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- 01 Oct 1999
- News
The View from the Pit
Harvard's School of Public Health since 1976 and has spent much of her professional career applying corporate and industrial models to the health-care field. Her research activity at HBS focuses on the current trend of hospital mergers... View Details
Keywords: Judith A. Ross
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Reimagining China and India
most storied multinationals in the West have, by and large, fallen flat on their face. There are some exceptions, but not a huge number. I have a theory of why this is the case. If you come in and say, “I need to sell you soap,” you may... View Details
- October 2017
- Supplement
Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)
By: Lynn Sharp Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case.
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Snap Inc.’s chairman must decide how to address investor concerns about the company’s unprecedented plans to issue only non-voting shares in its upcoming IPO. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Capital Structure; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Business and Shareholder Relations; Leadership; Management; Mobile and Wireless Technology; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn Sharp, and Will Hurwitz. "Snap Inc. Goes Public (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 318-049, October 2017.
- 07 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Three Steps for Crisis Prevention
executive branch and in Congress—who lacked the courage to risk political damage and take a stand on the issue. Sometimes, leaders actually set themselves up for predictable surprises. A classic example is the 1998 decision by a coalition of thirty-nine pharmaceutical... View Details
Keywords: by Michael D. Watkins & Max H. Bazerman
- 12 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 12, 2016
practice, disciplinary rigor, and successful search for powerful generalizations help explain the lasting impact of their 1965 book, A Behavioral Theory of Labor Negotiations. Central to their argument are three important... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 02 Dec 2002
- What Do You Think?
How Will We Respond to the “Moment of Truth” in Option Plans?
matter warrant more careful investigation? Or must we continue to rely on the compensation consulting community to guide us in these matters? What do you think? Original Article Stock option plans are thought to be under attack. View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 09 Aug 2011
- First Look
First Look: August 9
KhuranaHarvard Business School Note 311-115 The purpose of this note is to describe the manner in which publicly traded corporations and local governments in the United States account for their pension... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 01 Apr 1999
- News
Spirit at Work
"Soul." "Spirit." A host of organizations - among them Lucent Technologies, the Boeing Company, and Southwest Airlines - have recently begun to ponder such intangibles in an effort to attract and maintain a motivated, performance-boosting workforce. Books about the... View Details
Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso
- 01 Mar 2011
- News
Faculty Research Online
to blame for the recent financial crisis? The fault lies partly with scholars of economics, says David Moss, the John G. McLean Professor of Business Administration. In this working paper, he argues that an academic focus on government... View Details
- March 2015 (Revised August 2020)
- Case
Putting the Guiding Principles into Action: Human Rights at Barrick Gold (A)
By: Rebecca Henderson and Nien-he Hsieh
In 2010, Human Rights Watch, a well-regarded international NGO, approached Barrick Gold asserting that members of the company’s security force at the Porgera Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea had on multiple occasions raped women who were trespassing onto the mine’s waste... View Details
Keywords: Human Rights; Business And Society; Rights; Policy; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations
Henderson, Rebecca, and Nien-he Hsieh. "Putting the Guiding Principles into Action: Human Rights at Barrick Gold (A)." Harvard Business School Case 315-108, March 2015. (Revised August 2020.)
- October 2018
- Supplement
Zenefits Board of Directors (C)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Will Hurwitz
Supplements the (A) case. View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Model; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Crisis Management; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Leadership; Risk Management; Venture Capital; Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry; Information Technology Industry; United States; California
Paine, Lynn S., and Will Hurwitz. "Zenefits Board of Directors (C)." Harvard Business School Supplement 319-036, October 2018.
- 19 Sep 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding Innovation: Is Your Firm Doing it Wrong?
aftermath of World War II, government funding for scientific research increased and large corporations followed suit, with firms such as IBM, Hewlett-Packard, and Ford establishing dedicated centralized... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 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).
- 25 Mar 2008
- News
Whistling Past the Graveyard
conflicts of interest in key sectors of corporate America. Sure, the vast majority of companies and their people are upstanding folk who want to play by the rules. But after a string of disasters from Enron to Wall Street, one must ask at... View Details
- Web
DEC - Georges F. Doriot : Educating Leaders, Building Companies, Baker Library, Harvard Business School
Library Visionary, Innovator, Educator A ccording to business journalist Udayan Gupta, "[ARD] was an attempt to design a tool that would finance business development, especially in the unchartered waters of high technology–without View Details
- 19 Jan 2011
- First Look
First Look: Jan. 18
insolvency in 2008, many experts laid the blame at the feet of corporate boards. But insufficient board oversight is a problem that had supposedly been solved in 2002. As the United States reeled from the blatant failures of View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Oct 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Market Reaction to Mandatory Nonfinancial Disclosure
- June 2009 (Revised October 2011)
- Case
Mina O'Reilly at Logan Airport's TSA
By: Michel Anteby and Erin McFee
Mina O'Reilly, an officer at Logan Airport's Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in Boston, must discipline an employee responsible for a security breach that resulted in a 45-minute terminal closure during peak hours, a potential threat to traveler safety,... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Employee Relationship Management; Organizational Culture; Air Transportation; Air Transportation Industry; Boston
Anteby, Michel, and Erin McFee. "Mina O'Reilly at Logan Airport's TSA." Harvard Business School Case 409-116, June 2009. (Revised October 2011.)
- September 2004 (Revised September 2006)
- Case
Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?
Harley-Davidson manufactures and sells motorcycles. It also provides financing for retail purchases and dealer stock. Although Harley's performance has been very strong, analysts and the press have questioned its use of a special-purpose entity to sell securities... View Details
Keywords: Business Model; Business or Company Management; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Strategy; Manufacturing Industry; Financial Services Industry; Motorcycle Industry; Retail Industry
Miller, Gregory S., and Jacob Cohen. "Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Motorcycle Manufacturer or Financing Company?" Harvard Business School Case 105-027, September 2004. (Revised September 2006.)
- Article
Little Patents and Big Secrets: Managing Intellectual Property
By: James J. Anton and Dennis A. Yao
Exploitation of an innovation commonly requires some disclosure of enabling knowledge (e.g., to obtain a patent or induce complementary investment). When property rights offer only limited protection, the value of the disclosure is offset by the increased threat of... View Details
Keywords: Patents; Management; Innovation and Invention; Knowledge; Rights; Value; Information; Corporate Disclosure
Anton, James J., and Dennis A. Yao. "Little Patents and Big Secrets: Managing Intellectual Property." RAND Journal of Economics 35, no. 1 (Spring 2004): 1–22. (Harvard users click here for full text.)