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  • December 1998 (Revised July 2010)
  • Background Note

Passive Activity Losses

By: Henry B. Reiling, Mark Pollard and Kevin Wall
Discusses the historical context, purpose, primary mechanical features, and effects of the passive activity loss rules. View Details
Keywords: Finance; Government Legislation; Taxation; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry
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Reiling, Henry B., Mark Pollard, and Kevin Wall. "Passive Activity Losses." Harvard Business School Background Note 299-039, December 1998. (Revised July 2010.)
  • 2022
  • Article

Leadership & Overconfidence

By: Don A Moore and Max H. Bazerman
Expressions of confidence can give leaders credibility. In the political realm, they can earn votes and public approval for decisions made in office. Such support is justified when the confidence displayed is truly a sign that a leader (whether a candidate or an... View Details
Keywords: Personal Characteristics; Leadership; Government Legislation; Political Elections
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Moore, Don A., and Max H. Bazerman. "Leadership & Overconfidence." Behavioral Science & Policy 8, no. 2 (2022): 59–69.
  • December 9, 2020
  • Article

Give Employees Cash to Purchase Their Own Insurance

By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Barak D. Richman
Employers’ and employees’ health care costs continue to skyrocket. A solution is to allow employers to give employees pre-tax cash to purchase their own health insurance. This move, enabled by a newly enacted federal rule, would put competitive pressure on insurers,... View Details
Keywords: Health Insurance; Health Care and Treatment; Insurance; Employees; Government Legislation
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Herzlinger, Regina E., and Barak D. Richman. "Give Employees Cash to Purchase Their Own Insurance." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 9, 2020).
  • December 2007
  • Case

Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A)

By: David A. Moss and Cole Bolton
Banks throughout New York State suspended specie payments (i.e., payments in gold and silver) in May 1837 following the collapse of several state banks and the onset of a nationwide financial panic. Amid the chaos, the upstart Whigs were able to depose the longstanding... View Details
Keywords: History; Government Legislation; Capital; Financial Crisis; Banks and Banking; Banking Industry; New York (state, US)
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Moss, David A., and Cole Bolton. Envisioning "Free Banking" in Antebellum New York (A). Harvard Business School Case 708-038, December 2007.
  • 05 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

What Companies Should Not Do in the Next Banking Crisis

When banks failed across the globe in 2008, the resulting financial crisis sent businesses into a tailspin. As lenders cut back dramatically, companies trying to recover had to scramble for financing required to generate new business and for capital expenditures.... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking
  • 28 Jun 2010
  • HBS Case

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

in-house education program on improvement science that emphasizes rapid cycles of small-scale change. Their finding that an accumulation of small changes can add up to significant gains is leading the way for health-care reform that is just as revolutionary as its... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Health
  • 24 Jul 2014
  • Op-Ed

Reform Tax Law to Keep US Firms at Home

consumption tax, are preferred if feasible. Legislation that is narrowly focused on preventing inversions or specific transactions runs the risk of being counterproductive. These transactions are nested in a broader set of corporate... View Details
Keywords: by Mihir Desai; Pharmaceutical
  • 24 Aug 2016
  • Research & Ideas

Can Obamacare Be Saved?

On August 15th, Aetna announced that it would reduce by 80 percent its participation in the Obama administration’s public exchanges for health insurance policies in 2017, citing significant financial losses. The move came just a few weeks after the Department of... View Details
Keywords: by John A. Quelch and Emily Boudreau; Insurance; Health
  • October 2008 (Revised June 2010)
  • Case

Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)

By: V.G. Narayanan, Fabrizio Ferri and Lisa Brem
The credit crisis of 2008 placed compensation practices at publicly traded firms in the United States under scrutiny. This case examines perceived excessive pay and severance packages at several firms implicated in the credit crisis of 2008, the executive compensation... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Governing and Advisory Boards; Government Legislation; Executive Compensation; United States
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Narayanan, V.G., Fabrizio Ferri, and Lisa Brem. "Executive Pay and the Credit Crisis of 2008 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-036, October 2008. (Revised June 2010.)
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Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act

