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- July 2010
- Background Note
Remedies for Patent Infringement under U.S. Law
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr
Under the U.S. Patent Act, a patent owner has a statutory right to exclude others from engaging in the unauthorized production, use, sale, or importation of a patented invention. This note examines how that right is enforced and what remedies a patent owner has when... View Details
Goldberg, Lena G., and Chad Carr. "Remedies for Patent Infringement under U.S. Law." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-020, July 2010.
- February 1995
- Article
China, Unincorporated: Company Law and Business Enterprise in Twentieth Century China
By: William C. Kirby
Kirby, William C. "China, Unincorporated: Company Law and Business Enterprise in Twentieth Century China." Journal of Asian Studies 54, no. 1 (February 1995): 43–63. (Reprinted in Capitalism in Asia: Sixty Years of the Journal of Asian Studies, edited by David Ludden, 29-50. Ann Arbor: Association for Asian Studies, 2004.)
- 2010
- Working Paper
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Trust; Law; Performance; Investment Funds; Private Sector; Behavior; Relationships; Goals and Objectives
Salter, Malcolm S. "Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-060, December 2010.
- 21 Feb 2019
- Research & Ideas
Voter ID Laws Don't Work (But They Don't Hurt Anything, Either)
ballot fraud have erupted and intense focus invested in possible measures to ensure election integrity. States have increasingly enacted voter ID laws as one such deterrent. But we also know that View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 28 Nov 2016
- Research & Ideas
Challenging the Belief that Liability Laws Kill Medical Device Innovation
deviate from commonly accepted treatments. By that line of thought, medical malpractice lawsuits would put a damper on innovation, and tort reform laws that limit exposure would spur it. But, there is... View Details
- May 2002
- Teaching Note
Venture Law Group (A) & (B), TN
By: Ashish Nanda and Thomas J. DeLong
Teaching Note for (9-800-065) and (9-800-191). View Details
Keywords: Legal Services Industry
- 2013
- Working Paper
Cross-Border Reverse Mergers: Causes and Consequences
By: Jordan Siegel and Yanbo Wang
We study non-U.S. companies that have used reverse mergers as a means to adopt U.S. corporate law (and sometimes U.S. securities law as well). Early adopters of cross-border reverse mergers and those firms that hired a Big Four auditor exhibited superior corporate... View Details
Siegel, Jordan, and Yanbo Wang. "Cross-Border Reverse Mergers: Causes and Consequences." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 12-089, April 2012. (Revised December 2012, March 2013, September 2013.)
- May 2007 (Revised April 2010)
- Teaching Note
Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm (TN)
By: Boris Groysberg
- June 2005 (Revised October 2007)
- Teaching Note
The Law of One Price (TN)
By: Joshua D. Coval and Erik Stafford
Teaching Note to (2-205-079). View Details
Keywords: Price
- September 2022
- Teaching Note
Marsha Simms: Trailblazer in Corporate Law
By: Robin Ely, Boris Groysberg and Colleen Ammerman
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 422-012. View Details
- 05 Jul 2006
- Working Paper Summaries
What’s Law Got to Do with It: A Systems Approach to Management
- 14 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950
Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio
- November 1999
- Article
Understanding the Code: State Genetic Information Laws
This paper is a comprehensive survey of U.S. state genetic information privacy laws. View Details
- Article
On the Optimal Structure of Liability Laws
By: Jerry R. Green
We consider the control of tvo-party accidents through the use of liability rules that assign damages according to whether or not predetermined standards for care have been met. Particular emphasis is given to how the differential in the costs of accident avoidance... View Details
Green, Jerry R. "On the Optimal Structure of Liability Laws." Bell Journal of Economics 7, no. 2 (Fall 1976): 553–574.
- June 2007
- Article
Law and Finance in Historical Perspective: Politics, Bankruptcy Law, and Corporate Governance in Brazil, 1850-2002
By: Aldo Musacchio
Keywords: Law; Finance; History; Perspective; Government and Politics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Corporate Governance; Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo. "Law and Finance in Historical Perspective: Politics, Bankruptcy Law, and Corporate Governance in Brazil, 1850-2002." Journal of Economic History 67, no. 2 (June 2007): 502–506. (Dissertation summary.)
- 02 Feb 2011
- Working Paper Summaries
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
- 12 Mar 2015
- Working Paper Summaries