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- 2010
- Working Paper
Law and Finance c. 1900
By: Aldo Musacchio
How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world...
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Musacchio, Aldo. "Law and Finance c. 1900." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 16216, July 2010.
- March 2006
- Background Note
Business, Law, and Society: The Systems Approach to Law and Management
Presents the systems approach to law and management, a construct for understanding how public law affects the competitive environment and a firm's resources. Describes how the legally astute manager can use legal tools to assess opportunities, develop the firm's value...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Business, Law, and Society: The Systems Approach to Law and Management." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-086, March 2006.
- 2019
- Chapter
Fiduciary Law and Financial Regulation
By: Howell E. Jackson and Talia B Gillis
Jackson, Howell E., and Talia B Gillis. "Fiduciary Law and Financial Regulation." In The Oxford Handbook of Fiduciary Law, edited by Evan J. Criddle, Paul B. Miller, and Robert H. Sitkoff. New York: Oxford University Press, 2019.
- January 2008 (Revised November 2009)
- Supplement
China's Evolving Labor Laws (B)
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Aldo Sesia Jr.
The (B) case describes how the various business groups responded to the Chinese government's invitation to submit comments on its draft labor contract law and details the ensuing global controversy. The (B) case also describes changes made to the working draft and...
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Keywords:
Government Legislation;
Labor;
Contracts;
Laws and Statutes;
Business and Government Relations;
Labor and Management Relations;
Conflict and Resolution;
China
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Aldo Sesia Jr. "China's Evolving Labor Laws (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 308-093, January 2008. (Revised November 2009.)
- February 2000 (Revised March 2004)
- Case
Venture Law Group (A)
By: Thomas J. DeLong, Ashish Nanda and Scott D Landry
Craig Johnson, Venture Law Group's (VLG) chairman, founded VLG in 1993 with a goal of "zero voluntary turnover." In late 1998, Johnson faces the departure of three important partners, prompting himself to ask what VLG can do in the midst of an "economic hurricane" that...
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Keywords:
Business Model;
Customer Relationship Management;
Partners and Partnerships;
Retention;
Legal Services Industry
DeLong, Thomas J., Ashish Nanda, and Scott D Landry. "Venture Law Group (A)." Harvard Business School Case 800-065, February 2000. (Revised March 2004.)
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization
This text offers a unique real-world perspective on laws related to business organization. Logical and flexible chapters can be taught in any order to accommodate alternative teaching approaches. Chapters One through Four cover the fundamentals of organizational law in...
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- 2009
- Book
Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization
By: William T. Allen, Reinier H. Kraakman and Guhan Subramanian
Updated throughout, the Third Edition of Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization continues to provide a refreshingly accessible economic analysis perspective. The distinguished team of authors introduces and explains economic concepts in a way...
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Allen, William T., Reinier H. Kraakman, and Guhan Subramanian. Commentaries and Cases on the Law of Business Organization. 3rd ed. Aspen Publishing, 2009.
- September 2008 (Revised October 2008)
- Background Note
Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU
By: Robert C. Pozen and Elizabeth Leonard
This note reviews the basic rules for copyright protection in both the U.S. and the EU. It outlines the works and rights protected, the fair use and first-sale limitations on copyright, as well as the application of these rules to software, video, recordings, and...
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Keywords:
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Copyright;
Laws and Statutes;
European Union;
United States
Pozen, Robert C., and Elizabeth Leonard. "Copyright Law in the U.S. and EU." Harvard Business School Background Note 309-052, September 2008. (Revised October 2008.)
- June 2002
- Article
The Influence of Anti-Takeover Statutes on Incorporation Choice: Evidence on the 'Race' Debate and Antitakeover Overreaching
Subramanian, Guhan. "The Influence of Anti-Takeover Statutes on Incorporation Choice: Evidence on the 'Race' Debate and Antitakeover Overreaching." University of Pennsylvania Law Review 150, no. 6 (June 2002).
- 30 May 2019
- Working Paper Summaries
US Antitrust Law and Policy in Historical Perspective
- February 2000 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Forever: De Beers and U.S. Antitrust Law
By: Debora L. Spar and Jennifer Burns
For over a century, the international diamond market has been dominated by one of the most successful cartels on earth. Run by the legendary De Beers Corp., the cartel has managed to keep diamond prices increasing and to prevent the defection that dooms most other...
