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- 2018
- Working Paper
Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality
By: Suresh Nallareddy, Ethan Rouen and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato
This paper studies the effects of corporate tax changes on income inequality. Using state corporate tax rate changes as a setting, we show that cutting state corporate tax rates leads to increases in income inequality. This result is robust to using regression and...
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Nallareddy, Suresh, Ethan Rouen, and Juan Carlos Suárez Serrato. "Corporate Tax Cuts Increase Income Inequality." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 18-101, May 2018.
- 02 Apr 2014
- What Do You Think?
Has the Post-Capitalist Economy Finally Arrived?
era of capitalism will bring. Tom Dolembo commented that "the revolution that is occurring is a shift of cost from production View Details
- July 2005 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Paper and More (A)
Provides a context and exercise for introducing retail inventory management, including cost optimization, service-level criteria, and forecasting in single and multiproduct settings. The owner of a single-location paper and paper products store considers the...
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Keywords:
Cost Management;
Measurement and Metrics;
Logistics;
Sales;
Expansion;
Consumer Products Industry;
Retail Industry
Watson, Noel H. "Paper and More (A)." Harvard Business School Case 606-023, July 2005. (Revised January 2009.)
- 17 Dec 2020
- Video
Top 5 Cold Call Podcast Episodes for 2020
- Mar 2012
- Article
The Incentive Bubble
The past three decades have seen American capitalism quietly transformed by a single, powerful idea--that financial markets are a suitable tool for measuring performance and structuring compensation. Stock instruments for managers,...
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- 25 Apr 2014
- Video
Ella Aglipay Delio - Making A Difference
- May 2009
- Article
Lobbies and Technology Diffusion
By: Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn
This paper explores whether lobbies slow down technology diffusion. To answer this question, we exploit the differential effect of various institutional attributes that should affect the costs of erecting barriers when the new technology has a technologically close...
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Comin, Diego, and Bart Hobijn. "Lobbies and Technology Diffusion." Review of Economics and Statistics 91, no. 2 (May 2009): 229–244.
- November 2008 (Revised January 2009)
- Case
Arcapita - 2002
In 2002, Arcapita Bank, B.S.C., then known as First Islamic Investment Bank, or FIIB, faced a liquidity crunch. Aracapita offered Islamic-compliant private equity, real estate, and venture capital products. In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attack, however, Islamic...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Private Equity;
Financial Liquidity;
Investment;
Globalized Firms and Management;
National Security;
Religion;
Financial Services Industry
El-Hage, Nabil N., and Leslie Pierson. "Arcapita - 2002." Harvard Business School Case 209-023, November 2008. (Revised January 2009.)
- October 2009
- Case
Noble Group
By: C. Fritz Foley, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Matthew Johnson and Linnea Meyer
What role does trade finance play in facilitating global supply chain management? Richard S. Elman, founder and CEO of Noble Group Ltd., a global commodities trading company based in Hong Kong, must raise capital to support the firm's working capital and investment...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Capital;
Financing and Loans;
International Finance;
Globalized Firms and Management;
Risk Management;
Supply Chain Management;
Hong Kong
Foley, C. Fritz, Michael Shih-ta Chen, Matthew Johnson, and Linnea Meyer. "Noble Group." Harvard Business School Case 210-021, October 2009.
- July 2001 (Revised March 2002)
- Case
Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., The
By: Andre F. Perold and Austin K Scee
NASDAQ's mission "to facilitate capital formation" is threatened by the emergence of Electronic Communication Networks, which are not as heavily regulated by the SEC. This case reviews the development of NASDAQ and its evolution from a loose network of broker-dealers...
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Keywords:
Capital Markets;
Stocks;
Financial Markets;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Innovation Strategy;
Performance Efficiency;
Perspective
Perold, Andre F., and Austin K Scee. "Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., The." Harvard Business School Case 202-008, July 2001. (Revised March 2002.)
- February 2024
- Case
Korea Venture Investment Corporation
By: Paul A. Gompers and Billy Chan
Paul Gompers, pgompers@hbs.edu; Billy Chan, bchan@hbs.edu; Andrew Mickle, amickle@hbs.edu
3/6/2024
Yes
venture capital, fund of funds, startup, startup ecosystem, south korea, han river zium, big basin capital, capstone partners
Entrepreneurship; business...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Society;
Finance;
Investment;
Financial Services Industry;
Asia;
South Korea
- 10 Oct 2013
- Working Paper Summaries
Managing Churn to Maximize Profits
- March 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Case
Village Ventures
By: Noam T. Wasserman, G. Felda Hardymon, Christopher Rogers and Ann Leamon
Matt Harris, general partner and founder of Village Ventures, a nationwide umbrella organization for VC firms in secondary cities, is about to negotiate with the general partner of one of the organization's most successful funds. Describes the costs and benefits of the...
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Wasserman, Noam T., G. Felda Hardymon, Christopher Rogers, and Ann Leamon. "Village Ventures." Harvard Business School Case 806-080, March 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- 16 Jan 2019
- News
Employers Are Clueless When It Comes To Family Caregiving
- September 1990 (Revised November 1991)
- Case
Merck & Co., Inc. (B)
In late 1986, Merck revised its performance review and pay practices. The most important change was a shift from an absolute rating system to a forced-distribution system in which managers are forced to adhere to a given distribution of performance ratings. Other major...
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Murphy, Kevin J. "Merck & Co., Inc. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 491-006, September 1990. (Revised November 1991.)
- 03 Mar 2014
- HBS Case
Decommoditizing the Canned Tomato
in the canned goods aisle of a stateside supermarket? That's one of the questions Mary L. Shelman, director of Harvard Business School's Agribusiness Program, explores in the...
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- 2001
- Working Paper
Airbus vs. Boeing in Superjumbos: Credibility and Preemption
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Pankaj Ghemawat
In December 2000, Airbus formally committed to spend $12 billion to develop and launch a 555-seat superjumbo plane known as the A380. Prior to and after Airbus’ commitment, Boeing started and canceled several initiatives aimed at developing a “stretch jumbo” with...
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Esty, Benjamin C., and Pankaj Ghemawat. "Airbus vs. Boeing in Superjumbos: Credibility and Preemption." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 02-061, February 2002.
- July 2008 (Revised January 2012)
- Case
Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)
By: Anette Mikes
An early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management, energy giant Hydro One anticipated new threats and opportunities in an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewable...
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Keywords:
Capital Budgeting;
Knowledge Sharing;
Managerial Roles;
Risk Management;
Strategic Planning;
Situation or Environment;
Environmental Sustainability;
Renewable Energy;
Energy Industry
Mikes, Anette. "Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-001, July 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
- Fall 2022
- Article
China's Political Economy and International Backlash: From Interdependence to Security Dilemma Dynamics
By: Margaret Pearson, Meg Rithmire and Kellee Tsai
Contrary to expectations that economic interdependence might lessen security conflict between China and the U.S. and its allies, much of the contestation between China and several OECD countries has focused on firms and economic links. This paper explains the...
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Pearson, Margaret, Meg Rithmire, and Kellee Tsai. "China's Political Economy and International Backlash: From Interdependence to Security Dilemma Dynamics." International Security 47, no. 2 (Fall 2022): 135–176.