Basics Of Corporate Taxation - Publications - Faculty & Research

15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008

Theory of Corporate Debt Maturity Choice Authors:Robin Greenwood, Jeremy C. Stein, and Samuel Hanson Abstract We argue that time-series variation in the maturity of aggregate... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

07 Jul 2011
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So We Adapt. What’s the Downside?

so many perilous paths that leaders today have to negotiate daily. Do they have to ask themselves constantly when to adapt and when to commit? Is that one of the basic issues View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

April 2009 (Revised August 2009)
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Petrobras in Ecuador (A)

By: Aldo Musacchio, Lena G. Goldberg and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

On October 18, 2007, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa announced his intention to migrate Petrobras' existing participation contracts to exploit oil reserves in Ecuador's Blocks 18 and 31 to servicing agreements under which Petrobras would be paid a production fee and... View Details

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Governance; Government Administration; Taxation; Contracts; Negotiation Process; Negotiation Tactics; Public Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Business and Shareholder Relations; Brazil; Ecuador

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Ways to Give Today - Alumni

means that basically half of the contribution is “paid” by the tax authorities. Class Crediting Contributions from HBS alumni will receive class credit. How to Make a Gift Money transfers may be made to:... View Details

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Business History - Faculty & Research

Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski This article examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the... View Details

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

We can be forgiven, especially this time of year, for questioning a decision our predecessors made just over a century ago. In the 1910s, Americans decided to make personal and corporate income taxes a... View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

04 Jun 2020
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It’s Not About You: Why Leaders Need to Look Outward

not in the room. The more trust that accumulates between us, the better this works. How do you build up stores of this essential leadership capital? Here’s the basic formula: people tend to trust you when... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz

01 Sep 2023
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That Was Then, This Is Now

graduation took me from consulting to corporate social responsibility and now to the nonprofit C-suite in pursuit of impact in the United States. I still feel energized by the challenges but with age has... View Details

Keywords: Photographed by Tony Deifell (MBA 2002); edited by Julia Hanna. Above: Heidi Brooks, photographed in 2003 and 2023.; life experience; family; leadership

24 Jan 2017
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First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017

to Federal Censuses between 1880 and 1940. We identify a causal relationship between patented inventions and long-run economic growth and outline a basic framework for analyzing key macro and micro-level determinants. We find a positive... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Feb 2015
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First Look: February 18

enterprises (MNEs), the paper argues we have reason to reject assigning human rights obligations to business enterprises and their managers. The paper begins by distinguishing business and human rights from the more general topic of View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

05 Feb 2007
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Business and the Global Poor

are very different consumers from the more affluent. What kind of business models are needed? A: There are three major challenges. First, there is the issue of cultural distance between View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

12 Aug 2019
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How Scale Changes a Manager's Responsibilities

recognize and try to stay ahead of these changes brought by scale. Here is advice for the CEO/founders of early-stage companies, but it also applies to leaders of any scaling... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

30 Apr 2007
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All Eyes on Slovakia’s Flat Tax

it aim to do, and why can it be controversial? Vincent Dessain: A flat tax is as an income tax; it basically applies the same rate of tax to everyone and to each component of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

June 2009
Journal Article

Taxes, Institutions and Foreign Diversification Opportunities

By: Mihir Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala

Investors can access foreign diversification opportunities through either foreign portfolio investment (FPI) or foreign direct investment (FDI). The worldwide tax regime employed by the U.S. potentially distorts this choice by penalizing FDI, relative to FPI, in... View Details

Keywords: International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Portfolio; Multinational Firms and Management; Taxation; Diversification; United States

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16 Feb 2010
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The Outside-In Approach to Customer Service

understanding of customers who may buy the product. Level 2: Companies at level 2 have a basic understanding of their customers, typically coming from some market research and... View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Consumer Products

01 Mar 2024
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Game On

It’s raining in Sarasota. And not a light sprinkle but a proper, Florida drenching, so the outdoor courts at the Pickleball Club’s Lakewood Ranch location are deserted. Inside is a different story. Most of the 12 courts are in play. With four people to a court, all... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Edward Linsmier; Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries; Arts, Entertainment

26 Oct 2021
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What Companies Want Most in a CEO: A Good Listener

period. “The demand for social skills is increasing in every category of the economy,” says Sadun, the Charles Edward Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Strategy Unit at HBS. “[But] it’s not... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

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Curriculum - Business & Environment

students interested in gaining a broader view of the financing landscape for young firms, going beyond the basics of venture capital and angel financing to look at venture... View Details

18 Jun 2020
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What Is an "Essential" Purchase for a Low-Income Family?

deemed socially acceptable (or not) for others to purchase. As they find, lower-income people are afforded a much narrower range of "permissibility." “We seem to believe the poor have more basic... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

01 Jun 2024
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Quantum Leap

“This is the first new kind of computer in 75 years,” says John Levy (MBA 1979), CEO of the quantum computing startup SEEQC. “And we’re building it on a chip!” Strolling through his company’s design and testing facility in Elmsford, New York, Levy looks less like a... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Chris Sorensen; quantum computing; innovation; leadership; Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

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