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- 02 Aug 2006
- Research & Ideas
Investor Protection: The Czech Experience
partner—Vladimír Železný, an experienced and politically connected television executive—managed to divert the entire value of the underlying entity for his personal benefit. After court battles escalated to... View Details
- 13 Jun 2013
- News
Learning Curve
giving the mayor partial control of the city's schools was ruled unconstitutional by a Superior Court judge. Luckily, Tuck was unfazed. "The schools still needed to improve, right?" Tuck says by phone. "So you take a blow, get up the next... View Details
- 30 Jan 2007
- First Look
First Look: January 30, 2007
worker dismissal costs will curtail hiring below efficient levels and retain unproductive workers, both of which should affect productivity. These theoretical predictions have rarely been tested. We use the adoption of wrongful-discharge... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Apr 2017
- Blog Post
7 Ways MBA Students Use Baker Library
during his tenure at HBS. He is now the COO of the firm. Baker recently had a trial of the product, licensed several videos, and now participates in a Harvard-wide subscription to the streaming service.... View Details
- 01 Dec 2016
- News
The US Patent System’s Uncertain Fate
One is how are the bad patents getting issued in the first place? The situation is the result of the confluence of two things: the strengthening of the patents themselves, which has been a gradual change over the last 30 years, and the... View Details
Keywords: April White
- Fast Answer
Medical Devices: Pipeline
Where to find medical devices pipeline data? In addition to the following sources, we suggest that you also check company’s website for latest pipeline info. ClinicalTrial.gov - a resource provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Contains View Details
- 14 Nov 2019
- Book
Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History
it to wholly separate and autonomous agencies, supported by efficient and autonomous court systems. Sadly, the Turkish judiciary and police are... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Jul 2001
- Research & Ideas
Does Misery Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
Corporations have responded to society's plea to provide innovative solutions to deep-seated problems of human misery. Organization and management scholarship can play an important role in understanding and... View Details
Keywords: by Joshua D. Margolis & James P. Walsh
- 14 Dec 2011
- Research & Ideas
The New Measures for Improving Nonprofit Performance
using systems thinking and complexity theory to help us understand the challenges at the ecosystem level. There's also growing attention to using randomized control trials in the social sector, which we tend... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna
- 20 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 20, 2007
caught his attention. First, he noticed that an industry suit to block the government's proposed system to rate tires on tread wear, traction, and temperature resistance had been rebuffed by a U.S. appeals court. Although the View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 24 Jun 2014
- First Look
First Look: June 24
litigation, and (3) the availability of contractual provisions and negotiating strategies that mitigate the debtor's collective action problems. It also argues that the fact-specific equitable remedy in the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Jan 2012
- Op-Ed
Where Green Corporate Ratings Fail
legislation. And corporate influence will only increase in the wake of last year's "Citizens United" US Supreme Court case, which asserts that corporations have the right to fund campaigns that... View Details
- 22 Aug 2012
- Research & Ideas
Advertising: It’s Not ‘Mad Men’ Anymore
Silk found as he examined newspaper articles and court filings that two significant changes in conflict policies adopted by agencies and their clients have occurred in recent... View Details
- October 2008
- Case
Diagnostic Genomics
By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Mark P. Allyn
Should this gene detection firm enter the business of providing tests for the detection of genetic diseases? If so, how should it prioritize the tests it could develop? View Details
Keywords: Health Testing and Trials; Market Entry and Exit; Product Development; Genetics; Strategy; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Herzlinger, Regina E., and Mark P. Allyn. "Diagnostic Genomics." Harvard Business School Case 309-040, October 2008.
- 31 Mar 2009
- First Look
First Look: March 31, 2009
Farmers may grow crops for local consumption despite more profitable export options. DrumNet, a Kenyan NGO that helps small farmers adopt and market export crops, conducted a randomized trial to evaluate its... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- January 2017
- Supplement
Terrapin Laboratory: Exercise
By: Joseph B. Fuller and Christopher Payton
In this exercise, we examine the capital requirements of Terrapin Laboratory as they contemplate entering into a new market segment. The company is faced with two potential financing options which have different effects on the ownership structure of the company.... View Details
- 11 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
It Pays to Hire Women in Countries That Won’t
a setting where it was clear that companies were not just hiring women for PR reasons," Siegel says. Gender discrimination cases are few and far between in South Korea, but in the rare cases of women who do sue, the View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 26 Jan 2010
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 26
Working PapersCompeting Ad Auctions: Multi-homing and Participation Costs Authors:Itai Ashlagi, Benjamin Edelman, and Hoan Soo Lee Abstract We model competing auctions for online advertising, with... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- Web
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records, and patents. A. David Mazzone Notes on the Polaroid-Kodak Lawsuit, 1989–1991 Notes kept by United States District Court Judge A. David Mazzone while presiding over the View Details
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Books
trial and error, endless effort, and slowly acquired personal insight. Many managers never complete the journey. At best, they just learn to get by; at worst, they become... View Details