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  • 2011
  • Book

Capitalism at Risk: Rethinking the Role of Business

By: Joseph L. Bower, Herman B. Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. The global financial meltdown of 2008 nearly triggered another Great Depression, economies in Europe are still teetering, and powerful... View Details
Keywords: Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Leading Change; Business and Community Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business Strategy
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  • 18 Oct 2013
  • HBS Seminar

George Borjas, Malcolm Wiener Center for Social Policy, Harvard Kennedy School

  • 04 Mar 2015
  • What Do You Think?

Can a Laissez-Faire Approach Fix Labor Market Inequality?

"Instead of an outside regulation, an internal governance on salary structure, which is based on a value that 'Every employee should go home with a smile on his face' will create win-win situations for... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Retail
  • February 2005 (Revised March 2006)
  • Case

PCAOB, The (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Kim Bettcher
Members of the Public Co. Accounting Oversight Board--a private-sector, nonprofit body created by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002--must determine the form and content of a new auditing standard on internal control that will fulfill the requirements of Section 404 of the... View Details
Keywords: Law; Financial Reporting; Corporate Governance; Standards; Government Administration; Accounting Audits
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  • Web

The Five Forces - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

awareness, to accessing distribution channels, to government restrictions. The threat of entry also depends on the capabilities of the likely potential entrants. If there are well established companies in the industry operating in other... View Details

    Henry W. McGee

    Henry McGee joined the HBS faculty in 2013 after retiring as President of HBO Home Entertainment, the digital and DVD program distribution division of Home Box Office, the pioneering premium television company. A member of the Entrepreneurial Management Unit,... View Details

    Keywords: television; motion pictures; media; e-commerce industry; entertainment; broadcasting; distribution; health care; journalism; wholesale; arts; nonprofit industry
    • Research Summary

    Non-Financial Incentives

    My research shows how firms combine many facets of internal governance to motivate managers. A perspective that underlies much of my research is that managers are not motivated by financial rewards alone: “it’s not just about the... View Details

    • 14 Oct 2014
    • News

    The Unanticipated Risks of Maximizing Shareholder Value

      Frank Nagle

      Frank Nagle is an assistant professor in the Strategy Unit at Harvard Business School. Professor Nagle studies how competitors can collaborate on the creation of core technologies, while still competing on the products and services built on top of them - especially... View Details

      • April 2011 (Revised March 2012)
      • Supplement

      U.S. Healthcare Reform: Reaction to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010

      By: Arthur A. Daemmrich
      Supplement to "U.S. Healthcare Reform: International Perspectives" updating key events and disputes concerning the reform law, including the 2010 Congressional elections, legislative proposals, legal challenges, and responses by employers. View Details
      Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Government Legislation; Political Elections; Health Care and Treatment; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Government Relations; Public Opinion; Health Industry; Public Administration Industry; United States
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      • Spring 2018
      • Article

      The Enemy of My Enemy: The Soviet Union, East Germany, and the Iranian Tudeh Party's Support for Ayatollah Khomeini

      By: Jeremy Friedman
      This article examines the strategy of the Iranian Tudeh Party in concert with its Soviet and East German patrons and allies during and after the Iranian revolution of 1979. The article assesses the thinking behind the Tudeh’s strategy of unwavering support for... View Details
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      • 28 Sep 2009
      • Research & Ideas

      Improving Accountability at the World Bank

      institutions of global governance and, compared to others—such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Trade Organization, various United Nations agencies, and other multilateral development banks, to... View Details
      Keywords: by Alnoor Ebrahim
      • Research Summary

      Winning Coalitions

      By: James K. Sebenius
      James K. Sebenius is examining the most effective ways to generate and sustain cooperation among a corporations many stakeholders. As the number of stakeholders grows, and management actions more often involve players outside the traditional chain of command and... View Details
      • April 2002 (Revised May 2003)
      • Case

      Nghe An Tate & Lyle Sugar Company (Vietnam)

      By: Benjamin C. Esty, Frank J. Lysy and Carrie Ferman
      In September 1998, Paul Cooper, Tate & Lyle's finance director for international investments, asked the International Finance Corp. (IFC) to consider lending up to $45 million to finance a $90 million sugar mill in northern Vietnam. Ewen Cobban, an IFC agricultural... View Details
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; Viet Nam
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      • March 2022 (Revised April 2022)
      • Case

      In Search of Global Regulation

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Mona Rahmani
      The history of the international regulation of global capitalism is surveyed, addressing the challenges facing firms confronting international, national, and regional regulation. Follows the history of global regulation after 1914, from the League of Nations;... View Details
      Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations
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      • 14 Jul 2021
      • Blog Post

      From Colombia to the District of Columbia: Making an Impact with Paulina Llano (MBA 2022)

      passionate about, which is Political Science.” During undergrad, Llano interned at McKinsey and joined the firm full-time in Bogota after graduation. She spent three years traveling and working on a variety of projects before taking her... View Details
      Keywords: Health Care
      • 2020
      • Book

      Capitalism at Risk: How Business Can Lead

      By: Joseph L. Bower, Dutch Leonard and Lynn S. Paine
      Who should take the lead in fixing market capitalism? Business—not government alone. The spread of capitalism worldwide has made people wealthier than ever before. But capitalism's future is far from assured. Pandemics, income inequality, resource depletion, mass... View Details
      Keywords: Capitalism; Business And Society; Economic Systems; Economic Growth; Policy; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations; Corporate Strategy
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      • 2015
      • Working Paper

      What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do?

      By: Paul A. Gompers, Steven N. Kaplan and Vladimir Mukharlyamov
      We survey 79 private equity investors with combined assets under management (AUM) of over $750 billion about their practices in firm valuation, capital structure, governance, and value creation. Investors rely primarily on internal rate of return (IRR) and multiples to... View Details
      Keywords: Governance; Value Creation; Private Equity; Capital Structure; Valuation; Management Practices and Processes
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      • October 2004 (Revised October 2013)
      • Case

      In Search of Global Regulation

      By: Geoffrey Jones, Mona Rahmani and Alexis Gendron
      The history of the international regulation of global capitalism is surveyed, addressing the challenges facing firms confronting international, national, and regional regulation. Follows the history of global regulation after 1914, from the League of Nations'... View Details
      Keywords: History; Multinational Firms and Management; International Relations; Laws and Statutes; Corporate Governance; Business and Government Relations
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      • 12 Aug 2002
      • Op-Ed

      Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

      governments that caused their misery in the first place. In such mismanaged countries—which number close to seventy—a way must be found to change the basic system. Globalization—seen by many today as a sort of cure-all—will certainly not... View Details
      Keywords: by George C. Lodge