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  • Spring 2011
  • Article

CSR as Reputation Insurance: Primum Non Nocere

By: Dylan B. Minor and John Morgan
We provide a theoretical framework showing how CSR activities can insure a firm against lost reputation in the face of adverse events. We offer evidence for this linkage through a case study and a multi-year analysis of stock price responses for S&P 500 companies... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Insurance; Risk Management; Marketing Strategy; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Reputation
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Minor, Dylan B., and John Morgan. "CSR as Reputation Insurance: Primum Non Nocere." California Management Review 53, no. 3 (Spring 2011): 40–59.

    Benjamin C. Esty

    Benjamin Esty is the Roy and Elizabeth Simmons Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Over the years, he has taught a variety of courses ranging from advanced corporate finance and project finance to competitive strategy and leadership. He... View Details

    Keywords: asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management; asset management
    • January 2019 (Revised October 2019)
    • Case

    Commercial Sales Transformation at Microsoft

    By: Doug J. Chung
    Industry leaders should adapt to changes in the business context and consider different ways to grow. Advances in technology had shifted software demand to the cloud. As a result, Microsoft announced a strategic shift in direction from its existing ‘Windows first’... View Details
    Keywords: Sales; Strategy; Transformation
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    Chung, Doug J. "Commercial Sales Transformation at Microsoft." Harvard Business School Case 519-054, January 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
    • December 1986 (Revised December 1993)
    • Case

    Johnsonville Sausage Co. (A)

    Describes the evolution of Johnsonville Sausage through a generation of management and from a small operation to a large concern of over 500 employees. Describes how each of the functional areas in the firm has evolved, and how its structure and systems have changed... View Details
    Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Business or Company Management; Transformation; Growth and Development; Food and Beverage Industry
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    Roberts, Michael J. "Johnsonville Sausage Co. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 387-103, December 1986. (Revised December 1993.)
    • 08 Mar 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Customer-Driven Misconduct: How Competition Corrupts Business Practices

    Keywords: by Victor Manuel Bennett, Lamar Pierce, Jason A. Snyder & Michael W. Toffel; Auto
    • 19 Jul 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Signaling to Partially Informed Investors in the Newsvendor Model

    Keywords: by Vishal Gaur, Richard Lai, Ananth Raman & William Schmidt
    • January 1999 (Revised March 1999)
    • Background Note

    Note on Rules

    By: Debora L. Spar
    A central document for the Managing International Trade and Investment (MITI) course and its cases. Provides a conceptual framework for the course and a systematic way of analyzing the political circumstances that confront firms engaged in international trade and... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Government and Politics
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    Spar, Debora L. "Note on Rules." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-013, January 1999. (Revised March 1999.)

      Mihir A. Desai

      Mihir A. Desai is the Mizuho Financial Group Professor of Finance at Harvard Business School and a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School. He received his Ph.D. in political economy from Harvard... View Details

      • April 2017 (Revised November 2017)
      • Case

      BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM? (with video links)

      By: Ranjay Gulati, Jan W. Rivkin, Stuart C. Gilson and Aldo Sesia
      In early 2006, BlackRock, Inc. is considering acquiring Merrill Lynch’s asset management business. The asset management industry was in a state of transition. In the prior year, more than 130 mergers and acquisitions had taken place. The proposed deal between BlackRock... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Competition; Information Technology; Asset Management; Mergers and Acquisitions; Decision Choices and Conditions; United States
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      Gulati, Ranjay, Jan W. Rivkin, Stuart C. Gilson, and Aldo Sesia. "BlackRock (B): Acquire MLIM? (with video links)." Harvard Business School Multimedia/Video Case 717-485, April 2017. (Revised November 2017.)
      • March 2006 (Revised November 2006)
      • Case

      China: To Float or Not To Float? (E)- ABB Investment in China

      By: Laura Alfaro, Rafael M. Di Tella and Ingrid Vogel
      In July 2005, China revalued its currency by 2.1% and adjusted its exchange rate regime toward a more market-based system. ABB, a global power and automation technologies company based out of Switzerland with operations in China, was among those companies confronted... View Details
      Keywords: Currency Exchange Rate; Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Problems and Challenges; Value Creation; China; Switzerland
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      Alfaro, Laura, Rafael M. Di Tella, and Ingrid Vogel. "China: To Float or Not To Float? (E)- ABB Investment in China." Harvard Business School Case 706-035, March 2006. (Revised November 2006.)
      • July 2004 (Revised December 2004)
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      How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities

