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22 Mar 2016
First Look

March 22, 2016

forthcoming World Scientific Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets By: Iyer, Lakshmi Abstract—Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

June 2013
Supplement

Multiasistencia: Redefining the Relationship with its Service Professionals. Spreadsheet Supplement

By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez

Multiasistencia, a major Spanish BPO of insurance repairs, is changing the relational contract with its service profesionals from a referral model to a guaranteed workload one. View Details

Keywords: Outsourcing; Incentives; Relational Contracts; Business Model; Motivation and Incentives; Job Cuts and Outsourcing; Contracts; Insurance Industry; Spain

22 Feb 2022
Research & Ideas

When Will the Hot Housing Market Finally Start to Cool?

The United States housing market is tight and expensive and shows no signs of easing. Existing home sales hit a 15-year high in 2021, with 6.12 million sold, a jump of 8.5 percent, according to the National... View Details

Keywords: by Christine Pazzanese, Harvard Gazette

11 Sep 2019
Research & Ideas

Germany May Have the Answer for Reducing Drug Prices

has been studying health care innovation for more than a decade, conducted her most recent research alongside Aaron S. Kesselheim and Ameet Sarpatwari from the Program on Regulation, Therapeutics, and View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

04 May 2010
First Look

First Look: May 4

reformulated in light of the new data, methodology, and findings presented in this study. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/10-072.pdf Cases & Course MaterialsReal Blue? Viagra and... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

January 2001 (Revised April 2001)
Teaching Note

Lawyers & Leases TN

By: Richard G. Hamermesh and Michele Lutz

Teaching Note for (9-801-166). View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Negotiation; Entrepreneurship; Internet and the Web; Education; Education Industry

February 2006 (Revised February 2009)
Case

AIDS in Brazil

By: Rohit Deshpande and Ricardo Reisen de Pinho

Abbott Labs has reached an impasse with the Brazilian government in negotiations over the pricing of a new anti-AIDS drug, Kaletra. The Brazilian government threatens compulsory licensing unless Abbott drastically reduces the price of Kaletra. View Details

Keywords: Price; Government and Politics; Health Care and Treatment; Health Disorders; Rights; Negotiation; Business and Government Relations; Pharmaceutical Industry; Brazil

March 2000
Article

The Structure of Licensing Contracts

By: B. Anand and T. Khanna

Keywords: Contracts

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22 Nov 2016
First Look

November 22, 2016

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=50058 Fall 2016 Administrative & Regulatory Law News The Integrity of Private Third-party Compliance Monitoring By: Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2009 (Revised July 2010)
Case

iZumi

By: Robert F. Higgins, Jacob Ian Broder-Fingert, Eliot Sherman and Sidhartha Palani

Presents the issues faced while building an innovative company in an emerging space with new intellectual property from the perspective of a venture capitalist. Beth Seidenberg, a partner at the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB), had helped... View Details

Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Globalized Markets and Industries; Innovation and Management; Intellectual Property; Rights; Genetics; Financial Services Industry; Health Industry

July 1999 (Revised December 2005)
Case

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (F)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry

July 1999
Case

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (C)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry

July 1999 (Revised April 2001)
Case

Quickturn Design Systems, Inc. (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Katharina Pick

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Patents; Governing and Advisory Boards; Behavior; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizations; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Service Industry

February 2002
Background Note

States vs. Microsoft, The

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Gillian Morris

Although the federal Justice Department managed to settle its massive antitrust litigation against Microsoft in 2001, the state suit against the company continued. State attorney generals, perhaps emboldened by their recent victory over the Big Five tobacco companies,... View Details

Keywords: Service Operations; Public Ownership; Private Ownership; Negotiation Deal; Goals and Objectives; Lawsuits and Litigation; Decision Making; Information Industry; Legal Services Industry

07 Aug 2012
First Look

First Look: August 7

Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge Authors:Bo Becker, Guhan Subramanian, and Daniel B. Bergstresser Publication:Journal of Law and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

2002
Working Paper

Legal Risk as a Determinant of Syndicate Structure in the Project Finance Loan Market

By: Benjamin C. Esty and William L. Megginson

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Project Finance; Financing and Loans; Legal Liability

09 Nov 2010
First Look

First Look: November 9, 2010

Academy, business schools, medical schools, law schools, military institutions, and research centers. This workshop is intended to serve as a catalyst for global leadership development at the highest levels... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 24, 2024
Editorial

Absolute Presidential Immunity Threatens National Security

By: Louis Caldera, George W. Casey Jr., Thad Allen, Deborah Lee James, Carlton Fulford, Craig McKinley, Sean O'Keefe and John Jumper

Keywords: Government Administration; Lawfulness; National Security