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- 04 Jan 2012
- What Do You Think?
Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?
income mobility has not declined in the US, said "This metric of income inequality (ignoring mobility) causes meaningless chasing of rainbows Folks move up through the quintiles of earning all the time (therefore mitigating the issue for any one household)."... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 01 Dec 2019
- News
John McArthur
along the way, it was a pivot in my relationship with John McArthur, a finance professor at the time, that caused me to feel—to this day—very positive about my entire HBS experience. As one example, Professor McArthur assumed a possibly unofficial role as a mediator in... View Details
Keywords: Dean
- 14 Mar 2011
- Research & Ideas
Water, Electricity, and Transportation: Preparing for the Population Boom
the public water supply had previously been damaged by the effects of El Niño. "There wasn't much dispute because things were terrible," he said, adding that many poor residents—who used to have to buy water from the back of a... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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 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
- 04 Sep 2001
- Research & Ideas
Five Questions for Max Bazerman
overfishing, and global warming. Why hasn't the U.S. government been able to hammer out an environmental policy that will appease both environmentalists and industry? A: Parties in environmental disputes are typically victims of the... View Details
Keywords: Re: Max H. Bazerman
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
tax dispute in IRS history, settled in 2006 when GlaxoSmithKline paid the agency some $3.4 billion, a case that the IRS said sent “a strong message of our resolve” in dealing with transfer pricing. Says Wells, “The manipulation of... View Details
- 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
- 24 Sep 2007
- Research & Ideas
The FDA: What Will the Next 100 Years Bring?
pole may not appeal to everyone, but it is fundamental to how the FDA functions. Conflagrations concerning products like RU-486 and COX-2 inhibitors are almost inevitable considering how many divergent interests and disputes over evidence... View Details
- 31 Jul 2007
- First Look
First Look: July 31, 2007
renegotiations, and the personal interests of highly placed individuals. The resulting power purchase agreements had led to high prices for electricity, imbalances of risks and rewards, and an unwillingness of officials to use the most effective defenses when View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online
legal bases for acquiring the data. For example, we may generally retain Personal Data as follows: For as long as may be required under applicable law; As needed to resolve disputes or protect our legal rights; Where processing is based... 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
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
Turkey’s economic development story has always been something of a black box for scholars to understand, perhaps in part because many of the most successful business enterprises there have been in family hands and largely closed to public scrutiny. The authors of a new... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Jan 2011
- Research & Ideas
Is Groupon Good for Retailers?
solution, but they understandably dislike this approach, finding it especially tacky. One first step is for merchants to review the exact text to be shown to consumers. Be wary of vague language: "excludes special offers" invites View Details
- 18 Nov 2014
- First Look
First Look: November 18
(B) case also considers the aftermath of the contest and the issues of successfully implementing a winning idea from a contest. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/615025-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 715-009 Turkcell This case centers around the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 15 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 15
China) in multilateral negotiations, notably in the World Trade Organization's Doha Round. Yet Brazil's actions to enforce a compulsory license of a patented therapy for HIV/AIDS and its victory in a longstanding WTO dispute with the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- Web
Terms of Use - HBS Online
Online is as defined in the Agreements. Termination does not give rise to any right to any grievance or other resolution process for student disputes at Harvard Business School, or any other school, division, institute or program of or... View Details
- 08 Jan 2018
- Research & Ideas
The Startling Percentage of Financial Advisors with Misconduct Records
Mark Egan, an assistant professor of finance at Harvard Business School and a co-author of the study. “The average settlement is in excess of $100,000 and the median is $40,000. These are costly offenses.” Included in the study was any record of customer View Details