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  • 17 Jan 2023
  • Book

Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

procedures, foreign corrupt practices, and virtual currency. The book speaks to “how organizations are actually held criminally accountable,” says co-author Eugene F. Soltes, the McLean Family Professor of... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 19 May 2009
  • First Look

First Look: May 19, 2009

  Working PapersDon't Just Survive—Thrive: Leading Innovation in Good Times and Bad (revised) Authors:Lynda M. Applegate and Bruce Harreld Abstract Battered by contracting markets View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace

    The Academy of Fisticuffs

    The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and economic imaginations, but we rarely consider their interconnected early history. Even the eighteenth century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the nineteenth, they paradoxically... View Details

    • 2010
    • Chapter

    Backlash to Arbitration: Three Causes

    By: Louis T. Wells

    There are at least three reasons for the current backlash among developing countries against the international regime that governs disputes between foreign investors and host governments. First is the inconsistency of the decisions rendered by arbitration panels... View Details

    Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Agreements and Arrangements; Business and Government Relations; Conflict Management
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    • 19 Mar 2013
    • First Look

    First Look: March 19

    anticorruption efforts for 480 corporations to examine factors underlying firms' efforts and their consequences. We find that firms with high anticorruption efforts are domiciled in countries with low View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 03 Jun 2009
    • Working Paper Summaries

    It Is Okay for Artists to Make Money…No, Really, It’s Okay

    Keywords: by Robert D. Austin & Lee Devin; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 28 Feb 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: Feb. 28

      PublicationsThe Power of Political Voice: Women's Political Representation and Crime in India Authors:Lakshmi Iyer, Anandi Mani, Prachi Mishra, and Petia Topalova... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 10 Feb 2021
    • Research & Ideas

    Has #MeToo Changed How Hollywood Hires?

    articles about several women who alleged that Weinstein sexually harassed them, and three who accused him of rape. In January 2020, Weinstein was convicted of sex crimes and... View Details
    Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Media & Broadcasting
    • 01 Nov 2017
    • What Do You Think?

    What Are the Real Lessons of the Wells Fargo Case?

    SUMMING UP Respondents to this month’s Wells Fargo “case study” identified problem symptoms, diagnosed causes, proposed remedies, and even suggested a title for a follow-on case. Mitch says that when one company is consistently more... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett; Banking
    • April 2011 (Revised April 2011)
    • Exercise

    Raptor Oil Company: An Exercise

    The exercise, which adapts a famous experiment by experimental psychologist Thomas Gilovich, is designed to show both the ubiquity of analogy or associative thinking more generally and its potential perils. Students are presented with a scenario in which an oil company... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Cognition and Thinking; Prejudice and Bias; Strategy
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    • March 2007
    • Article

    Local Company Politics: A Proposal

    By: Raymond Fisman and Eric D. Werker
    Corrupt politicians, and poor government more generally, are commonly viewed as a primary barrier to economic progress. The roots to these problems run deep in many political systems across the developing world, and attempts at reform have rarely found much success.... View Details
    Keywords: Behavior
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    • 12 Oct 2011
    • First Look

    First Look: October 12

      PublicationsCapitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business Authors:Joseph Bower, Herman B. Leonard, and Lynn S. Paine Publication:Harvard Business Review Press, 2011 Abstract The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 2012
    • Teaching Note

    Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation (TN)

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang
    Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to... View Details
    Keywords: Human Resource Management; China; Entrepreneurship; Human Resources; Strategy; China
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    • 2012
    • Case

    Qingdao TGOOD Electric Corporation

    By: F. Warren McFarlan, Zheng Xiaoming, Chen Hao and Hong Zhang
    Founded in 2004, TGOOD is now the largest specialized developer and producer of cubicle-type transformation and distribution equipment in China, with the main products of outdoor cubicle-type power equipment supplemented by indoor switchgear cabinets, offered mainly to... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurship; Human Resource Management; Strategy; China; China
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      George Serafeim

      George Serafeim is the Charles M. Williams Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He co-leads a Lab, within Harvard's Digital, Data, Design Institute, and serves on the faculty steering commitee of Harvard University's Salata Institute. He... View Details

      Keywords: asset management; insurance industry; automobiles; industrial goods; fashion; food; green technology
      • 31 May 2023
      • HBS Case

      Why Business Leaders Need to Hear Larry Miller's Story

      Larry Miller shares how education helped him escape a life of crime and why employers should give the formerly incarcerated a second chance. ARTICLE: A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life... View Details
      Keywords: by Jamal Meneide; Entertainment & Recreation; Consumer Products
      • September 2019 (Revised December 2023)
      • Case

      Accounting Fraud at Tesco Stores (A)

      By: Jonas Heese, Suraj Srinivasan and Julia Kelley
      This case describes the accounting fraud at Tesco Stores Limited (TSL), which was discovered by a senior accountant in TSL’s finance department. The accountant was concerned about TSL’s handling of commercial income, which, according to the accountant, overstated... View Details
      Keywords: Accounting; Crime and Corruption; Organizational Culture; Corporate Accountability
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      • April 2004 (Revised September 2007)
      • Case

      Accounting Fraud at WorldCom

      By: Robert S. Kaplan and David Kiron
      The principal players in WorldCom's accounting fraud included CFO Scott Sullivan, the General Accounting and Internal Audit departments, external auditor Arthur Andersen, and the board of directors. The case provides sufficient detail to allow for a full discussion of... View Details
      Keywords: Governance Controls; Governing and Advisory Boards; Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Financial Reporting; Organizational Culture; Corporate Governance; Accounting Audits
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      • 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
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      • 01 Jun 2023
      • HBS Case

      A Nike Executive Hid His Criminal Past to Turn His Life Around. What If He Didn't Have To?

      At age 32—feeling far removed from the violent street crimes that had consumed his teens and 20s—Larry Miller just knew he was nailing a job interview with a senior partner at Arthur Andersen. That is, until... View Details
      Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Apparel & Accessories