By: Andrea Bernini, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini and Cecilia Testa
How did southern whites respond to the 1965 Voting Rights Act (VRA)? Leveraging newly digitized data on county-level voter registration by race between 1956 and 1980, and exploiting pre-determined variation in exposure to the federal intervention, we document that... View Details
Keywords: Government Legislation; Race; Behavior; Voting; Prejudice and Bias
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Bernini, Andrea, Giovanni Facchini, Marco Tabellini, and Cecilia Testa. "Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act." Journal of Political Economy (forthcoming). (Also available on Vox EU and VoxDev. Featured on HBS Working Knowledge.)
  • 26 Oct 2017
  • Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

legislative bodies and courts are still wrestling with if and how to regulate technology that is not only unprecedented in their capabilities and varied in their business models, but also constantly evolving. Bell, who is English and... View Details
Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News
  • 09 Sep 2013
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Teaching Climate Change to Skeptics

presentation with a list of legislative principles or actions for the committee to consider. Cases In Point In addition to risk assessment, addressing climate change can be good for business in that it can help build a strong brand,... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 07 Sep 2020
  • Research & Ideas

How to Help Small Businesses Survive COVID's Next Phase

America small-business owners moved quickly when COVID-19 started shuttering shops in March. Fine dining restaurants shifted to takeout. Book shops introduced curbside pickup. Gyms offered classes online. Business owners, it seemed, just needed to face this... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Food & Beverage; Service
  • 29 Jul 2016
  • Working Paper Summaries

Can Paying Firms Quicker Affect Aggregate Employment?

Keywords: by Jean-Noel Barrot and Ramana Nanda
  • August 10, 2023
  • Editorial

A Conversation on the Draft Merger Guidelines

By: Cory S. Capps and Leemore Dafny
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Government Legislation
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Capps, Cory S., and Leemore Dafny. "A Conversation on the Draft Merger Guidelines." Promarket (August 10, 2023). (Round II published September 13, 2023.)
  • February 1998 (Revised December 1998)
  • Case

Atlantic Energy/Delmarva Power & Light (A)

By: Benjamin C. Esty, Mathew M Millett and Tracy Aronson
Delmarva Power & Light and Atlantic Energy are neighboring electric utilities based in Delaware and New Jersey, respectively. In early 1996, they entered into merger negotiations, but were unable to reach an agreement on price because they could not agree on what... View Details
Keywords: Valuation; Negotiation Offer; Government Legislation; Risk and Uncertainty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Contracts; Utilities Industry; Delaware; New Jersey
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Esty, Benjamin C., Mathew M Millett, and Tracy Aronson. "Atlantic Energy/Delmarva Power & Light (A)." Harvard Business School Case 298-034, February 1998. (Revised December 1998.)
  • 15 Aug 2007
  • Op-Ed

3 Steps to Reduce Financial System Risk

agencies, uneven supervisory coverage, and politically driven legislative reactions. In the process, much of the initial beneficial impact of credit risk transfer technology may be negated. 3 steps can mitigate this new component of... View Details
Keywords: by Mohamed El-Erian; Financial Services; Banking
  • June 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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Chipmaking in the Desert: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's Global Expansion

By: William C. Kirby and Noah B. Truwit
On December 6, 2022, in Phoenix, Arizona, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) Executive Chairman Mark Liu outlined the company’s ambitious plans to invest $40 billion to build semiconductor manufacturing plants in Phoenix. The event also celebrated the... View Details
Keywords: Geopolitical Units; Government and Politics; Government Legislation; Expansion; Market Entry and Exit; Semiconductor Industry; Taiwan; United States
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Kirby, William C., and Noah B. Truwit. "Chipmaking in the Desert: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company's Global Expansion." Harvard Business School Case 323-101, June 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
  • 15 Apr 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Calderón: Economic Arguments Needed to Fight Climate Change

What do Chinese coal plants and the American legislative branch have in common? They are both major adversaries in the fight against climate change, according to former President of Mexico Felipe Calderón. "The most serious problem is in the United States... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Manufacturing
  • 02 Sep 2002
  • Research & Ideas

Foreign Multinationals in the U.S.: A Rocky Road

extension to their worldwide businesses. These fears were exaggerated, but reflected alarm about the unpredictable ways in which the U.S.'s unique legislation was enforced. Secondly, there was a widespread belief that the U.S. market was... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston & Martha Lagace
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