Publications

2022
Book

Corporate Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions

By: Leo R. Tsao, Daniel S. Kahn and Eugene F. Soltes

Over the past two decades, corporate criminal liability has developed into one of the fastest-growing and most dynamic areas of legal practice. The growth of corporate criminal enforcement has correlated with a broad shift in how the government investigates and... View Details

Keywords: Criminal Investigations; Crime and Corruption; Legal Liability

Article

Weak Property Rights and Hold-up in R&D

By: B. Anand and A. Galetovic

Keywords: Rights; Research and Development

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June 1995 (Revised October 1999)
Case

Microsoft Corp.'s Pricing Policies

Describes the antitrust issues that arose in 1994 and 1995 with respect to Microsoft's marketing practices. View Details

Keywords: Law; Monopoly; Information Technology Industry

2007
Book

Making Foreign Investment Safe: Property Rights and National Sovereignty

By: L. T. Wells Jr. and Rafiq Ahmed

Keywords: Investment; Property; Rights

November 1981 (Revised January 1983)
Case

Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (B)

By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Law

June 1991 (Revised April 2008)
Case

Antitrust Movement: Perceptions and Reality in Coping with Big Business

A vehicle for the discussion of early antitrust legislation in the United States from 1890 to 1914. View Details

Keywords: Law; Monopoly; United States

01 Mar 2009
News

Damon Silvers

current system thwarted union organizing? A union election is supposed to be the expression of the employees’ desires to bargain collectively and choose their own representatives. Yet, the law allows employers to require employees to... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Administration of Economic Programs; Government; Transportation Equipment Manufacturing; Manufacturing; Transportation

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Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts

rating. The case law and regulatory structure arising out of these legal challenges set precedents that continue to influence the law relating to privacy, libel, and intellectual property today. The... View Details

2012
Working Paper

Risky Business: The Impact of Property Rights on Investment and Revenue in the Film Industry

By: Venkat Kuppuswamy and Carliss Y. Baldwin

Our paper tests a key prediction of property rights theory, specifically, that agents will respond to marginal incentives embedded in property rights when making non-contractible, revenue-enhancing investments (Grossman and Hart, 1986; Hart and Moore, 1990). Using rich... View Details

Keywords: Property Rights; Property; Rights; Investment; Contracts; Revenue; Motivation and Incentives; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States

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07 Jul 2020

Joint Degree Series: Harvard Graduate Joint Degree Virtual Event

This virtual event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. Candidates with an interest in pursuing a joint degree between two of these schools are... View Details

10 Jul 2019

Harvard Graduate School Information Session in Atlanta

This event is designed for prospective applicants to learn more about Harvard Business School, Harvard Kennedy School and Harvard Law School. Candidates with an interest in pursuing a joint degree between two of these schools are... View Details

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
Case

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

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Lena teaches the required first year MBA course on Leadership and Corporate Accountability, an elective second year MBA course on Law, Management and Entrepreurship, and an elective second year MBA course on Challenges and Opportunities in the Restaurant Industry. View Details

February 1997 (Revised September 2000)
Case

3M: Negotiating Air Pollution Credits (B)

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Thomas Dretler

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Negotiation Types; Pollutants; Negotiation Participants; Laws and Statutes; Policy; Government and Politics; United States

November 1991
Case

Monsanto's March into Biotechnology (B)

By: Dorothy A. Leonard

Monsanto has yet to receive FDA approval for BST, a growth hormone for cows. Anti-BST groups have successfully lobbied Wisconsin and Minnesota, major milk producing states, to ban milk from BST-injected cows; the FDA has charged Monsanto with improperly promoting BST... View Details

Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Safety; Food; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Law Enforcement; Conflict and Resolution; Research and Development; Technology; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Biotechnology Industry; Minnesota; Wisconsin