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How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy

As the world globalizes, countries compete for the markets, technologies, and skills needed to raise their standards of living. These strategies can make--or break--the government's efforts to drive and sustain growth. In How Countries Compete, Richard... View Details

Winter 2013
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Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking

By: Daniel Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Lys

We investigate the mechanism through which the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) was associated with changes in corporate investment strategies. We document that the passage of the governance regulations in SOX was followed by a significant decline in pay‐performance... View Details

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1996
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German Corporate Governance and Management: An American's Perspective

By: J. W. Lorsch

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Germany

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November–December 1991
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Advice and Dissent: Rating the Corporate Governance Compact

By: C. R. Wharton, J. W. Lorsch and L. Hanson

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Information

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15 Feb 2023
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Governments Target Medical Debt with COVID Relief Funds

22 Jan 2018
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Activist chiefs fill the vacuum left by government

February – March 2010
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Lessons from the Crisis about Governing Financial Institutions

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Keywords: Learning; Governance; Financial Institutions

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24 Feb 2015
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Culture Clash: Silicon Valley vs. the U.S. Government

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Business, Government & the International Economy Faculty - Faculty & Research

Business, Government & the International Economy Overview Faculty Curriculum Seminars & Conferences Awards & Honors Doctoral Students Unit Head David A. Moss Paul Whiton Cherington Professor of Business Administration Unit Head, Business,... View Details

05 Jul 2006
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Governance and CEO Turnover: Do Something or Do the Right Thing?

Keywords: by Ray Fisman, Rakesh Khurana & Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

03 Nov 2016
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Here's How Big Government Could Help Small Businesses

2016
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Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government

By: Rosario Patalano and Sophus A. Reinert

Little is known of Antonio Serra except that he wrote his extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes That Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail and that he died there soon afterwards. However, the... View Details

Keywords: History; Books; Government and Politics; Economics

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The Role of the Media in Corporate Governance and Finance

Dyck studies the role played by media in financial markets: in transmitting information about a company, in shaping the market response to the information they communicate, in exposing mis-governance problems, and in forcing companies to behave in "politically correct"... View Details

29 May 2019
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Bloomberg: Restoring Our Faith in Business and Government

In his address to HBS graduates at this year’s Class Day, Michael Bloomberg (MBA 1966) spoke about the degeneration of American political culture and the challenge it poses. “Now, the good news is: There is a solution,” he told the crowd, as reported by the Boston... View Details

2021
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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

Keywords: Governance; Investment; Contracts; Natural Resources; Negotiation; Global Range

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09 Jul 2014
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Changing the way governments and businesses tackle environmental challenges

Carter Roberts (MBA 1988) talks about leading the World Wildlife Fund to engage with businesses and governments to make systemic changes to tackle environmental and animal welfare challenges. (Published July 2014) View Details

December 2011
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How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance

By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh

The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not... View Details

Keywords: Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Acquisition; Equity; Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques; Contracts; Performance; Governance; Legal Services Industry

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