Agreements and Arrangements - Publications - Faculty & Research

13 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 13, 2010

support for the Geneva Accords, an agreement for a two-state solution negotiated by unofficial delegations of Israel and the Palestinian Authority in 2003. The results demonstrate that Israelis are more... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2010
Other Unpublished Work

Why Takeover Vulnerability Matters to Debtholders

By: Joan Farre-Mensa

Recent work documents that firms that are more vulnerable to takeover have higher borrowing costs. This paper investigates the reasons behind this stylized fact. My results show that firms with few antitakeover defenses face a higher cost of debt because lenders are... View Details

Keywords: Acquisition; Borrowing and Debt; Cost; Equity; Banks and Banking; Investment Portfolio; Risk Management; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Shareholder Relations; Conflict and Resolution

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1975
Book

Negotiating Third World Mineral Agreements: Promises as Prologue

By: David N. Smith and L. T. Wells Jr.

Keywords: Metals and Minerals; Agreements and Arrangements; Developing Countries and Economies

14 Apr 2021
Research & Ideas

The High Cost of the Slow COVID Vaccine Rollout

in to regulate and fund the chemical’s production. In addition, governments could use existing vaccine stores more effectively through cooperative agreements with other countries View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Health

14 Jul 2009
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First Look: July 14

would be a multilateral agreement, past efforts to conclude one suggest that reaching agreement is unlikely in the near future. Building an appellate process, providing for symmetry in access to arbitration, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Oct 2013
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First Look: October 1

Management Strategy Ex-Ante Agreements in Standard Setting and Patent Pool Formation By: Llanes, Gastón, and Joaquín Poblete Abstract—We present a model of standard setting... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

24 May 2004
Research & Ideas

The Watsons: IBM’s Troubled Legacy

pavilions and exhibits clustered around the "Court of Peace" on the fairgrounds. Every major country was represented save Germany. New York's mayor, Fiorello H. La Guardia, had suggested in 1937 that a "Chamber of... View Details

Keywords: by Richard S. Tedlow

11 May 2020
Op-Ed

Immigration Policies Threaten American Competitiveness

economy, and 87 percent believe that the United States should allow more highly skilled immigrants to move here to work and live (see Figures 2 and 3). Figure 2: Net View Details

Keywords: by William R. Kerr

26 Feb 2007
Research & Ideas

The Power of the Noncompete Clause

particularly in venture-funded companies where investors seek to protect their intellectual property. It might seem that Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) would guard against the loss of trade secrets and... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

27 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

Horrible Boss Workarounds

company or team goals from the get-go. "Empowerment can happen only when there's a consensus on goals and an agreement that certain standards have to be met," Kanter says. "If there isn't... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Should You Outsource Your Marketing?

Most companies already outsource a portion of their marketing function—advertising. But what about direct-mail management, lead management, or customer analytics? Increasingly, expertise in these and other marketing areas lies outside... View Details

Keywords: by Poping Lin

06 Aug 2020
Research & Ideas

Who Will Give You the Best Professional Guidance?

expectations prior to any equity grant and using a template like the FAST agreement to solidify an adviser relationship. Most startups have at least two or three advisers filling in complementary areas,... View Details

Keywords: by Julia B. Austin

04 Dec 2012
First Look

First Look: December 4

Elfenbein Publication:Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 28, no. 1 (2012) Abstract We explore the relationship between exclusivity and state-contingent control rights using a sample of over 100 Internet portal alliance... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

11 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

How Do You Grade Out as a Negotiator?

could now be solved," says Wheeler. "The line between deadlock and agreement can be very thin." On the other hand, negotiations that would have already been successful could be made even better through the... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Jul 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: As America Recedes from Global Leadership, Its CEOs are Stepping Up

policy issues. The climate agreement is only one of their many concerns. Many CEOs are assuming leadership for global issues essential to their business strategies. For example, PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi is advocating for healthier foods,... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

12 Aug 2008
Op-Ed

Google-Yahoo Ad Deal is Bad for Online Advertising

before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary Task Force on Competition Policy and Antitrust Laws, Edelman wrote that the deal could have an anticompetitive effect on Internet advertising. "The proposed View Details

Keywords: by Benjamin G. Edelman; Advertising; Publishing

31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31

conflicts, often 1) by pressing for deal terms that will meet internal objections and 2) by effectively "selling" the agreement to key constituencies. Far less familiar territory involves how each... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

market share that could only be lifted in a crisis by agreement of top regulators. It's also important to keep in mind that the FHA, which already guarantees mortgages for low- and moderate-income... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

in setting executive pay, as we document in our research, directors have not been guided solely by the interests of shareholders. Instead, they have had various economic incentives, reinforced by social and psychological factors, to go... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

29 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

Star Power! How to Win in Professional Services

offer a compensation increase, or talk about subsequent career opportunities, or even threaten dire consequences if the offer isn't accepted, the PSF managing partner has no such ammunition. His partner's compensation is largely determined by the firm's... View Details

Keywords: by Jay W. Lorsch & Thomas J. Tierney

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