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- October 1981 (Revised April 1984)
- Case
H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (C)
Presents a condensation of the audit committee's recommendations for organizational and policy changes to help prevent a recurrence of improper income transferal practices used at the H.J. Heinz Co. View Details
Goodpaster, Kenneth E. "H.J. Heinz Co.: The Administration of Policy (C)." Harvard Business School Case 382-036, October 1981. (Revised April 1984.)
- 2020
- Chapter
Reserve Accumulation, Sovereign Debt, and Exchange Rate Policy
By: Laura Alfaro and Fabio Kanczuk
In the past decade, foreign participation in local-currency bond markets in emerging countries increased dramatically. Additionally, emerging countries are increasingly deviating from inflation targeting regimes, managing their exchange rate and engaging in... View Details
Alfaro, Laura, and Fabio Kanczuk. "Reserve Accumulation, Sovereign Debt, and Exchange Rate Policy." In Asset Management at Central Banks and Monetary Authorities: New Practices in Managing International Foreign Exchange Reserves, edited by Jacob Bjorheim. Springer, 2020. (Book link.)
- July 2001 (Revised October 2001)
- Case
Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis
Tim Williams, the new CFO of a publicly-traded enterprise software company, attempts to rebuild his company's reputation for reliable financial reporting following a highly visible financial reporting crisis. The crisis begins with an earnings shortfall warning, which... View Details
Keywords: Accrual Accounting; Revenue Recognition; Capital Markets; Policy; Corporate Governance; Accounting Audits; Technology Industry
Hutton, Amy P. "Policy Management Systems Corp.: The Financial Reporting Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 102-013, July 2001. (Revised October 2001.)
- June 2018
- Article
The Fed, the Bond Market, and Gradualism in Monetary Policy
By: Jeremy C. Stein and Adi Sunderam
We develop a model of monetary policy with two key features: (i) the central bank has some private information about its long-run target for the policy rate, and (ii) the central bank is averse to bond-market volatility. In this setting, discretionary monetary policy... View Details
Stein, Jeremy C., and Adi Sunderam. "The Fed, the Bond Market, and Gradualism in Monetary Policy." Journal of Finance 73, no. 3 (June 2018): 1015–1060.
- 30 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
US Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective
- June 2003 (Revised August 2003)
- Case
Pension Policy at The Boots Company PLC
By: Luis M. Viceira and Akiko M. Mitsui
In early 2000, the trustees of the pension scheme at Boots considered a proposal to move 100% of the pension assets into a bond portfolio, which would be passively managed. The Boots Co. PLC was a leading retailer of cosmetics and toiletries in the United Kingdom, and... View Details
Keywords: Performance Productivity; Employees; Asset Management; Capital Structure; Investment Portfolio; Consumer Products Industry; United Kingdom
Viceira, Luis M., and Akiko M. Mitsui. "Pension Policy at The Boots Company PLC." Harvard Business School Case 203-105, June 2003. (Revised August 2003.)
- July 28, 1997
- Article
Unraveling the Workings of Monetary Policy
Stein, Jeremy, and Anil Kashyap. "Unraveling the Workings of Monetary Policy." Mastering Finance Series Financial Times (July 28, 1997), 2–4.
- November 2000
- Article
Patent Policy Innovations: A Clinical Examination
By: Josh Lerner
Lerner, Josh. "Patent Policy Innovations: A Clinical Examination." Vanderbilt Law Review 53 (November 2000): 1841–1856.
- February 1992 (Revised May 1993)
- Case
Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies
By: Lynn S. Paine
Paine, Lynn S. "Competitive Information Policy at United Technologies." Harvard Business School Case 392-091, February 1992. (Revised May 1993.)
- 2006
- Chapter
Policy Implications of Weak Property Rights
By: James Anton, Hillary Greene and Dennis Yao
Anton, James, Hillary Greene, and Dennis Yao. "Policy Implications of Weak Property Rights." In Innovation Policy and the Economy, Volume 6, edited by Adam B. Jaffe, Josh Lerner, and Scott Stern, 1–26. MIT Press, 2006.
- Article
Bringing Probability Judgments into Policy Debates via Forecasting Tournaments
By: Philip E. Tetlock, Barbara A. Mellers and J. Peter Scoblic
Political debates often suffer from vague-verbiage predictions that make it difficult to assess accuracy and improve policy. A tournament sponsored by the U.S. intelligence community revealed ways in which forecasters can better use probability estimates to make... View Details
Keywords: Tournaments; Politics; Depolarization; Knowledge Creation; Forecasting and Prediction; Government and Politics
Tetlock, Philip E., Barbara A. Mellers, and J. Peter Scoblic. "Bringing Probability Judgments into Policy Debates via Forecasting Tournaments." Science 355, no. 6324 (February 3, 2017): 481–483.
- Article
The Wage Policy of a Firm
By: George P. Baker, Michael Gibbs and Bengt Holmstrom
Baker, George P., Michael Gibbs, and Bengt Holmstrom. "The Wage Policy of a Firm." Quarterly Journal of Economics 109, no. 4 (November 1994).
- Article
Dividend Policy inside the Multinational Firm
By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.
Desai, Mihir A., C. Fritz Foley, and James R. Hines Jr. "Dividend Policy inside the Multinational Firm." Financial Management 36, no. 1 (Spring 2007). (Winner of Pearson/Prentice Hall Prize for Best Paper in Financial Management For the best paper published in Financial Management in the previous two years presented by Financial Management Association.)
- November 1983
- Article
Supply Shocks, Sticky Prices and Monetary Policy
By: J. J. Rotemberg
Rotemberg, J. J. "Supply Shocks, Sticky Prices and Monetary Policy." Journal of Money, Credit & Banking 15, no. 4 (November 1983): 433–435.
- January 2008
- Article
Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus
By: Zoltan J. Acs, Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson and William C. Strange
Like all politics, all entrepreneurship is local. Individuals launch firms and, if successful, expand their enterprises to other locations. But new firms must start somewhere, even if their businesses are conducted largely or exclusively on the Internet. Likewise,... View Details
Keywords: Business Headquarters; Business Startups; Development Economics; Economy; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Taxation; Growth and Development Strategy; Product Development; Business Processes; Expansion; Internet
Acs, Zoltan J., Edward L. Glaeser, Robert E. Litan, Lee Fleming, Stephan J. Goetz, William R. Kerr, Steven Klepper, Stuart S. Rosenthal, Olav Sorenson, and William C. Strange. "Entrepreneurship and Urban Success: Toward a Policy Consensus." Kauffman Foundation Research Report (January 2008).
- May 1995 (Revised February 1996)
- Case
Phillips Petroleum Co. and Norwegian Oil Policy
By: Willis M. Emmons III and Atte Almas
Emmons, Willis M., III, and Atte Almas. "Phillips Petroleum Co. and Norwegian Oil Policy." Harvard Business School Case 795-034, May 1995. (Revised February 1996.)
- 02 Dec 2009
- What Do You Think?
Should Immigration Policies Be More Welcoming to Low-Skilled Workers?
Gupta commented that responses to the question of whether immigration policies should be more welcoming to low-skilled workers assumed that the issue was limited to the United States. Gupta reminds us that it could just as well have... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
- 03 Aug 2011
- Working Paper Summaries