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- March 1984 (Revised October 2005)
- Case
James vs. United States
By: Henry B. Reiling
The U.S. Supreme Court reconsiders two basically inconsistent prior Supreme Court decisions, overrules one and states that illegally acquired income must be reported.
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Courts and Trials;
Crime and Corruption;
Judgments;
Taxation;
Public Administration Industry;
United States
Reiling, Henry B. "James vs. United States." Harvard Business School Case 284-073, March 1984. (Revised October 2005.)
- 27 Sep 2018
- Research & Ideas
Religion in the Workplace: What Managers Need to Know
Workplace, using two high-profile cases of religious discrimination that were argued before the US Supreme Court in recent years: one about a young Muslim woman who battled Abercrombie & Fitch for rejecting her job application because...
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Hype and Suspicion: The Effects of Pretrial Publicity, Race, and Suspicion on Jurors' Verdicts.
By: Steven Fein, Seth J. Morgan, Michael I. Norton and Samuel R. Sommers
Fein, Steven, Seth J. Morgan, Michael I. Norton, and Samuel R. Sommers. "Hype and Suspicion: The Effects of Pretrial Publicity, Race, and Suspicion on Jurors' Verdicts." Journal of Social Issues 53, no. 3 (Fall 1997): 487–502.
- June 2023
- Case
Biogen and the Aduhelm Melee
By: Amitabh Chandra and Lauren Gunasti
Alzheimer's Disease is a devastating condition affecting millions of Americans. At this time, there is no cure. In 2021, Biogen's Aduhelm (aducanumab) received FDA approval under the accelerated approval pathway after a controversial approval process.
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- 14 Aug 2006
- HBS Case
On Managing with Bobby Knight and “Coach K”
a folding chair across the court to protest a referee's call. Mike Krzyzewski, also known as Coach K, leads the men's basketball program at Duke University. Instead of fear, Krzyzewski relies heavily on positive reinforcement, open View Details
- 19 Jun 2019
- News
Connecting Patients and Providers
traveled around the world for 20-minute appointments, but they had received vital advice from specialists in Turin, Helsinki, and Tokyo, where an applicable clinical trial was underway, via the internet....
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April White
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
What that means in China is that if I have to build a road and there are homes in the way, the people in the homes are out of luck. Whereas in India, the government is out of luck because the homeowners will go all the way to the Supreme...
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- 29 Oct 2006
- Research & Ideas
The History and Influence of Andy Grove
forth. If you were stapled to an idea that lost favor in Hungary, it was worth your life. "Put common sense on a pedestal," says Grove. Once again, the direct opposite of the "uncommon nonsense" epitomized by the "virtual" cheering at...
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- March 2008
- Article
Can Civil Law Countries Get Good Institutions? Lessons from the History of Creditor Rights and Bond Markets in Brazil
By: Aldo Musacchio
Does a legal tradition adopted in the distant past constrain a country's ability to provide the protection that investors need for financial markets to develop? This paper contributes to the literature that studies the connection between law and finance by looking at...
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Musacchio, Aldo. "Can Civil Law Countries Get Good Institutions? Lessons from the History of Creditor Rights and Bond Markets in Brazil." Journal of Economic History 68, no. 1 (March 2008): 80–108. (***Winner of the Arthur H. Cole Prize for best paper in the Journal of Economic History, 2007-2008***.)
- 17 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
What's Behind the Unexpected Trump Support from Women
higher education His stand on workplace deregulation raises concerns about continued protection of women’s (and men’s) human and civil rights A reshaped Supreme Court could roll back protections to the...
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by Laura Morgan Roberts and Robin Ely
- 30 Jul 2007
- Research & Ideas
Repugnant Markets and How They Get That Way
Unfair. Undignified. Inappropriate, unprofessional, distasteful—and most of all, repugnant. To the wonder and surprise of Alvin E. Roth, a Harvard economist, these harsh words are often hoisted to describe an important task of his:...
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by Martha Lagace
- October 2005
- Background Note
Tax Impropriety: Judicial Sanctions and Professional Repercussions
By: Henry B. Reiling, Catherine M. Conneely, Frank Bruno and Kevin Wall
Examines the case histories of high-profile individuals who failed to meet their tax obligations, the judicial sanctions carried out against them, and the repercussions on their professional and personal lives.
