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  • 2008
  • Working Paper

The Cost of Property Rights: Establishing Institutions on the Philippine Frontier Under American Rule, 1898-1918

By: Lakshmi Iyer and Noel Maurer
We examine three reforms to property rights introduced by the United States in the Philippines in the early 20th century: the redistribution of large estates to their tenants, the creation of a system of secure land titles, and a homestead program to encourage... View Details
Keywords: Property; Ownership; Rights; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Cost; History; Philippines; United States
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  • February 2009 (Revised October 2012)
  • Case

Tata Motors in Singur: Public Purpose and Private Property (B)

By: Laura Alfaro, Lakshmi Iyer and Namrata Arora
In October 2008, Tata Motors canceled their car manufacturing plant in West Bengal state, in the face of widespread farmer protests over land acquisition issues. This meant abandoning a project in which the company had invested $300 million and delaying the launch of... View Details
Keywords: Business Exit or Shutdown; Rights; Emerging Markets; Property; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Auto Industry; Manufacturing Industry; West Bengal
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  • May 2012 (Revised October 2012)
  • Supplement

H-Soft (B-2): Vikram Sharma

By: Ramana Nanda
Siddharth Kapoor, the Founder and CEO of H-Soft Mumbai, reflected on his meetings as he walked out of VC Ventures' offices in Mumbai. After a few months of intensely pitching his startup to several different investors, he finally had a term sheet in hand. Despite this... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital Term Sheet; India; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Investment; Contracts; Partners and Partnerships; India
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  • 05 Jul 2006
  • First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

"Race-Based Judgments, Race-Neutral Justifications: Experimental Examination of Peremptory Use and the Batson Challenge Procedure." Samuel R. Sommers and Michael I. Norton Law and Human Behavior (in press). The peremptory... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • December 1994 (Revised September 1996)
  • Case

Cementownia Odra (A)

The Polish government is privatizing Cementownia Odra, a cement firm. Tomasz Budziak, a team leader, is negotiating on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Privatization. Hans-Hugo Miebach, owner of a German cement company, has made an attractive offer; a deal hinges on... View Details
Keywords: Contracts; Negotiation; Privatization; Construction Industry; Germany; Poland
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  • May 2012 (Revised October 2012)
  • Supplement

H-Soft (B-1): Siddharth Kapoor

By: Ramana Nanda
Siddharth Kapoor, the Founder and CEO of H-Soft Mumbai, reflected on his meetings as he walked out of VC Ventures' offices in Mumbai. After a few months of intensely pitching his startup to several different investors, he finally had a term sheet in hand. Despite this... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital Term Sheet; India; Entrepreneurship; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Investment; Contracts; Partners and Partnerships; India
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  • May 2012 (Revised October 2012)
  • Case

H-Soft Mumbai

By: Ramana Nanda
Siddharth Kapoor, the Founder and CEO of H-Soft Mumbai reflected on his meeting as he walked out of VC Ventures' offices in Mumbai. After a few months of intensely pitching his startup to several different investors, he finally had a term sheet in hand. Despite this... View Details
Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; Venture Capital Term Sheet; India; Business Startups; Investment; Venture Capital; Contracts; Partners and Partnerships; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation Offer; Decision Making
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  • 18 Jul 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, July 18, 2017

participation to improve labor standards in global supply chains. Yet little is known about whether these structures are associated with improved working conditions, especially in organizations in which they compete with productivity-driving economic incentives.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 25 Jan 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Being a Team Player: Why College Athletes Succeed in Business

Members of these colleges’ sports teams secure higher-level jobs and better pay after graduation than their non-athlete peers, finds the analysis of more than 400,000 Ivy Leaguers over the past half-century. Ivy jocks tend to earn some 3.4 percent more during their... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
  • 12 Oct 1999
  • Research & Ideas

It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America

one long entrepreneurial adventure. Even down to the present day, more Americans have probably made fortunes from the appreciation of real estate values than from any other source. But land is only the starting place for the epochal drama... View Details
Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw
  • 31 Oct 2023
  • Research & Ideas

Beyond the 'Business Case' in DEI: 6 Steps Toward Meaningful Change

watching,” she said. “They're looking for more than just a press release or a DEI report. They want change.” In a study by Williams, who is also a professor of law at Georgetown University, White participants who watched a video that... View Details
Keywords: by Katherine Hutt Scott and Barbara DeLollis
  • 26 Apr 2016
  • First Look

April 26

April 2016 Review of Economic Studies Landing the First Job: The Value of Intermediaries in Online Hiring By: Stanton, Christopher, and Catherine Thomas Abstract—Online markets for remote labor services allow workers and firms to contract... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

is being driven by public policy, community engagement, and new funding through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act. He explains the U.S. EPA’s role in balancing climate action with economic development,... View Details
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

losses from alienated consumers disagreeing with marketing that celebrated diversity. As you look over the proposal from human resources, you note that the revised program will be required of all new employees. It seems reasonable. It... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
  • 01 Jun 2023
  • HBS Case

A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

in seconds today. If Miller hadn’t concealed his previous life of crime, would he ever have been given the chance to start fresh and perform his way to remarkable success, making his mark as a highly influential African American business leader who ultimately View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories
  • 26 May 2022
  • HBS Case

Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t come to his post with an activist agenda, yet when law enforcement officials began pressuring the company to hand over iPhone users’ data without their permission, Cook took what he believed was a moral stance to... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 12 Apr 2022
  • Book

Racism, Colonialism, and Britain's Legacy of Violence

Britain’s 20th century empire was the largest in human history, with a quarter of the world’s land and nearly 700 million people. Yet the empire drew its strength from violence. That’s the conclusion Harvard Business School Professor Caroline Elkins draws in her new... View Details
Keywords: by Avery Forman
  • 24 May 2017
  • News

Adebayo O. Ogunlesi, JD/MBA 1979

those skills prepared him for business and law school, as well as for his career in both fields. After being admitted to Harvard Law School, Ogunlesi realized that his aversion to numbers might hinder his... View Details
Keywords: Susan Young
  • Web

Curriculum - Business & Environment

meat sector. Compared to intensive agricultural practices, Aleph's cultured (or lab-grown) meat solution held the promise of considerably reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as well as the use of land and water, while providing a new... View Details
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Remix

Dixon. I love your music. I’m putting together a survey of hip-hop music, and it’s important to have you on it. Did you overcut your album?’ ” Her strategy worked, and she landed tracks by Tupac and Biggie, plus Mary J. Blige, Snoop,... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment