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- 16 Sep 2010
- News
Idea Takes Root
wire. The IIRC deserves better, and here’s why. As Eccles states in his blog, reporting both financial performance and performance in the areas of environmental sustainability, social responsibility, and governance in an integrated...
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- 01 Mar 2004
- News
Reforming Company Boards
Senior executives have taken most of the heat for the headline-grabbing scandals that have rocked corporate America over the past few years. Scott C. Newquist (MBA ’75), president of Board Governance Services, wants to shift some of that...
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Corporate Services
- 19 Sep 2016
- Research & Ideas
Why Isn't Business Research More Relevant to Business Practitioners?
declaring they have told the truth. In 2014, the White House assembled a cross-agency group called the Social and Behavioral Sciences Team, tasked with improving the efficacy of federal programs by leveraging the findings of behavioral...
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- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I...
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by Kathryn Haviland
- November 1986 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd.
Describes the internationalization of the Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) fast food chain, focusing on KFC's entry into Japan. An entrepreneurial country general manager, Lou Weston, battles numerous problems to establish the business and is eventually highly successful....
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Business Subsidiaries;
Entrepreneurship;
Globalized Economies and Regions;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Policy;
Market Entry and Exit;
Strategic Planning;
Agency Theory;
Perspective;
Corporate Strategy;
Food and Beverage Industry;
Japan
Bartlett, Christopher A. "Kentucky Fried Chicken (Japan) Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 387-043, November 1986. (Revised December 1992.)
- 15 Oct 2007
- Research & Ideas
Businesses Beware: The World Is Not Flat
CEO Lee Scott was asked a few years ago about why he thought Wal-Mart could expand successfully overseas, his response was that naysayers had also questioned the company's ability to move successfully from its home state of Arkansas to...
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by Martha Lagace
- 17 Jan 2012
- First Look
First Look: January 17
Abstract We survey the theory and evidence of behavioral corporate finance, which generally takes one of two approaches. The market timing and catering approach views managerial financing and investment decisions as rational managerial...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Market Investors Pay More for Resilient Companies
analysis applied to news coverage of corporate responses to the pandemic between late February and late March, when public markets were declining 30 percent or more before eventually recovering much of their...
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- 27 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution
independent. "Firestone's historical excellence and disastrous response to global competition and technological innovation," writes Sull, "posed a paradox for industry observers: Why had the industry's best managed company...
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- 14 Jul 2020
- Research & Ideas
Restarting Under Uncertainty: Managerial Experiences from Around the World
responsible for their own safety. Case 1: Inclusive and bilateral communication At ItalGlassesCo, an Italian eyewear producer, attention to employees’ personal and social well-being is one of the company’s...
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- 01 Mar 2023
- News
Step Change
debt. Enan, then 24 years old, leapt at the chance to work for Youssef Boutros-Ghali, an MIT-educated economist and advocate for trade liberalization who worked to reform Egypt’s social security and pension systems, among other...
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- 01 Feb 2002
- News
It's academic. (Not!)
world are stronger than one might think. "The topic of my thesis is actually very hot in business economics today. I analyzed the effects of large-scale privatization in the ancient corporate world. Roman society was highly privatized -...
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- 12 Mar 2018
- Op-Ed
Op-Ed: Why BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Is Not a Socialist
come. Related Reading: A Pragmatic Alternative for Creating a Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy How to Heed BlackRock's Call for Corporate...
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- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
couple of years could top what we saw during the 2008-2009 Global Financial Crisis, when there were more than 100,000 business bankruptcies. Some analysts are forecasting that by the end of 2021 up to 20 percent of high-yield corporate...
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- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
long used corporate social responsibility initiatives and philanthropy to improve their standing with consumers. Now there is a new crop of companies that are making health and...
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- 22 Feb 2024
- News
GCC Crossroads Aims for a Bright Future; Seattle Alumni Talk Leadership in Tech; Italy Preps for European Alumni Summit
Clubs News Clubs News Crossroads Forum Explores Future of Gulf Region More than 1,300 public and private leaders convened in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on January 30 and 31 for the Crossroads GCC Future Impact Forum, co-hosted by the HBS Club of the Gulf Cooperation Council...
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Margie Kelley
- April 2009
- Case
Merck: Managing Vioxx (A)
By: Robert L. Simons, Kathryn Rosenberg and Natalie Kindred
This two-class case series allows students to stand in the shoes of CEO Ray Gilmartin during the unfolding stages of a reputational crisis. Merck's mission statement claims to "put patients first," but the company is widely criticized for putting profit before patient...
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Ethics;
Crisis Management;
Reputation;
Decision Choices and Conditions;
Customers;
Business or Company Management;
Cost vs Benefits;
Corporate Accountability;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Simons, Robert L., Kathryn Rosenberg, and Natalie Kindred. "Merck: Managing Vioxx (A)." Harvard Business School Case 109-080, April 2009.
- 12 Oct 2017
- News
Fighting Poverty One Neighborhood at a Time
copresident gave me a chance to help others in the spirit of those who had led the organization before me. It was really an honor.” Majors says helping corporate recruiters think through how they could more effectively engage with...
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Deborah Blagg
- 09 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Leadership Lessons of the Great Recession: Options for Economic Downturns
according to a report by the McKinsey Global Institute. Yet the costs of this unbalanced approach to managing economic downturns are not always well understood by managers. LAYOFFS ARE EXTREMELY DISRUPTIVE In April, the Honeywell case was taught for the first time in...
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- 06 Mar 2012
- First Look
First Look: March 6
faced a uniquely challenging combination of home and host country political risk. This article reviews the company's responses to these adverse circumstances, challenging the prevailing literature that interprets so-called...
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Sean Silverthorne