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- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client... View Details
Keywords: Business Startups; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Growth and Development Strategy; Service Operations; Motivation and Incentives; Legal Services Industry; China
Eccles, Robert G., and Catherine Zhang. "Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-065, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- 2019
- Working Paper
The Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Interconnection
By: Ran Zhuo, Bradley Huffaker, KC Claffy and Shane Greenstein
The Internet comprises thousands of independently operated networks, where bilaterally negotiated interconnection agreements determine the flow of data between networks. The European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) imposes strict restrictions on... View Details
Keywords: Personal Data; Privacy Regulation; GDPR; Interconnection Agreements; Internet and the Web; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; European Union
Zhuo, Ran, Bradley Huffaker, KC Claffy, and Shane Greenstein. "The Impact of the General Data Protection Regulation on Internet Interconnection." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 26481, November 2019.
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Background Note
Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
This note reviews the basic rules for copyright protection in both the U.S. and the EU. It outlines the works and rights protected, the fair use and first-sale limitations on copyright, as well as the application of these rules to software, video, recordings, and... View Details
Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Copyright; Laws and Statutes; European Union; United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-052, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- 18 May 2017
- News
How Laws and Culture Hold Back Socially Minded Companies
New Perspectives on Regulation
New regulation shouldn't rely on old ideas. Since the 1960s, influential research on government failure helped to drive the movement for deregulation and privatization. Yet even as this branch of research was flourishing, very different ideas were sprouting in the... View Details
- 1998
- Book
Islamic Law and Finance: Religion, Risk and Return
By: Frank Vogel and Samuel Hayes
Vogel, Frank, and Samuel Hayes. Islamic Law and Finance: Religion, Risk and Return. Kluwer Law International, 1998.
- 21 Nov 2014
- HBS Conference
The History of Law and Business Organization
- 21 Jul 2011
- News
Groupon growth lures rivals, regulators
- 2003
- Chapter
Non-market Strategies and Regulation in the U.S.
By: Dennis Yao
Keywords: Strategy; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government and Politics; United States
Yao, Dennis. "Non-market Strategies and Regulation in the U.S." In The Global Internet Economy, edited by B. Kogut, 407–435. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2003.
- 2006
- Chapter
Corruption and the Demand for Regulating Capitalists
By: Rafael Di Tella and Robert MacCulloch
Di Tella, Rafael, and Robert MacCulloch. "Corruption and the Demand for Regulating Capitalists." Chap. 12 in International Handbook on the Economics of Corruption, edited by Susan Rose-Ackerman, 352–380. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2006.
- May 1995
- Background Note
Note on Industry Self-Regulation and U.S. Antitrust Laws
By: Lynn S. Paine and Michael Santoro
Describes the purpose and nature of industry self-regulation and outlines the factors self-regulatory groups must consider to avoid infringing U.S. antitrust laws. Several examples of industry self-regulation are discussed. View Details
Paine, Lynn S., and Michael Santoro. "Note on Industry Self-Regulation and U.S. Antitrust Laws." Harvard Business School Background Note 395-214, May 1995.
- October 1994
- Article
Contrived Competition: Economic Regulation and Deregulation, 1920s-80s
By: R. H.K. Vietor
Vietor, R. H.K. "Contrived Competition: Economic Regulation and Deregulation, 1920s-80s." Business History 36, no. 4 (October 1994): 1–32.
- 25 Nov 1991
- Lecture
Global Patterns in Corporate Governance and Regulation
By: W. Carl Kester
Kester, W. Carl. "Global Patterns in Corporate Governance and Regulation." Lecture at the Royal Institute of International Affairs and The Strategic Planning Society Conference on National versus European Regulation: Political, Economic and Corporate Strategic Dimensions, London, November 25, 1991. (Panel speaker.)
- February 2013
- Article
An Activity-Generating Theory of Regulation
By: Joshua Schwartzstein and Andrei Shleifer
We propose an activity-generating theory of regulation. When courts make errors, tort litigation becomes unpredictable and as such imposes risk on firms, thereby discouraging entry, innovation, and other socially desirable activity. When social returns to activity are... View Details
Keywords: Courts and Trials; Lawsuits and Litigation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Theory
Schwartzstein, Joshua, and Andrei Shleifer. "An Activity-Generating Theory of Regulation." Journal of Law & Economics 56, no. 1 (February 2013): 1–38. (Lead Article.)
- 2024
- Chapter
Regulating Collective Emotions
By: Amit Goldenberg
When we think of emotion and emotion regulation, we typically think of them as processes occurring at the individual level. Even when emotions are experienced by multiple people who interact with each other, analysis is typically centered around individual-level... View Details
Goldenberg, Amit. "Regulating Collective Emotions." Chap. 22 in Handbook of Emotion Regulation. Third Edition edited by James J. Gross and Brett Q. Ford, 183–189. Guilford Press, 2024.
- 1992
- Other Unpublished Work
The Regulation and Supervision of Cross-Border Banking
By: Mohamed A. El-Erian
- October 2012 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Creating the First Public Law Firm: The IPO of Slater & Gordon Limited
By: Benjamin C. Esty and E. Scott Mayfield
Slater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a series of regulatory changes in Australia in recent years, the IPO provided an opportunity for S&G to... View Details
Keywords: IPO; Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Law Firm; Value Drivers; Growth Strategy; Revenue Recognition; Roll-up; Consolidator; Initial Public Offering; Valuation; Consolidation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Strategy; Growth Management; Corporate Governance; Business Strategy; Legal Services Industry; Financial Services Industry; Australia
Esty, Benjamin C., and E. Scott Mayfield. "Creating the First Public Law Firm: The IPO of Slater & Gordon Limited." Harvard Business School Case 213-019, October 2012. (Revised September 2013.)
- February 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Lara Adamsons
This note provides an introduction to the law of sexual harassment. It has three parts. Part One describes the laws on harassment in the United States. Part Two explores controversial and emerging aspects of the American legal framework. Part Three gives a brief... View Details
Keywords: Social Issues; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Gender; Asia; Latin America; United States; Europe
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Lara Adamsons. "Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-096, February 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- September 2022
- Article
Regulatory Spillover and Workplace Racial Inequality
By: Letian Zhang
This paper suggests that affirmative action bans in the U.S. public sector may influence racial inequality in the private sector. Since the 1990s, nine states have banned affirmative action practice in public universities and state governments. Though these bans have... View Details
Keywords: Inequality; Regulation; Law; Organizational Norm; CEO; Affirmative Action; Organizations; Private Sector; Equality and Inequality; Diversity; Race; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
Zhang, Letian. "Regulatory Spillover and Workplace Racial Inequality." Administrative Science Quarterly 67, no. 3 (September 2022): 595–629.