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- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
Rather than flouting the new ideas of institutional economics, which favored federal regulators overseeing data collection and dissemination among businesses so as to stabilize prices and facilitate interfirm cooperation instead of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 30 Jun 2015
- First Look
First Look: June 30, 2015
"too-big-to-fail" policies and bailouts by regulators in general. Finally, the approach taken here shows that financial crises may be a consequence of observed but unexpected deviations from the ex-ante optimal risk-sharing... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 2
record before this spill, which may also have contributed to the creation of this fund. After this, the case describes the various ways in which the U.S. government is involved in offshore oil, starting from the leasing of tracts, the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 21 Dec 2010
- First Look
First Look: December 21
self-control) in one domain subsequently reduces one's capacity to regulate behavior in other domains. One reason is that people have limited self-regulatory resources, and self-regulatory failure occurs when these resources become... View Details
- 14 Feb 2012
- First Look
First Look: February 14
characterized by some boundary conditions (Study 6). We discuss the theoretical contribution of this work to research on moral regulation and ethical behavior. "CEO Relational Leadership and Strategic Decision Quality in Top... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 14 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
The Big Money for Big Projects
contributions knowing they are likely to get bailed out. For regulators and politicians, the challenge is to structure contracts that deter reckless behavior prior to default and ensure efficient operations after default. Q: Not much... View Details
- 19 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 19, 2019
and regulation of insurance markets, including the interaction between consumer choice difficulties or biases and adverse selection. We then document evidence on consumer mistakes in health-care utilization and treatment choices,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 17 Jan 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: January 17
outward shift in the supply of credit. First, a comparison between counties in the top and bottom deciles of presence of national banks in states with anti-predatory laws suggests that the preemption regulation resulted in an 11% increase... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Apr 2001
- Research & Ideas
The Gulf: It’s a Family Affair
particular culture. The strengths of any culture often tend to be the underbelly of the culture as well. If you're dealing with a patriarchal, hierarchical culture the advantage is that life is highly regulated which can keep the next... View Details
Keywords: by Wendy Guild & Andrea Schulman
- 20 Feb 2001
- Research & Ideas
What’s Next for Japan
for clues into the developing stance of the government. Added Ezra F. Vogel, Harvard professor and former director of Harvard's Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, "A lot of deregulation is really reregulation. It is a different kind of View Details
Keywords: by Hilah Geer
- 14 Mar 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 14
https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/817031-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 817-013 Airbnb in Amsterdam (A) In February 2014, Amsterdam became the first city to issue new regulations specifically to allow home sharing. Airbnb's... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
and how regulations are formulated. Let me give you two quick examples. The Sarbanes-Oxley law passed last year has a number of very good things in it, and the action taken at the time probably was quite healthy because of the situation... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- 24 Apr 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, April 24, 2018
Effectiveness By: Kim, Tami, Kate Barasz, and Leslie K. John Abstract—Given the increasingly specific ways marketers can target ads, many consumers and regulators are demanding ad transparency: disclosure of how consumers’ personal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
tentatively titled Winning Legally: Adding Law to the Manager's Strategic Tool Kit. Winning Legally will provide general managers a framework for understanding the public policies informing the laws regulating business and help managers... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 25 Oct 2011
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First Look: October 25
greenhouse gas regulations were more likely to include quantitative emissions data and reduction targets in the information they shared. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/12-026.pdf "CEO Bonus Plans: And How to Fix... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 23 Aug 2010
- Research & Ideas
The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization
inherently abusive; the citizens of the developed country are winners and the citizens of the undeveloped country may be getting a better or cheaper product. But when regulation is weak or nonexistent, this system can lend itself to... View Details
Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
specifically express interest in a suitable product are more likely to receive an appropriate recommendation, though most still receive bad advice. Agents cater to the beliefs of uninformed consumers, even when those beliefs are wrong. We then test how View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 May 2007
- First Look
First Look: May 1, 2007
(along with personal relations), laws and regulations can evolve to facilitate real estate investments. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207090 The Convention on Biological Diversity:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Dec 2015
- First Look
December 1, 2015
firm profits can increase, decrease, or remain unchanged due to a carbon tariff. This suggests a carbon tariff's principal benefit is not to protect domestic firm profits, as some argue. Rather, it is to improve emissions regulation... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Oct 2014
- First Look
First Look: October 7
response of the U.S. government to the excessive compensation of executives following the market collapse of 2008. In particular, the case focuses on the special committee that was formed to oversee and regulate any financial companies... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne