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- 09 Apr 2012
- Research & Ideas
Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?
regulatory agencies serving the public instead end up advancing the interests of the companies they regulate. The main way companies accomplish this, economists theorize, is through lobbying and campaign contributions that convince... View Details
- 12 Oct 2006
- First Look
First Look: October 12, 2006
monitor their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily report their own violations. In this study, we examine how regulatory enforcement activities influence organizations' decisions to self-police. We created a comprehensive dataset for... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 18, 2008
http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/08-083.pdf Bridge Building in Venture Capital-Backed Acquisitions Authors:Paul A. Gompers and Yuhai Xuan Abstract We compare three potential mechanisms for alleviating the asymmetric information between the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 11 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 11, 2008
welfare-enhancing reforms, on the ability of firms and households to write contracts, and on the ability of citizens to enforce their basic rights. How Does Investor Sentiment Affect the Cross Section of Returns Authors:Malcolm Baker,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 03 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs
Patents are granted on a country-by-country basis (with a single application available for the European Union). In the United States, if an invention is sold or made public, there's a year's grace period to file a patent application. Everywhere else, if the invention... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 16 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restaurant Revolution: How the Industry Is Fighting to Stay Alive
25-50 percent even after restaurants are permitted to reopen. It’s still an open question how skittish the American public will be about returning to one of its favorite pasttimes. As a result, the restaurant industry that emerges from... View Details
- 25 Jun 2013
- First Look
First Look: June 25
Publications 2006 pub Leviathan Evolving: New Varieties of State Capitalism in Brazil and Beyond By: Musacchio, Aldo, and Sergio G. Lazzarini Abstract—In this book we describe the transformation of state capitalism from a model in which... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
- 09 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 9, 2016
interest. This paper examines empirical data from the Danish National Advanced Technology Foundation, an agency that funds partnerships between universities and private companies. We assess the effect on participating firms' innovative performance, comparing patent... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 16
authority. This three-level structure closely parallels that of all organized team sports. The play on the field is like the markets of capitalism, and the actions of the players are regulated by referees who enforce a set of rules... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Mar 2007
- First Look
First Look: March 20, 2007
institutions, in chronological order. The first story deals with a policy-making process at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The second deals with an administrative legal proceeding regarding anti-trust enforcement by the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 09 Mar 2010
- First Look
First Look: March 9
run as a public utility. The Panamanian government, in contrast, has run the Canal as a for-profit corporation, increasing safety and decreasing costs along the way. Maurer and Yu's nuanced analysis of the contribution of the United... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 01 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
How Systemic Racism Can Threaten National Security
the single most important public good: defense of national boundaries from external attacks.” Quantifying racism’s toll Economists have looked more frequently at racism’s destructive influence on the US economy in recent years, yet few... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne
- 20 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018
legally enforceable agreements only with specific legal entities. Using a sample of bank loans issued to U.S. parent companies, I find that a more complex corporate legal structure is associated with higher loan spreads. The findings are... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 01 Nov 2019
- What Do You Think?
Should Non-Compete Clauses Be Abolished?
are subject to non-compete agreements. Because laws regarding NCCs represent a patchwork among states, a question continually arises about their enforceability across state lines. One solution advanced by unions and View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 19 Jul 2017
- Research & Ideas
Why Government 'Nudges' Motivate Good Citizen Behavior
Milkman, among others, the group settled on four areas of particular interest to nudge units in the United States and United Kingdom—retirement savings, college enrollment, public health interventions, and energy consumption. They then... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 21 Feb 2005
- Op-Ed
Is Business Management a Profession?
Specialized Knowledge As A Public Good; Renunciation Of Profit Maximization To be able to set and enforce standards of admission to a profession, determine how professional work is to be done, engage in... View Details
- 26 Jun 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, June 26, 2018
Political Influence of Voters' Interests on SEC Enforcement By: Heese, Jonas Abstract—I examine whether political influence as a response to voters’ interest in employment levels is reflected in the View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 17 Aug 2021
- Op-Ed
Dispensing Justice: The Case for Legalizing Cannabis Nationally
of the harm caused to mostly young people of color during the “war on drugs.” The proposal has also been lauded for reflecting public sentiment in removing cannabis’s classification as a Schedule I drug. "The legal cannabis industry is... View Details
Keywords: by Ashish Nanda and Tabatha Robinson
- 24 Feb 2022
- Op-Ed
Want to Prevent the Next Hospital Bed Crisis? Enlist the SEC
meeting surges in capacity and to explain how they derived that estimate. Transparency as a solution often fails because of a lack of enforcement or overly complex regulations. For example, when President Biden issued an executive order... View Details
- 09 Jun 2008
- Lessons from the Classroom
Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge
What companies would you consider the exemplars in developing effective strategies for their IP? What makes these strategies so effective? A: We can consider a few examples of striking strategies: In several large companies, patent View Details