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- September 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Wal-Mart Lobbying in India?
By: Karthik Ramanna and Vidhya Muthuram
In 2012, as part of a routine disclosure under U.S. law, Wal-Mart revealed it had spent $25 million since 2008 on lobbying to "enhance market access for investment in India." This disclosure, which came weeks after the Indian government made a controversial decision to... View Details
Keywords: Lobbying; India; Multinational Corporations; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Retail Industry; India
Ramanna, Karthik, and Vidhya Muthuram. "Wal-Mart Lobbying in India?" Harvard Business School Case 114-023, September 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- April 2003
- Article
The Role of Wages and Auditing during a Crackdown on Corruption in the City of Buenos Aires
By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
We study the prices paid for basic inputs during a crackdown on corruption in the public hospitals of the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, during 1996 97. We find a well-defined, negative effect on the measures used to capture corruption. Prices paid by hospitals for... View Details
Di Tella, Rafael, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. "The Role of Wages and Auditing during a Crackdown on Corruption in the City of Buenos Aires." Journal of Law & Economics 46, no. 1 (April 2003): 269–92.
- 24 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 24
PublicationsiPhones for Friends, Refrigerators for Family: How Products Prime Social Networks Authors:Lalin Anik and Michael I. Norton Publication:Social Influence (forthcoming). Abstract We show that priming consumers with products associated with specific social... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
PublicationsStrength in Numbers: The Political Power of Weak Interests Author:Gunnar Trumbull Publication:Harvard University Press, forthcoming Abstract This book investigates the sources of interest group influence has on public policy. Trumbull argues that diffuse... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
Are You Paying a Tip--or a Bribe?
Few people see a relationship between tipping and bribing. But consider this: In places where people tip heavily, bribes are more likely to exchange hands as well. Research shows that there's actually a fine line between the socially... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 30 Apr 2024
- Book
When Managers Set Unrealistic Expectations, Employees Cut Ethical Corners
construction industry launched in 2014. Following its admission of guilt for paying bribes and as part of its settlement with Brazilian, U.S., and Swiss authorities, Odebrecht implemented state-of-the-art audit, internal control, and... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Jul 2023
- News
Lessons from Major League Baseball's Game-Changing Innovations
Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Spotify More Skydeck episodes Hi, this is Dan Morrell, host of Skydeck. Back in 2014, When Chris Marinak (MBA 2008) was in the process of rolling out the instant replay system as a Senior Vice President at Major League Baseball, he... View Details
- 04 Nov 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Real Cost of Bribery
It's a sad, quantitative fact that bribery runs so rampant in the world that it has become a Darwinian business tool. A July 2013 report from Transparency International finds that more than one in four people paid a bribe in the past... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 29 Mar 2022
- Book
5 Qualities That Help Companies Thrive for Decades—Even Centuries
approaches to combatting corruption, ranging from flatly refusing to pay bribes to looking for other ways to challenge the practice. Some companies decide to do less business inside India—or they conduct business in India only in sectors... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Nov 2002
- Research & Ideas
Where Morals and Profits Meet: The Corporate Value Shift
The overseas payments scandal was another contributor to the malaise. More than 400 major U.S. companies had admitted to making illegal campaign contributions and bribing public officials to win business overseas. Given the field's... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- Web
New Levels of Capitalism: Finance - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
stocks, padding construction costs, and accepting bribes for political favors. 22 When financial markets collapsed, the railroads exercised their considerable political influence and the state forgave loans or renegotiated payments.... View Details
- 17 Jan 2023
- Book
Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them
Tsao, both of whom held senior positions in the US Department of Justice’s criminal division and now are Harvard Law School lecturers. It explores the topics through cases such as Wells Fargo’s creation of thousands of fake accounts, and the View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
- 28 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets
You need checks and balances. The trust we have in our system—we shouldn’t weaken it. That actually will end up hurting us. About the Author Martha Lagace is a writer based in the Boston area. [Image: guvendemir] Related Reading: What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells... View Details
- 27 Mar 2005
- Research & Ideas
Should I Pay the Bribe?
late taxes. They have been given one week to pay. Zhuk himself was involved in paying bribes to expedite the establishment of phone lines for their business, shortening the process to a few weeks instead of years, and has even admitted he... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia D. Churchwell
- 03 Dec 2012
- HBS Case
HBS Cases: Against the Grain
developing countries, are often meager. Some, like police officers, it can be argued, require additional income just to ensure a basic standard of living. On the supply side, corruption prevails because people find themselves paying View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Bribery
lets people report on the nature, number, pattern, types, location, frequency, and values of bribes and then uses that data to lobby the government. He initially wanted to franchise the site for use in the Philippines, but during a summer... View Details
- 08 May 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Cost of Cutting in Line
No one likes to waste time standing in line. So why don't more people try to bribe their way to the front? Should companies allow some customers to move to the front of the line for a hefty fee? Is there a market for time? Felix... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2012
- News
Corruption 101
be argued, require extra income just to ensure a basic standard of living. On the supply side, corruption prevails because people find themselves paying bribes under duress. Even when one's life is not at stake, says Ramanna, if paying a... View Details
- 05 Aug 2015
- News
Mobilizing the Public to Fight Corruption
building a database of corruption by having volunteers rate different government services offices, including logging the office conditions and the bribes being demanded for various services. It’s like “a Yelp for government services,” he... View Details
- 14 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 14
interested in licensing Keurig's technology. The negotiation will determine the royalty to be paid to Keurig by GMCR, which will bear capital expenditures, and whether GMCR secures exclusive distribution rights to Keurig's system. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne