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- 2017
- Working Paper
The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth
By: Urooj Khan, Suresh Nallareddy and Ethan Rouen
We investigate the relation between the growth in corporate profits and the overall U.S. economy, focusing on the impact of the U.S. corporate tax regime on this relation. We document that the growth of corporate profits, on average, has outpaced the growth of the... View Details
Keywords: Taxes; Gdp; Corporate Profits; American Jobs Creation Act Of 2004; Taxation; Economic Growth; Profit; United States
Khan, Urooj, Suresh Nallareddy, and Ethan Rouen. "The Role of Taxes in the Disconnect Between Corporate Performance and Economic Growth." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-006, July 2017.
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Advising Families on Estate Planning
By: Robert C. Pozen
Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley, a professional married couple of moderate wealth. His second clients are Ray and Michelle Polanski, a couple... View Details
- January 2014 (Revised June 2014)
- Case
Advising Families on Estate Planning
By: Robert C. Pozen and Lucas W. Goodman
Sean Warrick is an estate planning adviser at Hellwig & Macon. He is preparing for meetings with two clients. His first clients are Peggy and David Bartley, a professional married couple of moderate wealth. His second clients are Ray and Michelle Polanski, a couple... View Details
Keywords: Estate Planning; Estate Tax; Gift Tax; Generation Skipping Tax; Tax Accounting; Tax Strategy; Taxes; Taxation; Retirement; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Lucas W. Goodman. "Advising Families on Estate Planning." Harvard Business School Case 314-088, January 2014. (Revised June 2014.)
- 2001
- Book
State and Economy in Republican China: A Handbook for Scholars
By: William C. Kirby, James Chin Shih, Man-houng Lin and David A. Pietz
Kirby, William C., James Chin Shih, Man-houng Lin and David A. Pietz, eds. State and Economy in Republican China: A Handbook for Scholars. 2 vols. Cambridge: Harvard University, Asia Center, 2001.
- December 1994 (Revised July 1996)
- Case
USSR 1988, The: The Search for Growth
For decades after the revolution of 1917, Communist Party leaders claimed that the socialist economic system was superior to the capitalist system on both moral and economic grounds. By 1985, when Mikhail Gorbachev became general secretary of the Communist Party of the... View Details
Dyck, Alexander. "USSR 1988, The: The Search for Growth." Harvard Business School Case 795-060, December 1994. (Revised July 1996.)
- 2005
- Article
Airline Security, the Failure of 9/11, and Predictable Surprises
By: M. Bazerman and M. Watkins
Bazerman, M., and M. Watkins. "Airline Security, the Failure of 9/11, and Predictable Surprises." International Public Management Journal 8, no. 3 (2005): 365–377.
- 2001
- Article
Exchange Rates and Tax-Based Promotion
By: M. A. Desai and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, M. A., and James R. Hines Jr. "Exchange Rates and Tax-Based Promotion." Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Taxation and Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the National Tax Association (2001).
- May 1995
- Teaching Note
Note on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations and Corporate Criminal Fines Exercise TN
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Teaching Note for (9-393-060) and (9-394-101). View Details
- Web
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago | Working Knowledge
people from Asia. But why do people oppose immigrants so much? What the research says (and doesn’t say) about immigrants The late Alberto Alesina, one of the most influential political economists, and I explored these questions before he... View Details
- Web
The Business History of India & South Asia - Creating Emerging Markets
historians, economists, political scientists, and others debated the origins of the Great Divergence in wealth and power between South Asia and the West; the role of family business and networks; South Asian businesses and the global... View Details
- 01 Oct 2018
- News
Moving On
political military positions in NATO, the Pentagon, and the State Department. People ask me, ‘Hey, Chris you're pretty successful. Why are you successful?’ “I go, ‘Because I've failed miserably. Because I've had some really, really,... View Details
Keywords: Educational Services
- 19 Jul 2013
- News
All in Good Time
Andrea Silbert Financial analyst. Grassroots organizer. Social entrepreneur. Candidate for political office. These are just a few of the titles held by Andrea Silbert (MBA 1991 / MPA 1992) over the years. Now president of the Boston-based... View Details
- June – July 2008
- Article
A Better Approach to Foreign Aid
By: Justin Muzinich and Eric D. Werker
Frustration with U.S. foreign aid is widespread. At the same time, flows of private development finance—including foreign direct investment and remittances—have begun to dwarf official aid. We suggest a new approach that harnesses the power of private development... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Taxation; Welfare or Wellbeing; United States
Muzinich, Justin, and Eric D. Werker. "A Better Approach to Foreign Aid." Policy Review 149 (June–July 2008).
- 01 Jun 2011
- News
Eye in the Storm
of particular interest to Amos Schocken (MBA ’70), the owner and publisher of the authoritative Israeli newspaper Haaretz, sometimes referred to as “the New York Times of Israel.” In addition to leading a publication whose left-wing View Details
- 01 Jun 2008
- News
The Real Deal
the homeless that he anticipates the creation of a $20 million housing trust fund.“To progress together, we need to understand the needs of others,” Leppert declared. Described by the News as “a career businessman and self-made millionaire who often crafts his View Details
- 08 May 2015
- News
An alternative view of the role of the corporation in society
world’s largest corporations has created an opportunity for managers to consider the interests of a broader set of stakeholders. The role of the corporation in society can be a function of the larger economic, social, and political... View Details
- Portrait Project
Michael Nkansah
that I may yet owe death a life. I was never a pan-African before that day—my mind teemed with tired tales from my father of Nkrumah's utopian vision. But capitalism could well succeed where decades of post-independence politics failed—in... View Details
- Portrait Project
Mark Kahn
I plan to repay my debts, for I live a highly-leveraged life. I owe a debt to the United States, which saved my family from the clutches of the Wehrmacht. I owe a debt to the political wards of Philadelphia, from which I learned the best... View Details
- 9 AM – 9 AM EDT, 26 Sep 2018
- HBS Online
HBX Sustainable Business Strategy
Learn how to become a purpose-centered business leader while examining the critical role that businesses play in solving the world's big problems, including climate change, income inequality, and social injustice. Program Dates: September 26, 2018 - October 17, 2018. View Details
- Feb 2013
- Survey
Competitiveness at a Crossroads
business leaders and policymakers can take to improve U.S. competitiveness. For example, across the political spectrum, business leaders and the general public strongly called on the President and Congress to put the federal budget on a... View Details