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  • 19 Oct 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Business Research that Makes for Smarter Public Policy

come up with quick policy advice, but to actually try to deepen understanding of those problems through rigorous academic research, which ultimately can lead to new remedies.” Outside of formal hearings, get-togethers between researchers... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 2020
  • Chapter

The Gift of Global Talent: Innovation Policy and the Economy

By: William R. Kerr
Talent is the most precious resource for today’s knowledge-based economy, and a significant share of the U.S. skilled workforce in technology fields is foreign born. The United States has long held a leading position in attracting global talent, but the gap to other... View Details
Keywords: Global Talent Flows; Talent and Talent Management; Global Range; Immigration; Policy; Economy
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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

Extending Producer Responsibility: An Evaluation Framework for Product Take-Back Policies

By: Michael W. Toffel, Antoinette Stein and Katharine Lee
Manufacturers are increasingly being required to adhere to product take-back regulations that require them to manage their products at the end of life. Such regulations seek to internalize products' entire life cycle costs into market prices, with the ultimate... View Details
Keywords: Product; Cost; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability
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  • January 2001 (Revised May 2010)
  • Case

BP Amoco (A): Policy Statement on the Use of Project Finance

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Michael Kane
Following the BP/Amoco merger in December 1998, CFO David Watson asked Bill Young to recommend when and under what circumstances the firm should use external project finance instead of internal corporate funds to finance new capital investments. As part of this... View Details
Keywords: Project Finance; Mergers and Acquisitions; Policy; Capital Budgeting
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  • 2009
  • Other Unpublished Work

When Does Industrial Policy Work? Evidence from the Brazilian Ethanol Fuel Industry

By: Santiago Mingo and Tarun Khanna
What is the impact of a state-led industrial policy program on entrepreneurial activity, industry evolution, and firm competitiveness? How and when is industrial policy an effective tool to spur the development of an emerging industry? To address these questions, we... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Industry Growth; Business and Government Relations; Competition; Energy Industry; Brazil
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  • 11 Jan 2007
  • Working Paper Summaries

A Perceptions Framework for Categorizing Inventory Policies in Single-stage Inventory Systems

Keywords: by Noel Watson
  • 26 May 2015
  • News

Exploring tax policy and our quality of life

For Professor Matthew Weinzierl, tax policy is about much more than dollars and cents. The questions of why we tax and what we tax, and similar policy decisions, offer a window on our society. “People don’t... View Details
  • 2021
  • Article

Helping and Happiness: A Review and Guide for Public Policy

By: Lara B. Aknin and Ashley V. Whillans
Perhaps one of the most reaffirming findings to emerge over the past several decades is that humans not only engage in generous behavior, they also appear to experience pleasure from doing so. Yet not all acts of helping lead to greater happiness. Here, we review the... View Details
Keywords: Generosity; Helping; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Happiness; Policy
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  • 2012
  • Chapter

Citizens' Perceptions and the Disconnect Between Economics and Regulatory Policy

By: Jonathan Baron, William T. McEnroe and Christopher Poliquin
Economic theory is clear about the advantages and disadvantages of various ways of regulating negative externalities, such as command and control, cap and trade, taxation, subsidies, and tort law. Yet public policy rarely follows the recommendations that follow from... View Details
Keywords: Regulation; Decision Making; Government and Politics; United States
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  • 24 Apr 2014
  • News

Studying how society shapes market practices, government policies

Harvard Business School Professor Matt Weinzierl talks about his research into the ways market practices and government policies are shaped by society. (Published April 2014) View Details
  • Article

Tax Policy and the Efficiency of U.S. Direct Investment Abroad

By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Deferral of U.S. taxes on foreign source income is commonly characterized as a subsidy to foreign investment, as reflected in its inclusion among "tax expenditures" and occasional calls for its repeal. This paper analyzes the extent to which tax deferral and other... View Details
Keywords: International Taxation; Dynamic Efficiency; Deferral; Policy; Taxation; Performance Efficiency; Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Investment Return; Business Earnings; Equity; Financing and Loans; Cash Flow; Capital; United States
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  • January 2012 (Revised November 2012)
  • Teaching Note

A New Financial Policy at Swedish Match (TN)

Keywords: Finance; Policy; Sweden
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  • October 2011
  • Case

In the Wake of Fukushima: Japanese Energy Policy

By: Noel Maurer and Nobuo Sato
Keywords: Energy; Policy; Japan
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  • September 2010 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

Leadership in Corporate Reporting Policy at Tata Steel

By: Karthik Ramanna and Rachna Tahilyani
The case describes the challenges faced by Tata Steel, India's largest private sector steel company, as it transitions from Indian GAAP to IFRS. It first describes those challenges in the context of the institutional voids that make IFRS adoption difficult in India.... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Standards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Steel Industry; India
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  • 1993
  • Article

Government Policy and Energy Markets: A Review Essay

By: R. H.K. Vietor
Keywords: Government and Politics; Policy; Markets
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  • 1988
  • Chapter

The Machine Tool Industry and Industrial Policy 1955-82

By: David J. Collis
Keywords: Machinery and Machining; Policy; Manufacturing Industry
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  • Web

5.0 Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies | MBA

5.0 Technology, Copyright, & Publishing Policies Student Handbook 5.1 Information Technology 5.2 Use of Harvard Name & Logo 5.3 Annual Notice: Digital Millennium Copyright Act View Details
  • Web

4.4 Harvard University Identification Cards Policy | MBA

4.4 Harvard University Identification Cards Policy 4.0 General Policies Harvard University provides its students, faculty, and staff with a Harvard identification card that affords access to numerous... View Details
  • Article

The Contingent Nature of Public Policy and the Growth of U.S. Commercial Banking

By: Christopher Marquis and Zhi Huang
That public policy affects organizational behaviors is well accepted, but less explored is how these effects may depend on other external environmental factors. We investigate how policy is a necessary, but not sufficient, condition to understand the growth of... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Organizational Culture; Strategy; Commercial Banking; Growth and Development Strategy; United States
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  • December 1993
  • Article

Risk Management: Coordinating Corporate Investment and Financing Policies

By: K. A. Froot, David S. Scharfstein and J. Stein
Keywords: Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Banking And Insurance; Hedging; Banking; Decision Choice And Uncertainty; Financial Markets; Insurance; Policy; Risk Management; Natural Disasters; Cost of Capital; Asset Pricing; Insurance Industry
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