Publications

Educators

19 Aug 2021
News

A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues

action over a period of time versus just simply one year. But in this one year, things have been on a good path. Skydeck is produced by the External Relations department at Harvard Business School View Details

March 2009
Article

The Impact of Shareholder Activism on Financial Reporting and Compensation: The Case of Employee Stock Options Expensing

By: F. Ferri and Tatiana Sandino

We examine the economic consequences of more than 150 shareholder proposals to expense employee stock options (ESO) submitted during the proxy seasons of 2003 and 2004, the first case in which the SEC allowed a shareholder vote on an accounting matter. Our results... View Details

Keywords: Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Stock Option Expensing; Executive Compensation; Financial Reporting; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Corporate Governance; Business and Shareholder Relations; Investment Activism

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Article

The Supply Chain Economy: New Policies to Drive Innovation and Jobs

By: Mercedes Delgado and Karen G. Mills

The debate in economic policymaking about the drivers of innovation and job creation has long centered on manufacturing versus services. The predominant view is that manufacturing drives innovation, wages, and growth, and that services provide less innovation and... View Details

Keywords: Supply Chain Industries; Supply Chain; Economy; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Jobs and Positions

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March 2005 (Revised March 2006)
Case

Sealed Air Corporation: Globalization and Corporate Culture (A) (Abridged)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Karen Wruck

Sealed Air Corp.'s CEO and COO are considering what approach they should take to building a seamless corporate culture worldwide. Anticipating continuing growth and expansion, especially outside the United States, they are concerned with preserving and promoting the... View Details

Keywords: Organizational Culture; Business or Company Management; Growth and Development Strategy; Expansion; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Policy; Leadership; United States; Europe; Asia

Educators

29 May 2020
Op-Ed

How Leaders Are Fighting Food Insecurity on Three Continents

COVID-19 is creating unprecedented strains on food security worldwide. The United Nations' World Food Programme warns that the pandemic could almost double the number of people facing food crises in low- and middle-income populations to 265 million by the end of 2020.... View Details

Keywords: by Howard Stevenson and Shirley Spence; Agriculture & Agribusiness

26 Oct 2017
Research Event

In an Era of 'Fake News,' What is the Future of Advertising and Publishing?

pondered the impact of fake news on democracy, the potential for government regulation of the internet, and the future of business models that support traditional media such as... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting; Journalism & News

September 1988
Article

Earnings Information Conveyed by Dividend Initiations and Omissions

By: Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu

Keywords: Information; Money; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Earnings

June 1981
Teaching Note

Procter & Gamble and the Federal Trade Commission TN

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Consumer Products Industry; United States

January 2004
Case

Bob Holgrom and the Buyout of the Carlson Division

By: Thomas R. Piper

The head of the Carlson Division stands to benefit substantially in financial terms if a private equity firm wins the bid for the division. The division is in the early stages of a performance turnaround, with only three quarters of profit improvement and no audited... View Details

Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Disclosure; Ethics; Financial Reporting; Laws and Statutes; Performance Improvement

11 Feb 2022
Video

Introduction to Sustainable Investing

June 2023
Article

Do Job Seekers Value Diversity Information? Evidence from a Field Experiment and Human Capital Disclosures

By: Jung Ho Choi, Joseph Pacelli, Kristina M. Rennekamp and Sorabh Tomar

We examine how information about the diversity of a potential employer's workforce affects individuals’ job-seeking behavior. We embed a field experiment in job recommendation emails from a leading career advice agency in the U.S. The experimental treatment involves... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Job Search; Employees; Corporate Disclosure

24 Apr 2014
News

Connecting people and policymakers in a conversation online

After taking an active role in Barack Obama’s reelection campaign, in which she discovered how much she enjoyed canvassing voters and talking to people, Elsa Sze (MBA/MPP 2014) wanted to extend the intensity of political engagement beyond... View Details

2009
Working Paper

Endowments, Fiscal Federalism, and the Cost of Capital for States: Evidence from Brazil, 1891-1930

By: Andre C. Martinez Fritscher and Aldo Musacchio

There is a large amount of literature that aims to explain what determines country risk (defined as the difference between the yield of a sovereign's bonds and the risk-free rate). In this paper, we contribute to the discussion by arguing that an important explanatory... View Details

Keywords: Business History; Sovereign Finance; Goods and Commodities; Risk and Uncertainty; Trade; Taxation; Cost of Capital; Revenue; Brazil

01 Jun 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2017

demonstrate the solidity of France’s business ecosystem and the extraordinary opportunity of being an entrepreneur there. A Song of Humanity: A Science-Based Alternative to the World’s Scriptures by Only One... View Details

12 Feb 2016
Op-Ed

The Real Jobs Tragedy in the US: We've Lost the Skills

America’s jobs market changed substantially. Harvard Business School research shows that between 1990 and 2014, America’s ability to generate “traded” jobs—that is, jobs in industries exposed to... View Details

Keywords: by Joe Fuller and Matt Sigelman; Manufacturing; Electronics

November 2010
Teaching Note

Mellon Financial and The Bank of New York (TN)

By: Ryan D. Taliaferro and Carliss Y. Baldwin

Teaching Note for 208129. View Details

Keywords: Valuation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Banks and Banking; Equity; Business Earnings; Banking Industry; New York (state, US)