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  • 20 Jan 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Fixing Corporate Governance: A Roundtable Discussion at Harvard Business School

concentrate on the entire organizational system—in short, the shape of the barrel—we may not find remedies. We may have a flurry of new regulations here and there, but we won't have genuine solutions for these problems that are not only causing View Details
Keywords: by Garry Emmons
  • 28 May 2008
  • First Look

First Look: May 28, 2008

price of diesel fuel. Purchase the case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508074 Adelphia Communications Corp.'s Bankruptcy Harvard Business School Case 208-071 In 2002, a massive accounting fraud and corporate looting View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 04 Jun 2013
  • First Look

First Look: June 4

European financial system to prevent the embattled country from having to exit the Euro zone; and the potential scenarios for Greek banks in mid-2012. Purchase this case: http://hbr.org/search/713055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 313-075 Barclays and the LIBOR... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 26 Mar 2013
  • First Look

First Look: March 26

Street (OWS), a prominent short selling research firm. Diamond Foods, a high flying growth company in 2011, grew from a walnut farmers' cooperative in 2005 into a branded snack foods manufacturer on the strength of a series of acquisitions. The accounting View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Dec 2002
  • News

Bad Times for Business

find remedies. We may have a flurry of new regulations here and there, but we won't have genuine solutions for these problems that are not only causing scandals but are also hurting the performance of the economy. Koehn: Board performance... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons
  • 18 Oct 2004
  • Research & Ideas

The Bias of Wall Street Analysts

begun investigating the impact of accounting method choices in cross-border investments. Ann Cullen: After the scandals of the past few years, the potential for brokerage research deception is obviously something the Securities and... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • 03 Sep 2018
  • News

Moving Pictures

Josh Singer won’t tell me where he keeps his Oscar. In 2016, he won Hollywood’s most coveted award for cowriting Spotlight, the movie about Boston Globe journalists uncovering the Catholic priest sexual abuse scandal that also took home... View Details
Keywords: Julia Hanna; photographed by Christina Gandolfo; Arts, Entertainment
  • 26 Sep 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

cascading series of scandals surrounding that same workplace culture led a group of powerful investors to seek Kalanick's resignation to protect their investment. This case presents an overview of the growth of Uber, the impact of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 22 Jun 2009
  • Research & Ideas

“Too Big To Fail”: Reining In Large Financial Firms

largely unregulated hedge fund, came perilously close to collapse in 1998, threatening the global financial system. The tech bubble burst in 2001. Accounting scandals destroyed Enron in 2001 and WorldCom in 2002. And the current global... View Details
Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
  • 01 Dec 2015
  • News

Alumni and Faculty Books for December 2015

in the world of air travel, first as passengers, then as flight attendants and pilots, and, finally, as astronauts. Anecdotes trace these women’s challenges and successes, their slow march over 100 years from scandal to acceptance,... View Details
  • 01 Feb 2011
  • First Look

First Look: Feb. 1

accountability once a problem of trust arises-a scandal in the sector or in their own organization, questions from citizens or donors who want to know if their money is being well spent, or pressure from regulators to demonstrate that... View Details
  • 06 Dec 2021
  • News

Rescue & Recovery

need humanitarian aid by the end of this year, an increase of 40 percent over 2020. Meanwhile, much closer to home, Mercy Corps is still recovering from a crisis of its own, after an abuse scandal in 2019 that led to the ouster of its... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Stephen Voss; Social Assistance; Health, Social Assistance
  • 29 Jun 2007
  • First Look

First Look: June 29, 2007

under in the biggest corporate scandal in South African history. In one day, Sekunjalo's stock dropped 44%. Surve, already a very public figure in South Africa, had to decide what to do, especially what to tell his loyal employees who had... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 10 Jan 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Motivation and the Cross-Sector Alliance

"we have a worldwide mission: to become leading corporate citizens." In several cases, this mandate was the result of traumatic experiences or scandals that required huge efforts on the part of companies to repair damaged... View Details
Keywords: by James Austin, Ezequiel Reficco & SEKN research team
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Past Issues - Alumni

Venture Competition Complete Table of Contents December 2021 Rescue & Recovery In the wake of an abuse scandal and a clean sweep of leadership at Mercy Corps, Tjada D’Oyen McKenna gets the humanitarian aid organization back to the... View Details