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  • 17 Jan 2023
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Good Companies Commit Crimes, But Great Leaders Can Prevent Them

In a fraught ethics and legal climate, leaders need to know how to steer clear of trouble more than ever. Corporate Criminal Investigations and Prosecutions, released in September, offers a comprehensive resource on everything from the... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
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Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s

By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
This article 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 the evolution of their... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Green Business; Regional Strategy; Pollution; Henkel; Bayer; Globalization; History; Chemical Industry; Germany; United States
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Jones, Geoffrey, and Christina Lubinski. "Making 'Green Giants': Environment Sustainability in the German Chemical Industry, 1950s–1980s." Business History 56, no. 4 (July 2014): 623–649.
  • 07 Nov 2016
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The CEO as Activist

  • 12 Feb 2015
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Auditor Lobbying on Accounting Standards

Keywords: by Abigail M. Allen, Karthik Ramanna & Sugata Roychowdhury; Accounting

    Julie Battilana

    Julie Battilana is the Joseph C. Wilson Professor of Business Administration in the Organizational Behavior unit at Harvard Business School and the Alan L. Gleitsman Professor of Social Innovation at Harvard Kennedy School, where she is also the founder and faculty... View Details

    • March 2011 (Revised February 2018)
    • Supplement

    Wealth Management Crisis at UBS (B)

    By: George Serafeim
    The case describes the resolution of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation for tax fraud and the increasing pressure on the wealth management business. View Details
    Keywords: Fraud; Regulatory Enforcement; Reputation Incentives; Crony Capitalism; Tax Havens; Legitimacy; Multinational; Strategic Change; Corporate Governance; Incentives; Transparency; Financial Services; Wealth; Taxation; Crime and Corruption; Global Range; Governance; Business and Government Relations; Asset Management; United States
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    Healy, Paul M., George Serafeim, and David Lane. "Wealth Management Crisis at UBS (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 111-090, March 2011. (Revised February 2018.)
    • February 2003 (Revised March 2006)
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    Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)

    By: Michael E. Porter and Willis M. Emmons III
    Acoplasticos was established in 1961 as a lobbying group for Colombia's major plastics manufacturing companies. In the early 1980s, the organization shifted its focus toward improving the productivity of the Colombian plastics and rubber cluster, which also included... View Details
    Keywords: Cooperation; Information Technology; Alliances; Research and Development; Business and Government Relations; Performance Productivity; Developing Countries and Economies; Manufacturing Industry; Chemical Industry; Colombia
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    Porter, Michael E., and Willis M. Emmons III. "Asociacion Colombiana de Industrias Plasticas (Acoplasticos)." Harvard Business School Case 703-437, February 2003. (Revised March 2006.)
    • 2024
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    The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal…and What to Do about It

    By: Malcolm S. Salter
    What are we to do about declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer is not entirely clear, I argue in this essay that any effort aimed at restoring... View Details
    Keywords: Government Administration; Economic Systems; Trust; United States
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    Salter, Malcolm S. "The Fading Light of Democratic Capitalism: How Pervasive Cronyism and Restricted Suffrage Are Destroying Democratic Capitalism as a National Ideal…and What to Do about It." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-062, March 2024.
    • 28 Apr 2003
    • Research & Ideas

    Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It

    the right times. They'd done it by implementing techniques and technologies at an unprecedented pace; among them, the lean production method introduced by W. Edwards Deming, just-in-time manufacturing, single-source suppliers, and global outsourcing. But more recent... View Details
    Keywords: by David Stauffer
    • 02 Oct 2017
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    SCOTUS and the Duopoly's Deadlock — CEO Daily, Monday, 2nd October

    • 19 Jul 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Towards a Prescriptive Theory of Dynamic Capabilities: Connecting Strategic Choice, Learning, and Competition

    Keywords: by Gary P. Pisano
    • March 2009
    • Case

    Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics

    By: Lynn S. Paine and G.A. Donovan
    The new outsider-dominated board of directors of China's state-owned Baosteel Group must decide whether to modify the Group's structure. With the completion of a pending acquisition, the Group will control four publicly listed steel-producing subsidiaries, and board... View Details
    Keywords: Business Subsidiaries; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; State Ownership; China
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    Paine, Lynn S., and G.A. Donovan. "Baosteel Group: Governance with Chinese Characteristics." Harvard Business School Case 309-098, March 2009.

