9 billion people, up 30 percent from 6.9 billion today, according to projections from both the US Census Bureau and the United Nations. What's more, the population in the world's cities is expected to increase by 3... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jul 2009
- First Look
First Look: July 14
governs disputes between foreign investors and host governments. First is the inconsistency of the decisions rendered by arbitration panels established under bilateral investment treaties, investment provisions of regional trade... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018
Experiments By: Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer Abstract—Effective dispute resolution is important for reducing private and social costs. We study how resolution responds to changes in price and communication using a new, extensive... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 12 Apr 2016
- First Look
April 12, 2016
Nestlé's flagship product in India—Maggi Noodles—citing excessive lead content per government lab tests. Nestlé disputes the government tests, noting that internal and third-party tests show the product to be safe. There is considerable... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 20 Sep 2011
- First Look
First Look: September 20
objectives in the first year. Furthermore, a heated dispute between two faculty members in the center has complicated matters significantly. Rollins is flummoxed by these problems because he thought he had provided resources and clear... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Mar 2009
- HBS Case
The Energy Politics of Russia vs. Ukraine
decision, albeit an extreme one. The context for that incident between the two countries went back years and involved at least one previous shutdown over unpaid Ukrainian bills, as well as disputed pipeline fees, unsigned contracts, bad... View Details
- 27 May 2008
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Thinking About Global
the current system. Otherwise businesses will lose profitable opportunities and find themselves in the middle of disputes that hurt their future prospects. And poor countries will fail to benefit from what investors can bring them. Absent... View Details
- 02 Jul 2015
- Op-Ed
The Future of the Greek Economy
away from petty, small disputes and think about embracing the broad idea of Europe writ large. That would help in the search for a sustainable solution to this agonizing, destabilizing, and never-ending Greek crisis. While notable... View Details
- 07 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor?
the center of global trade disputes. World Trade Organization (WTO) disputes between Europe and the United States over hormone-treated beef and genetically modified crops evoke how difficult it can be to reconcile different consumer... View Details
- 23 May 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Emerging Art of Negotiation
ideas in theory, the jury is still out on whether or not they are viable for the typical negotiator. Negotiation With More Than Two Players As the number of parties in a negotiation increases, the complexity of the dispute expands... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Apr 2017
- What Do You Think?
How About Investing in Human Infrastructure?
SUMMING UP: Investment in Human Infrastructure: Not Whether But How? Few dispute the notion that a significant US investment in human infrastructure is warranted and timely, although there were significant differences of opinion about how... View Details
- 31 Jul 2012
- First Look
First Look: July 31
Confidential Instructions for Johnson & Johnson Guhan Subramanian and Rhea GhoshHarvard Business School Exercise 911-045 This two-party negotiation exercise features a real-life dispute between Merck and Johnson & Johnson... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 08 Nov 2016
- First Look
November 8, 2016
commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key aspects of Google’s strategy in mobile, focusing on Android-related practices that may... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
Second, the emphasis on local laws as being all-important may be misplaced given the large role of foreign investment in emerging economies and the ability of these investors to avail themselves of nonlocal laws. The web of bilateral investment treaties and the growth... View Details
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
representatives. Ultimately, however, the centralized appellate court for patent cases in the U.S., the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, decided that Rambus' behavior was acceptable. In effect, the appeals court did not dispute... View Details
- 22 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 22
pipeline imports, public policy became the object of intense disputes among oil and gas producers, manufacturing and petrochemical interests, utilities, and environmentalists. Exporting gas (or oil) could affect higher prices in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Three Countries, Three Choices in Post-Soviet Eurasia
1992, it is remarkable that these former communists did not dispute the basic foreign-policy objectives of the nationalists concerning reorientation toward the west. "The widely shared content of national identity [in Lithuania] gave... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 03 Dec 2001
- What Do You Think?
What Happens When the Sumo Master Learns Judo?
developing products created by hard-to-find customer-centered software engineers. But now Microsoft's proposed settlement of its dispute with an even bigger sumo—government—would involve giving computers equipped with its operating system... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 May 2016
- Research Event
Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium
dispute to court can be an expensive proposition. Cohen shared an example: Lumen View Technology, which had initiated patent lawsuits in the past against numerous companies, sued FindTheBest and several other firms, claiming they... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel