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When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry
By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
- December 1993
- Article
Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies
By: K. A. Froot, David S. Scharfstein and J. Stein
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry
Froot, K. A., David S. Scharfstein, and J. Stein. "Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies." Journal of Finance 48, no. 5 (December 1993): 1629–1658. (Revised from NBER Working Paper No. 4084, February 1993. Reprinted in RAE-Revista de Administração de Empresas, Management Journal of Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV-EAESP), Business School for Administration in Sao Paulo, Brazil, volume no. 48, issue no. 1 (January-March 2008): 87-118. Reprinted in Insurance and Risk Management, Volume II, Corporate Risk Management, Part I: Theory on Why and How Firms Manage Risk, Chapter 3, edited by Gregory R. Niehaus, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. (October 2008). Also in M.J. Brennan, The Theory of Corporate Finance from The International Library of Critical Writings in Financial Economics, edited by R. Roll, 1995; and in Merton Miller and Chris Culp, eds. Corporate Hedging in Theory and Practice: Lessons from Metallgesellschaft, Risk Books, 1999.)
- 14 Jul 2015
- News
Debt Should be a Guide to Policy Making
- 26 Jan 2022
- News
Fed Plays Wait and See with Monetary Policy
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
something that has been rarely analyzed. Why do you think this aspect of the role of government has been ignored? A: While it is true that risk management has never before been viewed as a function of government, nearly all of the... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- 2009
- Working Paper
Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes
By: Katherine L Milkman, Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay and Max H. Bazerman
Policies that would create net benefits for society but would also involve costs frequently lack the necessary support to be enacted because losses loom larger than gains psychologically. To reduce this harmful consequence of loss aversion, we propose a new type of... View Details
Keywords: Decision Making; Cost vs Benefits; Policy; Government Legislation; Outcome or Result; Welfare
Milkman, Katherine L., Mary Carol Mazza, Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay, and Max H. Bazerman. "Policy Bundling to Overcome Loss Aversion: A Method for Improving Legislative Outcomes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-147, June 2009. (Revised September 2009, December 2009.)
- January–July 1993
- Article
Growth, Corporate Policies and the Investment Opportunity Set
By: George P. Baker
Baker, George P. "Growth, Corporate Policies and the Investment Opportunity Set." Journal of Accounting & Economics 16, nos. 1-3 (January–July 1993).
- May 1995 (Revised April 2005)
- Teaching Note
Competitive Information Policy at Pratt & Whitney TN
By: Lynn S. Paine and Charles A Nichols, III
Teaching Note for (9-394-154). View Details
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Policies to Influence Perceptions about COVID-19 Risk: The Case of Maps
By: Claudia Engel, Jonathan Rodden and Marco Tabellini
Choropleth disease maps have become an important tool for informing the public about the risks posed by COVID-19. In a survey conducted in the U.S. state of Georgia in June 2020, we randomly assigned respondents to view either of two maps. The first one reported... View Details
Engel, Claudia, Jonathan Rodden, and Marco Tabellini. "Policies to Influence Perceptions about COVID-19 Risk: The Case of Maps." Science Advances 8, no. 11 (March 18, 2022).
- Article
Productivity in Retailing: Retail Structure and Public Policy
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi and Louis P. Bucklin
Takeuchi, Hirotaka, and Louis P. Bucklin. "Productivity in Retailing: Retail Structure and Public Policy." Journal of Retailing 53, no. 1 (Spring 1977).
- 1984
- Article
Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin and Christine E. Bishop
Baldwin, Carliss Y., and Christine E. Bishop. "Return to Nursing Home Investment: Issues for Public Policy." Health Care Financing Review 5, no. 4 (1984).
- 2011
- Chapter
Cognitive, Affective, and Special-interest Barriers to Policy Making
By: Lisa L. Shu, Chia-Jung Tsay and Max Bazerman
- June 1991
- Article
Corporate Policy and the Ethics of Competitor Intelligence Gathering
By: L. S. Paine
Paine, L. S. "Corporate Policy and the Ethics of Competitor Intelligence Gathering." Journal of Business Ethics 10, no. 6 (June 1991): 423–436. (Reprinted in Ethical Theory and Business, edited by Norman E. Bowie and Tom L. Beauchamp, 4th ed. 489-497. Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1993; Reprinted in Ethics in Marketing, edited by J. Quelch and C. Smith. Burr Ridge, Ill.: Richard D. Irwin, 1993; Reprinted (and abridged) in Ethics Journal 2, no. 1, Ethics Resource Center (1992): 1-5.)
- summer 1993
- Article
Database Marketing: New Rules for Policy and Practice
By: Frank V. Cespedes and H. Jeff Smith
Cespedes, Frank V., and H. Jeff Smith. "Database Marketing: New Rules for Policy and Practice." MIT Sloan Management Review 34, no. 4 (summer 1993): 7–22.
- Web
Harvard & HBS IT Policies | Information Technology
These protections may be governed by legal, contractual, or University policy considerations. Everyone at Harvard has a responsibility for proper handling and protection of confidential information. These... View Details
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The Changing Geography of Work: Priorities for Policy Makers
By: Prithwiraj Choudhury
The COVID-19 pandemic thrust the issue of how and where we work into the spotlight. The adoption of remote and hybrid work increased exponentially as lockdowns necessitated social distancing. But now, as we enter a new phase of the pandemic, the Geography of Work—where... View Details
Keywords: Remote Work; Hybrid Work Model; Work-from-anywhere; Employees; Geographic Location; Policy
Choudhury, Prithwiraj. "The Changing Geography of Work: Priorities for Policy Makers." OECD Forum Network (December 6, 2021).
- 2011
- Working Paper
Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as reflected in its inclusion among "tax expenditures" and occasional calls for its repeal. This paper analyzes the extent to which tax deferral and other... View Details
Keywords: Cash Flow; Investment Return; Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Policy; Taxation; United States
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 17202, July 2011.
- 1988
- Other Unpublished Work
Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Policy - U.S. House of Representatives, Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Acquisition Policy
By: J. Ronald Fox
- Research Summary
Optimal Signaling Policy with Rational and Irrational Agents (with James Burns)
We examine situations in which a single informed agent signals a group of uniformed agents. The uniformed agents must then take an action based on this signal. The motivation for our work comes from real world examples such as terrorist alerts or job safety... View Details
- 15 Sep 2016
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