Government Contracting - Publications - Faculty & Research

14 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World

cases, managers were able to preempt the threats of COVID-19 by interpreting and acting upon imperfect information before their governments did so. 2. Protect and sustain your ecosystem Companies live in the same ecosystems as their... View Details

Keywords: by Raffaella Sadun, Andrea Bertoni, Alexia Delfino, Giovanni Fassio, and Mariapaola Testa

22 Dec 2016
Op-Ed

The Small Business Administration is a Model for How to Drive Economic Growth

U.K. government borrowed from the SBA’s contracting efforts, setting an even higher small business contracting goal than ours here in the United States (25 percent versus our... View Details

Keywords: by Karen Mills

24 Nov 2014
Research & Ideas

Corrupting Silence: Companies Must Speak Up Against Bribes

million bribe to secure the $1.3 billion contract to construct the McGill University Health Centre in Montreal. The company billed the Quebec government for $191 million in cost overruns, for which it is... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

08 Sep 2020
Sharpening Your Skills

Capitalism Works Better When I Can See What You're Doing

your messages after they are read. The problem: The memory of your uninhibited behavior lingers. Research Papers Surfacing the Submerged State with Operational Transparency in Government ServicesCitizens who see the work that View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 May 2006
Research & Ideas

What Companies Lose from Forced Disclosure

other research examines the design of performance measurement systems and incentive contracts for rewarding teams and channel partners. In short, this research explores the idea that career concerns, influenced by disclosure requirements,... View Details

Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services

David Packard

Packard and his partner Bill Hewlett created the first real Silicon Valley technology company in H-P, a diversified electronics maker. Together the two men built a strong company that survived World War II and enjoyed continued success after View Details

Keywords: Computers & Electronics

1997
Chapter

Governance, Contracting, and Investment Time Horizons: A Look at Japan and Germany

By: W. C. Kester

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Contracts; Investment; Japan; Germany

Citation

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Other Unpublished Work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

Keywords: National Security; Contracts; Policy; Business and Government Relations; United States

Citation

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

countries improve trade conditions and build sustainable practices. Back then, fair trade essentially referred to a system of price-fixing, using Resale Price Maintenance contracts to help smaller businesses and associations compete... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

05 Mar 2007
Research & Ideas

Risky Business? Protecting Foreign Investments

foreigners. In the somewhat special case of Indonesia, the political crisis accompanying the Asian Currency Crisis meant that no increases in rates were granted; thus the state-owned power distributor simply could not pay what had been promised to investors in the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Energy; Utilities

Web

Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

and develop a deeper appreciation of how legal systems operate and how to operate within the boundaries of legal systems. In response to increased student interest in private equity, a module of the course focuses on contracts and... View Details

Fast Answer

Buying a Small Business Pt3: Screening brokers /small companies (For HBS Alumni)

Contracting resources for small business provides a list of government sponsored resources that allow you to identify vendors of interest. For more information about alumni resources, including video... View Details

02 Jun 2011
What Do You Think?

Is it Time for a National Bankruptcy?

dissolves the social contract between people and government." Phil Clark commented that "Those who go bankrupt lose sight of personal principle and beliefs. A country going bankrupt undermines itself and demonstrates its... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

H. Ross Perot

A shrewd businessman, Perot built EDS into a large competitor in the computer industry, winning big data processing contracts from companies like Frito Lay and from various government agencies. Perot was... View Details

Keywords: Services

Thomas E. Braniff

Braniff received his first airmail contract from the federal government in 1934, four years after founding Braniff Airways. In 1952, Braniff acquired Mid-Continent Airlines, which made Braniff Airways the... View Details

Keywords: Automotive & Aerospace

Mar 2012
Article

The Incentive Bubble

The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers, high-powered incentive View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

$how Me the Money

price-fixing, and influence peddling. But bribery is corruption’s most recognizable face, with some $40 billion annually doled out to corrupt government officials, TI says. Half of the executives in a 2009 TI global survey said that... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government

19 Feb 2013
First Look

First Look: Feb. 19

firms strategically respond to government signals regarding appropriate corporate activity. We integrate institutional theory and research on corporate political strategy to develop a political dependence model that explains (a) how... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 17

Projects By: MacCormack, Alan, and Anant Mishra Abstract—Formal contracts represent an important governance instrument with which firms exercise control of and compensate partners in R&D projects. The... View Details