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  • March 2023
  • Article

Attracting the Sharks: Corporate Innovation and Securities Class Action Lawsuits

By: Elisabeth Kempf and Oliver Spalt
This paper provides novel evidence suggesting that securities class action lawsuits, a central pillar of the U.S. litigation and corporate governance system, can constitute an obstacle to valuable corporate innovation. We first establish that valuable innovation output... View Details
Keywords: Class-action Litigation; Turnover; Lawsuits and Litigation; Innovation and Invention; Risk and Uncertainty
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  • January 2016 (Revised February 2016)
  • Case

Citizens United and Corporate Speech

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
The story of Citizens United began in late 2007, as leading members of the Republican and Democratic parties were preparing for the 2008 presidential primaries. Democrats expected a three-way contest in their party between Senator Barack Obama of Illinois, Senator (and... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Internet and the Web; Political Elections; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations
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    Institutions, Institutional Change and Economic Performance in Emerging Markets

    Emerging markets play an increasingly important role in the global economy, accounting for 31% of global GDP and more than 50% of global foreign direct investment in 2012. However, doing business in emerging markets remains subject to a high degree of "policy risk,"... View Details

      David A. Moss

      David Moss is the Paul Whiton Cherington Professor at Harvard Business School, where he teaches in the Business, Government, and the International Economy (BGIE) unit. He earned his B.A. from Cornell University and his Ph.D. from Yale.  In 1992-1993, he served as a... View Details

      Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
      • February 2016 (Revised January 2018)
      • Case

      Democracy, Sovereignty, and the Struggle over Cherokee Removal

      By: David Moss, Marc Campasano and Dean Grodzins
      By the mid-1830s, the U.S. Government and the State of Georgia had for years been pushing the Cherokees to turn all of their territory over to white settlers and move west, yet it appeared that most Cherokees wanted to keep their ancestral homeland. In October 1835,... View Details
      Keywords: Governance; Nationality; Ethics; Government and Politics; Agreements and Arrangements; History; United States
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      • June 2019 (Revised May 2022)
      • Case

      Roger Federer's TEAM8: Launching the Laver Cup

      By: Anita Elberse
      Roger Federer, widely regarded as the best tennis player in the history of the sport, walked onto the court to thunderous applause during in the second edition of the Laver Cup in September 2018. Named after tennis legend Rod Laver, the Cup pitted many of the greatest... View Details
      Keywords: Superstars; Tennis; Tournaments; Entrepreneurship; Sports; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Sports Industry
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        How Quantitative Easing Works: Evidence on the Refinancing Channel

        When LSAPs are needed the most, simply bending the yield curve through purchasing government debt is not effective for stimulating the mortgage market (a key sector of the economy for the transmission of monetary policy). Purchasing mortgage-backed... View Details

        • 25 Aug 2018
        • News

        `Amazon Effect' May Make Central Bank Job Harder

        • January 2009 (Revised November 2011)
        • Case

        The Tip of the Iceberg: JP Morgan Chase and Bear Stearns (A)

        By: Clayton S. Rose, Daniel Baird Bergstresser and David Lane
        "Bear Stearns & Co. burned through nearly all of its $18 billion in cash reserves during the week of March 10, 2008, and an unprecedented provision of liquidity support from the Federal Reserve on Friday, March 13 was insufficient to reverse the decline in Bear's... View Details
        Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Capital; Financial Liquidity; Financial Strategy; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Competition; Valuation; Financial Services Industry
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        • Article

        The Rise of Synthetic Colors in the American Food Industry, 1870–1940

        By: Ai Hisano
        This article examines how, starting in the 1870s, food manufacturers in the United States began to use standardized color, achieved by synthetic dyes, as part of their marketing strategies. The emergence of the synthetic dye industry paralleled the growth of mass... View Details
        Keywords: Safety; Food; Health; Brands and Branding; Manufacturing Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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        • November 2012
        • Case

        Hillary Clinton & Partners: Leading Global Social Change from the U.S. State Department

        By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Ai-Ling Jamila Malone
        As U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton acted on a long-standing interest in public-private partnerships to elevate and activate an Office of Global Partnerships reporting directly to her. One major initiative that also addressed her interest in women's... View Details
        Keywords: Collaboration; Partnerships; Global Collaboration; Innovation; Leadership; Leading Change
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        • April 2018 (Revised July 2023)
        • Technical Note

        Whistleblower Legislation in the Context of Financial Reporting

        By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
        This note provides an overview of U.S. federal legislation relating to whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank (including the Office of the Whistleblower), and the False Claims Act. View Details
        Keywords: Whistleblower; Sarbanes-Oxley; Dodd-Frank; False Claims Act; Securities And Exchange Commission; Government Legislation; Financial Reporting; United States
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          Victoria Ivashina

          Victoria Ivashina is the Lovett-Learned Professor of Finance and Head of the Finance Unit at Harvard Business School. She also serves as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), a Research Fellow at the Center for Economic Policy... View Details

          Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
          • 14 Oct 2014
          • First Look

          First Look: October 14

          money demand could explain up to approximately half the growth of ABCP in the mid-2000s. Publisher's link: http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/money_20140929_6871f5d1-2375-4716-a7c5-8b94d7541b54.pdf   Working Papers Government... View Details
          Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
          • January 2009 (Revised February 2010)
          • Case

          Necessity and Invention: Monetary Policy Innovation and the Subprime Crisis

          By: Aldo Musacchio and Dante Roscini
          This case describes the efforts of Ben Bernanke, Chairman of the Federal Reserve, to improve liquidity in money markets during the subprime crisis. The case explains the four main new tools for monetary policy (or quantitative easing) the Federal Reserve has used... View Details
          Keywords: Financial Crisis; Money; Financial Liquidity; Central Banking; Policy; Business and Government Relations
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          • 13 Apr 2015
          • News

          Former SBA Chief: The Post-Recession Future Is Bright for Entrepreneurs

          • 11 Aug 2020
          • Blog Post

          Supporting Independent Workers During COVID-19: One Phone Call at a Time

          lot of the concepts we learned in TOM (RC class Technology and Operations Management) about bottlenecks to ensure that our clients were quickly attended to.” Adding to the challenge of managing their volunteer team was the evolving landscape of new rules and... View Details
          • November 2021 (Revised January 2022)
          • Supplement

          Scott Tucker (B): The Feds Catch Up

          By: Aiyesha Dey and Amram Migdal
          The case tells the story of the rise and fall of Scott Tucker, an entrepreneur, businessman, passionate race car driver, competitor, and owner of a professional racing team. From 1997 to 2012, Tucker built a nationwide network of payday lending businesses, becoming a... View Details
          Keywords: Business Ventures; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Fairness; Financing and Loans; Personal Finance; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; United States
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          • 19 Apr 2022
          • Cold Call Podcast

          What Role Do Individual Leaders Play in Corporate Governance?

          Keywords: Re: Aiyesha Dey

            David Ager

            David Ager is a Senior Lecturer in Executive Education.  He engages CEOs, CHROs, and their teams to design and deliver customized executive development experiences for executive, senior and high potential leaders.  The companies hail from diverse sectors including... View Details