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01 Feb 2011
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listed on non-U.S. exchanges. We find no evidence that markets' reaction to this event related to the corporate governance and legal environment in foreign issuers' home country. These results challenge the View Details

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The Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy: Settling the Opioid Crisis

By: Kristin Mugford, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Susan Pinckney

How to get to a fair outcome for claimants in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy given its significant role in the U.S. opioid crisis. View Details

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01 Dec 2022
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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 resolves corporate... View Details

14 Feb 2017
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First Look at New Research: February 14

state court ruled that the Board of Health did not have the authority to implement such a policy, it remains a legally viable option for governments and a voluntary option for restaurants. However, there is very limited empirical data on... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

15 Dec 2015
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December 15, 2015

Competition Policy International Whither Uber? Competitive Dynamics in Transportation Networks By: Edelman, Benjamin G. Abstract—Transportation Network Companies offer notable service advances—but do they comply with the law? And if not, how should the View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

25 Aug 2022
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September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books

Tribune. Browne reported on Henrietta’s story and used his legal training to bring about her repatriation to her father in England through a sensational legal case. Forever Sheriff (The High Mountain Sheriff... View Details

25 Mar 2021
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Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

significant reputational and legal costs. Aiming for too short a time horizon. Managers sometimes need to run experiments for weeks or months to fully understand both their short- and long-term results, Luca says. That was the experience... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost

27 Oct 2009
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and affiliated physicians. Over the last two decades, through a combination of active legal defense and medical error prevention, the RMF has successfully controlled the medico-legal costs of physicians practicing at the Harvard teaching... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

18 Nov 2008
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First Look: November 18, 2008

too, had a cumulative positive impact on well-being. We suggest that shifting focus from the impact of major life changes on well-being to the impact of seemingly minor repeated behaviors is crucial for understanding how best to improve well-being. Laws versus... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

From Concept to Product Left: Patent 3,142,567, July 28, 1964. Polaroid Corporation Legal and Patent Records, b. II.165, f. 12. Right: Patent 2,435,720, Feb. 10, 1948. Polaroid Corporation Records Related to Meroë Morse, b. VII.10, f. 24.... View Details

25 Aug 2022
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Labs Enable Large-scale Research

decisions made by algorithms have a critical impact on the lives of individuals, who also have a legal or moral right to privacy. They will explore as well the connections between privacy and other areas of responsible AI, such as... View Details

16 Nov 2017
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The Business of Social Justice

change,” says Brooks. “Rosa Parks’ civil disobedience didn’t just happen because she wanted to sit down one day; and gay marriage didn’t become legal in one day. These kinds of changes have decades of investment behind them.” The Schott... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

09 May 2017
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New Research and Ideas, May 9

sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital. We find that a 10% increase in the probability of default causes a 6% decline in the value of Argentine equities and a 1% depreciation of a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2012
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Get Creative

company. To build a culture of agility, creativity, and innovation, Gillette developed an innovation fair in which every unit could show off its most promising new concepts. I was privileged to judge the first one with the then CEO, where we gave an award to the View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons;Julia Hanna;Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services

01 Sep 2016
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Code name: Miesiąc

office building; its sign reads “Liberty Corner.” In the 1970s and ’80s, Maj knew this address as something very different: Główny Urząd Kontroli Prasy, Publikacji i Widowisk—the censorship office. Maj never entered the censorship office, as every View Details

Keywords: April White; photographed by Piotr Malecki

08 Mar 2011
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granted a U.S. patent for a "flying-machine," which changed the industry irrevocably. While American manufacturers diverted resources from science and technology to patent wars and legal disputes, European aeronautics advanced... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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General Management: Processes and Action

General Management: Processes and Action (GMPA) focuses on implementation and the way that general managers get things done. Typically, they work through processes—sequences of tasks and activities that unfold over time, like strategic planning,... View Details

20 Feb 2008
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First Look: February 20, 2008

areas of strong moral opposition, science is often able to develop in the shadow of the law, with the market eventually compelling both moral concerns and legal prohibitions to decline. View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

30 May 2005
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Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

methods unquestioningly. While Americans pioneered the multidivisional firm (divisions within one legal entity), for instance, Germans still preferred Konzerne (multisubsidiary operations). The fact that they were subsidiaries also kept... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

17 Dec 2024
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Solving the Underemployment Crisis

at Strada Education Foundation. I grew up as the son of a single mother in rural Mississippi. If you’ve seen the movie Forrest Gump, you have a pretty good sense of what my upbringing was like. And while we were never truly legally poor,... View Details

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The Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy: Settling the Opioid Crisis

December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts

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Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments

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From Concept to Product | Baker Library

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Get Creative

Code name: Miesiąc

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General Management: Processes and Action

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Germany’s Pioneering Corporate Managers

Solving the Underemployment Crisis