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  • Portrait Project

Amy Yamner

the decisions that would shape our own lives. My word was COMPASSION. I want to build schools. My assets will be the lives I have improved, my liabilities the ones I have yet to reach. I want to create value through giving children... View Details
  • August 1995
  • Case

Hutton Branch Manager (D)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Describes the actions taken by E.F.Hutton management in response to the Bell Report, a study prepared by former Attorney General Griffin Bell and his law firm after Hutton pleaded guilty to 2,000 counts of mail and wire fraud in connection with its cash management... View Details
Keywords: Legal Liability; Crime and Corruption; Moral Sensibility; Acquisition; Decisions; Business or Company Management; Financial Services Industry
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  • Web

The Formula - Option Pricing in Theory & Practice: The Nobel Prize Research of Robert C. Merton - Exhibits - Historical Collections

member of the finance faculty. It was in this small group that the complex theories of option pricing and corporate liability valuation were developed and expanded upon. Though Fischer Black was not a member of the MIT faculty, he was a... View Details
  • 02 Jan 2020
  • Op-Ed

Medicare for All or Public Option: Can Either Heal Health Care?

The United States has serious health care problems: More than 27 million uninsured people, costs that are growing faster than income, and a staggering $37 trillion of unfunded liabilities in the Medicare program. Perhaps most alarming:... View Details
Keywords: by Regina E. Herzlinger and James Wallace; Health; Public Administration
  • 26 Mar 2008
  • First Look

First Look: March 26, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508038 Ruling the Modern Corporation: The Debate over Limited Liability in Massachusetts Harvard Business School Case 708-016 In 1830, Governor Levi Lincoln, Jr. urged the... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • March 2001 (Revised April 2002)
  • Case

Ginzel et al v. Kolcraft Enterprises et al (A)

By: Michael A. Wheeler
Examines the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of an infant who died after a portable crib collapsed. The manufacturer, Kolcraft, licensed the Playskool brand name from the co-defendant, Hasbro Industries. Raises difficult questions about what the two... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Product; Negotiation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Brands and Branding; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • 27 Dec 2010
  • Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty on 2010’s Biggest Business Developments

approximately $8 trillion. As the ratio of retired people receiving benefits to working people paying into the system increases, there will be an ever-increasing deficit confronting the government. Even more problematic is the fact the Medicare system has a vested... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • November 2001 (Revised April 2005)
  • Case

Lonestar

By: Michael A. Wheeler and Georgia Levenson
Explores the legal and ethical responsibilities of a manager who believes that he has heard of a serious instance of sexual harassment, but who has been implored by the victim not to report it. Discussion can focus on the immediate problem or be expanded to a broader... View Details
Keywords: Working Conditions; Management Practices and Processes; Ethics; Crisis Management; Legal Liability
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  • 19 Jul 2011
  • First Look

First Look: July 19

Abstract Revenue recognition and measurement principles can conflict with liability recognition and measurement principles. We explore here under different market conditions when the two measurement approaches coincide and when they... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • August 2010 (Revised March 2012)
  • Supplement

The Dow Acquisition of Rohm and Haas (E)

By: Jay W. Lorsch and Melissa Barton
Dow completed the acquisition of Rohm and Haas and escaped a battle in a Delaware courtroom View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Legal Liability; Managerial Roles; Complexity
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  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

designers must think about how to distribute property rights, people, and activities across numerous self-governing enterprises in ways that are advantageous for the group (ecosystem) as well as for the designer's own firm or community. Paper:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 01 Jun 2000
  • News

Of Dugouts and Sweatshops

another of Reich's interventions. He recounted the controversy surrounding accusations that clothing promoted by Kathie Lee Gifford had been manufactured in a sweatshop environment. Even though Gifford had no legal liability in the... View Details
Keywords: Eileen K. McCluskey
  • October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
  • Case

SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (A)

By: Frank Nagle, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr and David Lane
On December 12, 2020, SolarWinds learned that malware had been inserted in its software, potentially granting hackers access to thousands and thousands of its 300,000 customers. General Counsel Jason Bliss needed to orchestrate the company response without knowing how... View Details
Keywords: Cyberattacks; Cybersecurity; Corporate Disclosure; Crisis Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Legal Liability; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • November 2006 (Revised March 2007)
  • Case

eDonkey--Deciding the Future of File Sharing

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee
Sam Yagan, CEO of the upstart MetaMachine, Inc., received a letter from the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) asking him to shut down eDonkey, MetaMachine's popular file-sharing system. In September 2005, more than 30 million users relied on... View Details
Keywords: Applications and Software; Crisis Management; Music Entertainment; Legal Liability; Copyright; Information Technology Industry; Music Industry; United States
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  • October 2008 (Revised January 2015)
  • Teaching Note

Polanco: A Fashionable Opportunity

By: Arthur I Segel and Ben Creo
Teaching Note for [209012]. View Details
Keywords: Investment; Planning; Buildings and Facilities; Construction; Design; Property; Opportunities; Legal Liability; Real Estate Industry; Mexico
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  • 27 Mar 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

Abstract—Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We develop a theoretical model that predicts that... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

innovation after the anti-corruption campaign and the departure of government innovation officials. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=55038 When Does Product Liability Risk Chill Innovation? Evidence... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
  • 24 Jul 2013
  • Op-Ed

Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In

the income taxes paid by residents with good jobs, from the tolls paid by drivers, from property and sales taxes. Without revenue, costs can't be covered. Can cities with high liabilities expect to be bailed out and propped up without... View Details
Keywords: by John Macomber, Robert C. Pozen, Eric D. Werker & Benjamin Kennedy; Auto
  • October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
  • Supplement

SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)

By: Frank Nagle, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr and David Lane
Supplements the (A) case, describing actions taken by SolarWinds as well as by regulatory agencies in the aftermath of the immediate crisis. The case also includes reflections by SolarWinds managers on the choices they made with respect to disclosure, media relations,... View Details
Keywords: Cyberattacks; Cybersecurity; Corporate Disclosure; Crisis Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Legal Liability; Governance Compliance; Business and Government Relations; Information Technology Industry; United States
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  • Web

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