Publications

2012
Article

Antitrust Scrutiny of Google

By: Benjamin Edelman

I evaluate antitrust claims against Google and propose possible remedies. While Google's specific tactics are often novel, I show connections to practices deemed unlawful over a period of decades, and I identify remedies well grounded in antitrust precedent. View Details

Keywords: Competition; Antitrust; Google; Search; Non-price Terms; Digital Marketing; Lawsuits and Litigation; Advertising Industry; Information Technology Industry

November 2006
Background Note

Technical Game Theory Note #4: Contracting and Strategic Alliances

By: Dennis A. Yao

Provides a game theory-based interpretation of contracting and strategic alliances and introduces the problem of moral hazard. View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Alliances; Game Theory

Educators

July 2002
Article

The Sale of Ideas: Strategic Disclosure, Property Rights, and Contracting

By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao

Ideas are difficult to sell when buyers cannot assess an idea's value before it is revealed and sellers cannot protect a revealed idea. These problems exist in a variety of intellectual property sales ranging from pure ideas to poorly protected inventions and reflect... View Details

Keywords: Intellectual Property; Contracts; Strategy; Valuation

Purchase

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

SSRN

07 Mar 2013
News

Private firms playing major role against cyberattacks

Keywords: Telecommunications; Information; National Security and International Affairs; Government

28 Feb 2008
Working Paper Summaries

Colonial Land Tenure, Electoral Competition and Public Goods in India

Keywords: by Abhijit Banerjee & Lakshmi Iyer

January 1976 (Revised November 1987)
Case

Contract and Consensus at General Motors--1900-1984

By: George C. Lodge

Keywords: Contracts; Labor Unions; Auto Industry

Article

Socialization at the Top: How CEOs and Subordinates Develop Interpersonal Contracts

By: John J. Gabarro

Keywords: Management; Contracts; Society; Relationships

December 2011
Article

Alchemy of Evidence: Mau Mau, the British Empire, and the High Court of Justice

By: Caroline Elkins

Restorative justice in various forms is a phenomenon that has swept across the globe over the last three decades. Most recently, it is unfolding in the High Court of Justice in London where five Kenyans have filed a claim against the British government, alleging that... View Details

Keywords: Colonialism; History; Lawsuits and Litigation; United Kingdom; Kenya

Purchase

June 2015
Article

Does Google Leverage Market Power Through Tying and Bundling?

By: Benjamin Edelman

I examine Google's pattern and practice of tying to leverage its dominance into new sectors. In particular, I show how Google used these tactics to enter numerous markets, to compel usage of its services, and often to dominate competing offerings. I explore the... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Antitrust; Google; Tying; Bundling; Competitive Strategy; Search Technology; Law; Information Technology Industry; Advertising Industry

Article

Will You Negotiate or Litigate?

By: Deepak Malhotra

Keywords: Negotiation; Lawsuits and Litigation

Web

Timeline - Race, Gender & Equity

used as punishment for a crime 1662 Partus Sequitur Ventrem (or, literally, “offspring follows belly”) law ensures multigenerational bondage Jennifer Morgan, 'Partus Sequitur Ventrem’ Law, Race, and Reproduction in Colonial Slavery 1664... View Details

Jeff Goldman

Jeff Goldman practices exclusively in the area of business immigration law. He has 31+ years of extensive experience representing technology, life science, and entrepreneurial businesses regarding all visa matters, as well as permanent residency applications. After... View Details

Jeff Goldman

Jeff Goldman practices exclusively in the area of business immigration law. He has 31+ years of extensive experience representing technology, life science, and entrepreneurial businesses regarding all visa matters, as well as permanent residency applications. After... View Details

Keywords: Legal

01 Mar 2019
News

Research Brief: Unveiling the Truth about Transparency

and later on in renegotiations. Transparency also leads workers to accept lower initial offers to get in the door, thinking they can renegotiate later, once they learn the salaries of their coworkers, Cullen says. Already 13 states have enacted View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

11 Dec 2019
News

A Righteous Path

Today, there are 40 staffers working in partnership with 450 pro-bono attorneys to represent the 1,001 children who would not otherwise be able to afford an advocate. These young migrants, most of whom arrived from Central America, have the View Details

Keywords: April White; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance

16 Jul 2024

Harvard Graduate School Information Session in Washington, D.C.

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

15 Dec 2024
News

Origin Story: Tasila Banda (MBA/MPP 2025)

First love: Performing. “I spent pretty much every weekend from the age of five singing, acting, and dancing at the local theater school.” Take a bow: “My dad is originally from Zambia. Back in the day he bought rudimentary music software and laid down guitar tracks... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna

December 2023
Case

The American Bully XL

By: Robin Greenwood, Richard S. Ruback, Johnathan Sun and Robert Ialenti

The American Bully XL, first introduced to the United Kingdom around 2014, had been held responsible for a disproportionate share of both dog-related attacks and deaths. The case discusses the announcement, in October 2023, that the dog breed would be added to a list... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Government Administration; Laws and Statutes; Risk and Uncertainty; United Kingdom