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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Complexity (3) Conflict Management (4) Conflict and Resolution (13) Conflict of Interests (1) Construction (1) Consumer Behavior (173) Contracts (7) Cooperation (3) Cooperative Ownership (1) Copyright (2) Core Relationships (1) Corporate... View Details
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

to police its trademark by preventing others from using it to refer to something other than the Real Thing. Shareholder value is enhanced when a firm chooses an appropriate form of business organization, ranging from a limited liability... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • 12 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

vulnerable, especially when they’ve been physically harmed by a product or service. Many people don’t realize that they’re waiving their right to sue in a US court when they sign contracts or click “Agree” to a company’s terms of service.... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
  • 17 Apr 2022
  • Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

question-and-answer format that’s accessible for everyone from C-suite executives to business students. It covers a wide range of topics, from the basics of ethical behavior and legal liabilities to the cultivation of best practices and... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 09 Nov 2023
  • News

From the Brink

transition to the incoming Trump administration. For his work on PROMESA, alongside other responsibilities, Weiss received the Alexander Hamilton Award, the department’s highest honor. Chepenik went on to lead Ernst & Young’s public-sector turnaround and restructuring... View Details
Keywords: Ralph Ranalli
  • 03 Mar 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

"I've heard many war stories," says Harvard Business School associate professor Connie Bagley, reflecting on conversations with former students who have started business ventures. To prepare current students for the HBS Business Plan Contest, Bagley gives a... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
  • 11 Mar 2001
  • Research & Ideas

Merchants to Multinationals: British Trading Companies in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

and the availability of limited liability to raise finance for the new business opportunities which appeared at this time. They functioned in part as venture capitalists identifying opportunities and placing potential British investors in... View Details
Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones
  • Web

Events - Business History

– 12:00 pm: Anne Ruderman, LSE, and Marlous van Waijenburg, HBS 12:15 pm – 1:15 pm: Bronwen Everill, University of Cambridge 1:00 pm – 2:15 pm: Carolyn Roberts, Yale University Oct 4 04 Oct 2021 Business History Seminar: Global Business and Society “Human Resources or... View Details
  • Web

Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

intermediaries. They show that at least two types of segmentation drive arbitrage dynamics: funding and balance sheets. Their results suggest specialization on both the asset and liability sides of intermediary balance sheets is important... View Details
  • July 2011
  • Background Note

Just an MOU or a Real Deal?

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Mary Beth Findlay
Notwithstanding the professed intention of a party to an MOU, a "preliminary" agreement can have binding effect. This note explores the circumstances under which MOUs may give rise to binding and enforceable agreements. View Details
Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Contracts; Legal Liability; Management; Risk Management
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  • 19 Mar 2006
  • Research & Ideas

Unlocking Your Investment Capital

extreme, poorly implemented risk management can lead to the firm's demise. Under Sarbanes-Oxley 404, both the CEO and CFO have to attest with personal liability to the accuracies of the financial statements (including footnotes with... View Details
Keywords: by Ann Cullen; Financial Services
  • February 2003 (Revised April 2012)
  • Case

Sheila Mason & Craig Shepherd

Describes a marketing executive and an engineer who are starting a company together. Each is still at his/her former employer, and each has signed a different employment agreement that, on paper, may prohibit soliciting customers or employees. Focuses on how... View Details
Keywords: Resignation and Termination; Intellectual Property; Contracts; Legal Liability; Entrepreneurship; Ethics
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  • 17 Feb 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Companies Detangle from Legacy Pensions

Companies that traditionally offered defined benefit plans have closed them to new hires, and even frozen them for existing employees. Just look to Seattle, where Boeing workers on January 3 narrowly ratified a contract that will convert... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Aerospace; Financial Services
  • Web

Law, Management and Entrepreneurship - Course Catalog

documentation and the essential elements of the contracts underlying private equity transactions, including mergers. Liability: Torts, Crimes, and Litigation over Major Transactions : explores the various types of View Details
  • 16 Jan 2018
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, January 16, 2018

organizations must be more agile, learning gains importance. (5) A strong culture can be a significant liability when it is misaligned with strategy. The package includes four companion features: "What's Your Organization's Cultural... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • October 1987 (Revised October 1998)
  • Case

CVD, Inc. vs. A.S. Markham Corp. (A)

Describes the legal odyssey of two engineers who left their old employer to start a company that was directly competitive. The issues include employment contracts, technology licenses, antitrust, trade secrets, and confidential information. Provides a good opportunity... View Details
Keywords: Business Strategy; Human Resources; Contracts; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Intellectual Property; Ethics; Legal Liability; Business Startups; Monopoly
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  • 17 Mar 2015
  • First Look

First Look: March 17

volatility, whereas shadow banks tend to hold relatively liquid assets. Publisher's link: http://www.people.hbs.edu/shanson/banks_20150305_FINAL.pdf March 2015 Production and Operations Management Managing the Performance Tradeoffs from Partner Integration:... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 15 Aug 2024
  • Op-Ed

Post-CrowdStrike, Six Questions to Test Your Company's Operational Resilience

Establish clear accountability and governance structures, including appropriate legal counsel. Consider where it is needed and proper to have insurance, such as Directors and Officers (D&O) liability coverage, for people in critical... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Anita Lynch
  • 25 Aug 2022
  • News

Full Stream Ahead

long-dated liabilities and need to deploy cash continuously, Soares says. “The appetite for ever-larger buyout transactions from those mega funds trickled into the music industry also.” Those trends collided with a “combustion” of other... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries; Arts, Entertainment
  • 02 Oct 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, October 2, 2018

farm refers to a complex of rights and duties secured by contract in which a sovereign transferred the temporary exploitation of a holding for rent in advance. It was one of four tenurial complexes under which entitlements fell, the... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman