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- 01 Jun 2022
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June 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
philosophy, behavioral science, and corporate law, and shares practical advice. Experts J.S. Nelson and Lynn Stout cover a wide array of essential topics including the legal status of corporations, major ethical traps in modern business,... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
This Is What I Do
half of all girls are married off before the legal age of 16. In this impoverished country, it is said that a man with daughters is rich. The visitor to the shelter that day last August was Gayle Tzemach Lemmon (MBA 2006), a former ABC... View Details
- 10 Mar 2021
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Shattering Glass
50 or 60 years ago. Discrimination used to be perfectly legal; it wasn’t until the 1980s that the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission defined and prohibited sexual harassment in the workplace. We certainly have made progress on the View Details
- 22 Aug 2019
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Catalyzing Africa’s Tech Sector
values from other societies, from other communities. Both in terms of professional skills, in terms of just personal attributes. We're building a business at Andela, it's not a social enterprise, it's not a nonprofit. I think any good business in Africa that is doing... View Details
- 03 Sep 2018
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Moving Pictures
was terrible.” But he did seem to have something to say. During his summer breaks, Singer interned at Nickelodeon, working in the strategy and legal groups and later following up that experience with a stint at the Disney Channel. “The... View Details
- 15 Nov 2013
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Helping Bright Ideas Shine Again
Côme Laguë by Robert S. Benchley Côme Laguë (MBA 1993) has no respect for firms he calls "patent trolls"—holding companies that buy up and bank the intellectual property of closed businesses solely for the purpose of generating income through View Details
Keywords: Robert S. Benchley
- 06 Dec 2021
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New Wave
hydrokinetic technologies has subsequently risen to $109 million). Con Edison eventually invested in the company, but because there is no legal mechanism for paying a provider to deliver tidal power to the grid in New York State, the... View Details
- 01 Jun 1997
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Blockbuster Deals
particularly difficult because of cultural and legal differences. For example, the legal definition of 'redundant employees' varies widely as do requirements for severance arrangements. In the face of such... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons and Nancy O. Perry
- 01 Apr 1998
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New Releases
between Islamic and Western legal and financial concepts and practices. While charging interest is ruled out, the Koran does allow Muslims to participate in profits. "They can become a partner on a level playing field with other... View Details
- 01 Dec 1996
- News
An Entrepreneurial Journey
specialized in failing companies," said the former management consultant in a 1985 HBS interview. "No matter what a firm's problem was, I always said it was my specialty to take care of it." MCI, an upstart telecommunications firm that waged a View Details
- 01 Dec 2022
- News
December 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books and Podcasts
Edited by Margie Kelley Alumni Books Pilgrimage to the Museum: Man’s Search for God Through Art and Time By Stephen Auth (MBA 1985) Sophia Institute Press In Pilgrimage to the Museum, author-curator Stephen Auth takes you on a colorful journey through the history of... View Details
- 21 Jun 2022
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Banquet Brings Latino Alumni Back Together; Dallas Club Marks 75 Years with a Look Ahead
before heading to Harvard Law School. He went on to serve as a Legal Aid attorney, a Providence Housing Court judge, and then a professor at Roger Williams University School of Law, where he cofounded the Latino Policy Institute. He has... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 01 Oct 2000
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Laura Scher of Working Assets
customers abreast of issues according to their region," she notes. The company's customers generate approximately one hundred thousand phone calls and letters every month to support fast-moving progressive issues such as gun control, government funding of public... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Sep 2009
- News
Over the Top
legislation along. But we need much more than a good scolding and limits on sky-high paydays. We need to rethink how American business ought to be run, including changes to fiduciary duties, legal liability, takeover rules, and business... View Details
- 01 Dec 2006
- News
MBA vs. MBA
requiring employers to verify the legal status of workers, deporting illegals who are in jail, and denying illegals taxpayer-funded benefits such as welfare, free education, and food stamps. He says that Edwards lies about his record on... View Details
- 01 Nov 2012
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First and Goal
a chief litigation counsel at Bessemer Trust in New York City, and an Adjunct Professor of Law at New York Law School. With his legal and other expertise, he also does pro bono work for the Sports Legacy Institute. “I continue to watch... View Details
- 01 Oct 2000
- News
The Entrepreneurial Venture
decisions. In many developed countries, taxes are confiscatory, and in many developing countries, there is no legal protection for intellectual property. Horatio Alger is alive and well in the United States; individual success and... View Details
- 01 Dec 2008
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Lesson from the Fall
employees of the chairman and CEO. Ethical Discipline What Skilling and chairman Kenneth Lay failed to understand as leaders is that compliance with espoused ethical and legal standards is an organizational achievement. Or to put it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
a member of its editorial board. He will now spend more time at Columbia, including overseeing the Columbia Journalism Review. “I’ve turned over day-to-day editing to The Nation’s current editor, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and in November, financial and View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
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Up Against The Firewall
to law enforcement? How much disclosure is legally required, and how much is appropriate ethically? How will disclosure affect the company’s stock price and prospects for attracting future business? For any executive, it’s a nightmare... View Details