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Industries (8) Goals and Objectives (18) Going Public (36) Goods and Commodities (7) Governance Compliance (4) Governance Controls (76) Governance (268) Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms (72) Governing and Advisory Boards (20)... View Details
  • February 2016 (Revised October 2017)
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The Jungle and the Debate over Federal Meat Inspection in 1906

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In early June 1906, the House Committee on Agriculture heard testimony from two investigators appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to verify allegations of unsanitary conditions at Chicago slaughterhouses that had appeared in Upton Sinclair's recent novel, The... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Governance Compliance; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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  • 01 Apr 2014
  • Working Paper Summaries

Opting Out of Good Governance

Keywords: by C. Fritz Foley, Paul Goldsmith-Pinkham, Jonathan Greenstein & Eric Zwick
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

worker activism, evidenced by varying compliance with multinational enterprises’ (MNEs’) labor standards. Analyzing audit data from thousands of Chinese suppliers, we find that suppliers in cities with more wage-related activism increased... View Details
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Overview

By: Ayelet Israeli
Professor Israeli utilizes econometric methods and field experiments to study data driven decision making in marketing context. Her research focuses on data-driven marketing, with an emphasis on how businesses can leverage their own data, customer data, and market data... View Details
Keywords: Channel Management; Pricing; Pricing Policies; Online Marketing; E-commerce; Analytics; Econometrics; Field Experiments; Data Analytics; Artificial Intelligence; Value Of Data
  • 17 Jan 2011
  • Research & Ideas

Being the Boss

effective for influencing people and getting results. Your Formal Authority Often Fails to Produce Compliance You may think people are perverse or stubborn, but there are many reasons they don't always follow your instructions. They... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
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Events - Business History

Carolyn Roberts, Yale University Oct 4 04 Oct 2021 Business History Seminar: Global Business and Society “Human Resources or Liability Management? The Rise of Compliance in HR” Caitlin Rosenthal, Berkeley 3:30 - 5:00 PM, via Zoom. Jun 9... View Details
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HBS - Financials | Supplemental Financial Information

with $7 million a year earlier. Capitalization of endowment income—or cash used to purchase endowment units—was a $5 million use of cash in fiscal 2022, down $1 million from the prior year. In compliance with federal and state legal... View Details
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Data Privacy Statement (MENA) - Global

ŞTİ. , whose trade name is the Middle East and North Africa Research Center (hereinafter, the “Center”), established in Istanbul by Harvard Business School, is designated as a “data controller” and works to ensure compliance with the Law... View Details
  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

requirements and other rules, and boards and managers comply. Economies with good governance structures perform better than those lacking such systems. · A board's key functions are overseeing a company's strategy and leadership, monitoring its financial results, and... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
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Richard P. Melnick | About

Planning and Analysis. Rick helps to monitor and manage the finances and compliance issues for the School’s global offices. He is on the audit committee for Harvard Business Publishing. Rick is also involved in university-wide financial... View Details
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News - Research Computing Services

policies and regulatory requirements, and to support data security measures. New Requirements for Project Space Requests Effective February 11, all necessary compliance documentation, including Institutional Review Board (IRB)... View Details
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Mission-Driven Governance

By: Raymond Fisman, Rakesh Khurana and Edward Martenson

The purpose of this paper is to provide a useful, easily applied theory of governance performance. The existing model is fundamentally adversarial, rooted in the paradigm of principal-agent conflict. At its base is an image of governance as a never-ending struggle... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Knowledge Management; Standards; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Effectiveness; Performance Evaluation
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  • 26 Jul 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Burgers with Bugs? What Happens When Restaurants Ignore Online Reviews

constituting a 1.8 to 3.2 percent reduction in sold-out probability. "I hope regulators will start seeing all these pieces of digital data as useful in helping them do a better job." They also compared hygiene compliance across... View Details
Keywords: by Kara Baskin; Entertainment & Recreation; Food & Beverage; Retail
  • April 2011 (Revised April 2015)
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Cipla 2011

By: Rohit Deshpande, Sandra J. Sucher and Laura Winig
Dr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing company Cipla, is weighing options for how to continue to support the global fight against HIV/AIDS while positioning his company for growth in a changing regulatory landscape. View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Governance Compliance; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • February 1992 (Revised September 2003)
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Beech-Nut Nutrition Corporation (A-1)

By: Lynn S. Paine
The CEO of Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. must decide what to do when he receives information that the company's supply of apple juice concentrate may be adulterated. The concentrate is used in many of the company's juice products. It appears that others in the company may... View Details
Keywords: Quality; Law; Ethics; Nutrition; Management Teams; Decisions; Business or Company Management; Communication; Governance Compliance; Information Management; Corporate Finance; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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  • January – February 2008
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Managing the Impact of Employee Turnover on Performance: The Role of Process Conformance

By: Zeynep Ton and Robert S. Huckman
We examine the impact of employee turnover on operating performance in settings that require high levels of knowledge exploitation. Using 48 months of turnover data from U.S. stores of a major retail chain, we find that, on average, employee turnover is associated with... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Governance Compliance; Retention; Standards; Service Operations; Business Processes; Retail Industry; United States
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  • October 2021
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Financial Reporting at Mattel

By: Aiyesha Dey, Trung Nguyen, Marshal Herrmann and Julia Kelley
In September 2020, Diana Ferguson was nearing her first Audit Committee meeting as the newly appointed Audit Committee chair of Mattel, Inc. Mattel was just recovering from an accounting scandal which had revealed the company’s poor internal controls and weak board... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Accounting Audits; Financial Reporting; Financial Statements; Governance; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Financial Services Industry; North and Central America; United States; California
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  • 13 May 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Company Reviews on Glassdoor: Petty Complaints or Signs of Potential Misconduct?

corporate misconduct, pointing to cultural factors that might eventually result in scandal earlier than they would otherwise attract attention. In a business environment where ethics are paramount, the findings may offer managers and View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Technology
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Rclone - Research Computing Services

that have changed and resuming interrupted transfers. Note: Please remember that cloud storage services, rclone, and HBSGrid storage should be used in compliance with data safety guidelines and any Data Usage Agreement or approved IRB. If... View Details