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- 04 Mar 2021
- News
It Would Be a Major Blunder to Raise Taxes Right Now
- 29 Nov 2018
- Blog Post
"There's No Substitute for Finding the Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015
startups that have an impact on cities and sustainable living." "By the end of my Fellowship," James says, "I knew I wanted to be part of a startup and that it was the right time to take risks. It's easier earlier in a... View Details
- May 2009
- Article
The Empirical Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation: Puzzles and Clues
By: Josh Lerner
Economists have long seen the patent system as a crucial lever through which policymakers affect the speed and nature of innovation in the economy. It is not surprising, then, that the profound changes which have roiled the global patent system over the past 20 years... View Details
Keywords: Economy; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Business and Government Relations
Lerner, Josh. "The Empirical Impact of Intellectual Property Rights on Innovation: Puzzles and Clues." American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 99, no. 2 (May 2009): 343–348. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 8977.)
- 18 Oct 2022
- Research & Ideas
When Bias Creeps into AI, Managers Can Stop It by Asking the Right Questions
Most companies rely on artificial intelligence-based algorithms to make a wide variety of business decisions—from pinpointing the products customers prefer to determining which resumes should go to hiring managers. The problem for companies trying to advance racial... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- January 2020
- Case
Terra Nova: A Social Business Trying to Unlock Land Rights for the Urban Poor in Brazil
By: Julie Battilana, Ruth Costas, Marissa Kimsey and Priscilla Zogbi
Brothers André and Daniel Albuquerque founded the company Terra Nova in 2001 to mediate land disputes between poor families illegally living in urban areas and the official landowners—with the aspiration to improve the lives of the poor. A business-led approach to the... View Details
Keywords: Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Entrepreneurship; Negotiation; Power and Influence; Social Issues; Conflict and Resolution; Business and Government Relations; Infrastructure; Urban Development; Real Estate Industry; Brazil; Latin America
Battilana, Julie, Ruth Costas, Marissa Kimsey, and Priscilla Zogbi. "Terra Nova: A Social Business Trying to Unlock Land Rights for the Urban Poor in Brazil." Harvard Business School Case 420-092, January 2020.
- May 23, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: What Monastic Mystics Got Right About Life
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: What Monastic Mystics Got Right About Life." The Atlantic (May 23, 2024).
- 2021
- Working Paper
Caccia Selvaggia: Myth, Rites, and the Right in Carlo Ginzburg's Storia notturna
By: Robert Fredona and Sophus A. Reinert
Carlo Ginzburg (b. 1939) is widely considered one of Europe’s leading historians. His masterpiece Storia notturna (Turin: Einaudi, 1989), widely praised for its extraordinary erudition and creativity, is now over three decades old but it continues to inspire... View Details
Fredona, Robert, and Sophus A. Reinert. "Caccia Selvaggia: Myth, Rites, and the Right in Carlo Ginzburg's Storia notturna." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 22-041, December 2021.
- 18 Dec 2018
- Blog Post
"There's No Substitute For Finding The Right Role": James Correa, MBA 2015
startups that have an impact on cities and sustainable living." "By the end of my Fellowship," James says, "I knew I wanted to be part of a startup and that it was the right time to take risks. It's easier earlier in a... View Details
- January 2004
- Teaching Note
Worker Rights and Global Trade: The U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Trade Agreement (TN)
Teaching Note to (9-703-034). View Details
- 10 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Responsibility and the Environment: What is the Right Thing To Do?
It's a question often debated, but seldom answered authoritatively: Do companies have a social responsibility to protect the environment beyond legal requirements? Specifically, may companies do so within the scope of their fiduciary responsibilities to their... View Details
Keywords: by Manda Salls
- Article
Democracy and Its Discontents: Contesting Suffrage Rights in Gilded Age New York
By: Sven Beckert
Beckert, Sven. "Democracy and Its Discontents: Contesting Suffrage Rights in Gilded Age New York." Past & Present 174, no. 1 (February 2002): 116–157.
- 5 Dec 2014
- Talk
Bureaucratic Politics and Democratic Rights: Forging a Right to Education in India
By: Akshay Mangla
Mangla, Akshay. "Bureaucratic Politics and Democratic Rights: Forging a Right to Education in India." Center for the Advanced Study of India, December 5, 2014.
- September 19, 2024
- Article
How to Build a Life: The Right Way to Say the Unsayable
By: Arthur C. Brooks
Brooks, Arthur C. "How to Build a Life: The Right Way to Say the Unsayable." The Atlantic (September 19, 2024).
- 2021
- Other Unpublished Work
Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right
By: Louis T. Wells and Karl P. Sauvant
Gone are the days when governments could easily renegotiate natural resource and other investment contracts if foreign investors, e.g., reaped bonanzas from rising resource prices, surprisingly rich discoveries, or terms that were too favorable. Today, international... View Details
Wells, Louis T., and Karl P. Sauvant. "Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right." Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 298, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, February 2021.
- March 2014
- Module Note
Property Rights and Policy Authority: Institutions and Institutional Change in Emerging Markets
By: Lakshmi Iyer, Lakshmi Iyer and David Lane
Iyer, Lakshmi. "Property Rights and Policy Authority: Institutions and Institutional Change in Emerging Markets." Harvard Business School Module Note 714-045, March 2014.