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- February 1991 (Revised August 2001)
- Case
Ann Hopkins (A)
By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and Ilyse Barkan
Intended to help students understand the many barriers organizations face as their members and their management ranks grow more diverse. As a case on business ethics, it encourages students to discuss what "fairness" and "diversity" mean when an organization is also... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Problems and Challenges; Groups and Teams
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr., and Ilyse Barkan. "Ann Hopkins (A)." Harvard Business School Case 391-155, February 1991. (Revised August 2001.)
- 08 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Europe Lags in Pharmaceuticals and Biotech
the preferred testing ground for Phase 1 clinical trials of new drugs, the benefits of massive R&D spending and economic throw-offs are being enjoyed elsewhere, primarily in the United States View Details
- 31 Aug 2021
- Book
Feeling Powerless at Work? Time to Agitate, Innovate, and Orchestrate
shantytowns. But in an effort to grow her organization and help more people, she eventually began courting private donors, public authorities, and the general public. By 2016,... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald
- 05 Feb 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, February 5, 2019
US courts due to its status as a territory. In 2016, the US Congress had intervened, passing the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Act (Promesa), which established an eight-member... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 13 Nov 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, November 13, 2018
initiatives are fulfilling their desired objectives. By being able to more rigorously evaluate compliance programs with data and empirical analysis, prosecutors and courts will... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 09 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 9, 2019
After a first year of trial rollout in Israel, CEO Lihi Segal and her team are devising a global go-to-market plan for the firm. The team is considering several target markets, ranging from people with... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- January 2017
- Supplement
T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
After deciding to oppose the Dell MBO, T. Rowe Price, together with other dissident Dell shareholders, sought appraisal of their shares in the Delaware courts. The appraisal process resulted in a significant increase in the price to be paid to dissenting shareholders... View Details
Keywords: Fiduciary Duties; Management Buy-out; Ethics; Valuation; Courts and Trials; Business and Shareholder Relations; Restructuring; Financial Services Industry; Computer Industry; Delaware
Goldberg, Lena G. "T. Rowe Price and the Dell Inc. MBO (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 317-089, January 2017.
- 30 Apr 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, April 30, 2019
Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation In 2016, a trial began to determine the future of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation’s $3 billion chapter 11 reorganization plan. The plan called for first- and... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 10 Jul 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, July 10, 2018
business plans, and key personnel ignited a bi-coastal battle between two fierce rivals that was played out in courts competing for jurisdiction and states with diametrically... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 26 Jun 2014
- News
Investors Always Come Back … Even to Argentina
- December 2004 (Revised August 2007)
- Background Note
LTCM's Profit Motive
By: Henry B. Reiling and Kevin Wall
This case summarizes the finding and reasoning inherent in the economic substance and penalty imposition holdings of the district court decision in Long Term Capital Holdings v. United States. The court upheld the IRS's contention that a transaction between Long Term... View Details
Reiling, Henry B., and Kevin Wall. "LTCM's Profit Motive." Harvard Business School Background Note 205-054, December 2004. (Revised August 2007.)
- Web
Speculation and Credit - Coin and Conscience – Baker Library | Bloomberg Center, Historical Collections
of Folly). It commemorates the period of speculative mania which swept France, England, and Holland in the year 1720. Pictured here is the inner court of the old Amsterdam exchange (see 66), where distraught... View Details
- 2008
- Working Paper
Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya
By: Nava Ashraf, Xavier Gine and Dean Karlan
In much of the developing world, many farmers grow crops for local or personal consumption despite export options which appear to be more profitable. Thus many conjecture that one or several markets are missing. We report here on a randomized controlled trial conducted... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Developing Countries and Economies; Trade; Profit; Product Marketing; Standards; Failure; Risk and Uncertainty; Non-Governmental Organizations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Kenya; Europe
Ashraf, Nava, Xavier Gine, and Dean Karlan. "Finding Missing Markets (and a disturbing epilogue): Evidence from an Export Crop Adoption and Marketing Intervention in Kenya." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-065, February 2008. (forthcoming, American Journal of Agricultural Economics.)
- summer 2003
- Article
Patents, Invalidity, and the Strategic Transmission of Enabling Information
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
The patent system encourages innovation and knowledge disclosure by providing exclusivity to inventors. Exclusivity is limited, however, because a substantial fraction of patents have some probability of being ruled invalid when challenged in court. The possibility of... View Details
Keywords: System; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge Dissemination; Courts and Trials; Competition; Patents; Corporate Disclosure
Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Patents, Invalidity, and the Strategic Transmission of Enabling Information." Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 12, no. 2 (summer 2003): 151–178. (Harvard users click here for full text.)
- 21 Feb 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900
- 14 May 2020
- News
Perspectives in Health: Everlywell, Diagnostics and COVID
- 10 Nov 2020
- Sharpening Your Skills
Research News and Tips: Innovating Across Time Zones
Researchers at Harvard Business School publish hundreds of studies around business management each year, often in collaboration with peers from other institutions. Here are insights collected from papers and journal articles published... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- September 2017
- Case
Dr. William Carson— Intrapreneurial Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry
By: Steven Rogers and Alyssa Haywoode
Dr. William Carson, an African-American alum of Harvard University became the President and CEO of a multi billion dollar division of Otsuka, a Japan based pharmaceutical company. His ascension to this leadership position followed a thriving career in academic medicine... View Details
Keywords: Dr. Williams Carson; Otsuka America Pharmaceutical; Harvard; Abilify; Aripiprazole; Health Testing and Trials; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Decision Choices and Conditions; Pharmaceutical Industry; Japan
Rogers, Steven, and Alyssa Haywoode. "Dr. William Carson— Intrapreneurial Innovation in the Pharmaceutical Industry." Harvard Business School Case 318-005, September 2017.
- 18 Dec 2018
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, December 18, 2018
firms face little competition, even after the end of formal periods of patent protection and market exclusivity. Additionally, the evolving technologies of drug development—in particular, the increasingly common use of auxiliary endpoints... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 03 Jun 2020
- Research & Ideas
Who Guarantees Your Workplace Is Safe for Return?
As we start to think about returning to work, shopping, and recreation, there is much talk about transformed workplaces and innovative social distancing designs. But how will companies, workers, View Details