Publications

25 Aug 2022
News

Up on the Corner

and wealth creation. Though prohibited by the Fair Housing Act of 1968, redlining had lasting implications—as did related real estate practices such as blockbusting, which encouraged white flight by playing... View Details

Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photographed by Melissa Golden; Real Estate

18 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 18

Campbell, Asís Martínez Jerez, and Peter Tufano Publication:Journal of Banking and Finance (forthcoming) Abstract Using a new database, we document the factors that relate to... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

January 2007 (Revised April 2007)
Background Note

Note on Lobbying

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee, Libby Cantrill and Patricia Wu

Describes how companies engage the political and legal system and the rules and ethics associated with doing so. Focuses on the U.S. political and legal system, but also seeks to familiarize readers with lobbying norms and structures in the European Union and Japan. View Details

Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Ethics; Labor Unions; Public Administration Industry; Legal Services Industry; United States; Japan; European Union

June 1999
Case

Major League Baseball--1999

By: Stephen A. Greyser and Elizabeth (Lisa) Smyth

Major League Baseball (MLB) has experienced a very positive 1998 season and must assess its situation and consider new initiatives for 1999. The latter include building, a fan base, television coverage, etc. View Details

Keywords: Advertising Campaigns; Marketing Communications; Marketing Strategy; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment

Find at Harvard

04 Oct 2018
Research & Ideas

Diversity Boosts Profits in Venture Capital Firms

yuri_arcurs Recent research shows for the first time that diversity in venture capital firms not only spawns creativity and alternative viewpoints, but also improves financial performance. Paul Gompers, Eugene Holman Professor of View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Banking; Financial Services

February 2003 (Revised January 2006)
Case

AIT Group Plc

By: G. Felda Hardymon, Josh Lerner and Ann Leamon

A U.S. venture capital firm has just learned that the deal structure for purchasing an illiquid U.K. software firm is unacceptable to institutional investors. The group must decide if it still wants to go through with the deal. This decision hinges on whether the... View Details

Keywords: Price; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Mergers and Acquisitions; Venture Capital; Financial Condition; Risk and Uncertainty; Decision Making; Financial Services Industry; United States; United Kingdom

07 Aug 2019
Research & Ideas

Big Infrastructure May Not Always Produce Big Benefits

V. D'Arbeloff - MBA Class of 1955 Professor of Business Administration; Ramana Nanda, Sarofim-Rock Professor of Business Administration; Abhiman Da, of the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad; View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Construction

18 Aug 2017
Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courageous Leader Triggers a Moral Revolt of CEOs Against Trump

change the nation. Bill George is Senior Fellow at Harvard Business School, former Chair & CEO of Medtronic, and author of Discover Your True North. Related Reading: After... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

09 Oct 2017
Research & Ideas

Fearing Fox News, Democratic-leaning Companies Delayed Negative Announcements

I think companies are pretty aware of how important it is to get their side of the story out there, and how damaging media reports can be.” Jen Deaderick is a writer based in the Boston area. Related... View Details

Keywords: by Jen Deaderick; Media & Broadcasting

12 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 12

course. Purchase this case:http://hbr.org/search/813127-PDF-ENG First Solar: CFRA's Accounting Quality Concerns Srinivasan, Suraj, and Ian McKown CornellHarvard Business School Case 113-044 The case View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

19 Oct 2010
First Look

First Look: October 19, 2010

related to improved project performance in some cases. Our results highlight a need for more nuanced approaches to leveraging experience in team management. Deed, Clear Conscience: When Cheating Leads to Moral Disengagement View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

May 2022 (Revised June 2022)
Case

Proposing to Redesign a Global Investment Bank

By: David G. Fubini

A major, NYC-based, global investment bank is looking to rethink its Systems strategy amid a rapidly evolving digital landscape. Your firm has served the client across most of its major geographies on a range of substantial Systems and IT efforts, but is facing... View Details

Keywords: Consulting; Professional Services; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Digital Strategy; Presentations; Competitive Strategy; Consulting Industry; New York (city, NY)

October 2010
Supplement

Toyota Recalls (B): Mr. Toyoda Goes to Washington

By: John A. Quelch, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Ryan Johnson

Case describes the testimony to the U.S. Congress of the Toyota CEO and the head of its U.S. motor sales. View Details

Keywords: Safety; Business and Government Relations; Auto Industry; Japan; United States

19 Mar 2013
First Look

First Look: March 19

report higher future sales growth and show a negative relation between profitability change and sales growth in high corruption geographic segments compared to firms with high... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

14 Jun 2016
First Look

June 14, 2016

forthcoming Harvard Business Review Press Managing in the Gray: Five Timeless Questions for Resolving Your Toughest Problems at Work By: Badaracco, Joseph L. Abstract—Part of a manager's job is making tough calls, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Nov 2011
First Look

First Look: Nov. 1

Authors:David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman Publication:Harvard Business Review 89, no. 11 (November 2011) An abstract is unavailable at this time. Read the article:... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2015
Op-Ed

The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

Means, whose 1932 book The Modern Corporation and Private Property has been lauded as the most important business book of all time, our paper unveils new research on the legal framework underpinning... View Details

Keywords: by Robert G. Eccles & Tim Youmans

November 2017
Case

The 'Wonder Drug' That Killed Babies

By: Joshua Lev Krieger, Tom Nicholas and Matthew Preble

In the early 1960s, a popular drug taken by patients worldwide for a range of maladies was found to cause severe birth defects and other health problems in babies born to mothers who had taken it during a certain stage of fetal development. As many as 10,000 children... View Details

Keywords: Regulation; Business and Government Relations; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Product Marketing; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business History; Health; Government Legislation; Corporate Accountability; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Pharmaceutical Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States; United Kingdom; Australia; Germany; Europe