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Knowledge@Wharton
September 24, 2003 |
Collapse in Cancun: The World Trade Agenda Gets Sidetracked Despite a recognition that free trade in theory leads to greater global prosperity, participants at Cancun fell into two general, and opposing, camps.   |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Dadush & Nielson |
Governing Global Trade The multilateral system that has underpinned world trade for over 50 years is facing serious challenges. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Anne McGuirk |
The Doha Development Agenda The launch of a new trade round in Doha last November was a major breakthrough following the debacle in Seattle in 1999. The new round places the needs and interests of developing countries at the heart of its work, but a successful outcome is by no means a foregone conclusion. |
Job Journal
December 7, 2003
Michael Kinsman |
The Arbitration Option More and more workplace disputes are going to arbitration. |
Finance & Development
March 1, 2003 |
Book reviews The Ills of Aid: An Analysis of Third-World Development Policies, by Eberhard Reusse... Efficiency, Equity, and Legitimacy: The Multilateral Trading System at the Millennium... Globalization and the Politics of Development in the Middle East... etc. |
Finance & Development
December 1, 2007
Boughton & Bradford |
Global Governance: New Players, New Rules The financial turbulence of 2007 illustrates -- not for the first time -- both the benefits and the risks of financial globalization. Here's why the 20th-century model needs a makeover. |
National Defense
September 2015
Kopp & Bhatia |
U.S. Cracking Down on Defense Industry Corruption Overseas The race for international sales during the past few years has been followed by a wave of government investigations into defense companies for both major and relatively minor violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. |
HBS Working Knowledge
April 25, 2014 |
To Pay or Not to Pay: Argentina and the International Debt Market Finance Professor Laura Alfaro, who served as Minister of National Planning and Economic Policy in Costa Rica, recommends a radical solution sure to anger banks and fund managers: absolute sovereign immunity. |
HBS Working Knowledge
August 7, 2006
Sean Silverthorne |
Whatever Happened to Caveat Emptor? In many world nations, consumers enjoy vast protections that are relatively new on the scene. Why the rapid rise in consumer protectionism? Why do these efforts vary from country to country? A discussion with professor Gunnar Trumbull on his new book, Consumer Capitalism. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Mar/Apr 2004
John A. Sherrill |
Legal Briefs Commercial real estate companies are turning to alternative dispute resolution to solve disagreements with partners, suppliers, customers, and other professionals with whom they have contractual relationships. |
IndustryWeek
June 23, 2010 |
TradeTension As the volume of world trade grows, trade disagreements also are growing in complexity and number. Here are some key trade disputes that manufacturers should have on their radar. |
HBS Working Knowledge
May 17, 2010
Sean Silverthorne |
What Brazil Teaches About Investor Protection When Brazil entered the 20th century, its companies were a model of transparency and offered investor protections that government did not. Can our financial regulators learn a lesson from history? |
BusinessWeek
August 25, 2003
Michael Shari |
Jakarta: "We're Going to Fight" Terror Economics czar Kuntjoro-Jakti acknowledges the challenge but says: "We fought this kind of terrorism in the '50s, and we won." |
BusinessWeek
July 4, 2005 |
Yudhoyono's "Triple-Track Strategy" Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono talks about raising growth, creating jobs, and alleviating poverty. Plus: His take on corruption and terrorism. |
IndustryWeek
April 1, 2004
Jill Jusko |
The Two Sides Of Trade Manufacturers are full of praise and criticism as the WTO's influence spreads. Meanwhile the 146-member group finds itself at a crucial crossroads as globalization alters the trade landscape. |
HBS Working Knowledge
September 26, 2005
Jeswald W. Salacuse |
You Cut a Bad Deal. Now What? Renegotiations generally are triggered by an imperfect contract or changed circumstances. These suggestions on handling either situation are taken from the book "The Global Negotiator: Making, Managing, and Mending Deals Around the World in the Twenty-First Century." |
Registered Rep.
June 24, 2015
Gregory Taggart |
FATCA And The New Era of Global Transparency It's taken some time, but it's harder for U.S. citizens to hold foreign accounts away from the eyes of the IRS. |
Entrepreneur
October 2003
Jane Easter Bahls |
Ties That Bind Are you within your rights to require employees to sign a binding arbitration agreement? |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2005
Stephen D. Simpson |
Harvest Running Out of Resources Energy company Harvest Natural Resources encounters problems in Venezuela. Investors must be alert to the risks that go hand-in-hand with dealing with rulers like Chavez. |
Inc.
June 2005
Dimitra Kessenides |
Can't We All Get Along? As litigation costs rise, more businesses turn to arbitration. |
BusinessWeek
March 28, 2005
Assif Shameen |
Indonesia: As Growth Heats Up, Buyouts Are Smokin' Multinationals like Philip Morris are moving back into Indonesia |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2009
Steven P. Heller |
Signing Strategies More than ever, real estate deal makers must consider the legal context to understand the precise point at which they do -- and don't -- have enforceable written agreements. |
Finance & Development
September 1, 2002
Peter D. Sutherland |
Why We Should Embrace Globalization For the first time, many companies are operating on a global basis. Although this change has raised fears among some people in both industrial and developing countries, it offers new and exciting opportunities for raising living standards worldwide. |
BusinessWeek
May 31, 2004 |
A Mellower Microsoft in Court? New Microsoft General Counsel Bradford L. Smith says it's seeking settlements as partnerships play a bigger role now for the giant. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Mark Astarita |
Denying Advisors A Legal Forum As part of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act, Congress has given the SEC the authority to prohibit or impose conditions upon the use of pre-dispute arbitration agreements by brokerage firms and federally registered investment advisors. |
Investment Advisor
January 1, 2011
Mark Tibergien |
The Day You Call It A Day The majority of advisors who wish to retire in three years are no more prepared for their exit from the business than those who plan to retire in 10 years. |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
German Government Investigating Google, Facebook The German government has unexpectedly announced plans to investigate Google and Facebook for illegal data transfers. |
Entrepreneur
June 2004
Joshua Kurlantzick |
Trading Up? Free trade deals offer a world of possibility for entrepreneurs. |
