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01 Mar 2007
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Daniel Vasella

remaining once a drug goes to market. There are people who say we should have a fixed number of years of patent protection after FDA approval. It would be quite difficult to change current law. But there is a lot of rationale behind such... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; multinational pharmaceutical company; prescription drugs; vaccines; Medicare; generics business; Health, Social Assistance

13 Sep 2012
Research & Ideas

Why Public Companies Underinvest in the Future

came up with surprising results: Between 2002 and 2007 (the years covered by the database), public firms increased their gross fixed assets (as a percentage of total assets) by 4.0 percent a year on average versus 9.7 percent at similar... View Details

Keywords: by Maggie Starvish

25 Sep 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, September 25, 2018

inventors who patent since 1920; a dataset of the employment, location, and patents of firms active in R&D since 1921; and a historical state-level corporate tax database since 1900, which we link to an existing database on state-level personal View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

01 Jun 2024
News

Conducting Business

list in his hand—it must have had our names and backgrounds. He fixed each person with a brief knowing gaze, nodding his head occasionally as if to say to himself, Oh, yes. I see. Farmer. Former Naval officer. Knows absolutely nothing.... View Details

Keywords: Michael Farmer (MBA 1971); illustration by Lucinda Rogers; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services

01 Dec 2020
News

The Fine Print: Alumni Recommend Their Best Reads

series. —Mike Graffeo (MBA 2006) This is not a plant, but The Politics Industry: How Political Innovation Can Break Partisan Gridlock and Save Our Democracy, by Katherine Gehl and Michael Porter. It explains how and why our system rewards partisanship over outcomes and... View Details

25 Feb 2020
News

Case Study: The Credit Bureau

same house for a long time, and in that world it made sense to own the same sofa for 10 years. The new generation has been forced to buy fixed assets even though they know they’re going to be moving before long. For them, the furniture... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Real Estate

15 Feb 2017
Op-Ed

What Africa Can Teach the United States About Funding Infrastructure Projects

States, where the ability to fund infrastructure is less obvious than it may seem at first glance. The infrastructure paradox There is plenty of capital in the global financial system: upward of US $20 trillion invested in fixed View Details

Keywords: by John Macomber; Construction

15 Sep 2014
Research & Ideas

Are the Most Talented Employees the Highest Paid? Yes—If They’re Bankers

The research, based in France, was prompted by an ongoing regulatory debate within the European Union. "In Europe, there has been intense discussion about taxing high incomes in general, and bankers in specific," Vallée explains. In the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Banking

15 Dec 2009
First Look

First Look: Dec. 15, 2009

explain eight lessons from optimal tax theory and compare them to the last few decades of OECD tax policy. As recommended by theory, top marginal income tax rates have declined, marginal income tax schedules... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Dec 2011
News

Alumni Book Briefs

Revolution: Spirit, Land, Energy by Charles-Edouard Bouée (MBA ’95D) (Palgrave McMillan) Beyond the Corporation: Humanity at Work by David Erdal (MBA ’81D) (Bodley Head) When the Penny Drops: Learning What’s Not Taught by R. Gopalakrishnan (AMP 115, 1994) (Penguin... View Details

Keywords: Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment; Finance; Miscellaneous Manufacturing; Manufacturing

08 Sep 2010
First Look

First Look: September 8, 2010

contract from a fixed menu. Then, agents "choose to work" for a principal by selecting one of the available contracts. We find that i) (heterogeneous) social preferences are significant determinants of choices, ii) for both... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

29 Apr 2016
News

The First Five Years: Kelly McKenna (MBA 2015)

themselves with social causes or wish to bring about positive change in the world. Beyond the income these artists are receiving, the confidence and hope it instills within them touches every part of their lives. A lot of these artists... View Details

05 Dec 2005
What Do You Think?

Is Growth Good?

income levels for a period of several decades, broken only by the five-year period between 1995 and 2000, suggest a potential source of concern for the United States. Of course, these views depend on how one views growth. Gross domestic... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

09 Mar 2021
News

Addressing Education Inequities Exacerbated by the Pandemic

During COVID-19 and Beyond. Closures of schools and other learning spaces have had an impact on 94 percent of the world’s student population; for low and lower-middle income countries, the impact has been up to 99 percent. As a result,... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

02 Aug 2004
What Do You Think?

For Greater Transparency, Is Section 404 an Effective Response?

transparency for shareholders and other stakeholders. The primary argument is that, without high standards of personal integrity posed from within, Section 404 will be of limited value. As John Louk put it, "I personally believe that you cannot force change from... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

13 Apr 2017
News

Solving Nigeria’s Skilled Workforce Challenge

be poor, unappreciated, frustrated.’ He painted a very unappealing picture, but it didn’t add up. Mrs. Gbayisomore helped me to learn things that made me smart in school. I knew I wanted to fix the system someday. I didn’t know whose job... View Details

Keywords: Jill Radsken

10 Mar 2015
Research & Ideas

The Surprising Winners and Losers in the Retail Revolution

at risk? Alvarez: In the worst shape are the stores that said: I can fix that. Maybe it's not fixable—maybe 80 percent of your products are now going to be sold online or in a digital format, like books. Barnes & Noble and Staples are... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Retail

11 Aug 2009
First Look

First Look: August 11, 2009

ice cream), controlling for customer fixed effects. These findings are all consistent with theories suggesting that people's "should" selves exert more influence over their choices the further in the future outcomes will be... View Details