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- 07 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 7
1902. A strictly enforced ban on any player clothing other than white dated back to the 1800s. And, whereas other tournaments referred to their Men’s and Women’s Championships, at Wimbledon, these events were referred to as the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 May 2015
- First Look
First Look: May 26
elaborate a definition of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition builds on the analytical success of previous approaches while enabling the analysis of business models through the analysis... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
dictate people should be treated preferentially. We first use a scenario study to establish that individuals expect leniency on their birthday. We then show that, compared to other days, transgressors are penalized more severely when it's their birthday, both by law... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
opportunistic traders are local non-senior insiders, who come from geographically concentrated, poorly governed firms. Lastly, opportunistic traders are significantly more likely to have SEC enforcement action taken against them and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 18
in order to enforce the accountability of corporate entities and governments for past injustices in Switzerland forms the basis of this study. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/913037-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 713-018... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 17 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 17, 2008
loans to small firms and those with more "soft information"—particularly in states with weak legal enforcement of financial contracts. However, decentralized banks are also more responsive to the competitive environment when... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Mar 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Trick of Balancing Business and Government
help enforce it." The result is high efficiency in the legislative capacity, particularly in economic areas, he said. Mauritius has what he called "a partnership" between business and government. Business communities can... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
pressure for antitrust revision came from the states. A perhaps unlikely leader, Edna Gleason, organized California's retail pharmacists and coordinated trade networks to monitor and enforce Resale Price Maintenance (RPM) contracts, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2015
- First Look
First Look: July 28, 2015
of the business model as decisions enforced by the authority of the firm; this definition enables the analysis of business models through the analysis of individual firm choices. We situate negotiation outcomes within the strategy... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 20 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 20
state-owned firms, to bring them more into line with Chinese interests. China's accounting system had already undergone significant reforms during the two decades when its economy had grown to become the fourth largest in the world. However, View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 29 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Caves, Clusters, and Weak Ties: The Six Degrees World of Inventors
firm; whereas in California, they don't exist. You can debate on whether or not they're enforceable in Massachusetts—quite often they're not. But in some states, you just don't have them at all. So that factors into a manager's practice... View Details
- 03 May 2011
- First Look
First Look: May 3
These changes relate to: advisory notes by shareholders, refinements to board structure, non-disclosure on compensation and tightening up of certain enforcement provisions. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Apr 2014
- First Look
First Look: April 29
stringent inspections and enforcement of safety standards in Bangladesh's garment factories. The proposal was met by opposition from several U.S. firms, which claimed the proposal carried too a high a risk of litigation for them to sign.... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Aug 2011
- Research & Ideas
Immigrant Innovators: Job Stealers or Job Creators?
The House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement met recently to hash out concerns related to the H-1B program, one of the most controversial of foreign visa topics in the United States. At issue was a stubborn question that... View Details
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
within the FBI and archival analysis of Congressional testimonies from 2001 to 2013, we trace how top management shifted the design and identity of the FBI from those of a law enforcement agency to those of a national security... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 10 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, April 10, 2018
Case 318-079 Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (B) This case supplements “Apple: Privacy vs. Safety (A),” covering select events in 2017, including a mass shooting in which U.S. law enforcement was not able to access the shooter’s encrypted... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 May 2012
- First Look
First Look: May 22
corruption, which increases managerial credibility. These effects are larger for countries with stronger law enforcement and more widespread assurance of sustainability reports. We conclude with thoughts about mandatory sustainability and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
No-action letters could be helpful tools, as they would allow regulators to assure lenders that new products, or partnerships, are legal and that no enforcement action will be needed. 4. Shine a light on bad actors with better data on... View Details
- 31 Aug 2009
- Research & Ideas
Why Competition May Not Improve Credit Rating Agencies
model). This model is used currently by a few of the smaller raters, but it has two main drawbacks. First, it relies heavily on the ability to enforce property rights to information that is very easy to spread. Second, it precludes wide... View Details
- 27 Jan 2009
- First Look
First Look: January 27, 2009
only shown on web sites where they are appropriate, and vice versa. Setting standards is particularly challenging given the large and growing marketplace, the numerous participants, their diverse requirements, and the dynamics of policy View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace