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      • April 2025
      • Article

      Transitioning Into Retirement: The Interplay of Self and Life Structure

      By: Marcy Crary, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Kathy E. Kram, Teresa M. Amabile and Lotte Bailyn
      This paper explores the psychological, social, and behavioral ways in which professionals end their corporate careers and reorient themselves and their lives in the transition from employment to retirement. Framed within life course theory, specifically the adult... View Details
      Keywords: Retirement; Behavior; Transition; Identity
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      Crary, Marcy, Douglas T. (Tim) Hall, Kathy E. Kram, Teresa M. Amabile, and Lotte Bailyn. "Transitioning Into Retirement: The Interplay of Self and Life Structure." Working, Aging and Retirement 11, no. 2 (April 2025): 175–196.
      • 2024
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      Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You

      By: Teresa M. Amabile, Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall and Kathy E. Kram
      Retirement, as a major life transition, can be both thrilling and challenging in unexpected ways. Written by acclaimed authors in the fields of business leadership, careers, and work, this book goes beyond the typical financial and health-related advice on retirement,... View Details
      Keywords: Retirement
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      Amabile, Teresa M., Lotte Bailyn, Marcy Crary, Douglas T. Hall, and Kathy E. Kram. Retiring: Creating a Life That Works for You. Routledge, 2024.
      • June 12, 2023
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      The Limits of Capacity Building for Investment Contract Negotiations

      By: Karl P. Sauvant, Vanessa Sze Wai Tsang and Louis T. Wells
      Developing countries must negotiate the best possible investment contracts with foreign investors at the outset. Donor organizations regularly push for “capacity building” to create technical expertise for negotiations within host country governments. But building and... View Details
      Keywords: International Finance; Contracts; Negotiation
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      Sauvant, Karl P., Vanessa Sze Wai Tsang, and Louis T. Wells. "The Limits of Capacity Building for Investment Contract Negotiations." Columbia FDI Perspectives, no. 359 (June 12, 2023).
      • 2022
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Got 'Critical Minerals'? Hooray! But Be Careful

      By: Louis T. Wells
      When a country has “critical minerals,” certain issues require special attention in the country’s mining legislation or while negotiating contracts with potential mining investors. As well, to obtain maximum benefit the government should prepare for negotiations with... View Details
      Keywords: Critical Minerals; Foreign Direct Investment; International Relations; Mining Industry
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      Wells, Louis T. "Got 'Critical Minerals'? Hooray! But Be Careful." Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 338, August 2022.
      • 2022
      • Other Unpublished Work

      ISDS Constrains Government Actions to Reduce Climate Change

      By: Louis T. Wells
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      Wells, Louis T. "ISDS Constrains Government Actions to Reduce Climate Change." Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), April 2022. (Part of: Investment Treaties and Climate Change: OECD Public Consultation, January-March 2022.)
      • 2021
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right

      By: Louis T. Wells and Karl P. Sauvant
      Gone are the days when governments could easily renegotiate natural resource and other investment contracts if foreign investors, e.g., reaped bonanzas from rising resource prices, surprisingly rich discoveries, or terms that were too favorable. Today, international... View Details
      Keywords: Governance; Investment; Contracts; Natural Resources; Negotiation; Global Range
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      Wells, Louis T., and Karl P. Sauvant. "Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right." Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 298, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, February 2021.
      • February 2018
      • Case

      Montes Calcados: A Step Ahead

      By: James L. Heskett and James T. Kindley
      Montes Calçados (MC) is a well-known "fast-fashion" Brazilian manufacturer of casual, but fashionable, shoes for women aged 18–35 in major cities worldwide. To boost its declining revenues, MC must evaluate two growth options: whether to expand distribution online (at... View Details
      Keywords: Brands and Branding; Distribution Channels; Growth and Development Strategy; Marketing Strategy; Global Range; Apparel and Accessories Industry; Retail Industry
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      Heskett, James L., and James T. Kindley. "Montes Calcados: A Step Ahead." Harvard Business School Brief Case 918-513, February 2018.
      • May 2017
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      Behavioral Processes in Long-Lag Interventions

      By: Dale T. Miller, Jennifer E. Dannals and Julian Zlatev
      We argue that psychologists who conduct experiments with long lags between the manipulation and the outcome measure should pay more attention to behavioral processes that intervene between the manipulation and the outcome measure. Neglect of such processes, we contend,... View Details
      Keywords: Field Experiments; Interventions; Behavioral Mediation; Theories Of Change; Longitudinal Studies; Behavior; Research; Change; Theory
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      Miller, Dale T., Jennifer E. Dannals, and Julian Zlatev. "Behavioral Processes in Long-Lag Interventions." Perspectives on Psychological Science 12, no. 3 (May 2017): 454–467.
      • 2016
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      Should Governments Demand Equity in Foreign-Owned Extractive Projects?

      By: Louis T. Wells
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      Wells, Louis T. "Should Governments Demand Equity in Foreign-Owned Extractive Projects?" In A Commitment to Law, Development and Public Policy: A Festschrift in Honour of Nana Dr. SKB Asante, edited by Richard Frimpong Oppong and Kissi Agyebeng. London: Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing, 2016.
      • 2016
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      Third World Multinationals: A Retrospective

      By: Louis T. Wells
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      Wells, Louis T. "Third World Multinationals: A Retrospective." In The Challenge of BRIC Multinationals. Vol. 11, edited by Rob Van Tulder, Alain Verbeke, Jorge Carneiro, and Maria-Alejandra Gonzalez-Perez. Progress in International Business Research. Emerald Group Publishing, 2016. (Tribute Volume: Louis T. Wells.)
      • 2015
      • Working Paper

      Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions

      By: Robert C. Merton and Robert T. Thakor
      Financial institutions have both investors and customers. Investors, such as those who invest in stocks and bonds or private/public-sector guarantors of institutions, expect an appropriate risk-adjusted return in exchange for the financing and risk-bearing that they... View Details
      Keywords: Financial Institutions
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      Merton, Robert C., and Robert T. Thakor. "Customers and Investors: A Framework for Understanding Financial Institutions." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 21258, June 2015.
      • 2014
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      Comments

      By: Louis T. Wells
      Keywords: Infrastructure Finance
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      Wells, Louis T. "Comments." In Resource Financed Infrastructure: A Discussion on a New Form of Infrastructure Financing, by Havard Halland, John Beardsworth, Bryan Land, and James Schmidt, 83–86. Washington, DC: World Bank, 2014.
      • 2014
      • Other Unpublished Work

      Government-held Equity in Foreign Investment Projects: Good for Host Countries?

      By: Louis T. Wells
      Host governments have often sought some equity in mining and other foreign investment projects, but as shareholders they have rarely gained what they anticipated. Only in special cases might the benefits to governments outweigh the risks and often unanticipated costs... View Details
      Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Equity; Business and Government Relations
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      Wells, Louis T. "Government-held Equity in Foreign Investment Projects: Good for Host Countries?" Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 114, Vale Columbia Center on Sustainable International Investment, February 2014.
      • 2013
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      Infrastructure for Ore: Benefits and Costs of a Not-So-Original Idea

      By: Louis T. Wells
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      Wells, Louis T. "Infrastructure for Ore: Benefits and Costs of a Not-So-Original Idea." Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 96, June 2013.
      • September 2011
      • Teaching Note

      Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business and Caselets (Abridged)(TN)

      By: Louis T. Wells
      Teaching Note for 700-055 and 707-052. View Details
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      Wells, Louis T. "Caselets: Bribery and Extortion in International Business and Caselets (Abridged)(TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 712-017, September 2011.
      • September 2011
      • Teaching Note

      Japan: The Miracle Years (TN)

      By: Louis T. Wells
      Teaching Note for 702-014. View Details
      Keywords: Growth and Development; Policy; Performance; Economic Growth; Governance Controls; Japan
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      Wells, Louis T. "Japan: The Miracle Years (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 712-007, September 2011.
      • September 2011
      • Teaching Note

      Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute (TN)

      By: Louis T. Wells
      Teaching Note for 705-019. View Details
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Negotiation; Contracts; Rights; Strategy; Utilities Industry; Argentina; France
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      Wells, Louis T. "Aguas Argentinas: Settling a Dispute (TN)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 712-018, September 2011.
      • spring 2011
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      Art and Expatriates in Liberia

      By: Louis T. Wells
      Keywords: Arts; Demography; Liberia
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      Wells, Louis T. "Art and Expatriates in Liberia." Tribal Art 55, nos. 14:2 (spring 2011).
      • 2010
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      Property Rights for Foreign Capital: Sovereign Debt and Private Direct Investment in Times of Crisis

      By: Louis T. Wells
      Keywords: Property; Rights; International Finance; Capital; Sovereign Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Financial Crisis
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      Wells, Louis T. "Property Rights for Foreign Capital: Sovereign Debt and Private Direct Investment in Times of Crisis." Chap. 12 in The Yearbook on International Investment Law and Policy 2009-2010, edited by Karl Sauvant, 477–504. New York: Oxford University Press, 2010.
      • October 2010
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      The Emerging Global Regime for Investment:: A Response to Jeswald W. Salacuse, 'The Emerging Global Regime for Investment' in Harvard International Law Journal vol. 51, no. 2 (2010): 427

      By: Louis T. Wells
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      Wells, Louis T. "The Emerging Global Regime for Investment: A Response to Jeswald W. Salacuse, 'The Emerging Global Regime for Investment' in Harvard International Law Journal vol. 51, no. 2 (2010): 427." Harvard International Law Journal 52 (October 2010).
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