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- 2021
- Working Paper
Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Learning from Corporate Fraud and Corporate Governance Spillovers
By: Trung Nguyen
This paper finds that investors learn from their experience with corporate fraud and financial misconduct and modify their investment behavior to avoid suspicious firms and increase corporate governance efforts. More specially, mutual funds that experienced corporate... View Details
Keywords: Institutional Investors; Investor Experience; Shareholder Voting; Corporate Fraud; Corporate Governance; Institutional Investing; Behavior; Change; Learning
Nguyen, Trung. "Once Bitten, Twice Shy: Learning from Corporate Fraud and Corporate Governance Spillovers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-135, June 2021.
- 2021
- Other Unpublished Work
Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right
By: Louis T. Wells and Karl P. Sauvant
Gone are the days when governments could easily renegotiate natural resource and other investment contracts if foreign investors, e.g., reaped bonanzas from rising resource prices, surprisingly rich discoveries, or terms that were too favorable. Today, international... View Details
Wells, Louis T., and Karl P. Sauvant. "Obsolescence of the Obsolescing Bargain: Why Governments Must Get Investor-State Contracts Right." Columbia FDI Perspectives, No. 298, Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, February 2021.
- 2016
- Book
Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government
By: Rosario Patalano and Sophus A. Reinert
Little is known of Antonio Serra except that he wrote his extraordinary 1613 Short Treatise on the Causes That Make Kingdoms Abound in Gold and Silver even in the Absence of Mines in a Neapolitan jail and that he died there soon afterwards. However, the... View Details
Patalano, Rosario and Sophus A. Reinert, eds. Antonio Serra and the Economics of Good Government. Palgrave Studies in the History of Finance. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
- August 2021 (Revised March 2022)
- Teaching Note
Family Matters: Governance at the Zamil Group
By: Christina R. Wing, Suraj Srinivasan and Esel Çekin
Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 620-009. View Details
- 2022
- Chapter
Corporate Governance in An Era of Disruption
By: Lynn S. Paine, Xiaohe Lu and Joanne B. Ciulla
Paine, Lynn S., Xiaohe Lu, and Joanne B. Ciulla. "Corporate Governance in An Era of Disruption." In Ethics, Innovation, and Well-Being in Business and the Economy: Proceedings of the Sixth ISBEE (International Society for Business, Economics and Ethics) World Congress, 2016, edited by Lu Xiaohe and Joanne B. Ciulla, 83–90. Shanghai, China: Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences Press, 2022.
- February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Supplement
CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (C)
By: George Serafeim
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Sarah E. Farrell. "CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-098, February 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Supplement
CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (B)
By: George Serafeim
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Sarah E. Farrell. "CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 113-097, February 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- February 2013 (Revised March 2013)
- Case
CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (A)
By: George Serafeim
Eccles, Robert G., George Serafeim, and Sarah E. Farrell. "CalSTRS and Relational Challenge Occidental's Governance (A)." Harvard Business School Case 113-090, February 2013. (Revised March 2013.)
- May 2025
- Case
A Decade of Corporate Governance Reform in Japan (2013-2023)
By: Charles C.Y. Wang and Akiko Kanno
Wang, Charles C.Y., and Akiko Kanno. "A Decade of Corporate Governance Reform in Japan (2013-2023)." Harvard Business School Case 125-088, May 2025.
- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
In When All Else Fails: Government as the Ultimate Risk Manager, David A. Moss explores government's role as insurer of last resort in everything from crafting consumer protection law to bailing out airlines after September 11th. He... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Linard
- February 1988 (Revised January 1990)
- Case
Government Redress of Market Imperfections: Procurement from Minority Firms
By: George C. Lodge
Lodge, George C. "Government Redress of Market Imperfections: Procurement from Minority Firms." Harvard Business School Case 388-108, February 1988. (Revised January 1990.)
- Teaching Interest
Audit Committees in a New Era of Governance
By: Suraj Srinivasan
The last ten years has heightened demands on audit committees. Not only are they responsible for overseeing internal and external audits to ensure that investors receive accurate and transparent information, but they must ensure compliance with new accounting and... View Details
- Teaching Interest
Empirical Research in Financial Reporting and Corporate Governance
By: Suraj Srinivasan
This course is a survey of financial accounting research intended for doctoral students. The primary purpose of the course is to introduce fundamental research themes and methodologies used in empirical financial accounting research. Participants will become... View Details
- June 2024
- Case
Caesars Entertainment: Governance on the Road to Bankruptcy
By: Kristin Mugford
Caesars Entertainment was a large casino operator in the United States that had been purchased in a 2008 leveraged buyout by Apollo and TPG. In January 2015, Caesars Entertainment Operating Company (CEOC), its largest subsidiary, filed for Chapter 11. This set up a... View Details
Keywords: Gaming; Chapter 11; Fraudulent Conveyance; Apollo; TPG; Bankruptcy; Leveraged Buyouts; Restructuring; Capital Structure; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Private Equity; Financial Management; Lawsuits and Litigation; Negotiation; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Borrowing and Debt; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Las Vegas
Mugford, Kristin. "Caesars Entertainment: Governance on the Road to Bankruptcy." Harvard Business School Case 224-108, June 2024.
- March 2017 (Revised January 2018)
- Teaching Note
Nigeria on the Move: Governing the 'New' Economy
By: Akshay Mangla
Teaching Note for HBS No. 716-073. View Details
Keywords: Nigeria
- June 2016 (Revised February 2025)
- Course Overview Note
The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME)
- Fall 2010
- Article
Government Adoption of Sales Promotions: An Initial Appraisal
By: John A. Quelch and Katherine E. Jocz
Quelch, John A., and Katherine E. Jocz. "Government Adoption of Sales Promotions: An Initial Appraisal." Journal of Public Policy & Marketing 29, no. 2 (Fall 2010): 189–203.
- March 2012 (Revised May 2012)
- Module Note
Internal Governance and Strategy Execution: Coordination and Incentives
By: Julie Wulf
Wulf, Julie. "Internal Governance and Strategy Execution: Coordination and Incentives." Harvard Business School Module Note 712-465, March 2012. (Revised May 2012.)
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Dance Between Government and Private Investors: Public Entrepreneurial Finance around the Globe
By: Jessica Bai, Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev and Josh Lerner
This paper examines the interaction between governments and private capital investors when financing early-stage ventures. We first provide a simple conceptual framework to explore when collaboration between governments and private investors is likely to emerge. Using... View Details
Keywords: Public Entrepreneurship; Subsidy; Industrial Policy; Entrepreneurship; Public Sector; Financing and Loans; Venture Capital; Global Range
Bai, Jessica, Shai Bernstein, Abhishek Dev, and Josh Lerner. "The Dance Between Government and Private Investors: Public Entrepreneurial Finance around the Globe." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 21-120, April 2021. (Revised January 2022.)
- 2011
- Book
Capitalism: Its Origins and Evolution as a System of Governance
By: Bruce R. Scott
Capitalism, as defined in this book, is an indirect, three-level system of governance for economic relationships (i.e., economic, administrative, and political). Whereas economic markets can coordinate supply and demand within an existing system thanks to the invisible... View Details
Keywords: Economic Systems; Price; Governance; Government and Politics; Books; Markets; Relationships; System
Scott, Bruce R. Capitalism: Its Origins and Evolution as a System of Governance. Springer, 2011.