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  • 17 Jan 2021
  • News

Future of ‘brand Trump’: The first president to leave office poorer than when he went in?

  • 2025
  • Chapter

Critical Choices in Designing a Board: An Overview

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Lynn S. Paine

Board design is never one-size-fits-all. It’s a series of critical choices—each with trade-offs—that can define how a board functions, governs, and delivers strategic value.

That’s the premise of "Critical Choices in Designing a Board," a... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards
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  • 11 Mar 2015
  • HBS Seminar

Ernest Wilson, University of Southern California, Annenberg School

  • June 2020
  • Case

Recovering Trust After Corporate Misconduct at Wells Fargo

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Jonah S. Goldberg
The case describes widespread misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank in the period leading up to 2017 and the company’s subsequent attempts to improve internal controls, company culture, and corporate governance. The case examines the potential causes of large scale... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Internal Controls; Banks and Banking; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Governance Compliance; Management Systems; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Performance Improvement; Governing and Advisory Boards
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  • November 2010 (Revised February 2013)
  • Case

Energy Security in Europe (A): Nord Stream

By: Rawi E. Abdelal and Sogomon Tarontsi
Russian and German energy firms initiated the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline project with strong political support from their home governments but encountered resistance from other states. Although the pipeline would connect Russia with Germany directly, the project... View Details
Keywords: Non-Renewable Energy; Leadership; Distribution; Business and Government Relations; Conflict and Resolution; Energy Industry; Russia; European Union; Germany
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    Chiara Farronato

    Chiara Farronato is Glenn and Mary Jane Creamer Associate Professor of Business Administration in the Technology and Operations Management Unit at Harvard Business School, and co-Principal Investigator of the Platform Lab at the Digital... View Details

    • 26 Aug 2009
    • Op-Ed

    Where Cash for Clunkers Ran Off the Road

    and Chrysler are using taxpayer bailout money to advance dealers the refund money they are waiting for from the U.S. government! In the end, administration expenses might well reach 10 percent of total program costs. The Federal View Details
    Keywords: by John Quelch; Auto

      Lauren H. Cohen

      Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

      Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
      • November 2007 (Revised January 2013)
      • Case

      Indonesia: Attracting Foreign Investment

      By: Michael E. Porter and Christian H.M. Ketels
      Describes the economic development of Indonesia from independence after World War II to 2006 and the post-Suharto period. The coverage of the post-Suharto period provides evidence of how political and economic conditions are intertwined after a change in the political... View Details
      Keywords: History; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Emerging Markets; Policy; Foreign Direct Investment; Business and Government Relations; Public Administration Industry; Indonesia
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      • September 2010 (Revised February 2013)
      • Background Note

      The Cage-Free Egg Movement

      By: Michael W. Toffel and Stephanie van Sice
      Describes the social movement confronting conventional egg production techniques (battery cages) based on animal welfare concerns, and some merits and drawbacks of cage-free alternatives. Highlights animal rights activist campaigns, political and regulatory responses,... View Details
      Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Rights; Supply Chain Management; Natural Environment; Social Issues; Competitive Strategy; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
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      • 25 Jan 2012
      • Research & Ideas

      A Few Firms Have Outsized Influence in D.C.

      It's a truism for many that in American politics money buys influence. In one recent poll, 75 percent of respondents said they believed "money buys results in Congress." But the question of whose money View Details
      Keywords: by Michael Blanding
      • 04 Mar 2016
      • Research & Ideas

      Is E-commerce at Risk in Apple's Security Dispute with the FBI?

      the front end and the back end, to accomplish something and then completely undo it. Another way to look at it is this: the U.S. government used Blackberrys for a long time... View Details
      Keywords: Re: Sunil Gupta; Technology
      • 20 Sep 2022
      • Cold Call Podcast

      Larry Fink at BlackRock: Linking Purpose to Profit

      Keywords: Re: George Serafeim; Financial Services

        Jay W. Lorsch

        Jay W. Lorsch is the Louis Kirstein Professor of Human Relations at the Harvard Business School. He is editor of View Details

        • 1999
        • Chapter

        The Pricing of US Catastrophe Reinsurance

        By: K. Froot and P. O'Connell
        Keywords: Financial Markets; Catastrophe Risk; Corporate Finance; Cost Of Capital; Banking And Insurance; Asset Pricing; Hedging; Banking; Insurance; Natural Disasters; Policy; Risk Management; Insurance Industry; United States
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        • 27 Mar 2018
        • News

        Why CEOs Are Taking a Stand

        • 21 May 2012
        • Research & Ideas

        OSHA Inspections: Protecting Employees or Killing Jobs?

        With an election looming and the economy continuing to struggle, the effectiveness of government regulation has become a political football. While advocates hold regulations up... View Details
        Keywords: by Michael Blanding
        • 12 PM – 1 PM EST, 14 Nov 2017
        • Webinars: Trending@HBS

        Use Your Strengths to Stand Out in the Admissions Process

        Are you a musical athlete or dancing doctor? Are you a political junkie or junior entrepreneur? The college admissions process has become increasingly competitive, and so students who understand their strengths and focus on finding the best fit have a clear advantage. View Details
        • June 2023 (Revised February 2025)
        • Case

        Doing Business in Lima, Peru

        By: Jeffrey T. Polzer, Leonard A. Schlesinger and Max Hancock
        This case examines the challenges and opportunities of doing business in Peru. It highlights Peru's economic transformation in the decades leading up to 2024 in the context of its history, culture, and politics. The case gives an overview of some of the main obstacles... View Details
        Keywords: Business History; Business and Government Relations; Corporate Strategy; Mining Industry; Peru; Latin America
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        • 06 Nov 2008
        • Op-Ed

        Selling Out The American Dream

        been hijacked in countless political speeches from an embodiment of America's core values into a crass appeal to materialism and easy gratification. Right-wing politicians touting the American Dream... View Details
        Keywords: by John Quelch