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  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

Getting Security Right

realities. Strategic independence is a policy of determining what is best for our national security and letting go of obsolete doctrines such as “mutual assured destruction” — an outmoded deterrent in an era of nuclear proliferation — or... View Details
Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; Government; Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information
  • 18 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 18

Taxation Without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax By: Pomeranz, Dina Abstract—Claims that the VAT facilitates tax enforcement by generating paper trails on transactions between firms contributed to... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Apr 2002
  • Research & Ideas

In the Virtual Dressing Room Returns Are A Real Problem

comparisons based on independent performance evaluations. (Although for online purchases, as for catalog purchases, brand names help consumers infer certain aspects of quality or fit, especially for consumers making repeat purchases.) These obstacles likely will act... View Details
Keywords: by Jan Hammond & Kristin Kohler; Apparel & Accessories; Fashion; Consumer Products; Manufacturing; Retail
  • 23 Apr 2013
  • First Look

First Look: April 23

working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=44722 No Taxation without Information: Deterrence and Self-Enforcement in the Value Added Tax By: Pomeranz, Dina Abstract—Claims that the VAT facilitates tax enforcement by generating... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Feb 2000
  • News

No Place Like Home

exorbitant housing costs encourage young, professional workers to look elsewhere for jobs, threatening the continued vitality of local industries that depend on their talents. (For example, 86 percent of the companies in one recent survey said that housing costs were a... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 20 Mar 2000
  • Research & Ideas

No Place Like Home: America’s Housing Crisis and Its Impact on Business

(For example, 86 percent of the companies in one recent survey said that housing costs were a serious deterrent to attracting businesses and middle-income employees to New York City.) On the lower end of the wage scale, companies are... View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons; Construction; Real Estate
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • What Do You Think?

Income Inequality: What’s the Right Amount?

concentration of wealth is very high. Others view inequality as a potential drag on the economy, a deterrent to the development of a strong, large middle class, which in turn is considered essential to economic growth and development.... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 22 Sep 2003
  • Research & Ideas

How Businesses Can Respond to AIDS

deterrent for anybody else to get engaged." Discussions and plans for partnerships, such as those at the conference, he added, should encourage others to grapple with the mounting problem of HIV and AIDS, not devolve into such thorny... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 21 Nov 2006
  • First Look

First Look: November 21, 2006

equilibrium, belief in the "American dream" is commonplace, workers exert effort, there are high powered contracts (and income is unequally distributed) and punishments are harsh. Economists who believe that deterrence (rather... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

that this deterrence effect is stronger for smaller companies and in institutional contexts featuring stronger activist pressures and stronger norms of corporate transparency. Examining the decisions of 2,043 firms headquartered in 42... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

rights. Protection of property rights in the country is still poor and a major deterrent to investment. Greece scores just a 3 out of 12 on a World Bank's strength-of-legal-rights index, actually decreasing from 4 in 2007. Tellingly, the... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 21 Feb 2012
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

discussed. Read the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/04-054.pdf Innovation Strategy and Entry Deterrence Authors:Ozge Turut and Elie Ofek Publication:Journal of Economics and Management Strategy (forthcoming) We model an incumbent's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

"reasonableness" review. Second, Delaware courts should apply basic game theory to identify the deterrent effect of match rights and new economy asset lockups. And third, Delaware courts should take a functional approach to deal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

expenditures on education per capita and led to higher literacy rates and to more schools per children. The resulting distribution of human capital across states persists until today. Download the paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=1566887 No Taxation without Information:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Feb 2008
  • First Look

First Look: February 26, 2008

time. Optimal Deterrence When Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid in Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud Author:Benjamin G. Edelman Abstract I develop a screening model with delayed payments and probabilistic delayed... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Jun 2010
  • News

$how Me the Money

country, could very well be a felony offense under U.S. law. Yet this is something that goes on in the majority of U.S. corporations all the time. Think what this says to the thousands of people involved in these kinds of decisions every day.” Baker Crossing the Line... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Legal Services; Professional Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 24 Mar 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Reducing Risk with Online Advertising

more in this Q&A, as well as the motivation behind his working paper "Optimal Deterrence When Judgment-Proof Agents Are Paid in Arrears—With an Application to Online Advertising Fraud." Martha Lagace: How prevalent is fraud... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Video Game; Web Services
  • 11 Mar 2014
  • First Look

First Look: March 11

taxpayers receive a deterrence message. Comparing their subsequent tax payments to a control group allows estimating what types of taxpayers are more likely to respond to an increase in perceived audit probability. This information can be... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Dec 2022
  • News

HBS Community Comes Together in Wake of Ukraine Invasion

the most seriously wounded. APRIL 25 Winning the War of the Future: Cyber, Disinformation, and AI Monday April 25, 2022, 5:30–6:30pm, Virtual program A discussion on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the short-term consequences, and what it means for the View Details
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Supplemental Financial Information | Annual Report 2024

School's enduring commitment to making its education accessible to a broad cross-section of applicants without regard to financial status. The burden of substantial education debt can be a significant deterrent for promising MBA... View Details