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    Robert C. Merton

    Robert C. Merton is the School of Management Distinguished Professor of Finance at the MIT Sloan School of Management.

    Merton is University Professor Emeritus at Harvard University and was the George Fisher Baker Professor of... View Details

    Keywords: banking; brokerage; financial services; insurance industry; investment banking industry; retail financial services
    • 08 Dec 2022
    • HBS Case

    The War in Ukraine and Nestlé’s Moral Dilemma: Stay or Leave Russia?

    products such as baby formula. At the same time, the company declared it would donate all profits to humanitarian relief organizations, and would therefore not pay any corporate taxes to the Russian... View Details
    Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Consumer Products
    • Web

    Accounting & Management - Faculty & Research

    address healthcare inequities in the U.S., disparities across race, gender, geography, and income remain stubbornly persistent. This article introduces the Strategic Fingerprint Framework for Health Equity, a practical, principle-based... View Details
    • 21 Jul 2006
    • Op-Ed

    Enron Jury Sent the Right Message

    The most noteworthy message of the Enron trial is that corporate executives can be convicted in a court of law for a pattern of deception that may or may not be illegal. Left unaddressed in the trial were many financial transactions and... View Details
    Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter
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    Global Impact of the Collapse | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School

    Skip to Main Content Lehman Brothers Collection Resources Baker Library Collections Corporate Reports Collection R. G. Dun & Co. Credit Reports HBS Cases Baker Old Class Collection Related Archival Collections Bibliography Site Credits... View Details
    • 20 Oct 2015
    • First Look

    October 20, 2015

    Regulation By: Drake, David, Paul R. Kleindorfer, and Luk N. Van Wassenhove Abstract—We study the impact of emissions tax and emissions cap-and-trade regulation on a firm's technology choice and capacity decisions. We show that emissions... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Sep 2023
    • Research & Ideas

    Working Moms Are Mostly Thriving Again. Can We Finally Achieve Gender Parity?

    So much has changed since a groundbreaking study found that daughters of working moms often perform better in their own careers than daughters of stay-at-home moms—and are just as happy, to boot. Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts across higher education and... View Details
    Keywords: by Kara Baskin
    • 17 May 2016
    • First Look

    May 17, 2016

    2016 New York: Oxford University Press Consumers, Corporations, and Public Health: A Case-Based Approach to Sustainable Business By: John A. Quelch. Abstract—The public health footprint associated with corporate behavior has come under... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Financial Accounting Online Course | HBS Online

    course, discover what's behind the numbers in financial statements, such as balance sheets and income statements. 8 weeks 6-8 hours per week 7 modules Self-Paced with regular deadlines This course earns you a Certificate of Completion... View Details
    • 14 Feb 2023
    • HBS Case

    Is Sweden Still 'Sweden'? A Liberal Utopia Grapples with an Identity Crisis

    policy: An active national government with a desire to achieve an equitable distribution of income and wealth; a generous social welfare system financed by taxes; and a shared structure of corporate control... View Details
    Keywords: by Lane Lambert
    • 10 Jun 2014
    • First Look

    First Look: June 10

    examines the evolution of corporate environmentalism in the West German chemical industry between the 1950s and the 1980s. It focuses on two companies, Bayer and Henkel, that have been identified as "green giants," and traces... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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    Podcast - Business & Environment

    carbon market, including the tension between financial models and credibility, the challenges of measuring impact, and the broader implications for corporate climate action. Investing in Carbon Markets: A Conversation with Luke Leslie of... View Details
    • 02 Mar 2007
    • What Do You Think?

    What Is the Government’s Role in US Health Care?

    thinks it could come in the form of a "Two Percent Solution" in which everyone would pay 2 percent of their income to be held by the Government for their healthcare, with "competition maintained through private providers" and the bills of... View Details
    Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Health
    • September 2011
    • Article

    Global Capitalism at Risk: What Are You Doing About It?

    By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
    Market capitalism, a system that has proven to be a remarkable engine of wealth creation, is poised for a breakdown. That sounds dire, and it is. Increasing income inequality, migration, weaknesses in the global financial system, environmental degradation, and... View Details
    Keywords: Disruption; Economic Systems; Globalization; Corporate Governance; Markets; Risk and Uncertainty
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    • 05 Jun 2020
    • Blog Post

    Developing Black Talent for Leadership

    engineers, 40% of members of congress, and account for 25% of Black undergrad STEM majors [2,3]. HBCUs are outperforming the average postsecondary institution in terms of upward mobility to the top quintile for the lowest income students... View Details
    • 23 Aug 2010
    • Research & Ideas

    The Drive to Acquire’s Impact on Globalization

    corporate abuses or (2) less-developed nations roughly equal in power and with some control of corporate abuses. Unfortunately, much of today's international trade does not meet these conditions. Under the... View Details
    Keywords: by Paul R. Lawrence
    • July 2009 (Revised May 2010)
    • Case

    Pfizer: Letter from the Chairman (A)

    By: Robert L. Simons and Natalie Kindred
    This case explores maximizing shareholder value as a goal in executive decision making. Over a period of nine years, three different Pfizer CEOs make critical decisions intended to increase shareholder value. But the results are disappointing. To allow students to... View Details
    Keywords: Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Annual Reports; Business and Shareholder Relations; Value Creation; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States
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    • 31 Jul 2013
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Learning from Double-Digit Growth Experiences

    Keywords: by Eric D. Werker
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    About - Business & Environment

    instrumental in driving the firm’s successful growth in fixed income ETFs and sustainable indexing. Before joining BlackRock, Carolyn created structured derivatives solutions for corporations at Citibank,... View Details
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    U.S. Competitiveness

    clouds hanging over US businesses Re: Jan Rivkin 24 Sep 2016 YAHOO! FINANCE External Revitalizing small businesses is key to drive America's economic growth Re: Karen Mills 21 Oct 2016 YAHOO! FINANCE External There's a big problem with Clinton's plan to raise View Details