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2014
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Keywords: Infrastructure Finance

September 2011
Teaching Note

Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute (TN)

Teaching Note for 705-019. View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Negotiation; Contracts; Rights; Strategy; Utilities Industry; Argentina; France

June 2007 (Revised September 2011)
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Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business (Abridged)

"Caselets" present several examples of decisions involving bribery or take other actions that could be considered as corrupt. View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Globalized Firms and Management

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November 1997 (Revised June 2006)
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Herbert Hoover (A)

Presents a character sketch of Herbert Hoover, along with Hoover's views on the cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Illustrates the political economy of the period and presents different interpretations of the course of the Great Depression. A rewritten version... View Details

Keywords: Economy; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Identity; Perspective

Educators

May 1987
Background Note

Note on Intellectual Property

25 Nov 2008
First Look

First Look: November 25, 2008

disproportionate fraction of the total abnormal returns to skilled trading by mutual funds estimated in prior work. Third World Multinationals: A Look Back Author: Louis T.... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

2013
Other Unpublished Work

Infrastructure for Ore: Benefits and Costs of a Not-So-Original Idea

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September 2011
Teaching Note

Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business and Caselets (Abridged)(TN)

Teaching Note for 700-055 and 707-052. View Details

19 Jul 2011
First Look

First Look: July 19

imperfections, government policies, and entrepreneurial ambition in their creation, as well as the organizational challenges posed by managing such diversified firms owned by a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

28 Jun 2016
First Look

June 28, 2016

https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/816080-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 916-031 Scaling Well by Doing Good: Motivating Talent at b.good Boston-based fast-casual chain b.good was founded on the... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Nov 2015
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November 17, 2015

April 5–6, 2013 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In its call for the submission of theoretical and empirical papers for the symposium, the NBER noted that the global financial crisis of 2007–2008 and its aftermath have focused attention on the growing use of leverage View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

18 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 18

these two relationships may operate in a circular fashion. Second, we consider whether advertising these benefits of charitable giving—asking people to give in order to be happy—may have the perverse consequence of decreasing charitable giving, crowding out intrinsic... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

17 Sep 2013
First Look

First Look: September 17

networks historically provided (e.g., information about potential workers, monitoring, and reputation foundations). Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/Ghani_Kerr_Stanton_MSCI_OdeskDiaspora-8-26-13.pdf September 2013 Frontiers in Perception Science... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 1978
Case

Caustic Soda in Japan (B)

Keywords: Chemical Industry; Japan

November 1997
Case

Herbert Hoover (B)

Presents a character sketch of Herbert Hoover, along with Hoover's views on the cause of the Great Depression of the 1930s. Illustrates the political economy of the period and presents different interpretations of the course of the Great Depression. A rewritten version... View Details

Keywords: Economic Slowdown and Stagnation; Financial Crisis; Government and Politics; Personal Characteristics

Educators

January 1987
Background Note

Pakistan: A Background Note