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- 5 Oct 2018
- Other Presentation
Voting Trusts and Antitrust in Illinois: Rethinking the Role of State Corporation Law in Competition Policy
By: Laura Phillips Sawyer and Naomi R. Lamoreaux
- Spring–Fall 2015
- Article
Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks
By: Benjamin Edelman
Transportation Network Companies offer notable service advances—but do they comply with the law? I offer evidence of some important shortfalls, then consider how the legal system might appropriately respond. Though it is tempting to forgive many violations in light of... View Details
Keywords: Transportation Network Company; Uber; Lyft; Regulation; Lawfulness; Transportation Networks; Laws and Statutes; Law Enforcement; Transportation Industry; Information Technology Industry
Edelman, Benjamin. "Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks." Competition Policy International 11, no. 1 (Spring–Fall 2015).
- July 2016
- Supplement
The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Law; Antitrust; EC Regulation; Mergers and Acquisitions; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations; Technology Industry; European Union; United States
Goldberg, Lena G. "The EC Rains on Oracle/Sun (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-010, July 2016.
- Mar 2018
- Conference Presentation
Antitrust and Voting Trusts in Illinois: Rethinking the Role of State Corporation Law in Competition Policy
By: Naomi R. Lamoreaux and Laura Phillips Sawyer
- Article
Ownership Dilemmas: The Case of Finders Versus Landowners
By: Peter DiScioli, Rachel Karpoff and Julian De Freitas
People sometimes disagree about who owns which objects, and these ownership dilemmas can
lead to costly disputes. We investigate the cognitive mechanisms underlying people’s judgments
about finder versus landowner cases, in which a person finds an object on someone... View Details
Keywords: Ownership Dilemma; Finders; Psychology And Law; Ownership; Property; Law; Social Psychology
DiScioli, Peter, Rachel Karpoff, and Julian De Freitas. "Ownership Dilemmas: The Case of Finders Versus Landowners." Cognitive Science 41, no. S3 (2017): 502–522.
- March 2006
- Article
The Dynamics of Law Clerk Matching: An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Proposals for Reform of the Market
By: Ernan E. Haruvy, Alvin E Roth and M. Utku Unver
Haruvy, Ernan E., Alvin E Roth, and M. Utku Unver. "The Dynamics of Law Clerk Matching: An Experimental and Computational Investigation of Proposals for Reform of the Market." Journal of Economic Dynamics & Control 30, no. 3 (March 2006): 457–486.
- Jun 2018
- Conference Presentation
Voting Trusts and Antitrust in Illinois: Rethinking the Role of State Corporation Law in Competition Policy
By: N. Lamoreaux and Laura Phillips Sawyer
- August 2012
- Supplement
William Jeffrey: Performance at Bay Colony (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
The decision-making process, policies and procedures, and legal obligations of the Board, the company's inside counsel and the company's outside counsel are explored in connection with on-boarding, investigating alleged misconduct of, and terminating a company's CEO,... View Details
- 2006
- Other Unpublished Work
The Effect of Takeover Defenses: Discussion Paper, Harvard Law School Olin Center for Law, Economics & Business
By: Lucian Arye Bebchuk, John C. Coates IV and Guhan Subramanian
- December 2018
- Case
Tiantong & Partners: Transforming Litigation Practice in China
By: Ashish Nanda and Lisa Rohrer
Jiang Yong founded Tiantong & Partners in 2002, seeking to radically improve the level of litigation-related services in China. By 2015, Tiantong was the premier Chinese litigation firm with the highest per lawyer revenues. The firm focused exclusively on high-stakes... View Details
Keywords: Law Firm; Law Firms; Growth; Legal Industry; Regulation; Professional Services; Law; Lawsuits and Litigation; Internet and the Web; Growth and Development; Strategy; Entrepreneurship; Decision Choices and Conditions; Legal Services Industry; China
Nanda, Ashish, and Lisa Rohrer. "Tiantong & Partners: Transforming Litigation Practice in China." Harvard Business School Case 719-457, December 2018.
- February 9, 2015
- Article
Uber Needs Our Permission to Grow
And it's realizing that now. View Details
Keywords: Business Law; Growth Strategy; Regulation; Law; Disruptive Innovation; Growth and Development Strategy; Transportation Industry; Service Industry
van Bever, Derek C. M. "Uber Needs Our Permission to Grow." Harvard Business Review (website) (February 9, 2015).
- 2008
- Working Paper
Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900
By: Aldo Musacchio
How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world... View Details
Keywords: History; Law; Development Economics; Investment; Corporate Governance; Finance; Business and Government Relations
Musacchio, Aldo. "Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-030, January 2008.
