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15 Aug 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, August 15, 2017

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53092 April 2017 Stanford Law Review The New Look of Deal Protection By: Subramanian, Guhan, and Fernan Restrepo Abstract—Deal protection in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) evolves in... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

17 Jan 2023
Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

In a fraught ethics and legal climate, leaders need to know how to steer clear of trouble more than ever. Corporate Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions, released in September, offers a comprehensive resource on everything from the history of corporate criminal... View Details

Keywords: by Lane Lambert

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

changing the tax laws to render tax-free those capital gains earned on stock held for ten years or more. Shann Turnbull suggested the need for education in “new organizational forms” such as “Network Governance” that are currently “mostly... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America

long-term business histories of all other large countries, has been one of intense and incessant competition. Americans have persistently shown themselves willing to follow market forces with relatively little hesitation. In the early... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw

June 1998 (Revised June 1998)
Background Note

Bankruptcy: A Debtor's Perspective

By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts

Describes the business and legal context surrounding personal and corporate bankruptcy. View Details

Keywords: Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Condition; Legal Liability; Personal Finance; Loss; Business or Company Management

19 Oct 2022
Op-Ed

Cofounder Courtship: How to Find the Right Mate—for Your Startup

early on—rookie mistakes can set back (or kill) a business before it’s barely out of the gate. Read Khalid Halim’s thoughts on Hypergrowth and the Law of Startup Physics for more on this point. “Unless you... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Austin

September 2020
Case

Uber at a Crossroads (2017)

By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Karen Elterman

This case describes the history of Uber, its business model—including the ways it differed from that of the traditional taxi industry—and its competition with Lyft. The case is set in 2017, a year in which Uber was plagued by even more scandals than usual, though its... View Details

September 2000 (Revised October 2006)
Case

Atherton Clothing Company (A)

By: John A. Davis and Andrew Z. Tubman

Zachary Cohen, who will graduate soon from business school, wants to enter his family's business under certain conditions--he wants shares in the company and wants to change a buy-sell agreement. His father and his uncle seem to want to explore his entering the family... View Details

Keywords: Family Ownership; Family Business; Management Teams; Contracts; Apparel and Accessories Industry

04 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

generative artificial intelligence (AI) explodes, companies face balancing individual privacy, coveted data insights, and the law—all while pursuing competitive advantage. Eva Ascarza, the Jakurski Family Associate Professor at Harvard View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology

26 May 2022
HBS Case

Apple vs. Feds: Is iPhone Privacy a Basic Human Right?

rights are valued differently. "Even if you are not taking a stand on human rights, as Cook has done, you are going to wade into these debates." “We follow the law wherever we do business we strongly believe... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman

22 Feb 2018
Book

The New History of American Capitalism

property come into being and inflect material and ideological life. The study of finance as a concept constructed by law and naturalized by economics is one theme that the new history of American capitalism emphasizes and that exemplifies... View Details

Keywords: Manufacturing

08 Mar 2019
Research & Ideas

Seven Negotiation Lessons from Amazon's HQ Disaster in Queens

Gordon Donaldson Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School, Director of the Harvard Negotiation Project at Harvard Law School, and most recently,... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius; Real Estate; Construction

08 Oct 2007
Research & Ideas

Management Education’s Unanswered Questions

How has management education evolved, and where is it going? This question is of crucial importance for society, says HBS professor Rakesh Khurana. Business leaders are admired yet often distrusted, and the idea of management as a... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Education

Article

The Learning Effects of Monitoring

By: Dennis Campbell, Marc Epstein and F. Asis Martinez-Jerez

This paper investigates the relationship between monitoring, decision making, and learning among lower-level employees. We exploit a field-research setting in which business units vary in the "tightness" with which they monitor employee decisions. We find that tighter... View Details

Keywords: Learning; Business or Company Management; Decision Making; Employees; Research; Resignation and Termination; Rights; Business Units; Governance Controls; Performance; Motivation and Incentives

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28 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

the first research to capture changes in federal auditor liability over the past two decades before and after Tellabs and Janus. Its authors are Harvard Business School professor Suraj Srinivasan, Stanford View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting

June 2020
Case

TransDigm: The Acquisition of Aerosonic Corp.

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel W. Fisher

In April 2013, TransDigm, a company that manufactured a wide range of highly engineered aerospace parts for both military and commercial aircraft, announced an agreement to acquire Aerosonic Corporation for $39 million in cash (1.2 times Aerosonic’s sales of $31... View Details

Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Growth Management; Business Strategy; Competitive Strategy; Value Creation; Valuation; Negotiation; Cash Flow; Contracts; Aerospace Industry; Air Transportation Industry; United States