      James I. Cash

      Professor Cash received a Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Texas Christian University; a Master of Science in Computer Science from Purdue University's Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Management Information... View Details

      Keywords: accounting industry; computer; e-commerce industry; financial services; health care; information technology industry; software
      • November 1991 (Revised January 1995)
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      Teradyne Japan

      By: Michael Y. Yoshino
      Describes a parent-subsidiary relationship in the high technology industry. The subsidiary, located in Japan, has been expanding its activities throughout the 1980s in the face of stiff local competition. Examines the dilemma facing corporate and country management as... View Details
      Keywords: Relationships; Mergers and Acquisitions; Expansion; Competition; Business or Company Management; Communication; Buildings and Facilities; Business Subsidiaries; Japan
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      Yoshino, Michael Y. "Teradyne Japan." Harvard Business School Case 392-031, November 1991. (Revised January 1995.)
      • 09 May 2017
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      Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

      But the ascendancy of agency theory—the idea that shareholders are owners of the corporation and managers their agents in a quest to maximize shareholder value—need not be one of them. Agency theory will not be a problem if we bend it to... View Details
      Keywords: by James Heskett
      • December 2016 (Revised December 2018)
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      From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem

      By: Elie Ofek and Margot Eiran
      In June 2016, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, wrestled with how to sustain Israel’s strong innovation track record and the country’s reputation as the “startup nation.” Despite the economic miracle the country had wrought since its founding, he... View Details
      Keywords: Israel; Israeli Start-up Nation; Innovation Economy; Entrepreneurial Mindset; Scaling-up; Unicorns; Innovation Clusters; High-tech; Innovation Management; Multinational Corporation R&D Centers; Social Equality; Two-tier Economy; Liberalizing An Economy; Foreign Investment; Military Service; Quality Of Human Capital; Socioeconomic Gaps; Labor Force Participation; Government Initiatives; Innovation and Management; Entrepreneurship; Venture Capital; Business Startups; Government and Politics; Economy; Equality and Inequality; Education; Resource Allocation; Globalization; Israel
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      Ofek, Elie, and Margot Eiran. "From Start-Up to Grown-Up Nation: The Future of the Israeli Innovation Ecosystem." Harvard Business School Case 517-066, December 2016. (Revised December 2018.)
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      Renovating Democratic Capitalism

      By: Malcolm S. Salter

      This in-process work focuses on how best to address the declining public trust and confidence in democratic capitalism, which many citizens consider to be a cornerstone of our national ideology and identity? While the answer to this question is not entirely clear, I... View Details

      • March 2007
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      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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      Fisman, Raymond, and Eric D. Werker. "Local Company Politics: A Proposal." Capitalism and Society 2, no. 1 (March 2007).
      • March 2014 (Revised May 2014)
      • Teaching Note

      The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

      By: Lucy White and Benjamin C. Esty
      On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
      Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis & Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
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      White, Lucy, and Benjamin C. Esty. "The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 214-003, March 2014. (Revised May 2014.)
      • March 2022
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      Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy

      By: Jonas Meckling and Jonas Nahm
      When can states implement policies against the opposition from powerful interest groups? Research on state capacity has examined bureaucratic sources of capacity, leaving unexplained why countries with similar levels of bureaucratic capacity vary in goal attainment. We... View Details
      Keywords: Power and Influence; Policy; Environmental Regulation
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      Meckling, Jonas, and Jonas Nahm. "Strategic State Capacity: How States Counter Opposition to Climate Policy." Comparative Political Studies 55, no. 3 (March 2022): 493–523.
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