Publications

Article

Market Reactions to Sovereign Litigation

By: Faisal Z. Ahmed and Laura Alfaro

Recent rulings in the ongoing litigation over the pari passu clause in Argentinian sovereign debt instruments have generated considerable controversy. Some official-sector participants and academic articles have suggested that the rulings will disrupt or impede... View Details

Keywords: Sovereign Debt; Litigation; Vulture Funds; Argentina; Sovereign Finance; Lawsuits and Litigation; Markets; Argentina

October 2000 (Revised December 2004)
Case

Richard Spellman (A)

Describes Richard Spellman's decision to leave his existing employer and join an Internet start-up as CEO. Focuses on the terms of a restricted stock agreement and employment agreement that must be negotiated. Includes first drafts of these two agreements. View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Internet and the Web; Executive Compensation; Personal Development and Career; Business Startups; Management Teams

June 2006 (Revised April 2024)
Case

Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: 'Vulture' Tactics or Market Backbone

By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel

The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly debated topic, especially after the success of Elliot Associates in converting an $11 million investment in Peruvian bonds worth $21 million into a $58 million... View Details

Keywords: Vulture Funds; Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Government and Politics; Contracts; Business and Government Relations; Peru

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services

21 Feb 2012
First Look

First Look: Feb. 21

PublicationsThe Rise of the Modern Firm Authors:Geoffrey Jones and Walter A. Friedman, eds. Publication:Northampton, Mass: Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc., 2012 This authoritative volume focuses on the rise of modern firms, from their... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

02 Mar 2016
What Do You Think?

Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?

world. The law enforcement agency counters that its interest is strictly in this case. Clearly many interests have a seat at the table in this dispute: Apple, its customers, and a portion of Silicon Valley... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Technology

09 Nov 2009
Research & Ideas

Come Fly with Me: A History of Airline Leadership

were able to navigate the structures of regulation during this stage. As an industry peaks and begins to decline, leaders take center stage. Leaders are change agents who see opportunities View Details

Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert; Air Transportation

01 Mar 2007
News

Gore All Business at HBS

how business and governments worldwide had worked together to resolve the ozone-depletion problem by tightening regulations and by eliminating the use of CFCs through improved... View Details

January 2005 (Revised February 2006)
Background Note

Note on Corporate Strategy

By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski

Introduces students to the study of corporate strategy. Focuses on questions of scope and ownership. Examines both horizontal and vertical integration. Underscores the point that economies of scope, or the existence of relationship-specific investments, are... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Contracts; Ownership; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration

13 Mar 2018
First Look

March 13, 2018

sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices and valuations. Specifically, we explore the implications of regulations mandating the disclosure of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

Context: How States, Markets, and Civil Society Shape Adherence to Global Labor Standards By: Toffel, Michael W., Jodi L. Short, and Melissa Ouellet Abstract—Transnational business View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

09 Apr 2008
Research & Ideas

The Matchmaker of the Modern Economy

regulations. Dean Donald K. David of Harvard Business School; Merrill Griswold, the President of Massachusetts Investors Trust; and several other prominent industrialists and lawyers mounted a successful... View Details

Keywords: by Spencer E. Ante

May 1996
Background Note

The GM's Operational Challenge: Managing Through People

By: Christopher A. Bartlett and Ashish Nanda

Highlights and explores how a general manager adds value to the firm at the operational level by managing through people. Discusses how assumptions about human motivation influence the employment contract that the general manager implicitly enters into with the workers... View Details

Keywords: Employee Relationship Management; Selection and Staffing; Contracts; Managerial Roles; Operations; Problems and Challenges; Labor and Management Relations; Motivation and Incentives; Value

November 2007 (Revised June 2011)
Case

ISS A/S (A)

By: Clayton S. Rose

Provides the opportunity to examine the nature and extent of a company's responsibilities to its bondholders, and to develop an enhanced understanding of the challenges in managing contractual obligations, and circumstances under which business leaders might agree to... View Details

Keywords: Risk and Uncertainty; Bonds; Contracts; Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Privatization; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Borrowing and Debt; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Europe