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  • 22 May 2007
  • First Look

First Look: May 22, 2007

had lower average returns during our sample period, but the difference in average returns is smaller than would be implied by the global CAPM given the historical equity premium. Download the paper: http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/07-084.pdf The Excess Burden of View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 13 Nov 2017
  • HBS Seminar

Joseph Lassiter, Harvard Business School

    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
    • February 2017 (Revised June 2017)
    • Supplement

    ExxonMobil: Business as Usual? (B)

    By: George Serafeim, Shiva Rajgopal and David Freiberg
    The case presents ExxonMobil's response to growing pressure to disclose how climate change will impact their business. This includes multiple asset impairments and losing a proxy vote to shareholders to increase climate change related reporting. Supplements the (B)... View Details
    Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Oil Prices; Oil Companies; Asset Impairment; Predictive Analytics; Sustainability; Environmental Impact; Innovation; Disclosure; Accounting; Valuation; Energy Sources; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Governance Compliance; Climate Change; Financial Reporting; Energy Industry; United States
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    • November 2016 (Revised December 2016)
    • Module Note

    Strategy Execution Module 14: Managing Strategic Risk

    By: Robert Simons
    This module reading provides an overview of the business conduct boundaries, strategic boundaries, and internal control systems used to manage risk. Boundary systems—linked to clear, enforceable sanctions—are essential whenever demanding performance goals are set and... View Details
    Keywords: Management Control Systems; Implementing Strategy; Strategy Execution; Boundary Systems; Innovation; Internal Controls; Fraud; Human Behavior; Staff Experts; Strategy; Risk Management; Behavior; Governance Controls; Management Practices and Processes; Boundaries; Employees; Business Strategy; Innovation and Invention
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    • August 2020 (Revised November 2020)
    • Case

    Gogoro: From Electric Scooter to Energy Platform

    By: Tarun Khanna and Billy Chan
    The founder of Gogoro had always wanted to revolutionize the energy market from day one since he started the electric scooter business that featured an innovative battery swapping technology. Over the course of five years, he had developed a premium line of electric... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Information Technology; Energy; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Strategy; Taiwan
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    • July 2002 (Revised August 2002)
    • Case

    Washington Hospital Center (D): Emergency Medicine After September 11

    By: Rosabeth M. Kanter and Michelle Heskett
    The all-risks-ready emergency room prototype project becomes widely accepted as a need after September 11, 2001. The already operational medical informatics system, Insight, comes under heavy demand after its strong performance during crises and is noticed by various... View Details
    Keywords: Change Management; Health Care and Treatment; Nonprofit Organizations; Medical Specialties; Organizational Culture; Crisis Management; Technological Innovation; Higher Education; Performance Productivity; Health Industry; District of Columbia
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    • 2015
    • Book

    How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network

    By: Shane Greenstein
    In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from... View Details
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    • 29 Jan 2021
    • Op-Ed

    How Influencers, Celebrities, and FOMO Can Win Over Vaccine Skeptics

    central premise of the diffusion of innovations framework is that customer or patient segments that adopt early will influence later adopters. Innovators will influence early adopters, who then influence the... View Details
    Keywords: by Rohit Deshpandé, Ofer Mintz, and Imran S. Currim
    • December 2011
    • Article

    Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?

    By: Lauren Cohen, Joshua Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
    This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In... View Details
    Keywords: Spending; Private Sector; Taxation; Innovation and Invention; Interest Rates; Business and Government Relations; Investment; Employment; Power and Influence
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    • 12 Dec 2011
    • News

    Good ideas for fixing economy abound on left and right

    • 28 Nov 2023
    • Book

    Economic Growth Draws Companies to Asia. Can They Handle Its Authoritarian Regimes?

    case of China, businesspeople outside of China have found the regime’s efficiency and the country’s market size and innovation ecosystem attractive, and with good reason. But many people misunderstand how power is practiced in China. The... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
    • Article

    Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage

    By: Robert D. Austin and Gary P. Pisano
    Many people with neurological conditions such as autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia have extraordinary skills, including those in pattern recognition, memory, and mathematics. Yet they often struggle to fit the profiles sought by employers. A growing number of... View Details
    Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Diversity; Competency and Skills
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    • 09 Nov 2022
    • In Practice

    COP27: What Can Business Leaders Do to Fight Climate Change Now?

    The US government’s newly passed Inflation Reduction Act will direct $370 billion toward advancing renewal energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions—the country's largest investment in fighting climate change so far. As business and government leaders around the... View Details
    Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Danielle Kost
    • 25 Aug 2016
    • News

    Bloomberg Philanthropies and Harvard University Launch Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative

    • January 2021 (Revised October 2024)
    • Case

    Aptiv PLC Board of Directors (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
    Aptiv’s board must decide whether a joint venture with an auto maker is the right next step in the company’s efforts to develop and commercialize a production-ready autonomous driving system. While many commentators believed that Aptiv’s self-driving technologies had... View Details
    Keywords: Automotive Industry; Bankruptcy Reorganization; Board Of Directors; Board Committees; Board Decisions; Board Dynamics; Corporate Boards; Innovation And Strategy; Legal Aspects Of Business; Spin Off; Strategic Alliances; Strategic Change; Strategic Evolution; Supplier Relationships; Technological Change; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Innovation Strategy; Going Public; Joint Ventures; Leadership; Restructuring; Technological Innovation; Transformation; Auto Industry; Europe; United States
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    • December 2007
    • Journal Article

    Industrial Policy in the United States

    By: Christian H.M. Ketels
    Does US government policy purposefully benefit particular industries or is industrial policy absent in the USA? Based on a review of recent US policies this paper argues that the USA applies many policies with an industry-specific impact. But these policies do not... View Details
    Keywords: Microeconomics; Entrepreneurship; Policy; Innovation and Invention; Supply and Industry; Business and Government Relations; United States
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    • 15 Apr 2015
    • Other Presentation

    The Social Progress Paradigm Shift

    By: Michael E. Porter
    The last 50 years have been dominated by the idea that economic growth is the most direct route to better lives for the world's expanding population. But the signs are everywhere—environmental destruction, inequality, injustice—that economic development alone is not... View Details
    Keywords: Society; England; Social Entrepreneurship; Civil Society or Community; Economic Growth; Innovation and Invention; England
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    • November 2001 (Revised December 2002)
    • Case

    Tracking Stocks at Genzyme (A)

    By: Malcolm S. Salter
    Genzyme, a tracking stock pioneer, has used its innovative capital structure as a way to frame and grow its R&D-intensive business. Facing the question of how best to integrate a new acquisition into its tracking stock structure, Genzyme's top management is forced to... View Details
    Keywords: Integration; Value Creation; Motivation and Incentives; Conflict of Interests; Stocks; Capital Structure; Research and Development; Corporate Governance; Biotechnology Industry
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    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?

    By: Lauren H. Cohen, Joshua D. Coval and Christopher J. Malloy
    This paper employs a new empirical approach for identifying the impact of government spending on the private sector. Our key innovation is to use changes in congressional committee chairmanship as a source of exogenous variation in state-level federal expenditures. In... View Details
    Keywords: Economic Growth; Investment; Spending; Government Administration; Employment; Managerial Roles
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