      By: Michael J. Roberts and Lauren Barley
      Four venture capitalists from leading Silicon Valley firms are interviewed about the frameworks they use to evaluate potential venture opportunities. Questions include: How do you evaluate the venture's prospective business model? What due diligence do you conduct?... View Details
      Keywords: Venture Capital; Opportunities; Framework; Entrepreneurship; Forecasting and Prediction
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      Roberts, Michael J., and Lauren Barley. "How Venture Capitalists Evaluate Potential Venture Opportunities." Harvard Business School Case 805-019, July 2004. (Revised December 2004.)
      • November 2012 (Revised March 2013)
      • Case

      Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners

      By: Boris Groysberg and Kerry Herman
      Since its inception, London-based private equity firm Greighton Partners had managed over $15 billion in investor capital. The firm employed about 150 professionals around the globe and had completed over 175 company acquisitions since its founding. Started with a... View Details
      Keywords: Private Equity; Business Growth and Maturation; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; Asia; Europe
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      Groysberg, Boris, and Kerry Herman. "Talking Strategy at Greighton Partners." Harvard Business School Case 413-031, November 2012. (Revised March 2013.)
      • June 2006 (Revised January 2007)
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      e-Types A/S

      A successful young design firm faces a difficult decision: whether to compromise its creative values to win a big job. The client brief is very conservative. The company is pretty sure it can win the design competition, but the design staff hates what they think they... View Details
      Keywords: Business Model; Mission and Purpose; Value Creation; Creativity
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      Austin, Robert D., Shannon ODonnell, and Silje Kamille Friis. "e-Types A/S." Harvard Business School Case 606-118, June 2006. (Revised January 2007.)
      • December 15, 2015
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      Don't Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a Strategy

      By: Frank V. Cespedes and Steve Thompson
      When formulating a strategy, markets and segments are typically important categories. But only customers buy. Hence, for most firms, de facto strategy and much resource allocation are the aggregate result of the deals their salespeople close. However, few firms clarify... View Details
      Keywords: Strategy; Salesforce Management
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      Cespedes, Frank V., and Steve Thompson. "Don't Turn Your Sales Team Loose Without a Strategy." Harvard Business Review (website) (December 15, 2015).

        Roy D. Shapiro

        Roy D. Shapiro is the Philip Caldwell Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration.  He is currently the faculty co-chair of the School's Technology and Operations Management Unit... View Details

        • 2015
        • Working Paper

        The Value of Corporate Citizenship: Protection

        By: Dylan Minor
        We explore the notion that corporate citizenship, as obtained through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), is used by managers to protect firm value, helping their firm better withstand negative business shocks. We formally explore two parallel mechanisms for such... View Details
        Keywords: Value; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Finance
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        Minor, Dylan. "The Value of Corporate Citizenship: Protection." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 16-021, August 2015.
        • 02 Feb 2012
        • News

        Should Facebook Investors Worry About Lack of Control?

        • 12 Nov 2019
        • Video

        Kiran Mazumdar Shaw

        Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw, Chairperson and Managing Director of Biocon, India’s largest biopharmaceutical company, explains how her firm developed over four years a new technology for making insulin, an essential... View Details
        • October 2000 (Revised April 2001)
        • Case

        Cost of Capital at Ameritrade

        By: Mark L. Mitchell and Erik Stafford
        Ameritrade Holding Corp. is planning large marketing and technology investments to improve the company's competitive position in deep-discount brokerage by taking advantage of emerging economies of scale. In order to evaluate whether the strategy would generate... View Details
        Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Asset Pricing; Cash Flow; Cost of Capital; Investment; Marketing; Mathematical Methods; Competition; Information Technology; Internet and the Web; Financial Services Industry
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        Mitchell, Mark L., and Erik Stafford. "Cost of Capital at Ameritrade." Harvard Business School Case 201-046, October 2000. (Revised April 2001.)
        • March 2023 (Revised May 2023)
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        Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd.

        By: David L. Ager
        In the Fall of 2014, Heather Berthelette, the recently appointed COO of Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd. (TCIG), was preparing a recommendation to the Board of Directors about whether to dissolve the company and return any remaining funds to the seven... View Details
        Keywords: Indigenous Communities; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Social Enterprise; Economic Growth; Investment Banking; Canada
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        Ager, David L. "Tribal Councils Investment Group of Manitoba Ltd." Harvard Business School Case 923-301, March 2023. (Revised May 2023.)
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