Publications

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

bondholders who participate and penalize those who do not—all the while complying with securities laws that require equal treatment of creditors holding identical claims. This was the situation facing the... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

13 Jun 2017
Blog Post

4 Things You Need to Know about the MS/MBA: Engineering Sciences Program

Harvard Business School has offered joint degrees for many years—including those with Harvard Law School, Harvard Kennedy School, and Harvard Medical School. Harvard recently announced the launch of a new... View Details

07 May 2012
Research & Ideas

The Art of Haggling

of bargaining, while in Getting to YES, Harvard Law School Professor Roger Fisher and Harvard Negotiation Project Senior Fellow William Ury advocated for an approach that can benefit both parties. Fisher... View Details

Keywords: by Katie Johnston

15 Apr 2015
Research & Ideas

Why Americans Voted for an Income Tax

Roosevelt in the 1930s: "With the enactment of the Income Tax Law of 1913, the Federal Government began to apply effectively the widely accepted principle that taxes should be levied in proportion to ability to pay View Details

Keywords: by Matthew C. Weinzierl

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Leadership Transitions | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

School. From The New York Times © 1973 The New York Times . All rights reserved. Used by permission and protected by the Copyright Laws of the United States. The printing, copying, redistribution, or... View Details

August 2023 (Revised February 2024)
Case

DexAI

By: Jo Tango and Christina Wallace

During a challenging fundraising environment, the DexAI founders received two term sheets with nearly identical economic terms but very different legal ones. The entrepreneurs had to navigate: representations and warranties (their personal guarantees that the company's... View Details

Keywords: Venture Capital Term Sheet; Term Sheet; Term Sheets; Founders; Legal Aspects Of Business; Seed Financing; Founders' Agreements; Venture Capital; Entrepreneurship; Financing and Loans; Intellectual Property; Entrepreneurial Finance; Contracts; Business Startups; Agreements and Arrangements

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Seminars & Conferences - Faculty & Research

Religion Seminar Series Sep 18 18 Sep 2025 STRAT Seminar John de Figueiredo, Duke University School of Law Strategy Unit Seminar - John de Figueiredo Time: 12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Location: Baker Library | Bloomberg Center 102 Harvard Business... View Details

January 2019 (Revised February 2020)
Case

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

By: Anita Elberse and Melissa Rodman

World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. (WWE) develops and presents scripted hero-versus-villain storylines featuring its wrestlers at hundreds of live events—on several weekly television shows, on its own over-the-top streaming service, and on social media—to millions of... View Details

Keywords: Superstars; Talent; Talent Development; Labor Economics; General Management; Entertainment; Sports; Media; Talent and Talent Management; Contracts; Marketing; Strategy

August 2024
Case

Oculii

By: Andy Wu and Lucas Defilippo

It was a bright June day in 2016. Steven Hong, co-founder and COO of Oculii had just signed a letter of intent agreeing to a 51% stake acquisition by Nexteer Automotive, a global steering and driveline supplier company that developed advanced driver assistance systems... View Details

Keywords: Automotive; Autonomous Vehicles; Wireless Communications; Mergers and Acquisitions; Communication Intention and Meaning; Intellectual Property; Growth Management; Negotiation Deal; Supply Chain; Auto Industry; Technology Industry