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  • September 2011
  • Article

Global Capitalism at Risk: What Are You Doing About It?

By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
Market capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Economic Systems; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Markets; Risk and Uncertainty
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    Global Capitalism at Risk: What Are You Doing About It?

    Market capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and... View Details
    • Web

    Curriculum - Case Method Project

    American Revolution through the 20th century, including the Women’s Suffrage Movement and the rise of feminism. It introduces the principal women’s rights activists who pushed for a proposed “Equal Rights Amendment” to the U.S.... View Details
    • 11 Jan 2011
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Does Shareholder Proxy Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge

    Keywords: by Bo Becker, Daniel B. Bergstresser & Guhan Subramanian; Financial Services
    • 18 Jun 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Evaluating the Impact of SA 8000 Certification

    Keywords: by Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz & Michael W. Toffel
    • June 2014 (Revised May 2017)
    • Case

    Southeastern Asset Management Challenges Buyout at Dell

    By: Paul Healy, Suraj Srinivasan and Aldo Sesia
    In late 2012, Michael Dell wants to take Dell Inc., the company he founded, private. Mr. Dell believes that the successful company's transformation from a personal computer (PC) manufacturer to an enterprise solutions and services provider (ESS) is dependent on going... View Details
    Keywords: Leveraged Buyout Transaction; Leveraged Recapitalization; Management Buyout; Dell, Inc.; Hedge Fund; Corporate Governance Theory; Valuation; Valuation Ratios; Valuation Methodologies; Board Of Directors; Boards Of Directors; Carl Icahn; Computer Services Industries; Proxy Contest; Proxy Battles; Proxy Fight; Proxy Advisor; Financial Accounting; Financial Analysis; Financial Ratios; Finance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Leveraged Buyouts; Computer Industry; United States
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    • December 2021
    • Case

    Danish Crown: Feeding the Future

    By: David E. Bell, Damien P. McLoughlin, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Mette Fuglsang Hjortshoej
    Danish Crown, one of the world’s largest exporters of pork meat and one of Europe’s top five producers of beef, faced increasing headwinds in 2021, making CEO Jais Valeur feel like the core of the meat business was under attack. As a cooperative and prominent player in... View Details
    Keywords: Agribusiness; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Food; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Nutrition; Cooperative Ownership; Change Management; Transition; Leadership; Leading Change; Marketing; Product Marketing; Corporate Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; Denmark
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    • 20 Aug 2024
    • Cold Call Podcast

    Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports

    Keywords: Re: Jeffrey F. Rayport; Sports; Entertainment & Recreation
    • Research Summary

    AIDS in Africa: Life, Death and Property Rights

    By: Debora L. Spar
    In the final years of the twentieth century, the world was hit by a plague of epidemic proportions--the plague of AIDS, a life-threatening disease that remained stubbornly immune to any cure or vaccine. In the developed nations of the West, AIDS was slowly brought... View Details
    • 20 Aug 2024
    • Interview

    Angel City Football Club: A New Business Model for Women’s Sports

    By: Jeffrey F. Rayport, Brian Kenny and Nicole Tempest Keller
    Angel City Football Club (ACFC) was founded in 2020 by venture capitalist Kara Nortman, entrepreneur Julie Uhrman, and actor and activist Natalie Portman. As outsiders to professional sports, the all-female founding team had rewritten the playbook for how to build a... View Details
    Keywords: Brands and Branding; Gender; Franchise Ownership; Business Model; Sports Industry
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    • 04 Mar 2014
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Consequences to Directors of Shareholder Activism

    Keywords: by Ian D. Gow, Sa-Pyung Sean Shin & Suraj Srinivasan
    • 2009
    • Chapter

    Evaluating the Impact of SA8000 Certification

    By: Michael J. Hiscox, Claire Schwartz and Michael W. Toffel
    SA 8000, along with other types of certification standards and corporate codes of conduct, represents a new form of private governance of working conditions, initiated and implemented by companies, labor unions, and non-governmental activist groups. Whether these codes... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; Working Conditions; Standards; Performance Evaluation
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    • 10 Feb 2016
    • HBS Seminar

    Chris Blattman, Associate Professor, Columbia SIPA

    • September 2009
    • Article

    Virtue out of Necessity? Compliance, Commitment and the Improvement of Labor Conditions in Global Supply Chains

    By: Akshay Mangla, Richard Locke and Matthew Amengual
    Private, voluntary compliance programs, promoted by global corporations and nongovernmental organizations alike, have produced only modest and uneven improvements in working conditions and labor rights in most global supply chains. Through a detailed study of a major... View Details
    Keywords: Working Conditions; Ethics; Supply Chain; Governance Compliance; Globalization
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    Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

    product and business development roles at leading startups. She grew up in Dubai, Pakistan, and the United States, and has a BA from Wellesley College. Nabeel is currently an associate portfolio manager at Elliott Advisors, where he focuses on special situations and... View Details
    • 14 May 2018
    • Research & Ideas

    Amazon vs. Whole Foods: When Cultures Collide

    from that.” The new inventory system was actually something Whole Foods had started to implement before the Amazon deal, pressured by activist shareholders who had seen the grocer’s stock and sales margins slipping for two years. “This is... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage
    • 19 Nov 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: November 19

      Publications August 2013 American Economic Journal: Macroeconomics Accounting for Crises By: Nagar, Venky, and Gwen Yu Abstract—We provide one of the first empirical evidence consistent with recent macro global-game crisis models, which show that the precision of... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 04 Sep 2001
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Government Just Stupid? How Bad Decisions Are Made

    the expense of others. Another reason is the human tendency to resist any policy change that leads to harm as well as benefit. These are complex issues. Politicians and activists have been trying to solve some of them for decades; but... View Details
    Keywords: by Max H. Bazerman, Jonathan Baron & Katherine Shonk
    • 08 Dec 2022
    • HBS Case

    The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

    Starbucks, Coca-Cola, and other corporations to quit serving the country. Eventually, the hashtag #BoycottNestle began trending on social media, as activists supported a boycott of the company for delaying its exit. Nestlé’s critical... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
    • 01 Sep 2023
    • News

    In My Humble Opinion: Futures Investor

    In the half-century since his graduation, Theodore Roosevelt IV (MBA 1972) has earned widespread respect as both a forward-thinking investment banker and an influential activist through his efforts to address climate change and preserve public lands. For much of that... View Details
    Keywords: Deborah Blagg; climate change; investment banking; leadership; carbon tax