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Risk Management as a Function of Government
By: David A. Moss
Professor Moss's academic work in this area explores how and why governments manage private-sector risks. Based on historical and institutional research, he argues that risk management constitutes a critical function of government with far-reaching implications. ...
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- January 2008 (Revised May 2008)
- Supplement
China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)
By: Regina M. Abrami, William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan and Tracy Yuen Manty
Supplements the A case [308027]. With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York stock Exchange, state-owned enterprise, China Netcom was mandated to meet the listing requirements of these exchanges. From this initial step, China Netcom's Chairman,...
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Keywords:
Management Teams;
Corporate Governance;
State Ownership;
Standards;
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Telecommunications Industry;
China
Abrami, Regina M., William C. Kirby, F. Warren McFarlan, and Tracy Yuen Manty. "China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 308-091, January 2008. (Revised May 2008.)
- July 2005
- Case
Family Governance at the Cousin Consortium Stage
By: John A. Davis and Courtney Sampson
Explains the governance system for the Eddy family, who own the Port Blakely Companies. Provides the viewer with an inside look at the running of the family council and family assembly meetings. Also provides a brief history and overview of the forestry and real estate...
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Keywords:
Conferences;
Corporate Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Governance;
Business History;
Business or Company Management;
Family Ownership
Davis, John A., and Courtney Sampson. "Family Governance at the Cousin Consortium Stage." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 805-160, July 2005.
- Awards
Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research
By: Paul A. Gompers
Winner of the 2002 Geewax, Terker & Company Prize in Investment Research offered by the Rodney L. White Center at Wharton for "Corporate Governance and Equity Prices" (with Joy L. Ishii and Andrew Metrick, Quarterly Journal of Economics, February 2003).
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- October 1997 (Revised March 1998)
- Case
Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance
By: Walter J. Salmon and Jaan Elias
Starting in 1988, the Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) began a controversial transformation in management and governance. For its first 112 years, the AMC's structure had resembled that of a country club--volunteer leaders directed the club's operations and its small,...
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Keywords:
Budgets and Budgeting;
Transformation;
Corporate Governance;
Employee Relationship Management;
Recruitment;
Leading Change;
Organizational Culture;
Labor and Management Relations;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry;
Entertainment and Recreation Industry
Salmon, Walter J., and Jaan Elias. "Appalachian Mountain Club: Transforming Governance." Harvard Business School Case 598-066, October 1997. (Revised March 1998.)
- 2004
- Class Lecture
Corporate Governance in the U.S.: Scandals, Reforms, and the Future
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W. "Corporate Governance in the U.S.: Scandals, Reforms, and the Future." Boston: Harvard Business School Publishing Class Lecture, 2004. Electronic. (Faculty Lecture: HBSP Product Number 5844C.)
- 06 Apr 2011
- News
Has the Federal Government Already Shut Down?
- 2004
- Chapter
The Globalization of Stock Markets and Convergence in Corporate Governance
By: Gerald F. Davis and Christopher Marquis
Keywords:
Globalized Markets and Industries;
Financial Markets;
Corporate Governance;
Financial Services Industry;
Information Technology Industry
Davis, Gerald F., and Christopher Marquis. "The Globalization of Stock Markets and Convergence in Corporate Governance." In Economic Sociology of Capitalism, edited by Victor Nee and Richard Swedberg. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2004.
- 2008
- Article
Governance and Merger Accounting: Evidence from Stock Price Reactions to Purchase versus Pooling
By: Francisco de Asis Martinez-Jerez
This paper examines the effect of corporate governance on investor reactions to accounting choice in the context of accounting for business combinations. Using a sample of 324 recent stock swap acquisitions I find that, contrary to practitioners' belief that capital...
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Keywords:
Financial Reporting;
Financial Statements;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Capital Markets;
Stocks;
Price;
Corporate Governance
Martinez-Jerez, Francisco de Asis. "Governance and Merger Accounting: Evidence from Stock Price Reactions to Purchase versus Pooling." Art. 1. European Accounting Review 17, no. 1 (2008): 5–35. (Lead Article.)
- 16 Nov 2010
- Lessons from the Classroom
Data.gov: Matching Government Data with Rapid Innovation
Obama-to move government data to the Web-lead to public benefits much faster? Data.gov, the subject of a new HBS case study, taught for the first time this summer, highlights the potential of raw data to spur citizen creativity View Details
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Private and Civil Society Governors of Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Network Analytic Approach
By: Kristin Sippl
Artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is both a subsistence livelihood for millions of people and the leading source of mercury pollution globally. The United Nation’s 2013 Minamata Convention on Mercury aims to address this challenge, but such public regulatory...
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Keywords:
Artisanal And Small-scale Mining (ASM);
Private Governance;
Gold;
Mercury;
Mining;
Governance;
Networks;
Pollutants;
Research
Sippl, Kristin. "Private and Civil Society Governors of Mercury Pollution from Artisanal and Small-scale Gold Mining: A Network Analytic Approach." Extractive Industries and Society 2, no. 2 (April 2015): 198–208.
- 01 Aug 2007
- Op-Ed
Company Town: Fixing Corrupt Governments
and graft means that citizens are cheated out of a fair government that operates efficiently and in the public interest. It's time to consider a radical idea: Corporations...
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by Eric Werker
- 10 Dec 1998
- Conference Presentation
Achieving Competitiveness in the UK: Challenges for Government and Industry
By: Michael Porter
- 2007
- Book
How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy
Vietor, Richard H. K. How Countries Compete: Strategy, Structure, and Government in the Global Economy. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2007.
- June 2005
- Article
Governance Linked D&O Coverage: Leveraging the Audit Committee to Manage Governance Risk
By: S. Datar, M. G. Alles and J. H. Friedland
Datar, S., M. G. Alles, and J. H. Friedland. "Governance Linked D&O Coverage: Leveraging the Audit Committee to Manage Governance Risk." International Journal of Disclosure and Governance 2, no. 2 (June 2005): 114–129.
- 1992
- Other Unpublished Work
Government Consumption and the Real Exchange Rate: The Empirical Evidence
By: K. A. Froot and K. Rogoff
- Fall 2020
- Article
Executives' Legal Records and the Deterrent Effect of Corporate Governance
By: Robert Davidson, Aiyesha Dey and Abbie Smith
Davidson, Robert, Aiyesha Dey, and Abbie Smith. "Executives' Legal Records and the Deterrent Effect of Corporate Governance." Contemporary Accounting Research 37, no. 3 (Fall 2020): 1444–1474.
- 2005
- Report
Enterprise Formality and the Role of Local Government in Vietnam
By: Markus David Taussig and Pham Thi Thu Hang
Taussig, Markus David, and Pham Thi Thu Hang. "Enterprise Formality and the Role of Local Government in Vietnam." Report, Hanoi, Vietnam, 2005.
- February 2023
- Article
National Models of Climate Governance Among Major Emitters
By: Johnathan Guy, Esther Shears and Jonas Meckling
National climate institutions structure the process of climate mitigation policymaking and shape climate policy ambition and performance. Countries have, for example, been building science bodies, passing climate laws and creating new agencies. Here we provide the...
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Guy, Johnathan, Esther Shears, and Jonas Meckling. "National Models of Climate Governance Among Major Emitters." Nature Climate Change 13, no. 2 (February 2023): 189–195.