- August 2008 (Revised May 2009)
- Background Note
Note on Trade Secrets and Covenants not to Compete: Comparison of Law in the United States and the European Union
By: Robert C. Pozen and Megan Barbero
This note details the use and treatment of Covenants not to Compete in the United States, United Kingdom and France to compete or trade secrets versus patents as alternative ways to protect a business' intellectual property. View Details
Pozen, Robert C., and Megan Barbero. "Note on Trade Secrets and Covenants not to Compete: Comparison of Law in the United States and the European Union." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-024, August 2008. (Revised May 2009.)
- 2004
- Working Paper
Organizational Choice in a French Civil Law Underdeveloped Economy: Partnerships, Corporations and the Chartering of Business in Mexico, 1886-1910
By: Aurora Gómez-Galvarriato and Aldo Musacchio
Gómez-Galvarriato, Aurora, and Aldo Musacchio. "Organizational Choice in a French Civil Law Underdeveloped Economy: Partnerships, Corporations and the Chartering of Business in Mexico, 1886-1910." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-024, October 2004.
- 21 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900
- March 2023
- Article
Not from Concentrate: Collusion in Collaborative Industries
By: Jordan M. Barry, John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers and Richard Lowery
The chief principle of antitrust law and theory is that reducing market concentration—having more, smaller firms instead of fewer, bigger ones—reduces anticompetitive behavior. We demonstrate that this principle is fundamentally incomplete.
In many... View Details
In many... View Details
Keywords: Antitrust; Antitrust Law; Antitrust Theory; Law And Economics; Collusion; Collaboration; Collaborative Industries; Regulation; ＂Repeated Games＂; IPOs; Initial Public Offerings; Underwriters; Real Estate; Real Estate Agents; Realtors; Syndicated Markets; Syndication; Brokers; Market Concentration; Competition; Law; Economics; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Game Theory; Initial Public Offering
Barry, Jordan M., John William Hatfield, Scott Duke Kominers, and Richard Lowery. "Not from Concentrate: Collusion in Collaborative Industries." Iowa Law Review 108, no. 3 (March 2023): 1089–1148.
- 2022
- Article
Dynamic Pricing Algorithms, Consumer Harm, and Regulatory Response
By: Alexander MacKay and Samuel N. Weinstein
Pricing algorithms are rapidly transforming markets, from ride-sharing apps, to air travel, to online retail. Regulators and scholars have watched this development with a wary eye. Their focus so far has been on the potential for pricing algorithms to facilitate... View Details
Keywords: Competition Policy; Regulation; Algorithmic Pricing; Dynamic Pricing; Economics; Law And Economics; Law And Regulation; Consumer Protection; Antitrust Law; Industrial Organization; Antitrust Issues And Policies; Technological Change: Choices And Consequences; Competition; Policy; Price; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Microeconomics; Duopoly and Oligopoly; Law
MacKay, Alexander, and Samuel N. Weinstein. "Dynamic Pricing Algorithms, Consumer Harm, and Regulatory Response." Washington University Law Review 100, no. 1 (2022): 111–174. (Direct download.)
- Article
Currency Unions, Product Introductions, and the Real Exchange Rate
By: Alberto Cavallo, Brent Neiman and Roberto Rigobon
We use a novel dataset of online prices of identical goods sold by four large global retailers in dozens of countries to study good-level real exchange rates and their aggregated behavior. First, in contrast to the prior literature, we demonstrate that the law of one... View Details
Keywords: Currency Union; Law Of One Price; International Prices; Global Firm; Currency Exchange Rate; Price; International Finance
Cavallo, Alberto, Brent Neiman, and Roberto Rigobon. "Currency Unions, Product Introductions, and the Real Exchange Rate." Quarterly Journal of Economics 129, no. 2 (May 2014): 529–595.
- Article
The Price Impact of Joining a Currency Union: Evidence from Latvia
By: Alberto Cavallo, Brent Neiman and Roberto Rigobon
Does membership in a currency union matter for a country’s international relative prices? The answer to this question is critical for thinking about the implications of joining (or exiting) a common currency area. This paper is the first to use high-frequency... View Details
Cavallo, Alberto, Brent Neiman, and Roberto Rigobon. "The Price Impact of Joining a Currency Union: Evidence from Latvia." IMF Economic Review 63, no. 2 (September 2015): 281–297.
- June 2014
- Case
Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market
By: Heidi K. Gardner and Silvia Hodges Silverstein
Riverview Law, run like a business rather than a traditional law firm, wants to expand its unconventional concept from the UK to the US. The firm's approach includes performing all legal work for annual fixed-price contracts, using data and analytics to advise clients... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Professional Services; Disruptive Innovation; Law Firms; Client Service; Culture; Recruiting; Management; Professional Services Firms; Business Model; Legal Services Industry; United Kingdom; United States
Gardner, Heidi K., and Silvia Hodges Silverstein. "Riverview Law: Applying Business Sense to the Legal Market." Harvard Business School Case 414-079, June 2014.