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  • 29 Apr 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Comparing the Cash Policies of Public and Private Firms

Keywords: by Joan Farre-Mensa
  • 2007
  • Book

Global Accountabilities: Participation, Pluralism, and Public Ethics

By: Alnoor Ebrahim and Edward Weisband
This edited volume contributes analytical depth to the diverse debates on accountability in modern organizations. It explores the nature, forms and impacts of accountability efforts in civil society organizations, public and inter-governmental agencies, and private... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Globalized Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Business and Government Relations
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  • 13 Jul 2009
  • Research & Ideas

Diagnosing the Public Health Care Alternative

U.S. Senator) Tom Coburn (R-OK) argue against a government-run public market for health insurance. Reform must include incentives for entrepreneurship and innovation, which only a private market could provide, they write. Professor Robert... View Details
Keywords: by Staff; Health

    Consumers, Corporations and Public Health (Oxford University Press, 2016)

    The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under increased scrutiny in the last decade, with an increased expectation that private profit not come at the expense of consumer welfare.

    Consumers, Corporations, and Public... View Details
    • May 2023
    • Course Overview Note

    Space: Public and Commercial Economics (SPACE)

    By: Matthew C. Weinzierl
    SPACE is a course with two goals: to use the tools of economics to better understand the rapidly evolving space sector, and to train the next generation of commercial space leaders. We pursue these goals through a systematic study of the growing space economy,... View Details
    Keywords: Industry Growth; Aerospace Industry
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    • October 1997
    • Background Note

    Family Firms in the Newspaper Industry

    Changes in newspaper publishing, specifically the introduction of new technology and concurrent changes in tax policy, which led to a consolidation of the industry are described. Also describes the transformation of family firms into public corporations in response to... View Details
    Keywords: Business or Company Management; Family Business; Journalism and News Industry
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    • April 2006
    • Teaching Note

    Managing a Public Image (TN)

    By: Robin J. Ely
    Keywords: Public Relations Industry
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    • November 2005 (Revised December 2005)
    • Case

    County Department of Public Health: Organizing for Emergency Preparedness and Response

    By: Lynda M. Applegate, Ajay Vinze and Minu Ipe
    The anthrax attacks of 2001 exposed serious inadequacies in the response of the U.S. public health system to meet such grave threats. The public health infrastructure required rebuilding to respond to any type of large-scale health emergency. The Public Health... View Details
    Keywords: Information Technology; Change Management; Crisis Management; Health Care and Treatment; Infrastructure; Public Administration Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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    • 2024
    • Working Paper

    Social Movements and Public Opinion in the United States

    By: Amory Gethin and Vincent Pons
    Recent social movements stand out by their spontaneous nature and lack of stable leadership, raising doubts on their ability to generate political change. This article provides systematic evidence on the effects of protests on public opinion and political attitudes.... View Details
    Keywords: Attitudes; Social Issues; Voting; Public Opinion; Social Media
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    • 2013
    • Article

    Local Industrial Structures and Female Entrepreneurship in India

    By: Ejaz Ghani, William R. Kerr and Stephen O'Connell
    We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We focus on the presence of incumbent female-owned businesses and their role in promoting higher subsequent female entrepreneurship relative to male... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Gender; Manufacturing Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
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    • 26 Sep 2016
    • Blog Post

    An Interview with Corporate Relations Director, Kurt Piemonte

    reinventing itself. There have also been recent efforts among the civic leaders to offer incentives to encourage new industries to grow, and that is one of the reasons we are seeing a growing number of entrepreneurs in a place that had... View Details
    Keywords: All Industries
    • April 1996
    • Case

    Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution

    By: David A. Moss
    Comprises three pieces. The first piece, which forms the body of the case, is adapted from a speech delivered by the author before the Harvard Business School Political Forum in early 1995. Originally entitled "The Economic Foundations of American Social Policy:... View Details
    Keywords: Transition; Policy; Economy; Government and Politics; Society; United States
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    • Fast Answer

    Public companies: comparative financial ratios

    Where do I find comparative financial ratios of public companies in an industry? In Capital IQ: For broad industry sectors (energy, materials, consumer discretionary, consumer stables, healthcare, financial,... View Details
    • 1978
    • Chapter

    Issues and Policies Related to Mining Tax Reform

    By: Malcolm Gillis, Louis T. Wells and Ulrich Petersen
    Keywords: Mining; Taxation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Mining Industry
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    • June 1997 (Revised September 1997)
    • Case

    Genset Initial Public Offering (B)

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky
    Supplements the (A) case. View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Genetics; Going Public; Management Teams; Biotechnology Industry; France; United States
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    • June 1997 (Revised March 2001)
    • Case

    Genset Initial Public Offering (A)

    By: Paul A. Gompers and Jeffrey M. Anapolsky
    Pascal Brandys, founder and CEO of Genset, must decide whether to take this young biotechnology company public. If so, should he do a dual offering in both France and the U.S.? The case also explores the business models in genomics research. View Details
    Keywords: Business Model; Initial Public Offering; Genetics; Going Public; Management Teams; Biotechnology Industry; France; United States
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    • 16 Jan 2012
    • Research & Ideas

    Private Meetings of Public Companies Thwart Disclosure Rules

    In the fall of, the US Securities and Exchange Commission issued a new rule meant to combat the problem of selective disclosure among public companies and their favorite investors. Regulation Fair Disclosure (Reg FD) mandated that any... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Financial Services
    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    Half the Firms, Double the Profits: Public Firms' Transformation, 1996–2022

    By: Mark J. Roe and Charles C.Y. Wang
    The number of public firms in the United States has halved since the beginning of the twenty-first century, causing consternation among corporate and securities law regulators. The dominant explanations, often advanced by Securities and Exchange commissioners when... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Law; Securities Regulation; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Concentration Levels; Antitrust; Initial Public Offering; Public Ownership; Private Equity; Venture Capital; Mergers and Acquisitions; Monopoly; United States
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    • October 2017
    • Supplement

    Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)

    By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
    Supplements the (A) case.

    Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Technology Industry; United States; California
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    • 19 Dec 2005
    • Research & Ideas

    Public Education Goes to School

    Can the art and science of management help public schools improve student performance? In the fall of 2001, faculty and staff from the Harvard Business School (HBS) and the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) began to discuss how... View Details
    Keywords: by Mallory Stark; Education