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When Research Should Come with a Warning Label

Harvard Business Review

In fact, the four systematic reviews from 2012 onwards all found mostly positive associations; none were funded by industry. Can a review in 2007 be criticized as biased for not including a study published in 2012? Now, you might find it odd that this was ever an open debate. But what about peer review?

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Crowdfunding’s Big-Bang Moment

Harvard Business Review

But those impressive numbers may be eclipsed by a revolution in venture financing that is only being held back by final government approval: start-ups raising actual investment funds from individuals in exchange for equity or a share of profits. How big a deal is this “democratization” of finance? Last week, the U.S.

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The Conversation We Should Be Having About Corporate Taxes

Harvard Business Review

company takes on the legal identity of foreign subsidiary, usually in order to reduce its taxes — has become about as controversial as corporate finance topics get. The corporate inversion — when a U.S. President Obama has called such transactions “unpatriotic.” Businesses.” Like what kind of entities?