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    James L. Heskett

    James L. Heskett is UPS Foundation Professor Emeritus at the Harvard Business School and author of his latest book, With From Within: Build Organizational Culture for Competitive... View Details

    • 29 Sep 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age

    Are Uber drivers and HourlyNerd consultants independent contractors or employees? Interesting question, but the wrong one. Better to ask: Are we stifling innovation across the digital economy by forcing a simplistic choice, contractor vs. employee? The short answer is... View Details
    Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Transportation; Web Services
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law
    • Research Summary

    Overview

    My focus is empirical financial accounting research, with particular interests in governance, valuation, M&A, and short-sellers. All three of my papers to date fall under the broad heading of “alternative governance mechanisms”—studies of how accounting information is... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Governance; Valuation; Law
    • Teaching Interest

    Overview

    Paul is primarily interested in teaching data science to management students through the case method. This includes technical topics (programming and statistics) as well as higher-level management issues (digital transformation, data governance, etc.) As a research... View Details
    Keywords: A/B Testing; AI; AI Algorithms; AI Creativity; Algorithm; Algorithm Bias; Algorithmic Bias; Algorithmic Fairness; Algorithms; Analytics; Application Program Interface; Artificial Intelligence; Causality; Causal Inference; Computing; Computers; Data Analysis; Data Analytics; Data Architecture; Data As A Service; Data Centers; Data Governance; Data Labeling; Data Management; Data Manipulation; Data Mining; Data Ownership; Data Privacy; Data Protection; Data Science; Data Science And Analytics Management; Data Scientists; Data Security; Data Sharing; Data Strategy; Data Visualization; Database; Data-driven Decision-making; Data-driven Management; Data-driven Operations; Datathon; Economics Of AI; Economics Of Innovation; Economics Of Information System; Economics Of Science; Forecast; Forecast Accuracy; Forecasting; Forecasting And Prediction; Information Technology; Machine Learning; Machine Learning Models; Prediction; Prediction Error; Predictive Analytics; Predictive Models; Analysis; AI and Machine Learning; Analytics and Data Science; Applications and Software; Digital Transformation; Information Management; Digital Strategy; Technology Adoption
    • 2010
    • Working Paper

    The Empire Struck Back: The Mexican Oil Expropriation of 1938 Reconsidered

    By: Noel Maurer
    The Mexican expropriation of 1938 was the first large-scale non-Communist expropriation of foreign-owned natural resource assets. The literature generally makes three assertions: the U.S. government did not fully back the companies, Mexico did not fully compensate them... View Details
    Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Governance Controls; Business History; Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Natural Environment; Energy Industry; Mexico; United States
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    • March 2016 (Revised October 2023)
    • Case

    Central European Distribution Corporation: Hostile Takeover, Bankruptcy Makeover

    By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
    In early 2013, Central European Distribution Corporation (CEDC), a large publicly traded producer and distributer of vodka and spirits in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines in its financial performance, is at risk of defaulting on its debt,... View Details
    Keywords: Hostile Takeover; Accounting Restatement; Activist Shareholder; Restructuring; Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Statements; Corporate Governance; Investment Activism; Distribution Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Russia; Europe
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    • 24 Aug 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: August 24

    S&P 500 index and are only marginally higher than the risk-free rate as of the end of 2008. The combined impression from these results is that the return experience of hedge fund investors is much worse than previously thought. Innovations in View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • October 2020
    • Case

    TowerBrook: ESG in Action (A)

    By: Victoria Ivashina, Brian Trelstad and Meaghan Conway
    This case is the first of a two-part series that follows Ramez Sousou and his team at TowerBrook Capital Partners as they face a challenging investment decision in February of 2013. Since its founding, TowerBrook has prided itself on its purpose-driven investing... View Details
    Keywords: ESG; Finance; Private Equity; Corporate Governance; Value Creation; Investment; Decision Making
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    • 18 Apr 2024
    • Lecture

    Innovation Opportunities Created by COVID-19 Can Help: And How to Make Them Happen

