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- 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.)
- 30 Sep 2008
- First Look
First Look: September 30, 2008
with an increase in service quality, in this setting there is no significant relationship between service quality and profitability. My findings highlight the importance of attending to process discipline in certain service settings. They also show that too much View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- August 2019 (Revised October 2019)
- Supplement
Preserving Trust at Care.com (B)
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Julia Kelley
The (B) case describes the company’s response and subsequent developments. View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Corporate Governance; Digital Platforms; Market Design; Emerging Markets; Trust; Technology Industry; United States
Palepu, Krishna G., and Julia Kelley. "Preserving Trust at Care.com (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 120-012, August 2019. (Revised October 2019.)
- July 2009 (Revised January 2014)
- Case
Sustainability at Millipore
By: Michael W. Toffel and Katharine Lee
This case describes Millipore Corporation's approach to becoming a more environmentally sustainable company. As he prepared for his quarterly meeting with the CEO, the Director of Sustainability needed to develop positions on several issues. Tactically, he needed to... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Corporate Disclosure; Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Structure; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants
Toffel, Michael W., and Katharine Lee. "Sustainability at Millipore." Harvard Business School Case 610-012, July 2009. (Revised January 2014.) (defining sustainability in a corporate context, managing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions including inventories, targets, disclosure, reduction strategies.)
- 01 Dec 1998
- News
Faculty Retirements
Samuel Hayes and Hugo Uyterhoeven, two longtime HBS faculty members, retired in June. Summaries of their distinguished careers follow. Samuel L. Hayes, III, the Jacob H. Schiff Professor of Investment Banking, joined the HBS faculty in 1972. An expert on capital... View Details
- July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
- Background Note
M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company
By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn
Introduces students to the legal standards affecting officers and directors when selling or purchasing a company. Provides a practical understanding of the Revlon Standard, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, and the legal criteria for a cause of... View Details
Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Law Enforcement; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Courts and Trials
Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-004, July 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
- 08 May 2020
- In Practice
Nonprofits Hurt by COVID-19 Must Hoard Cash to Hold On
and missed opportunities that could be addressed. This is also a time to strengthen partnerships with other organizations in a similar space. Rather than compete, you can find ways to multiply your impact by working together. You can even become a stronger force to... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 16 Feb 2016
- First Look
February 16, 2016
new collaborative efforts with government agencies, including the Department of Commerce and the Federal Trade Commission. Both the private and public initiatives at industry rationalization challenged existing ideas of antitrust law,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Jul 2011
- Research & Ideas
Rupert Murdoch and the Seeds of Moral Hazard
have to respect this code of ethics. When media groups employ external private investigators, health-maintenance organizations hire outside medical doctors, and governments occasionally rely on private mercenaries, people can plausibly... View Details
- 2021
- Working Paper
The Green Bonding Hypothesis: How Do Green Bonds Enhance the Credibility of Environmental Commitments?
By: Shirley Lu
This paper proposes and provides evidence on a green bonding hypothesis, where green bonds act as a commitment device that subjects firms to institutions holding them accountable to their environmental promises. I find that green-bond issuers face higher climate change... View Details
Keywords: Bonding Hypothesis; Sustainable Finance; Climate Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Environmental Sustainability; Bonds; Corporate Accountability
Lu, Shirley. "The Green Bonding Hypothesis: How Do Green Bonds Enhance the Credibility of Environmental Commitments?" SSRN Working Paper Series, No. 3898909, December 2021.
- 06 Feb 2006
- Research & Ideas
The Trouble Behind Livedoor
was much easier than selling product to customers. But more importantly, he revitalized Japan's sleepy market for corporate control. In the attempt to acquire Nippon Broadcasting Systems, Livedoor drew attention to the cronyism that View Details
- Profile
Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde
Both Tuce Zengin Van den Eynde and her husband, Alain, had completed master’s degrees, and both had considerable experience in corporate finance. But Alain was eager to go the United States to get an MBA. And in what might be considered a... View Details
- 01 Mar 2007
- News
Winter Break Just Got Educational
have transformed China over the past 25 years. The itinerary included academic and media panel presentations on a variety of topics affecting China and networking events with HBS alumni. Students also met with corporate executives and... View Details
- 06 Jan 2003
- Research & Ideas
Why Expensing Options Doesn’t Solve the Problem
It is fascinating to observe pundit after pundit come down strongly on the side of expensing stock options in the reported financial statements, as if that were the silver bullet for combating corporate malfeasance and resolving all our... View Details
Keywords: by William Sahlman
- 09 May 2011
- Research & Ideas
Moving From Bean Counter to Game Changer
and consumer lending. The researchers chose to study risk-management experts because their role has risen in importance with demands for improved corporate governance and the need for better forecasting and... View Details
- 07 Oct 2008
- First Look
First Look: October 7, 2008
Working PapersSpanning the Institutional Abyss: The Intergovernmental Network and the Governance of Foreign Direct Investment Authors:Juan Alcacer and Paul Ingram Abstract Global economic transactions such as foreign direct investment... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Mar 2019
- First Look
New Research and Ideas, March 12, 2019
template; and (3) pause before elaborating the activity system. The insights from our framework contribute to research on optimal distinctiveness and to the learning and evolutionary-adjustment literature on search. More broadly, we blend organization View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
- 27 Jun 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27
Policy Experiment By: Alfaro, Laura, Anusha Chari, and Fabio Kanczuk Abstract—Emerging-market governments adopted capital control taxes to manage the massive surge in foreign capital inflows in the aftermath of the global financial... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- April 2012 (Revised July 2012)
- Supplement
Man Group (B)
By: Robert C. Pozen and Thomas M. Clay
The Man Group was a huge and successful UK-based hedge fund and fund of funds manager. Through acquisitions, the company had consciously diversified its portfolio of investment products. In 2007 Man had to decide whether or not to spin off its brokerage business. Man... View Details
Keywords: Hedge Funds; Asset Management; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Investment Funds; Corporate Strategy; Growth and Development Strategy; Financial Services Industry; United Kingdom
Pozen, Robert C., and Thomas M. Clay. "Man Group (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 312-129, April 2012. (Revised July 2012.)