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- 23 Jul 2024
- In Practice
The New Rules of Trade with China: Navigating Tariffs, Turmoil, and Opportunities
economy. Over the last decade, we have seen the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) involvement in corporate governance grow significantly as a shareholder and through political and legal interventions.While it is not correct at all to assume... View Details
- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
have to change them whether they like it or not” Joanna Barsh (HBS MBA '81) of McKinsey said she favors legal solutions to the female leadership problem: "I believe people don't want to change, and sometimes you have to change them... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 24 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 24, 2017
pose a problem for the economy. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52111 Harvard Business School Case 917-012 Three Problems in Protecting Competition In three mini-cases, readers see a range of disputes in competition law—and apply... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jun 2016
- First Look
June 28, 2016
jurists, including Louis Brandeis and institutional economist E.R.A. Seligman, supported RPM as a protection to independent proprietors. The breakdown of legal and economic consensus regarding what constituted “unfair competition” allowed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 5
extent the consequence of the legal system nations created or inherited decades or hundreds of years ago. Despite the seemingly historical nature of this explanation, most of the body of work supporting the law and finance hypothesis has... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Apr 2012
- First Look
First Look: April 24
supplement:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/412119-PDF-ENG Legal Compliance Programs Lynn S. Paine and Lara AdamsonsHarvard Business School Note 312-111 Describes the basic elements of a typical corporate compliance or ethics... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 03 Jun 2008
- First Look
First Look: June 3, 2008
efficient use of social resources)? We address these questions through the lens of economics, including insights from legal analysis and business scholarship. Download the paper from SSRN ($5): http://papers.nber.org/papers/w13989... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Has Occupational Licensing Outlived Its Usefulness?
some time in training before they can legally sell their services. These requirements are meant to screen out low quality providers. So fundamentally, occupational licensing exists to increase consumer trust in service providers, just... View Details
- 30 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Where Could More Regulation Help Small Businesses? Online Lending.
No-action letters could be helpful tools, as they would allow regulators to assure lenders that new products, or partnerships, are legal and that no enforcement action will be needed. 4. Shine a light on bad actors with better data on... View Details
- 22 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 22
issues concerning 363 sales and the appropriate role of government entities in restructurings. Purchase this case:http://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cb/product/210022-PDF-ENG TeamLease: Putting India to Work (Il) Legally Tarun Khanna and Anjali... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of Argentine firms. We identify this effect by exploiting changes in the probability of Argentine sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
others. Some contributors highlight how expedited flows of information allow business professionals to develop new knowledge practices. They analyze dynamics ranging from the decision-making processes of the Federal Reserve Board to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
capitalists to fund big bets on technology, research universities that mint PhDs, and a clear legal framework that protects intellectual property. In stark contrast, companies in developing countries lack these advantages. But does this... View Details
- 12 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 12, 2019
https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55629 Infringing Use as a Path to Legal Consumption: Evidence from a Field Experiment By: Luo, Hong, and Julie Holland Mortimer Abstract— Copyright infringement may result from frictions... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 06 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 6, 2016
private property, and the self-made man—has its origins in an American slavery predicated on the abhorrent notion that human beings could be legally owned and compelled to work under force of violence. Drawing on the expertise of sixteen... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
of the solution, rather than part of the problem. More than ten years later, not only has Walmart failed to lead on product safety but the Blitz cases indicate that little has changed. Based partially on legal fees and settlements with... View Details
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
relating to political legitimacy and legal authority. The module note was written for students in the first-year course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Purchase this case:https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/317065-PDF-ENG... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 13 Oct 2015
- Research & Ideas
Does Business Get Done the Same Way in Emerging and Developed Countries?
because the legal system and independent courts pressure government to be even handed. Q: Are there common traits among successful leaders in emerging markets? Are the executive skillsets they need to succeed fundamentally different than... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 06 Dec 2011
- First Look
First Look: Dec. 6
Matter Authors:Rosabeth M. Kanter Publication:Alabama Law Review (2011) Abstract The "rational person" standard, based on assumptions of economic self-interest, has long prevailed in legal reasoning. But understanding of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Nov 2010
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First Look: November 16, 2010
Phipps had a clear vision for the intergenerational disposition of his assets, which required both an efficient organizational structure for the wealth to be administered and leadership on the part of family members to keep his original vision intact. Despite... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne