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- September 2005
- Article
Managerial Foresight and Attempted Rent Appropriation: Insider Trading on Knowledge of Imminent Breakthroughs
By: Gautam Ahuja, Russell W. Coff and Peggy M. Lee
In order to establish a competitive advantage, firms must acquire or create resources at a price below their value in use. Absent pure luck, this requires managers to exercise foresight about a resource's future value and/or complementarities with pre-existing... View Details
Ahuja, Gautam, Russell W. Coff, and Peggy M. Lee. "Managerial Foresight and Attempted Rent Appropriation: Insider Trading on Knowledge of Imminent Breakthroughs." Strategic Management Journal 26, no. 9 (September 2005): 791–808.
- August 1987
- Supplement
Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Motorola Profile, Supplement
By: David B. Yoffie
Yoffie, David B. "Semiconductor Industry Association and the Trade Dispute with Japan, The: Motorola Profile, Supplement." Harvard Business School Supplement 388-020, August 1987.
- summer 1991
- Article
Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger
By: L. S. Paine
Keywords: Intellectual Property
Paine, L. S. "Trade Secrets and the Justification of Intellectual Property: A Comment on Hettinger." Philosophy & Public Affairs 20, no. 3 (summer 1991): 247–263. (Reprinted in Business in Ethical Focus: An Anthology, edited by Fritz Allhoff and Anand J. Vaidya, 564-576. Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 2008; Reprinted in Ethics in the Workplace: Selected Readings in Business Ethics, edited by Robert A. Larmer, 268-278. St. Paul, Minn.: West Publishing, 1996; Reprinted in Ethics in the Workplace, edited by Edward J. Ottensmeyer and Gerald McCarthy, 508-519. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996; Reprinted in Intellectual Property: Moral, Legal, and International Dilemmas, edited by Adam D. Moore, 39-56. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 1997.)
- November 29, 2017
- Article
How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)
By: Sophus A. Reinert and Dante Roscini
Reinert, Sophus A., and Dante Roscini. "How to Succeed in Business (According to a 15th Century Trade Merchant)." Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (November 29, 2017).
- 2016
- Working Paper
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Modern Administrative State, 1912–1925: Trade Associations, Codes of Fair Competition, and State Building
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
From its founding in 1912 through the interwar years, the Chamber's history shows a persistent preoccupation with progressive economics and policy-making. Rather than flouting the new ideas of institutional economics, which favored federal regulators overseeing data... View Details
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Modern Administrative State, 1912–1925: Trade Associations, Codes of Fair Competition, and State Building." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-085, February 2016.
- Summer 2012
- Article
Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil–USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests
By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
The World Trade Organization (WTO) features prominently in studies of international institutions, often cast either as a tool of rich-world domination over the poorer South or as a neutral mediator facilitating a tariff-free world of economic prosperity. This article... View Details
Keywords: Organizations; Trade; Conflict and Resolution; Consumer Products Industry; Brazil; United States
Daemmrich, Arthur A. "Epistemic Contests and the Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: The Brazil–USA Cotton Dispute and the Incremental Balancing of Interests." Special Issue on Dispute Settlement at the WTO. Trade, Law and Development 4, no. 1 (Summer 2012): 200–240.
- 2025
- Working Paper
Turning Away from the State: Trade Shocks and Informal Insurance in Brazil
By: Paula Rettl
How does economic globalization affect vote choices? Conventional wisdom holds that voters who lose from economic integration support parties that propose expanding the welfare state. However, in the Global South, where the state is frequently weak or under-resourced,... View Details
Keywords: Global Strategy; Globalized Economies and Regions; Governance; Government Administration; Political Elections; Voting; Latin America; Brazil; South America
Rettl, Paula. "Turning Away from the State: Trade Shocks and Informal Insurance in Brazil." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-038, February 2025.
- Article
Unhealthy Consumerism: The Challenge of Trading Off Price and Quality in Healthcare
By: Kate Barasz and Peter A. Ubel
Over the last decade, healthcare in many parts of the world has shifted toward a more patient-centric, consumeristic model, marked by an emphasis on choice and a proliferation of typical consumer-facing information (e.g., price and quality data). However, while the... View Details
Keywords: Medical Decision-making; Choice; Health Care and Treatment; Quality; Price; Consumer Behavior; Decision Making
Barasz, Kate, and Peter A. Ubel. "Unhealthy Consumerism: The Challenge of Trading Off Price and Quality in Healthcare." Behavioural Public Policy 2, no. 1 (May 2018): 41–55.
