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- July 2005 (Revised August 2008)
- Background Note
Attorney-Client Privilege
By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
Provides a brief summary of the requirements of the attorney-client privilege--an important mechanism for protecting client confidences under U.S. law. Discusses the application of the privilege in a corporate context. View Details
Keywords: Business Ventures; Interpersonal Communication; Crime and Corruption; Law; Attorney and Client Relationships
Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher Bruner. "Attorney-Client Privilege." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-013, July 2005. (Revised August 2008.)
- 01 Feb 2012
- What Do You Think?
Is Support for Small Business Misplaced?
farms of Europe and the US. It helps explain laws to protect small business from the ravages of the A&Ps and Walmarts. It increasingly drives politics as well as government... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- February 1999
- Case
Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (D)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Hal Hogan
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Growth and Development; Trends; Moral Sensibility; Ethics; Organizational Culture; Law; Banking Industry; Nigeria
Paine, Lynn S., and Hal Hogan. "Guaranty Trust Bank PLC Nigeria (D)." Harvard Business School Case 399-116, February 1999.
- January 1994 (Revised July 1998)
- Case
Repligen Corporation: January 1992
By: Josh Lerner and David Kane
Sandford Smith, CEO of Repligen, faces the breakdown of negotiations about a proposed joint venture with a large pharmaceutical firm. He must decide whether to proceed using his firm's internal resources or whether to seek to revise the proposed collaboration. If the... View Details
Lerner, Josh, and David Kane. "Repligen Corporation: January 1992." Harvard Business School Case 294-082, January 1994. (Revised July 1998.)
- 1990
- Other Unpublished Work
Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Reform - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, Investigations Subcommittee
By: J. Ronald Fox
Keywords: National Security; Contracts; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; United States
Fox, J. Ronald. "Congressional Testimony on Defense Acquisition Reform - U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Armed Services, Investigations Subcommittee." U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1990.
- 21 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
What Health Care Managers Need to Know--and How to Teach Them
Reserve University, Duke University, Peking University, University of Alabama at Birmingham, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Pennsylvania, Vanderbilt Law School and Virginia... View Details
- 29 Jan 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Business Press Is a Watchdog that Bites
When tales of financial fraud hit the newsstands, business people and academics usually assume that it was analysts or auditors who brought the wrongdoing to light. Journalists, they believe, are only repeating what they've been told.... View Details
- 10 Sep 2014
- Research & Ideas
Become a Value Creator
follow from that." The Root Of All Scandals In 2008, greedy bankers became high-profile value claimers and nearly took the entire world into a depression, Hall says. They were slapped with tighter financial View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- August 2007
- Teaching Note
Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: "Vulture" Tactics or Market Backbone (TN)
By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
Teaching Note to 706057. View Details
- Jun 2008
- Conference Presentation
The Impact of (Legal) Digital Distribution on Music Sales: Who Benefits?
By: Anita Elberse
- 05 Aug 2002
- Research & Ideas
Five questions for Regina E. Herzlinger
undercapitalized, incompetent insurance entrants will be reduced by competition and regulation by state regulatory bodies. Q: In your new article in Harvard Business Review, you write, "The current... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- 01 Jun 2010
- Sharpening Your Skills
Sharpening Your Skills: Social Reporting
accountability demands. HBS professor Alnoor Ebrahim examines the tradeoffs inherent in a range of accountability mechanisms. Key concepts include: Accountability is not simply about compliance with laws or industry standards, but is more... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 02 Sep 2015
- Research & Ideas
Explaining China's Crash
for the longer term. Are they going to foster the rule of law and give domestic and foreign entrepreneurs more confidence to invest? Are they going to allow private companies... View Details
- 08 Jan 2001
- What Do You Think?
Have We Extended the Boundaries of the Firm Too Far?
standards of the Internet and willing to transfer databases to a "rival supplier" in the event of an unsatisfactory relationship (Joshua Doherty), and those maintaining a highly focused in-house... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 12 Nov 2015
- Research & Ideas
Can Consumers be Trusted with Their Own Health Care?
problem in the health care industry comes partly from a clash of interests. Doctors are passionate about addressing the individual needs of each patient, while regulators and policy makers are intent on... View Details
- 30 Jan 2019
- What Do You Think?
Who Will Measure up to These Two Remarkable Leaders?
value for customers, and extraordinary returns to investors. Neither had extensive schooling in business administration. John Bogle earned a liberal arts degree from Princeton. Herb Kelleher received his from Wesleyan, with majors in... View Details
- 03 Jun 2002
- What Do You Think?
Are We Entering an Era of European Management Leadership?
the U.S. Third, to paraphrase Hutton, divert money that would otherwise be paid for management mega-salaries and mega-incentives to investments in technology. Of course, tax laws generally discourage the... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 7
Access Improve Firm Value? Evidence from the Business Roundtable Challenge Authors:Bo Becker, Guhan Subramanian, and Daniel B. Bergstresser Publication:Journal of Law and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Jun 2020
- What Do You Think?
Will Challenged Amazon Tweak Its Retail Model Post-Pandemic?
habits are changing with the coronavirus pandemic one they leave Amazon, they may be reluctant to return.” “Bac” expressed the following concern: “Amazon better worry about its relationship with law enforcement View Details
- 06 Mar 2006
- What Do You Think?
The China Dilemma for U.S. Firms: Comply, Resist, or Leave?
David McKnight's comments reflected a similar need to take into account Chinese officials' views: "A far smarter approach is to evaluate the ethical impacts of Chinese law on a company's business model, View Details