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- 2005
- Working Paper
Holding or Folding? R&D Portfolio Strategy Under Different Information Regimes
By: Francesca Gino and Gary Pisano
Gino, Francesca, and Gary Pisano. "Holding or Folding? R&D Portfolio Strategy Under Different Information Regimes." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-072, April 2005.
- 05 Dec 2023
- News
Inequality Regimes in Africa from Pre-colonial Times to the Present
- 1991
- Chapter
Crafting a Winning Coalition: Negotiating a Regime to Control Global Warming
Sebenius, James K. "Crafting a Winning Coalition: Negotiating a Regime to Control Global Warming." In Greenhouse Warming, edited by Jessica Tuchman Mathews, 69–98. Washington, D.C.: World Resources Institute, 1991.
- January 2023
- Article
Inequality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa from Precolonial Times to the Present
By: Ewout Frankema, Michiel de Haas and Marlous van Waijenburg
While current levels of economic inequality in Sub-Saharan Africa receive ample attention from academics and policymakers, we know little about the long-run evolution of inequality in the region. Even the new and influential ‘global inequality literature’ that is... View Details
Frankema, Ewout, Michiel de Haas, and Marlous van Waijenburg. "Inequality Regimes in Sub-Saharan Africa from Precolonial Times to the Present." African Affairs 122, no. 486 (January 2023): 57–94.
- 01 Oct 1999
- News
Q & A: Jeanne P. Jackson: A New Regime at Banana Republic
President and CEO of Banana Republic since 1995, Jeanne Jackson (MBA '78) has been credited with transforming the faltering safari clothing brand into one of the nation's leaders in - and definers of - casual attire. In 1998, Business Week named Jackson one of the top... View Details
- August 1985
- Article
Noise and Chaos in a Fractal Basin Boundary Regime of a Josephson Junction
By: Marco Iansiti, Q Hu, R M Westervelt and M Tinkham
Iansiti, Marco, Q Hu, R M Westervelt, and M Tinkham. "Noise and Chaos in a Fractal Basin Boundary Regime of a Josephson Junction." Physical Review Letters 55, no. 7 (August 1985): 746–49.
- October 2010
- Article
The Emerging Global Regime for Investment:: A Response to Jeswald W. Salacuse, 'The Emerging Global Regime for Investment' in Harvard International Law Journal vol. 51, no. 2 (2010): 427
By: Louis T. Wells
Wells, Louis T. "The Emerging Global Regime for Investment: A Response to Jeswald W. Salacuse, 'The Emerging Global Regime for Investment' in Harvard International Law Journal vol. 51, no. 2 (2010): 427." Harvard International Law Journal 52 (October 2010).
- spring 2002
- Article
Business Leadership Coalitions and Public-Private Partnerships in American Cities: A Business Perspective on Regime Theory
By: James Austin and Arthur McCaffrey
Austin, James, and Arthur McCaffrey. "Business Leadership Coalitions and Public-Private Partnerships in American Cities: A Business Perspective on Regime Theory." Journal of Urban Affairs 24, no. 1 (spring 2002): 35–54.
- 2001
- Working Paper
Social Enterprise Series No. 20: Business Leadership Coalitions and Public-Private Partnerships in American Cities: A Perspective on Regime Theory
By: James E. Austin and Arthur McCaffrey
- 2025
- Working Paper
Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution
By: Tommaso Giommoni, Gabriel Loumeau and Marco Tabellini
We study the fiscal determinants of the French Revolution, exploiting plausibly exogenous variation in the salt tax—a large source of royal revenues and one of the most extractive forms of taxation of the Ancien Régime. Implementing a Regression Discontinuity... View Details
Keywords: Extractive Taxation; Regime Change; French Revolution; State Capacity; Taxation; History; Government Administration; Attitudes; Public Opinion
Giommoni, Tommaso, Gabriel Loumeau, and Marco Tabellini. "Extractive Taxation and the French Revolution." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 25-047, April 2025. (Featured at VoxEU and HBS Working Knowledge.)
- 12 Dec 2023
- Book
HBS Faculty Books of 2023: Find Happiness, Fix Things, and Fail Well
Faculty-authored books that came out in 2023 hit many of the notes one would expect of the quiet quitter era: Finding new paths to happiness. Thriving after failure. Building a flexible and fulfilling life that prioritizes relationships and rest. Meanwhile, other books... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- December 2023
- Article
Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve
By: Wenxin Du, Benjamin Hebert and Wenhao Li
We document a regime change in the Treasury market post-Global Financial Crisis (GFC): dealers switched from net short to net long Treasury bonds. We construct “net-long” and “net-short” curves that account for balance sheet and financing costs, and show that actual... View Details
Du, Wenxin, Benjamin Hebert, and Wenhao Li. "Intermediary Balance Sheets and the Treasury Yield Curve." Art. 103722. Journal of Financial Economics 150, no. 3 (December 2023).
- Research Summary
Inflation, Openness, and Exchange-Rate Regimes. The Quest for Short-Term Commitment
By: Laura Alfaro
This paper further tests Romers (1993) extension of Kydland and Prescotts (1977) predictions on dynamic-inconsistency problems with regard to open economies. In a panel data set, I find that openness does not seem to play a role in the short run in restricting... View Details
- 29 Jan 2019
- News
Beautiful Builders
- April 2009 (Revised March 2010)
- Background Note
Restructuring Distressed Companies -- Cross-National Comparisons
This note describes briefly bankruptcy regimes and out of court restructuring in 5 countries, the U.S., the U.K., Germany, France and Japan. View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Laws and Statutes
Fruhan, William E. "Restructuring Distressed Companies -- Cross-National Comparisons." Harvard Business School Background Note 209-111, April 2009. (Revised March 2010.)
- June 2005
- Article
Inflation, Openness, and Exchange Rate Regimes: The Quest for Short-Term Commitment
By: Laura Alfaro
This paper further tests Romer's (1993) extension of Kydland and Prescott's (1977) predictions for dynamic-inconsistency problems in open economies. In a panel data set of developed and developing countries from 1973 to 1998, I find that openness does not play a role... View Details
Keywords: Forecasting and Prediction; Economy; Currency Exchange Rate; Developing Countries and Economies; Inflation and Deflation
Alfaro, Laura. "Inflation, Openness, and Exchange Rate Regimes: The Quest for Short-Term Commitment." Journal of Development Economics 77, no. 1 (June 2005): 229–249.
- April 2010 (Revised June 2010)
- Background Note
The U.S. Life Insurance Industry
By: Robert C. Pozen and McCall Ann Merchant
This note provides a background on the US life insurance regimes for the life insurance industry, including descriptions of different types of insurance, annuities, and regulation. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and McCall Ann Merchant. "The U.S. Life Insurance Industry." Harvard Business School Background Note 310-091, April 2010. (Revised June 2010.)
- 25 Nov 2010
- News
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- September 2015
- Article
Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards
By: Michael W. Toffel, Jodi L. Short and Melissa Ouellet
Transnational business regulation is increasingly implemented through private voluntary programs—like certification regimes and codes of conduct—that diffuse global standards. But little is known about the conditions under which companies adhere to these standards. We... View Details
Keywords: Transnational Regulation; Labor Standards; Consumer Politics; Codes Of Conduct; Compliance; Governance Compliance; Operations; Globalization; Labor
Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet. "Codes in Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards." Regulation & Governance 9, no. 3 (September 2015): 205–223.