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger
    The crush of patients created by COVID enabled the creation of sites for care outside the traditional hospital, such as retail pharmacies, ambulatory surgery centers, urgent care centers, telemedicine, and wireless sensors. Public policy mirrored these changes by... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Health Pandemics; Health Care and Treatment; Innovation and Invention; Health Industry; Insurance Industry
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    • 06 Dec 2010
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Sharpening Your Skills: Doing Business in Emerging Markets

    companies can do things together without formal ownership or legal relationships. Emerging nations must create programs and incentives that encourage enterprises in free-trade zones to build linkages with the local economy. Companies must... View Details
    • June 2004 (Revised July 2005)
    • Background Note

    Tenant and Landlord Rights

    By: Arthur I Segel, Jeff Mandelbaum and Armen Panossian
    Certain key principles govern the landlord-tenant relationship in both commercial and residential settings. Because most property law is state specific, this note provides an overview of how many states would generally analyze a particular situation or relationship. View Details
    Keywords: Renting or Rental; Leasing; Rights; Contracts; Laws and Statutes; Relationships; Real Estate Industry
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    • Article

    Control, Performance, and Knowledge Transfers in Large Multinationals: Unilever in the United States, 1945-1980

    By: G. Jones
    This article considers key issues relating to the organization and performance of large multinational firms in the post-Second World War period. Although foreign direct investment is defined by ownership and control, in practice the nature of that "control" is far from... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Governance Controls; Performance; Business or Company Management; Ownership; Consumer Products Industry; Manufacturing Industry; United States
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    • 21 Jul 2010
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Foreign Entry and the Mexican Banking System, 1997-2007

    Keywords: by Stephen Haber & Aldo Musacchio; Banking
    • Web

    Faculty & Research

    innovative solutions developed during the pandemic-related chaos of securing and delivering vaccines, while she and her team prepare for what unknowns may come next. Featured Case Ingersoll Rand: Broadening Employee Ownership By: Ethan... View Details
    • November 2020 (Revised February 2021)
    • Case

    Integrating Beam Suntory (A)

    By: David G. Fubini, Rawi Abdelal and David Lane
    The spring 2014 acquisition of U.S. alcoholic spirits maker Beam Inc. by Japan’s Suntory Holdings vaulted Suntory from 15th to third-largest international spirits company in the world. Yet Suntory had borrowed nearly the entire $16 billion purchase price, and relied on... View Details
    Keywords: Family Business; Communication; Borrowing and Debt; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Retention; Leadership; Supply Chain; Organizational Structure; Ownership; Relationships; Conflict and Resolution; Integration; Value Creation; Food and Beverage Industry; Japan; United States; Chicago
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    • April 4, 2009
    • Article

    The Return of State-Owned Enterprises: Should We Be Afraid?

    By: Aldo Musacchio and Francisco Flores-Macias
    The global financial crisis of 2008-2009 has prompted many industrialized states worldwide to increase their stakes in private corporations. This wave of partial nationalizations has come amidst full-scale expropriations in developing countries such as Venezuela,... View Details
    Keywords: History; Private Ownership; State Ownership; Financial Crisis; Business and Government Relations
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    • May 2008 (Revised July 2009)
    • Case

    Sovereign Wealth Funds: For Profits or Politics?

    By: Laura Alfaro and Renee Kim
    On March 21, 2008, the U.S. government secured an agreement from two leading sovereign wealth funds (SWFs) to adopt a new set of investment principles to govern the Funds' activities. SWFs, broadly defined as an investment fund owned by a national or a government, were... View Details
    Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; International Relations; State Ownership; United States
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    • October 2022
    • Case

    An Heir with No Spare: The Deitch Family Office

    By: Lauren Cohen and Grace Headinger
    Joe and Matt Deitch, father and son, knew it was time to start their own family office. Matthew had recently joined his father at the family’s three enterprises, and they both realized that their family’s needs had grown increasingly complex over the years. In search... View Details
    Keywords: Family Office; Philanthropy; Charitable Giving; Family; Family Business; Talent and Talent Management; Entrepreneurship; Governance; Values and Beliefs; Job Search; Organizational Design; Organizational Structure; Family Ownership; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Family and Family Relationships; Financial Services Industry; Real Estate Industry; Technology Industry; United States; Massachusetts; Boston; Florida; Miami
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    • 21 May 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Role of the Corporation in Society: An Alternative View and Opportunities for Future Research

    Keywords: by George Serafeim