Publications

01 Sep 2003
What Do You Think?

To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?

along with other very thoughtful responses, suggest a wide divergence of views on the role of the board in the life cycle of a corporate entity. Interestingly, those who teach corporate View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Mar 2024
News

The Exchange: Takeaways from the Takedown

committed—his victims lost almost $10 billion in the failed exchange—makes even the crimes of Bernie Madoff pale in comparison, says Professor Eugene Soltes. His work focuses on corporate integrity and risk management; he’s also the... View Details

Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; Securities, Commodities, and Other Financial Investments; Finance

18 Jul 2005
Research & Ideas

Identify Emerging Market Opportunities

which it has opened up to the outside world—shapes those markets, and companies must consider those factors, too. The five contexts framework places a superstructure of key markets on a base of sociopolitical choices. Many multinational View Details

Keywords: by Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu & Jayant Sinha

February 1979 (Revised December 1983)
Case

Allied Chemical Corp. (A)

By: George C. Lodge and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Describes Allied, the chemical industry, and the effects of the Kepone problem (a toxic pesticide dumped into the James River) as of 1976. The executive in the case must decide whether the company should support the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act and an... View Details

Keywords: Pollutants; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Decision Making; Laws and Statutes; Welfare; Legal Liability; Business and Government Relations; Chemical Industry

Find at Harvard

1997
Chapter

Governance, Contracting, and Investment Time Horizons: A Look at Japan and Germany

By: W. C. Kester

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Contracts; Investment; Japan; Germany

May 1992
Teaching Note

Ann Hopkins (A) and (B), Teaching Note

By: Joseph L. Badaracco Jr.

Teaching Note for (9-391-155) and (9-391-170). View Details

Keywords: Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Rights

01 Dec 2008
News

The Next Chapter

OLSON: After publishing, turning over a new leaf. Former Random House chairman and CEO Peter Olson (MBA ’76) has donned a new hat and will begin teaching corporate strategy at HBS next month. Olson is no stranger to Harvard, having... View Details

Keywords: Publishing Industries (except Internet); Information; Management; Retail Trade

27 Mar 2018
First Look

First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018

also present a panoply of challenges for communities and states. Surprisingly, federal laws are chief among those challenges despite the fact that online marketplaces facilitate transactions traditionally regulated at the local level. In... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Apr 2000
Research & Ideas

Adjusting the Fit for Government

skills development." Other essentials for governments, Donovan said, are a willingness to privatize businesses, and to follow the rule of law "as opposed to the rule of individual parties and special interests." Another is... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

February 2009 (Revised September 2011)
Background Note

Business and Human Rights

By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons

This note addresses some of the most frequently asked questions about the relation between human rights and business. Topics include the definition of human rights, the business leader's role regarding human rights, and legal liability of companies and executives for... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Ethics; Human Capital; Legal Liability; Rights; Leadership; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact

Web

Buy Now, Pay Later: Credit, Information, and the Courts

rating. The case law and regulatory structure arising out of these legal challenges set precedents that continue to influence the law relating to privacy, libel, and intellectual property today. The... View Details

August 2013
Case

Harold Mills at ZeroChaos (A)

By: Lena G. Goldberg and Maurice L. Kuykendoll II

After leading a management buy-out, Harold Mills transformed ZeroChaos into a global staffing enterprise. Poised to raise additional capital to fund the company's next phase of growth, he was also confronting the liquidity demands of his early-stage investors and... View Details

Keywords: Legal Aspects Of Business; Law; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Finance

24 Apr 2014
News

A reformed fiscal policy is vital to renewing US productivity

education while increasing spending on entitlement programs. The corporate tax code, mortgage-interest deduction, and absence of a value-added tax all contribute to the problem. These policy failings are evident in the rising federal... View Details

July 2003 (Revised February 2004)
Background Note

M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company

By: Carliss Y. Baldwin, Constance E. Bagley and James Quinn

Introduces students to the legal standards affecting officers and directors when selling or purchasing a company. Provides a practical understanding of the Revlon Standard, the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, Rule 10b-5, and the legal criteria for a cause of... View Details

Keywords: Laws and Statutes; Law Enforcement; Government Legislation; Acquisition; Business Exit or Shutdown; Corporate Governance; Going Public; Courts and Trials

January 2008 (Revised March 2008)
Supplement

Uría Menéndez (B) (Abridged)

By: Robert G. Eccles

This one-page case, to be handed out in class, briefly lists the three major strategic options facing Uria Menendez. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Strategy; Law; Geographic Location; Expansion; Strategic Planning; Legal Services Industry; Iberian Peninsula