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- July 2008 (Revised September 2010)
- Case
Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Kaitlyn Simpson
Larry Scott, the new CEO of the Women's Tennis Association, arrives amidst turmoil. Players and tournaments clash over opposing interests. As a result, the board members who represent them are equally divided and feel conflicted about their role. They aren't sure how... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Leadership; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Conflict of Interests; Cooperation; Sports Industry
Lorsch, Jay W., and Kaitlyn Simpson. "Sony Ericsson WTA Tour (A)." Harvard Business School Case 409-018, July 2008. (Revised September 2010.)
- November 2007 (Revised March 2009)
- Case
OppenheimerFunds and Take-Two Interactive (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Andrew Hill and Kaitlyn Simpson
Describes the dilemma faced by Emmanuel Ferreira, a fund manager at OppenheimerFunds. As the largest shareholder and a long-time investor in software publisher Take-Two Interactive, Ferreira contemplates whether or not to get involved with other investors in trying to... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Investment; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Business and Shareholder Relations
Lorsch, Jay W., Andrew Hill, and Kaitlyn Simpson. "OppenheimerFunds and Take-Two Interactive (A)." Harvard Business School Case 408-074, November 2007. (Revised March 2009.)
- 12 Nov 2001
- Research & Ideas
Facing the New World Order
things that are really stupid and to make bad choices to deal with a short-term situation that proved to hamper your prospects in the long term. I think we are in a period such as that, both in governments and in the View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- Web
Lessons from History - Creating Emerging Markets
also attracted prominent scholars, including Gita Piramal, Mahesh Vyas, Chinmay Tumbe, and Shekhar Shah, and leading corporate archivists, including Vrunda Vrunda Pathare, Rajib Lochan Sahoo, and Usha Iyer. Over 120 guests were in... View Details
- 22 Jul 2015
- News
Supporting a Return to Work for Women Execs
Gould. “The issue being that if you don’t have women executives, you’re not going to have the right candidates to move to boards.” In 2012, the United Kingdom implemented a mandatory “comply or explain” system through the UK Corporate... View Details
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Eight Join HBS Faculty
Art by Brian Taylor As an HBS doctoral student and recipient of the Wyss Award for Excellence in Doctoral Research, George Serafeim (DBA ’10) coauthored the paper “The Impact of Corporate Social Responsibility on Investment... View Details
- July 1996 (Revised December 2001)
- Case
Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process
By: Robert L. Simons, Antonio Davila and Afroze A Mohammed
Describes management's attempts to design and install a sophisticated planning and control system in an international company as it changes its strategy. Issues of strategy implementation, accountability, and performance measurement are at the core of the analysis, as... View Details
Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Business or Company Management; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; System; Performance Evaluation
Simons, Robert L., Antonio Davila, and Afroze A Mohammed. "Becton Dickinson--Designing the New Strategic, Operational, and Financial Planning Process." Harvard Business School Case 197-014, July 1996. (Revised December 2001.)
- November 2005 (Revised July 2007)
- Case
Pine Ridge Winery, LLC (A)
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Lauren Barley
George Scheppler, president and CEO of Pine Ridge Winery, LLC, (the "Company") sat in his office overlooking the steep hillside vineyards of the Pine Ridge Winery in Napa Valley. It was June 2005, and he was preparing for the upcoming board of managers meeting where he... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Brands and Branding; Product Positioning; Corporate Strategy; Napa Valley
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Lauren Barley. "Pine Ridge Winery, LLC (A)." Harvard Business School Case 806-060, November 2005. (Revised July 2007.)
- 05 Oct 2010
- First Look
First Look: October 5, 2010
accounting "reliability." Broadly, the evidence, by highlighting the influence of standard setters, can broaden our understanding of the political economy of standard setting beyond the role of corporate lobbying. Download the... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
Jensen Donates Grant
impact on corporate finance, corporate governance, and law and economics, announced in January that he will donate the $200,000 cash grant to the National Bureau of Economic Research, Harvard Business... View Details
- 15 Nov 2004
- Research & Ideas
Solving the Health Care Conundrum
required strategy course at the Harvard Business School, and are taught in virtually every business school in the world. Professor Porter currently leads Harvard's programs for chief executive officers of billion dollar and larger View Details
- 30 Aug 2006
- Op-Ed
The Compensation Game
Confronting greater media scrutiny and an ever-increasing number of shareholder resolutions focusing on executive pay, Corporate America continues to support current pay practices as a product of "the market." Not too long ago,... View Details
Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana
- 01 Jun 2007
- News
Steve Schwarzman
companies with annual revenues exceeding $85 billion. Under Schwarzman’s leadership, the firm has diversified into hedge funds, real estate, corporate debt, restructurings, and mergers and acquisitions. In late March, Blackstone surprised... View Details
- 02 Sep 2014
- First Look
First Look: September 2
the effect of mandatory sustainability reporting on corporate disclosure practices. Specifically, we examine regulations mandating the disclosure of environmental, social, and governance information in... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April–May 2021
- Article
Labor Mobility and Antitakeover Provisions
By: Aiyesha Dey and Joshua White
How do firms protect their human capital? We test whether firms facing an increased threat of being acquired strengthen their antitakeover provisions (ATPs) in order to bond with their employees. We use the adoption of the Inevitable Disclosure Doctrine (IDD) by U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Labor Mobility; Antitakeover Provisions; Trade Secrets; Implicit Contracting; Employee Bonding; Corporate Governance; Acquisition; Human Capital; Strategy; Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Safety
Dey, Aiyesha, and Joshua White. "Labor Mobility and Antitakeover Provisions." Art. 101388. Journal of Accounting & Economics 71, nos. 2-3 (April–May 2021).
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
"...But the good news is your old Enron stock has become a high-priced collectible." © 2008 www.cartoonstock.com Nearly seven years after its collapse, Enron continues to fascinate those interested in corporate leadership and governance.... View Details
- 09 Jan 2014
- Research & Ideas
The Entrepreneurs Who Invented Economic Forecasting
the US? A: When forecasting got started, in the early twentieth century, there was little idea that government could or should play a role in stabilizing economic growth. Most people, like Babson, James Brookmire, and the Harvard... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- March 2010
- Article
Information Content of Insider Trades before and after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
By: Francois Brochet
This paper examines the information content of Form 4 filings under the more timely disclosure regime introduced by Section 403 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). Abnormal returns and trading volumes around filings of insider stock purchases are significantly... View Details
Keywords: Stocks; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Market Transactions; Volume; Sales
Brochet, Francois. "Information Content of Insider Trades before and after the Sarbanes-Oxley Act." Accounting Review 85, no. 2 (March 2010): 419–446.
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countries at the Global Steering Group Impact Summit i... Social Enterprise Summer Fellowship - Do It! Kiernan Schmitt 13 Jul 2017 Imagine if, when it came to delivering city services online, your local government thought like a...... View Details