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Keywords:
Lawfulness;
Monopoly;
Luxury;
Business and Government Relations;
Consumer Products Industry;
Mining Industry;
Africa;
United States
Spar, Debora L., and Jennifer Burns. "Forever: De Beers and U.S. Antitrust Law." Harvard Business School Case 700-082, February 2000. (Revised September 2002.)
- Fast Answer
Bloomberg Law
Does Baker Library Bloomberg terminals have access to Bloomberg Law? Yes- enter BLAW and follow menus.
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- spring 1993
- Article
Highly Levered Transactions and Fraudulent Conveyance Law
By: Timothy A. Luehrman and Lance Lloyd Hirt
Keywords:
Laws and Statutes
Luehrman, Timothy A., and Lance Lloyd Hirt. "Highly Levered Transactions and Fraudulent Conveyance Law." Continental Bank Journal of Applied Corporate Finance 6, no. 1 (spring 1993): 104–15.
- 2021
- Government Testimony
How Health Care Consolidation Is Contributing to Higher Prices and Spending, and Reforms That Could Bolster Antitrust Enforcement and Preserve and Promote Competition in Health Care Markets
By: Leemore S. Dafny
Reforms to antitrust law and enforcement can help to address rising healthcare prices and spending.
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Keywords:
Antitrust Law;
Health Care and Treatment;
Consolidation;
Price;
Spending;
Cost Management;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Competition;
United States
Dafny, Leemore S. "How Health Care Consolidation Is Contributing to Higher Prices and Spending, and Reforms That Could Bolster Antitrust Enforcement and Preserve and Promote Competition in Health Care Markets." Government Testimony, Washington, DC, United States, April 2021.
- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Warren Law Remembered
baeaf807ff44b783a02acf3d1d6a1e8a Warren A. Law, the Edmund Cogswell Converse Professor of Finance and Banking, Emeritus, at Harvard Business School, died at his home in Belmont, Massachusetts, in December. He was 79 years old. “Warren...
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- February 2009 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)
By: Robert G. Eccles and Catherine Zhang
Shanghai Diligence Law Firm, started in January 2006, is a rapidly growing law firm in China's burgeoning legal services market. In addition to the usual challenges facing all professional service firms (picking and retaining talent and building a desired client...
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Keywords:
Business Startups;
Compensation and Benefits;
Retention;
Growth and Development Strategy;
Service Operations;
Motivation and Incentives;
Legal Services Industry;
China
Eccles, Robert G., and Catherine Zhang. "Shanghai Diligence Law Firm (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-065, February 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
- March 1983
- Background Note
EEC Co. Law Harmonization and Accounting--1983
By: William J. Bruns Jr.
Bruns, William J., Jr. "EEC Co. Law Harmonization and Accounting--1983." Harvard Business School Background Note 183-181, March 1983.
- 21 Nov 2014
- HBS Conference
The History of Law and Business Organization
- February 2008 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Lara Adamsons
This note provides an introduction to the law of sexual harassment. It has three parts. Part One describes the laws on harassment in the United States. Part Two explores controversial and emerging aspects of the American legal framework. Part Three gives a brief...
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Keywords:
Social Issues;
Laws and Statutes;
Policy;
Gender;
Asia;
Latin America;
United States;
Europe
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Lara Adamsons. "Note on the Law of Sexual Harassment." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-096, February 2008. (Revised August 2008.)
- Article
Does the Law and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History?
By: Aldo Musacchio and John D. Turner
For the body of work known as the law and finance literature, the development of
financial markets and the concentration of ownership across countries is to a large
extent the consequence of the legal system nations created or inherited decades or
hundreds of years...
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Keywords:
Finance;
Business History;
Financial Markets;
Financial History;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Law;
Financial Services Industry;
United States;
United Kingdom;
Brazil
Musacchio, Aldo, and John D. Turner. "Does the Law and Finance Hypothesis Pass the Test of History?" Special Issue on Law and Finance: A Business History Perspective. Business History 55, no. 4 (June 2013): 524–542.