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- May 2021
- Case
The International Space Station, Principal-Agent Problems, and NASA's Quest to Keep Humans in Space
By: Matthew Weinzierl and Mehak Sarang
In building the International Space Station (ISS), NASA opened the door to the development of a robust in-space economy in low-Earth Orbit, and yet the decision to build the station, and continue to extend its lifetime, placed a huge burden on NASA’s Human Spaceflight... View Details
Keywords: Aerospace; Nasa; Space Economy; Principal-agent Theory; Policy; Commercialization; Aerospace Industry
Weinzierl, Matthew, and Mehak Sarang. "The International Space Station, Principal-Agent Problems, and NASA's Quest to Keep Humans in Space." Harvard Business School Case 721-054, May 2021.
- June 2010 (Revised May 2017)
- Teaching Note
Sydney IVF: Stem Cell Research
By: Robert Simons and Kathryn Rosenberg
Teaching Note for 109017. View Details
Keywords: Strategy And Execution; Management Control Systems; Levers Of Control; Strategy; Risk Management; Decisions; Cooperative Ownership; Product Development; Moral Sensibility; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Expansion; Science-Based Business; Research; Management Practices and Processes; Business Subsidiaries; Biotechnology Industry; Sydney
- 2008
- Working Paper
Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them
By: Max H. Bazerman
Bazerman, Max H. "Barriers to Acting in Time on Energy and Strategies for Overcoming Them." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 09-063, October 2008.
- 02 Feb 2015
- Research & Ideas
Disruptors Sell What Customers Want and Let Competitors Sell What They Don’t
copyright infringement and forced the startup out of business. Similarly, taxi companies are now actively lobbying local governments to curtail Uber. “The whole issue of cutting the cord is a huge risk for... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- March 18, 2009
- Article
Regulate, Baby, Regulate
The U.S. today faces its biggest economic crisis since the Great Depression. That is why Barack Obama and his team have been looking to Franklin Delano Roosevelt for help. The stimulus measure passed by Congress in February that includes money for building... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Management Teams; Infrastructure; Insurance; Negotiation Deal; Government and Politics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Credit; Banks and Banking; Debt Securities; United States
McCraw, T. K. "Regulate, Baby, Regulate." New Republic 240, no. 4 (March 18, 2009).
- October 2012
- Teaching Note
Liberia (TN)
By: Eric Werker and Ian Cornell
From 1989 to 2003 civil war raged in Liberia, causing GDP per capita to drop an unprecedented 90% from peak to trough. The roots of Liberia's conflict and economic decline are complex and intertwined, resting on over a century of discriminatory elite rule and twisted... View Details
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
Revamping the corporate tax code could improve America’s competitiveness and living standards
investments that could raise American productivity and living standards. “A handful of changes would transform the corporate tax system from an obstacle to an asset,” says Desai. He advises creating better incentives for global... View Details
- 2007
- Article
Business Methods Patents as Real Options: Value and Disclosure as Drivers of Litigation
By: Atul Nerkar, Srikanth Paruchuri and Mukti Khaire
This paper proposes that patents are real options that allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the patent and the extent of... View Details
Nerkar, Atul, Srikanth Paruchuri, and Mukti Khaire. "Business Methods Patents as Real Options: Value and Disclosure as Drivers of Litigation." Real Options in Strategic Management. Advances in Strategic Management 24 (2007): 247–274.
- June 2009 (Revised May 2010)
- Case
BlackRock Money Market Management in September 2008 (A)
By: Kenneth A. Froot and David Lane
This case highlights the issues around money market mutual funds in the financial crisis of 2008. View Details
Keywords: BlackRock; Mutual Funds; Money Market; Investment Management; Bank Runs; 2008 Financial Crisis; Government Intervention In The Markets; GRG; Financial Management; Investment Funds; Crisis Management; Government and Politics; Financial Crisis; Financial Services Industry
Froot, Kenneth A., and David Lane. "BlackRock Money Market Management in September 2008 (A)." Harvard Business School Case 209-101, June 2009. (Revised May 2010.)
- Web
Serving the Public Interest Through Competition: British Railroads - Railroads and the Transformation of Capitalism | Harvard Business School
mergers, Parliament began to regulate the level of capital and the number of acquisitions permitted. William Gladstone, political leader and Christian socialist philosopher,... View Details
- 14 Feb 2017
- News
Senate Conflicts Aren't New — And They Used To Be Much Bloodier
- 24 Oct 2017
- News
DisruptDC Monthly | October 2017
- 18 Nov 1992
- Lecture
Key Issues in U.S. Boardrooms: The Current Debate and Possible Directions for Reform
By: W. Carl Kester
Kester, W. Carl. "Key Issues in U.S. Boardrooms: The Current Debate and Possible Directions for Reform." Lecture at the Conference on Wither Corporate Governance, Henley Management College, London, November 18, 1992. (Jointly sponsored by the Strategic Management Society.
Invited Speaker.)
- 14 Nov 2005
- Conference Presentation
Character, Competence, and Corporate Accountability: Developing Business Leaders for a New Era
By: Lynn Paine
- 2018
- Working Paper
Opportunistic Returns and Dynamic Pricing: Empirical Evidence from Online Retailing in Emerging Markets
By: Chaithanya Bandi, Antonio Moreno, Donald Ngwe and Zhiji Xu
We investigate how dynamic pricing can lead to higher operational costs through more product returns in the online retail industry. Dynamic pricing has been widely applied by many online retailers. Research has shown that, in response to dynamic pricing, some customers... View Details
- November 2008 (Revised November 2024)
- Case
The Fall of Enron
By: Paul Healy and Krishna Palepu
The case traces the rise of Enron, covering the company's business innovations, personnel management, and risk management processes. It then examines the company's dramatic fall including the extension of its trading model into questionable new businesses, the... View Details
Keywords: Risk Management; Management Practices and Processes; Crime and Corruption; Financial Reporting; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards
Healy, Paul, and Krishna Palepu. "The Fall of Enron." Harvard Business School Case 109-039, November 2008. (Revised November 2024.)
- 2018
- Article
Revenue Farming Reconsidered: Tenurial Rights and Tenurial Duties in Early Modern India, ca. 1556–1818
By: Sudev J Sheth
The meaning of land revenue farming in Indian history has eluded consensus. Some view it as an administrative aberration indicating weak state control, while others see it as a strategy for consolidating authority. This essay traces the historical development of iqṭāʻ... View Details
Keywords: Iqṭāʻ; Ijārah; Revenue Farming; Financial Agents; Mughal Empire; Business History; Business and Government Relations; Property; Finance; South Asia
Sheth, Sudev J. "Revenue Farming Reconsidered: Tenurial Rights and Tenurial Duties in Early Modern India, ca. 1556–1818." Art. 4. Special Issue on Repossessing Property in South Asia: Land, Rights, and Law across the Early Modern/Modern Divide edited by Faisal Chaudhury. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 61, nos. 5-6 (2018): 878–919.
- 05 Jul 2022
- Op-Ed
Hear Me Out: Introverts Can Be Loud and You Might Like Microsoft Teams
efforts, so adding Teams management to that regime is also one-stop shopping. In my information governance consulting practice, I adopted Zoom as the pandemic hit (moving away from older products like WebEx View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost