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November 2016 (Revised March 2017)
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Three Problems in Protecting Competition

By: Benjamin Edelman and Lena Goldberg

In three mini-cases, readers see a range of disputes in competition law—and apply legal principles to assure fair competition. View Details

Keywords: Law; Competition; Fairness

1991
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Strategic Use of Contracts with Third Parties

By: J. R. Green

Keywords: Contracts; Corporate Strategy

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Reshaping Competition

platform, it may be helpful to search specifically within their Law Journal Library collection or within their US Federal Agency Documents, Appeals, & Decisions collection. Antitrust: VitalLaw: See the Antirust & Competition... View Details

24 Mar 2009
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First Look: March 24, 2009

six years, it is contrasted to social and political pressures within the country, volatility in global oil markets, and severe political problems in the Middle East. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709042 Shanghai... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

27 Mar 2018
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First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

also present a panoply of challenges for communities and states. Surprisingly, federal laws are chief among those challenges despite the fact that online marketplaces facilitate transactions traditionally regulated at the local level. In... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2007 (Revised June 2007)
Background Note

Technology Transfer at U.S. Universities

By: Richard G. Hamermesh, Josh Lerner and David Kiron

Technology transfer from U.S. universities to industry has increased dramatically in the last 25 years. Reviews the history of technology transfer with particular emphasis on the Bayh-Dole Act of 1980. It then examines how universities responded to Bayh-Dole, the... View Details

Keywords: Higher Education; Information Technology; Laws and Statutes; Education Industry; Technology Industry; United States

October 1981
Case

Tony Santino (A)

A recent MBA without a stable work history in the private sector feels that he is being forced to compromise his personal convictions and professional integrity through a violation of the Robinson-Patman Act. This person is in his mid-thirties, married, and carries... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Personal Development and Career; Laws and Statutes

01 Apr 1998
News

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relationships throughout the value chain. And Kaplan and Cooper explain how product engineers use activity-based cost information to design products and services that meet customers' expectations at minimum cost. Islamic Law and Finance... View Details

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5.1 Information Technology | MBA

adherence to applicable law, this policy, and other HBS and Harvard University policies. Various forms of computer misconduct are prohibited by federal and state law and are therefore subject to criminal and civil penalties. Such... View Details

September 2019
Article

Contingent Capital Trigger Effects: Evidence from Liability Management Exercises

By: Boris Vallée

This paper investigates the so called liability management exercises by European banks, which bear comparable effects to triggering contingent capital. I first explore the determinants of these exercises. I then study market reactions to these operations as well as... View Details

Keywords: Contingent Capital; Financial Distress; Regulatory Capital; Financial Institutions; Legal Liability; Management; Banking Industry; Europe

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A Theory of Predation Based on Agency Problems in Financial Contracting

By: David S. Scharfstein and Patrick Bolton

Keywords: Theory; Problems and Challenges; Finance; Contracts

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21 May 2020
News

Is Stablecoin the Next Big Thing in E-Commerce?

Keywords: Marco Di Maggio and Nicholas Platias

August 2019
Case

Creating Accountability in Afghanistan

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, Eugene F. Soltes and Grace Liu

By early 2019, the United States had contributed $132 billion to the Afghan reconstruction. John Sopko, in his role as the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), was in charge of providing accountability for U.S. aid funding. Sopko’s oversight... View Details

Keywords: Auditing; Fraud; Accountability; Crime and Corruption; Law Enforcement; Governance; Infrastructure; Information; Networks; Strategy; Afghanistan

November 2013
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Choosing Health Insurance Coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA)

By: Robert C. Pozen, Katherine Brooks and Iwan Djanali

Keywords: Health Care; Health Care Industry; Insurance; Laws and Statutes; Health Care and Treatment; Policy; Insurance Industry; Health Industry; United States

29 Sep 2013
News

California's Rising Latina Political Star

25 Jun 2020

Joint Degree Series: HKS & HLS Joint Degree Q&A

Join Jill Fadule, Director of Joint Degrees, for a virtual Q&A on HBS's joint degree programs with Harvard Law School and Harvard Kennedy School. View Details

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Manuscript Collections - Bubbles, Panics & Crashes – Historical Collections – Harvard Business School

include Lewis Tappan, C. A. Spofford, and Jay Cooke. Collection Guide James McCauley Landis Papers (1924-1945) . Special Collections, Harvard Law School. James Landis was a legal academic and federal regulator. The papers at Harvard View Details

Student-Profile

Talia Gillis

Studying law and economics at the Hebrew University exposed me both to the normative way of evaluating the law as well as the theoretical and empirical tools used to assess the impact of those rules. Apart... View Details

February 2018
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Patent Trolling

By: Lauren H. Cohen, Umit G. Gurun, Scott Duke Kominers and George Hou

The U.S. Intellectual Property (IP) Ecosystem is one of the most robust and dynamic in the world—and has been for centuries. The bedrock of this system is the "patent," a legal document that allows its holder exclusive commercialization rights of a part of the "idea... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Patents; Lawsuits and Litigation; United States