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- 17 Nov 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Business of Babies
"The law says yes and no." Until there is more clarity, the market cannot thrive. "The best technology in the world won't help you if it's illegal," Spar said. "If advances in biotechnology are to reach their full commercial and scientific...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
Alumni Work to Reverse Bias Through Philanthropy
outreach and social justice advocacy, justice system reform, and education parity. Its past campaign, the Take Action Initiative, raised $400,000 for The Bail Project, the Black AIDS Institute, the Equal Justice Initiative, the NAACP...
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Deborah Blagg
- 01 Jun 2006
- News
The Baby Business
for creating and acquiring children is, Spar argues, disorganized, legally conflicted, and virtually unfettered. It includes people who sell their eggs; buy sperm from strangers; undergo fertilization procedures; pay surrogates to bear...
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- 02 Feb 2002
- What Do You Think?
Will the Societal Effects of Enron Exceed Those of September 11?
terrorism tends to rally folks to patriotism, corruption does just the opposite, and that damage is severe and incalculable...a meltdown of confidence in our system is potentially far more devastating." (Mark Montgomery); "The...
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by James Heskett
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
the last quarter century, not only in terms of entrepreneurship but also in the dynamics of the free-enterprise system itself. In 1975, venture funding in the United States totaled about $50 million. Today, it is somewhere between $50 and...
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- 05 Sep 2012
- First Look
First Look: September 5
http://hbr.org/2012/09/will-working-mothers-take-your-company-to-court/ar/1 Working PapersColocation and Scientific Collaboration: Evidence from a Field Experiment Authors:Kevin Boudreau, Ina Ganguli, Patrick Gaule, Eva Guinan, and Karim Lakhani Abstract We present...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Apr 2015
- First Look
First Look: April 7
commissions hurt sales. If managers must retain a cap, they should set it as high as possible to avoid reducing reps' incentives. Although overly complicated compensation systems have their downsides, research has found that a View Details
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Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurial Venture: A Conversation
entrepreneurship but also in the dynamics of the free-enterprise system itself. In 1975, venture funding in the United States totaled about $50 million. Today, it is somewhere between $50 and $100 billion. What triggered this explosive...
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by Susan Young
- 25 Apr 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 25
as a separate marketplace, because each has its own legal requirements, cultural traditions, and business methods, and most have their own currencies. The dramatic changes in strategic thinking and organizational relationships have made...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2003
- News
Naina Lal Kidwai
more familiar legal and judiciary system, better protection for intellectual property, and strong English language and engineering skills. The Indian banking system is improving and has a much lower...
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- 26 Jun 2000
- Research & Ideas
Presentation Round-Up
secure we get. I think it will be the exception rather than the rule. "There is a serious education issue here," Kerlavage continued, "and we need to have very open debates and broad dissemination about what the technologies and risks are. We also have to have our...
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- 24 Feb 2009
- First Look
First Look: February 24, 2009
Financial Cryptography and Data Security (forthcoming) Abstract Online advertisers face substantial difficulty in selecting and supervising small advertising partners. Fraud can be well hidden, and limited reputation systems reduce...
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Martha Lagace
- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
50 or 60 years ago. Discrimination used to be perfectly legal; it wasn’t until the 1980s that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defined and prohibited sexual harassment in the workplace. We certainly have made progress on the View Details
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
address this threat: trust, licensing, and paying agents to stay loyal. We show how the principal can influence the value of these options by modularizing the system and by hiring clans of agents, thus exploiting relationships among them....
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Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017
suppliers that adopt legalization structures (operationalized as management system standards) and worker participation structures (unions) and find that the combination of these structures amplifies...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
Sorting Out the Patent Craze
doesn't manufacture—computer memory systems. It makes money by licensing its patented designs to other companies, who manufacture computer memory and sell it to computer makers. Over the course of the 1990s, however, Rambus engaged in an extended campaign to abuse the...
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- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
superior product, adding to the probability of success. However, OSS has disadvantages too. Most importantly, it comes from behind in terms of market share (installed base). Because the value of an operating system depends critically on...
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- 04 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 4, 2008
(September 2008): 527-539 Abstract The legal system is a domain of potential relevance for psychologists, whether in the capacity of expert witness or citizen juror. In this article, the authors apply a...
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Martha Lagace
- 12 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 12, 2018
their interconnected early history. Even the 18th century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the 19th, they paradoxically sought to make the world safe for “capitalists.” The word “socialists” was first used in Northern Italy as a term of contempt for the...
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Dina Gerdeman
- Web
Supplemental Financial Information - Financial Report 2015
Assessments University assessments cover essential services provided to HBS by the University, including payroll and benefits administration, processing of accounts receivable and payable, and legal services. The amount charged to HBS in...
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