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  • August 2004 (Revised March 2005)
  • Case

MGM Mirage's Bid for Mandalay Resort Group (A): Communicating During the Merger Process

After MGM Mirage decides to announce publicly its bid for Mandalay Resort Group, both companies face vital decisions about how to communicate with their various stakeholders during the merger negotiations. View Details
Keywords: Negotiation; Corporate Disclosure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Communication Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 10 Nov 2009
  • First Look

First Look: Nov. 10

Author:Francois Brochet Publication:The Accounting Review (forthcoming) Abstract This paper examines the information content of Form 4 filings under the more timely disclosure regime introduced by Section 403 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 02 May 2008
  • What Do You Think?

What is the Future of State Capitalism?

companies with ample money to invest. Among the largest investors have been Abu Dhabi's and Kuwait's Investment Authorities and the China Investment Corporation. There have been outcries for measures requiring investors to adhere to certain practices regarding View Details
Keywords: by Jim Heskett
  • 2010
  • Working Paper

The Many Faces of Nonprofit Accountability

By: Alnoor Ebrahim
What does it mean for a nonprofit organization to be accountable? Nonprofit leaders tend to pay attention to accountability once a problem of trust arises—a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Mission and Purpose; Performance Evaluation; Nonprofit Organizations; Business Strategy
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  • 03 Sep 2020
  • Op-Ed

Why American Health Care Needs Its Own SEC

Commission. Why health care needs an SEC equivalent For more than eight decades, the SEC has brought transparency to the financial system, policing the market to ensure robust disclosure that complies with Generally Accepted Accounting... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger; Health
  • 08 Dec 2015
  • First Look

December 8, 2015

era to those of today. Next, we explain why transparency is desirable, even if full compliance is not achieved. We then outline the obstacles—both psychological and institutional—to comprehensive reporting. We go on to discuss possible remedies and end by drawing... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 17 Jul 2012
  • First Look

First Look: July 17

article: http://hbr.org/2012/07/a-better-way-to-tax-us-businesses/ar/1 How Firms Respond to Mandatory Information Disclosure Authors:Anil Doshi, Glen W.S. Dowell, and Michael W. Toffel Publication:Strategic Management Journal... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 06 Dec 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Dec. 6

review the research on when people expect too little or too much self-interest in the intentions of others, as contrasted with rational behavior. We also discuss the antecedents and consequences of these naive and cynical errors, as well as some potential View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 10 Sep 2013
  • First Look

First Look: September 10

trading volume, and more dispersion in analyst forecasts following the calls. Further, the capital market's response to linguistic complexity is limited to firms for which there is greater demand for English-language conference calls. Our results highlight that when... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=809163 Arcor: Global Strategy and Local Turbulence (Abridged) Harvard Business School Case 710-407 Argentine confectionery manufacturer, Arcor Group, seeks to implement an... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 27 Jan 2016
  • Research & Ideas

A Politician's Investment Portfolio Might Tip Off Corruption Potential

School’s Dylan Minor, visiting assistant professor in the Strategy unit. But before you rise up tall in the saddle against politicians, consider another of Minor’s findings: The connection between risk taking and corruption is likely to... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland
  • 30 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Political Polarization: Why We All Just Can't Get Along

Incorrect beliefs are easier to overcome than an ingrained lack of trust. However, as the researchers later demonstrate, even that remedy may prove hard to achieve. Dylan Minor, a visiting assistant professor of business administration in the Harvard Business School... View Details
Keywords: by Roberta Holland; Banking; Financial Services
  • 28 Apr 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Shareholders Key to Corporate Reform

directors' votes on key corporate resolutions in proxy statements. As Louis Brandeis said in his 1914 treatise Other People's Money, and How the Bankers Use It, "Sunlight is said to be the best of disinfectants.…But the View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia A. Montgomery & Rhonda Kaufman
  • 06 Feb 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Sorting Out the Patent Craze

begin negotiating among themselves to develop a new standard. Without a standard setting body—and the commitments to patent disclosure and licensing—the firms might be tempted to behave in an opportunistic manner: going along with the... View Details
Keywords: by Sara Grant; Technology
  • 02 Dec 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Companies Choreograph Earnings Calls to Hide Bad News

The quarterly earnings conference call is a traditional way for public companies to disclose information regarding performance and strategy from the prior quarter. Wall Street analysts and other company watchers dial in, identify... View Details
Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Financial Services
  • 28 Aug 2012
  • First Look

First Look: August 28

significant impact. We discuss implications for research, practice, and policy-making. Delegation in Multi‐Establishment Firms: Adaptation vs. Coordination in I.T. Purchasing Authority Author: Kristina Steffenson McElheran Publication: Journal of Economics and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • First Look

First Look: February 3

Dennis A. Yao Abstract—This article examines how antitrust law and policy can benefit from ideas developed in the academic strategy field. Because accurate assessment and prediction of the effects of firm conduct depend in part on... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 30 Jan 2007
  • First Look

First Look: January 30, 2007

disclosure of problem information to a large group of outside solvers is an effective means of solving scientific problems. The approach solved one-third of a sample of problems that large and well-known R&D-intensive firms had been... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jan 2012
  • First Look

First Look: January 4

  PublicationsCases about Redefining Global Strategy Authors:Pankaj Ghemawat and Jordan I. Siegel Publication:Harvard Business Publishing, 2011 An abstract is unavailable at this time. Publisher's Link:... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 26 Mar 2019
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, March 26, 2019

Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine (IDD), which exogenously decreases knowledge-worker mobility, thereby increasing firms’ likelihood of being acquired. Managers respond by increasing specific antitakeover provisions, especially when... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

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