Cartel - Publications - Faculty & Research

02 Jan 2001
Research & Ideas

Can Japan Compete? [Part One]

ever loses a job. Some Japanese attribute this mentality to Japan's agrarian history. Farmers all help each other. This mentality was reflected in a variety of policy areas. There is a lax antitrust policy, for instance, which leads to informal cartels. Some View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Hilah Geer

02 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 3, 2008

powerhouse, went sour at VW, as a top manager secured key concessions by paying for union leaders' lavish foreign travel and visits to prostitutes. After vitamin prices sagged in the late 1980s, BASF and the Swiss chemical firm Hoffmann-La Roche plotted a global View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

13 Dec 2016
First Look

December 13, 2016

North-South freight transport suggest that if the cartel were broken, railroads would have passed through 50% of their cost savings from standardization, generating a 10% increase in trade on the sampled routes. The results demonstrate... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

03 Oct 2006
First Look

First Look: October 3, 2006

may be the most successful and longest-lasting cartel in the world. The dominant company in the industry, DeBeers, has been around since 1880 and has been controlled by a single South African family, the Oppenheimers, since 1925. Eight... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

even cartels treat them as valid and often successful forms of business enterprise rather than inferior options to large, vertically integrated firms. Q: Is there a major theme running through the book? A: For me, a major theme is the... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

30 May 2005
Research & Ideas

Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

still had to justify its existence through profits. He hired the best engineers available, yet expected them to run their areas of responsibility with commercial acumen as "ordinary businessmen." He despised cartels and gained a... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

22 Jun 2009
Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

former chairman Alan Greenspan for holding interest rates too low for too long, which inflated the housing bubble with cheap credit. And it scolds the SEC for allowing the credit rating agencies to operate like a cartel without... View Details

Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services

26 Apr 2011
Op-Ed

HBS Faculty Comment on Environmental Issues for Earth Day

Earth Day focuses the world's attention on the both the dangers and opportunities facing the planet. But sustainability and the intersection between business and the environment are issues that need to be addressed all the time, as cities grow, resources diminish, and... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Energy; Utilities

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