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- 10 Mar 2021
- News
Shattering Glass
50 or 60 years ago. Discrimination used to be perfectly legal; it wasn’t until the 1980s that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defined and prohibited sexual harassment in the workplace. We certainly have made progress on the View Details
- 19 Sep 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 19
state initiative from above, civil society mobilized from below, using the judiciary to hold the state legally responsible for policy implementation. Reforms exposed acute gaps in service delivery, propelling new civic demands for state... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
for sovereign debts are minimal since little can be used as collateral and the ability of a court to force a sovereign entity to comply has been extremely limited, especially given the lack of a supranational legal authority capable of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
economy. Over the last decade, we have seen the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) involvement in corporate governance grow significantly as a shareholder and through political and legal interventions.While it is not correct at all to assume... View Details
- 09 Dec 2014
- First Look
First Look: December 9
proposes that team reflexivity-a deliberate process of discussing team goals, processes, or outcomes-can function as an antidote to team-level biases and errors in decision making. We build on prior work conceptualizing teams as information-processing View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jun 2005
- Research & Ideas
Microsoft vs. Open Source: Who Will Win?
superior product, adding to the probability of success. However, OSS has disadvantages too. Most importantly, it comes from behind in terms of market share (installed base). Because the value of an operating system depends critically on... View Details
- 23 Dec 2002
- Research & Ideas
Setting the Stage: A Young Scholar at HBS
household decision making and the development of the financial system more broadly. What interests me in the topic is the extent to which the issues involved link developments in households, the economy, and public policy in the United... View Details
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
in external auditing, and 6) auditing management information systems. Working PapersEmployee Selection as a Control System Author:Dennis Campbell Abstract Theories from the economics, management control, and organizational behavior... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
along with the new legal restrictions, New York's top brokers had to decide whether a new system for securities trading was needed and, if so, what it should look like. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 04 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 4
suggest that highlighting the impact of prosocial spending can increase the emotional rewards of giving. Publisher's link: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167268113000176 2006 ABA Business Law Today Guidance from ARIN on View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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2022 Symposium - Race, Gender & Equity
other outlets including the New England Journal of Medicine, Los Angeles Times, and Harvard Business Review. She has twice received the Dukeminier Award for the best legal scholarship on sexual orientation and gender identity. Professor... View Details
- 06 Feb 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas: February 6, 2018
lens to integrate the psychology literature on habitual choice, System I and II decision-making, and a recent stream of empirical work that involves social and situational effects into the scope of context effects. We distinguish between... View Details
- 21 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 21, 2006
previous work that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc.). Our objective is to study the joint determination of these three features (beliefs, punitiveness and economic... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
it creates a legally independent project company and finances that company with nonrecourse debt (i.e., the debt must be repaid by cash flows from the project company only.) The relevant question is: Why would a firm choose to finance its... View Details
- 15 Jul 2008
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First Look: July 15, 2008
external solvers through innovation contests, has to decide if it will enable collaboration in its community. Case covers the basics of a distributed innovation system works and the advantages of having external R&D. Links how... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
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This lists media reports covering my firm dollarDEX Investments or me (or my colleagues), or columns written by me (or my colleagues). There are all... View Details
- 17 Apr 2017
- HBS Case
This Turkish Debt Collector Is Customer-friendly
of both their consumers and regulators. “Usually, with debt collection, the object is to dial for dollars—collect as much as you can in the first phone call, and then outsource the work to the legal system,” says Campbell, whose research... View Details
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
because the legal system and independent courts pressure government to be even handed. Q: Are there common traits among successful leaders in emerging markets? Are the executive skillsets they need to... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Rescue & Recovery
system. In August 2020, Mercy Corps handed over the management of the system and its distribution network to the local utility company. (Ezra Millstein/Mercy Corps) On a Wednesday afternoon in early August, McKenna is Zooming from her... View Details
- 20 Aug 2001
- Research & Ideas
Making an Ally of Uncle Sam
microprocessors to computer makers such as Compaq and Dell. The company competes with chipmaker Advanced Microdevices and complements Microsoft's operating system and applications software. Ironically, the businesses that are creating... View Details