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Reiling, Henry B., Catherine M. Conneely, Frank Bruno, and Kevin Wall. "Tax Impropriety: Judicial Sanctions and Professional Repercussions." Harvard Business School Background Note 206-036, October 2005.
- February 2019 (Revised September 2019)
- Case
Theranos: The Unicorn That Wasn't
By: Joseph B. Fuller and John Masko
In 2003, 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes founded a startup dedicated to making blood testing easier and more affordable. By 2015, her company, Theranos, was worth $9 billion. It boasted a star-studded board and contracts with national pharmacy and supermarket chains...
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Theranos;
Blood;
Lab Testing;
Fraud;
Holmes;
Balwani;
Shultz;
Carreyrou;
Securities And Exchange Commission;
Food And Drug Administration;
FDA;
SEC;
Health Testing and Trials;
Corporate Accountability;
Organizational Culture;
Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising;
Crime and Corruption;
Entrepreneurship;
Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
Fuller, Joseph B., and John Masko. "Theranos: The Unicorn That Wasn't." Harvard Business School Case 319-068, February 2019. (Revised September 2019.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Personalized Game Design for Improved User Retention and Monetization in Freemium Games
By: Eva Ascarza, Oded Netzer and Julian Runge
One of the most crucial aspects and significant levers that gaming companies possess in designing
digital games is setting the level of difficulty, which essentially regulates the user’s ability to
progress within the game. This aspect is particularly significant in...
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Freemium;
Retention/churn;
Field Experiment;
Field Experiments;
Gaming;
Gaming Industry;
Mobile App;
Mobile App Industry;
Monetization;
Monetization Strategy;
Games, Gaming, and Gambling;
Mobile and Wireless Technology;
Customers;
Retention;
Product Design;
Strategy
Ascarza, Eva, Oded Netzer, and Julian Runge. "Personalized Game Design for Improved User Retention and Monetization in Freemium Games." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-062, November 2020. (Revised December 2023.)
- January 2017
- Article
Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods
By: Dina Pomeranz
Recent years have seen a large expansion in the use of rigorous impact evaluation techniques. Increasingly, public administrations are collaborating with academic economists and other quantitative social scientists to apply such rigorous methods to the study of public...
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Pomeranz, Dina. "Impact Evaluation Methods in Public Economics: A Brief Introduction to Randomized Evaluations and Comparison with Other Methods." Special Issue on Expanding the Frontier of Behavioral Public Economics. Public Finance Review 45, no. 1 (January 2017): 10–43. (Published early online November 5, 2015. Spanish version available by clicking on "Details.")
- September 2020
- Article
Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas: Two-Year Impacts on Coverage, Employment, and Affordability of Care
By: Benjamin D. Sommers, Lucy Chen, Robert J. Blendon, E. John Orav and Arnold M. Epstein
In June 2018 Arkansas became the first U.S. state to implement work requirements in Medicaid, requiring adults ages 30–49 to work twenty hours a week, participate in “community engagement” activities, or qualify for an exemption to maintain coverage. By April 2019,...
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Medicaid;
Health Care Policy;
Health;
Health Care and Treatment;
Policy;
Insurance;
Health Industry;
Arkansas
Sommers, Benjamin D., Lucy Chen, Robert J. Blendon, E. John Orav, and Arnold M. Epstein. "Medicaid Work Requirements in Arkansas: Two-Year Impacts on Coverage, Employment, and Affordability of Care." Health Affairs 39, no. 9 (September 2020).
- Research Summary
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building
The Institutional Foundations of Lending: Indirect Regulation and State-Building makes two main theoretical contributions to the scholarship on credit markets and institutional development. First, the book demonstrates that opportunistic lenders can take...
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- 15 Jun 2021
- News
June 2021 Books and Podcasts
investing and development in “the toughest business in the world” in four acts. Along the way, he offers a compassionate, interdisciplinary perspective on philosophical questions ranging from art and urban...
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- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
rights. Protection of property rights in the country is still poor and a major deterrent to investment. Greece scores just a 3 out of 12 on a World Bank's strength-of-legal-rights index, actually decreasing from 4 in 2007. Tellingly, the...
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by George Serafeim
- December 2002
- Teaching Note
Abgenix and the XenoMouse (TN)
Teaching Note for (501-061).
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