Publications

2010
Chapter

Consumer Policy: Business and the Politics of Consumption

By: Gunnar Trumbull

Keywords: Demand and Consumers; Policy

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August 1998
Article

Angel Financing and Public Policy: An Overview

By: Josh Lerner

Keywords: Financing and Loans; Policy

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Employer Reimbursement Options | HBS Online

and get learning. Step 1: Do Your Research Learn about your organization’s professional development policies and the types of funding that may exist for these opportunities. Look into any criteria required to take advantage of these... View Details

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5.2 Cases Involving Sexual Harassment or Other Sexual Misconduct & Cases involving Discrimination or Bullying | MBA

that a policy violation has occurred, the Conduct Review Board (CRB) must accept that finding as final and non-reviewable. The only opportunity to appeal the determination of a policy violation is provided... View Details

23 Jul 2024
In Practice

The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities

upending longstanding principles of free trade established when China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001. Today, multinational firms must adapt, both in terms of trade and doing business within China itself. In fact, some experts say the biggest risk for... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Manufacturing; Retail; Fashion; Industrial Products; Consumer Products; Steel; Transportation; Telecommunications

01 Mar 2016
News

Research Brief: The Benefits of Bias

the lackluster ones led to projects with a measurably larger academic impact than projects selected without significant specialized expert input. The takeaway was clear, says Li. “Strong conflict-of-interest policies to reduce bias come... View Details

Keywords: Erin Peterson

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Security & Privacy | Information Technology

risk. Policies & Governance Policies and guidelines are in place at Harvard Business School and across Harvard to help the community ensure compliance and understanding of how to use technology and devices... View Details

07 Jun 2016
Op-Ed

Can Brand Trump Win a Presidency?

But even if such adjustments were psychologically possible, an abrupt change could be dismissed as inauthentic. Hispanics, Muslims and women already know what the Trump brand thinks of them and might see any corrections in tone or policy... View Details

Keywords: by John A. Quelch; Advertising; Media & Broadcasting

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Privacy Statement (English) - Global

PRIVACY POLICY OF HBS ERC 1. INTRODUCTION This is the privacy policy of Centre de Recherche Européen de la Harvard Business School (HBS Europe Research Center), located at 62 rue François 1er, 75008 Paris,... View Details

2021
Article

Venture Capital Booms and Startup Financing

By: William Janeway, Ramana Nanda and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

We review the growing literature on the relationship between venture capital booms and startup financing, focusing on three broad areas: First, we discuss the drivers of large inflows into the venture capital asset class, particularly in recent years—which are related... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital; Business Startups; Innovation and Invention; Policy

2019
Article

Pay-for-Monopoly?: An Assessment of Reverse Payment Deals by Pharmaceutical Companies

By: Sana Rafiq and Max Bazerman

Abstract Over the past eighteen years, pharmaceutical firms have developed a blueprint to impede competition in order to maintain their monopoly profits. This scheme, termed pay-for-delay, involves direct or indirect payment of money from a branded-drug manufacturer... View Details

Keywords: Monopoly; Policy; Competition; Agreements and Arrangements; Pharmaceutical Industry

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January 2007 (Revised January 2007)
Background Note

Note on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

By: Robert F. Higgins, Richard G. Hamermesh and Virginia Fuller

Describes the U.S. FDA with particular emphasis on its role in the development of new drugs, biologic products, and medical devices today. Provides context for the drug approval process by describing the FDA's history and organizational structure. View Details

Keywords: Health; Governance Compliance; Policy; Product Development; Government and Politics; Pharmaceutical Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States

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FAQs - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

HBS ISC About the Institute About the Institute Contact Us Faculty & Staff Institute Associates Ludcke FAQs FAQs FAQs What is the Institute for Strategy & Competitiveness, and what does it do? The Institute for Strategy and Competitiveness (ISC) is a nonprofit... View Details

April 2025
Article

Crisis Interventions in Corporate Insolvency

By: Samuel Antill and Christopher Clayton

We model the optimal resolution of insolvent firms in general equilibrium. Collateral-constrained banks lend to (i) solvent firms to finance investments and (ii) distressed firms to avoid liquidation. Liquidations create negative fire-sale externalities. Liquidations... View Details

Keywords: Insolvent Firms; Government Intervention; Liquidation; Econometric Models; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Policy

November 1991 (Revised June 1993)
Case

Accounting for Frequent Fliers

By: William J. Bruns Jr.

Airline frequent flier programs offer members the opportunity to earn free flights by accumulating mileage. Accounting and reporting the obligations of airlines and the cost of frequent flier programs raises difficult measurement issues. In 1991, the U.S. Securities... View Details

Keywords: Cost; Fair Value Accounting; Policy; Air Transportation Industry; United States

July 1990 (Revised September 1995)
Case

Singapore TradeNet: A Tale of One City

Describes the development of a new information technology-based trade document administration environment for the city-state of Singapore. A considerable effort, involving many governmental and private sector organizations, results in a new set of practices and... View Details

Keywords: Leadership; Information Technology; Emerging Markets; Policy; Public Administration Industry; Singapore

August 1996 (Revised December 1996)
Case

Korean Development and Western Economics

By: George C. Lodge and Courtenay Sprague

Provides a summary of Korea's economic performance during the past 40 years. Korea's economic strategy is discussed with regard to context--both the domestic (historic) and the international factors that have informed Korea's development. Simultaneously, Korea also... View Details

Keywords: Strategy; Development Economics; Decision Making; Policy; North Korea; South Korea