- 12 Jan 2020
- News
Trade War With China Took Toll on U.S., but Not Big One
- December 2018
- Case
Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group
By: José B. Alvarez and Mariana Cal
Crop-planning was affected by macroeconomic factors including international disputes, commodity prices, local tax, and agricultural policies, etc. Enrique and Alejandro Duhau, co-owners of the Duhau Group, analyzed these factors, as well as technical and financial... View Details
Keywords: Trade Negotiations; Soybeans; Production; Trading; Agribusiness; Decision Making; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Decision Choices and Conditions; Decisions; Economics; Macroeconomics; Goods and Commodities; Government and Politics; International Relations; Trade; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; South America; Argentina
Alvarez, José B., and Mariana Cal. "Soybean Production in Argentina: The Duhau Group." Harvard Business School Case 519-033, December 2018.
- 1994
- Chapter
Introduction and Overview: The Transition Economies of Eastern Europe
By: K. A. Froot, O. Blanchard and J. Sachs
Froot, K. A., O. Blanchard, and J. Sachs. "Introduction and Overview: The Transition Economies of Eastern Europe." In The Transition in Eastern Europe (Restructuring). Vol. 2, edited by O. Blanchard, K. Froot, and J. Sachs, 1–18. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
- Web
After the Opium War: Treaty Ports and Compradors - A Chronicle of the China Trade
of the China Trade Introduction Doing Business with China Augustine Heard & Co. The Canton Trade Commodities & Currencies Treaty Ports & Compradors Clippers & Steamships Exploring View Details
- 10 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Evolving Basis for Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement and the Rebalancing of Global Interests
Keywords: by Arthur Daemmrich
- Article
The Question of Collective Rationality in Professor Gale's Model of Trade Imbalance
By: Jerry R. Green
Green, Jerry R. "The Question of Collective Rationality in Professor Gale's Model of Trade Imbalance." Journal of International Economics 2, no. 1 (February 1972): 39–55.
- 2012
- Article
Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price Impact and Timing of SEOs
By: Mozaffar N. Khan, Leonid Kogan and George Serafeim
In tests of the equity market timing theory of external finance, the prior literature has used overvaluation identifiers such as high market-to-book and high prior returns that are likely correlated with other determinants of SEOs. We use price pressure resulting from... View Details
Keywords: Equity; Market Transactions; Valuation; Capital Structure; Market Timing; Mathematical Methods; Acquisition
Khan, Mozaffar N., Leonid Kogan, and George Serafeim. "Mutual Fund Trading Pressure: Firm-Level Stock Price Impact and Timing of SEOs." Journal of Finance 67, no. 4 (August 2012): 1371–1395.
- 2001
- Working Paper
Who Underreacts To Cash-Flow News? Evidence from Trading between Individuals and Institutions
By: Randolph B. Cohen, Paul A. Gompers and Tuomo Vuolteenaho
Cohen, Randolph B., Paul A. Gompers, and Tuomo Vuolteenaho. "Who Underreacts To Cash-Flow News? Evidence from Trading between Individuals and Institutions." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 01-085, June 2001.
- 22 Oct 2016
- News
This election could crush the US consumer by rolling back free trade
- 2004
- Chapter
Interpreting Interdependence: National Security and the Energy Trade of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus
By: Rawi Abdelal
Keywords: Energy; Trade; International Relations; National Security; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalized Markets and Industries; Energy Industry; Russia; Ukraine; Belarus
Abdelal, Rawi. "Interpreting Interdependence: National Security and the Energy Trade of Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus." In Swords and Sustenance: The Economics of Security in Belarus and Ukraine, edited by Robert Legvold and Celeste Wallander, 101–127. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2004. (Also published in Russian as "Razlichnoe ponimanie vzaimozavisimosti: natsional'naia bezopasnost' i torgovlia energoresursami mezhdu Rossiei, Ukrainoi, i Belarus'iu." In Mechi i orala: ekonomika natsional'noi bezopasnosti Belarusi i Ukrainy, ed. Robert Legvold and Celeste Wallander. Moscow: Interdialect, 2004, pp. 125-156.)
- Jun 2014
- Conference Presentation
Managing American Competition: Trade Associations and the Growth of the Administrative State, 1911–1932
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
Phillips Sawyer, Laura. "Managing American Competition: Trade Associations and the Growth of the Administrative State, 1911–1932." Paper presented at the Policy History Conference, Institute for Political History, Columbus, OH, June 2014.