Laws and Statutes - Publications - Faculty & Research

February 2005
Article

The Lamentable Law of Marketing Management

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

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Medical Devices & Supplies

spring 2001
Article

Reinventing Public R&D: Patent Law and Technology Transfer from Federal Laboratories

By: Adam Jaffe and Josh Lerner

Keywords: Research and Development; Law; Patents; Information Technology; Communication

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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

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Patents; Law Enforcement; Rights; United States

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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

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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

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February 1995
Article

China, Unincorporated: Company Law and Business Enterprise in Twentieth Century China

By: William C. Kirby

Keywords: Business Ventures; Law; China

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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

Keywords: Reverse Merger; Corporate Law; Corporate Governance; Nevada; United States

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May 2007 (Revised April 2010)
Teaching Note

Duane Morris: Balancing Growth and Culture at a Law Firm (TN)

By: Boris Groysberg

Keywords: Balance and Stability; Business Growth and Maturation; Organizational Culture; Legal Services Industry

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2010
Working Paper

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

By: Malcolm S. Salter

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

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02 Feb 2011
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Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter; Financial Services

14 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Laws vs. Contracts: Legal Origins, Shareholder Protections, and Ownership Concentration in Brazil, 1890-1950

Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio

Article

The Market for Federal Judicial Law Clerks

By: A. E. Roth, Christopher Avery and Christine Jolls

Keywords: Jobs and Positions; Law

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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

Keywords: Information; Genetics; Laws and Statutes; United States

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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

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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

Keywords: Legal Liability; Law

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