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  • 05 May 2011
  • Research & Ideas

How ‘Political Voice’ Empowers the Powerless

sorts, on an epic scale. “If you have a local leader who is from your social category, you are probably more likely to approach him or her for help.” As Harvard Business School professor Lakshmi Iyer and her colleagues discovered, it's... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
  • winter 1988
  • Article

Management Buyouts and Managerial Efforts

By: Robert F. Bruner and Lynn S. Paine
Management buyouts, which have played an important role in the recent wave of corporate restructurings, have been criticized from several directions. This article addresses the problems created by management's conflict of interest. As members of the buyout team,... View Details
Keywords: Buyout; Ethical Decision Making; Management; Leveraged Buyouts; Ethics; Decision Making
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  • 2018
  • Book

American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer
American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with regulators to... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Competition; Policy; Fairness; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States
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  • Blog

Celebrating 100 Years of the HBS Case Method

Shoes of Business Leaders In 1919, Donham took over as dean at Harvard Business School. He strongly believed that the best way to teach business education would be by... View Details
  • Research Summary

Overview

My research is at the intersection of organizational strategy, global sustainability governance, and social change. It explores the diffusion of sustainability standards to non-traditional sectors (e.g. jewelry, cannabis, plastics, pets) and the relationship between... View Details
Keywords: Sustainability Standards; Extractive Industries; Luxury; Gold; Institutional Change; Institutional Entrepreneurship; Hybrid Organizations; Governance; Policy; Consumer Behavior; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Pollution and Pollutants; Environmental Sustainability; Social Enterprise; Non-Governmental Organizations; Poverty; Diversification; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Tourism Industry; Africa; Latin America; Europe
  • 09 Jun 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Monetizing IP: The Executive’s Challenge

According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, intellectual property in this country is worth more than $5 trillion—about twice the amount of the current federal budget. The question: Are companies taking advantage of this value? Not as much as they could be, is... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Video Game; Web Services
  • Web

Find Answers - MBA

elective curriculum of choice. Academic Environment: Is it possible to cross register with other universities? Yes. HBS students are able to cross register at Sloan School of Business at MIT, Fletcher school of View Details
  • March 2007 (Revised March 2008)
  • Case

Chiaphua Group Vietnam

By: Nicolas P. Retsinas and Michael Shih-ta Chen
As part of its expansion and diversification strategy, the Chiaphua Group explored real estate investments in emerging markets. The Group was one of the largest privately held company groups based in Hong Kong, with international investments in a variety of... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Emerging Markets; Market Entry and Exit; Business and Government Relations; Diversification; Hong Kong
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  • 02 Jun 2016
  • Blog Post

Applying to the JD/MBA Program

change. To put it simply, I'd like to eventually bring successful business models to important policy objectives.  At what point did you realize you wanted to get a joint degree? Joanna: I started thinking about View Details
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

What Impedes Oil and Gas Companies’ Transparency?

Keywords: by Paul Healy, Venkat Kuppuswamy & George Serafeim; Energy; Utilities
  • 02 Apr 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Not All M&As Are Alike—and That Matters

activity sponsored by Harvard Business School. That study sought to examine questions of M&A strategy and execution with a new rigor. Our in-depth findings will emerge over the next year or two, in the form of various books, articles,... View Details
Keywords: by Joseph L. Bower
  • 02 Mar 2021
  • HBS Case

The Tulsa Massacre: Is Racial Justice Possible 100 Years Later?

many people to acknowledge the systemic racism that pervades American society. Mihir Desai, the Mizuho Group Professor at Harvard Business School and Professor of Law at Harvard View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding

    Arthur I Segel

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    Keywords: federal government; real estate
    • 17 Jul 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    A Replication Study of Alan Blinder’s “How Many U.S. Jobs Might Be Offshorable?”

    Keywords: by Troy Smith & Jan W. Rivkin
    • July 2017 (Revised November 2017)
    • Case

    'Clarín Lies!': Bias, Post-Truth, and Populism in Argentina's Media War

    By: Rafael Di Tella, Jose Liberti and Sarah McAra
    In 2012, Argentine media conglomerate Grupo Clarín and President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner were embroiled in what some called “the mother of all battles.” Grupo Clarín was one of the preeminent media companies in Argentina, with leading newspapers, cable... View Details
    Keywords: Media Regulation; Media; Government and Politics; Policy; Newspapers; Government Legislation; Business and Government Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Monopoly; Journalism and News Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Argentina
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    Capturing Value from Intellectual Property (IP) in a Global Environment

    By: Juan Alcácer, Karin Beukel and Bruno Cassiman
    Globalization should provide firms with an opportunity to leverage their know-how and reputation across countries to create value. However, it remains challenging for them to actually capture that value using traditional Intellectual Property (IP) tools. In this paper,... View Details
    Keywords: Appropriation Strategy; Counterfeit; Intellectual Property Rights; Litigation; Value Capturing; Intellectual Property; Rights; Value; Lawsuits and Litigation; Global Range; Situation or Environment
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    • 09 Mar 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government

    enforcement on air pollution controls. In California, OpenCounter streamlined registration for small businesses and provided zoning clearances in a fraction of the usual time. In New York, Mark43 is developing software to analyze crime... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding
    • Web

    Value-Based Health Care - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

    about value-based health care. Here we publish links to major value oriented organizations in health care. American College of Surgeons' THRIVE Initiative On July 18, 2019, the American College of Surgeons (ACS) and Harvard Business... View Details
    • January 2017
    • Case

    The Six CEOs of Tyco International Ltd.

    By: John R. Wells and Gabriel Ellsworth
    In September 2016, Johnson Controls, Inc. completed the acquisition of Tyco International PLC, a $9.9 billion business with operating profits of $884 million. The purchase consideration was $14.4 billion. Although the deal was billed as a merger, Ireland-based Tyco... View Details
    Keywords: Tyco; Dennis Kozlowski; Edward Breen; Fire Safety; Fire Protection; Security; Packaging; Securities And Exchange Commission; Fraud; Accounting; Accounting Audits; Earnings Management; Financial Statements; Goodwill Accounting; Acquisition; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business Conglomerates; Business Divisions; Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Growth and Maturation; Business Headquarters; Business Model; Business Organization; For-Profit Firms; Restructuring; Crime and Corruption; Engineering; Applied Optics; Chemicals; Construction; Metals and Minerals; Ethics; Finance; Cash Flow; Public Equity; Stock Options; Financing and Loans; Initial Public Offering; Profit; Revenue; Geographic Location; Geographic Scope; Global Range; Globalized Firms and Management; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Health Care and Treatment; Business History; Executive Compensation; Selection and Staffing; Courts and Trials; Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business or Company Management; Goals and Objectives; Growth and Development Strategy; Market Entry and Exit; Public Ownership; Problems and Challenges; Strategy; Business Strategy; Competition; Competitive Strategy; Competitive Advantage; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Diversification; Expansion; Horizontal Integration; Value; Chemical Industry; Construction Industry; Consumer Products Industry; Electronics Industry; Energy Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry; Mining Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; Semiconductor Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Utilities Industry; Republic of Ireland; Switzerland; Bermuda; United States; New Hampshire
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    Placement - Doctoral

    G. Hanson Talia B. Gillis Business Economics, 2022 Placement: Columbia Law School, Associate Professor of Law Dissertation: Essays in Household Finance and Consumer Protection... View Details