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- 24 Aug 2010
- First Look
First Look: August 24
Park, outside of Shanghai, from norm-changing mimes in Bogota to rule-of-law enforcing anti-corruption authorities in Hong Kong. From these recent experiences, we try to extract a few key principles that characterize governance... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Sep 2004
- News
One-on-One with Robert McNamara
that of rigorous enforcer of management-science principles, could coexist with a more personable side, softened by the glow of Camelot. Decisions and policies had to be made regarding history-shaping issues such as the nuclear arms race,... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
- 18 Mar 2014
- First Look
First Look: March 18
the ratings. Our tests examine whether these forms of disclosure reflect firms' real efforts to combat corruption or are cheap talk. We find that the ratings are related to enforcement and monitoring, country and industry corruption risk,... 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
- 07 Oct 2013
- Research & Ideas
The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
If you ask any given environmentalist to identify the biggest threat to the planet, you may expect to hear about man-made climate change, consumerism, or overpopulation. But if you ask Harvard Business School's Joseph B. Lassiter, he'll toss in another: single-issue... View Details
- 03 Jul 2012
- Research & Ideas
HBS Faculty on Supreme Court Health Care Ruling
Some also claim that enforcing the individual mandate is not feasible, but Switzerland's 97 percent enrollment rate for its version of the individual mandate indicates that it's possible. The Swiss achieve this compliance through... View Details
- 08 Mar 2011
- First Look
First Look: March 8
the company's revenues, high gaming revenue still raised some questions. Between now and when Ben-Gacem had first submitted a bid of 60 million for Moneybookers back in November 2006, the U.S. Congress had enacted the Unlawful Internet Gambling View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
costs of inefficient institutions more transparent; at the same time, globalization means that the foregone benefits are even greater in those markets that do not provide or enforce protections for international investors. As the students... View Details
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control structure, risk management and compliance, policy development and enforcement and financial systems administration, implementation and training. More about working in the Financial Office Customer Base Faculty, Staff, Students,... View Details
- 19 Mar 2013
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First Look: March 19
recently faced a corruption enforcement action, employ a Big Four audit firm, and have a higher percentage of independent directors. Controlling for these effects, we find that firms with abnormally low anticorruption efforts have... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
supplement the new home-sharing rules was not materializing. Turner was hearing that the company’s proposed commitments that spanned education on regulations, enforcement assistance, and tax collection might not be enough to secure what... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 14 Jan 2013
- Research & Ideas
Few Women on Boards: Is There a Fix?
7.6 percent of France's board members were women.) The case walks students through four possible governmental approaches to tackling gender disparity in the boardroom: enforcing a strictly mandated quota (as in Norway and Iceland)... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 18 Jul 2014
- News
Team Players
law enforcement to any comments that seemed sketchy). Then the Host Committee launched the "Join the Huddle" mobile tour, the first rolling roadshow associated with a Super Bowl. The centerpiece was an 8-foot by 64-foot tricked-out truck... View Details
- 07 Jun 2016
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June 7, 2016
Apple and government authorities from accessing data stored on the device. Law enforcement officials warned that the encryption hindered investigations for criminal cases and international terrorism and called on Apple to build a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
Identify Emerging Market Opportunities
if the government is subject to oversight, and whether bureaucrats and politicians are independent from one another. Companies should gauge the level of actual trust among the populace as opposed to enforced trust. For instance, if people... View Details
- 11 Jul 2005
- Research & Ideas
The New International Style of Management
"Unfortunately, this is more the exception than the norm. Far too many try to enforce a Western style upon the local culture or, even worse, adopt the most convenient, and often the worst, of both cultures." Global Standards For... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
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Women, Work, and the “M” Word - Blog: Health Supplement
offer their workforce, menopausal or not, is education. Fostering a safe space for open conversation helps smash the taboo. Menopause is not shameful, and having an open dialogue about it, along with other women’s health issues, will help View Details
- 01 Jun 2005
- News
Do You Speak Business?
the best of both Western and local practices,” she says. “Unfortunately, this is more the exception than the norm. Far too many try to enforce a Western style upon the local culture or, even worse, adopt the most convenient, and often the... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons