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- 26 Sep 2019
- News
Kill science funding and you kill the future tech economy
- 31 Jan 2014
- News
On Section 377, a call to leadership
- 17 Oct 2017
- News
Handgun Waiting Periods Actually Do Save Lives
- 2009
- Chapter
Behavioral Aspects of Price Setting, and Their Policy Implications
By: Julio J. Rotemberg
This paper starts by discussing consumers' cognitive and emotional reaction to posted prices. Cognitively, some consumers do not appear to make effective use of price information to maximize their consumption-based utility. Emotionally, prices can induce regret and... View Details
- 28 Feb 2017
- Working Paper Summaries
Patent Trolls and Small-Business Employment
- 04 Oct 2013
- News
Medical Device Tax Might Be Way To Get A Budget Passed
- August 2003 (Revised November 2003)
- Background Note
Working Effectively with Counsel
Popular stereotypes of lawyers include "overhead," "Dr. No," "internal cop," "keep us out of trouble!" and "get us out of trouble!" Focus groups of business leaders queried in a survey by the Case Western Reserve University Law School associated the word "lawyer" with... View Details
Bagley, Constance E. "Working Effectively with Counsel." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-007, August 2003. (Revised November 2003.)
- December 1995
- Case
Assessing Foreign Business Practices
By: Debora L. Spar
As businesses expand worldwide, corporations are increasingly being forced to grapple with definitions of "acceptable" foreign conduct. What differentiates a "bribe" from a "commission"? Should managers abroad refer to local custom or their own national laws in... View Details
Spar, Debora L., and Zanley Galton. "Assessing Foreign Business Practices." Harvard Business School Case 796-105, December 1995.
- Research Summary
Political Economy and Effects of Gun Policy
In two projects with Mike Luca and Deepak Malhotra, I examine the causes and consequences of gun policy.
The Impact of Mass Shootings on Gun Policy
There have been dozens of high-profile mass shootings in... View Details
- March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today
This case examines the effect of environmental activism on China's investment climate, focusing on the petrochemical sector. It shows how tensions between a country's national economic development goals and political constraints make for a more unpredictable investment... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Conflict and Resolution; China
Abrami, Regina M., and Weiqi Zhang. "The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today." Harvard Business School Case 808-123, March 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 02 Jun 2020
- News
COVID-19 (Breaking the Fever)
James K. Sebenius
JAMES K. (“Jim”) SEBENIUS, is the Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, where he founded the Negotiation unit and teaches advanced... View Details
- 21 Jul 2006
- Op-Ed
Enron Jury Sent the Right Message
The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for a pattern of deception that may or may not be illegal. Left unaddressed in the trial were many financial transactions and... View Details
Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
- Research Summary
Islamic Financing Practices
By: Samuel L. Hayes
Samuel L. Hayes III is examining (with faculty of Harvard University's Law
School and Center for Middle Eastern Studies) Islamic banking and
investment practices. Because the Koran prohibits the payment of fixed
interest and guarantees on funds invested either with... View Details
- 22 Apr 2012
- News
US hedge funds rules relaxed by accident
- 17 Dec 2010
- News
How To Protect Your Dignity From The TSA
- 16 Oct 2017
- News