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      • March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
      • Case

      The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream"

      By: Rafael M. Di Tella and Laura Winig
      In 2010, Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the largest private prison operator in the U.S., was considering expansion options. The company's largest customers, federal and state governments, were under economic pressure to reduce the incarceration rate and... View Details
      Keywords: For-Profit Firms; Crime and Corruption; Profit; Law Enforcement; Growth and Development Strategy; Demand and Consumers; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Expansion; United States
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      Di Tella, Rafael M., and Laura Winig. The Market for Prisoners: Business, Crime and Punishment in the "American Dream". Harvard Business School Case 710-042, March 2010. (Revised December 2010.)
      • March 2010
      • Case

      Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2007

      By: Jan W. Rivkin, Michael Roberto and Ranjay Gulati
      In the wake of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Robert Mueller, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), sought to transform the storied Bureau. The FBI had long served as both the chief law enforcement agency and the main domestic intelligence wing of the... View Details
      Keywords: Transformation; Organizational Structure; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Government Administration; National Security; Corporate Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Law Enforcement; Public Administration Industry; United States
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      Rivkin, Jan W., Michael Roberto, and Ranjay Gulati. "Federal Bureau of Investigation, 2007." Harvard Business School Case 710-451, March 2010.
      • October 2008
      • Article

      It's Time to Make Management a True Profession

      By: Nitin Nohria and Rakesh Khurana
      In the face of the recent institutional breakdown of trust in business, managers are losing legitimacy. To regain public trust, management needs to become a true profession in much the way medicine and law have, argue Khurana and Nohria of Harvard Business School. True... View Details
      Keywords: Competency and Skills; Education; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Management; Trust; Value Creation
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      Nohria, Nitin, and Rakesh Khurana. "It's Time to Make Management a True Profession." Harvard Business Review 86, no. 10 (October 2008).
      • July 2008
      • Article

      Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Juan Dubra
      We observe that countries where belief in the "American dream" (i.e., effort pays) prevails also set harsher punishment for criminals. We know that beliefs are also correlated with several features of the economic system (taxation, social insurance, etc). Our objective... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Economic Systems; Values and Beliefs; Law Enforcement; Mathematical Methods; Personal Characteristics; United States
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Juan Dubra. "Crime and Punishment in the 'American Dream'." Journal of Public Economics 92, no. 7 (July 2008).
      • Article

      The Causes and Consequences of Industry Self-Policing

      By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
      Innovative regulatory programs are encouraging firms to police their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily disclose, or "confess," the violations they find. Despite the "win-win" rhetoric surrounding these government voluntary programs, it is not clear why... View Details
      Keywords: Corporate Disclosure; Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement; Policy; United States
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      Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "The Causes and Consequences of Industry Self-Policing." Yale Economic Review 4, no. 2 (Summer 2008).
      • May 2008
      • Article

      Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator

      By: Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
      As part of a recent trend toward more cooperative relations between regulators and industry, novel government programs are encouraging firms to monitor their own regulatory compliance and voluntarily report their own violations. In this study, we examine how regulatory... View Details
      Keywords: Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Environmental Sustainability; Programs; Power and Influence; Organizations; Decisions; Business and Government Relations; United States
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      Short, Jodi L., and Michael W. Toffel. "Coerced Confessions: Self-Policing in the Shadow of the Regulator." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 24, no. 1 (May 2008): 45–71.
      • March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
      • Case

      Eliot Spitzer: Pushing Wall Street to Reform

      By: Rawi Abdelal, Rafael Di Tella and Jonathan Schlefer
      New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer faced a decision about how to stop wrongdoing committed by major Wall Street firms during the Internet boom. The equities analysts of Merrill Lynch and other Wall Street firms were charged with objectively advising retail... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Decisions; Financial Institutions; Stocks; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Conflict of Interests; Internet; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Abdelal, Rawi, Rafael Di Tella, and Jonathan Schlefer. "Eliot Spitzer: Pushing Wall Street to Reform." Harvard Business School Case 708-019, March 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
      • September 2007
      • Case

      Tetra Pak Argentina

      By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Gustavo A. Herrero
      Deals with the hands-on management of a difficult situation facing the subsidiary of a multinational corporation (Tetra Pak) in a developing country (Argentina). The situation arises from a major economic, social, and institutional breakdown that jeopardizes the... View Details
      Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Sovereign Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Argentina
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      Khanna, Tarun, Krishna G. Palepu, and Gustavo A. Herrero. "Tetra Pak Argentina." Harvard Business School Case 708-402, September 2007.
      • June 2006 (Revised April 2024)
      • Case

      Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: 'Vulture' Tactics or Market Backbone

      By: Laura Alfaro and Ingrid Vogel
      The role of distressed debt funds, also known as "vulture funds," in sovereign debt restructuring was a hotly debated topic, especially after the success of Elliot Associates in converting an $11 million investment in Peruvian bonds worth $21 million into a $58 million... View Details
      Keywords: Vulture Funds; Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Investment Activism; Investment Funds; Sovereign Finance; Government and Politics; Contracts; Business and Government Relations; Peru
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      Alfaro, Laura, and Ingrid Vogel. "Creditor Activism in Sovereign Debt: 'Vulture' Tactics or Market Backbone." Harvard Business School Case 706-057, June 2006. (Revised April 2024.)
      • Article

      Does Legal Enforcement Affect Financial Transactions?: The Contractual Channel in Private Equity

      By: Josh Lerner and Antoinette Schoar
      Keywords: Law Enforcement; Finance; Contracts; Private Equity
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      Lerner, Josh, and Antoinette Schoar. "Does Legal Enforcement Affect Financial Transactions?: The Contractual Channel in Private Equity." Quarterly Journal of Economics 120, no. 1 (February 2005): 223–246. (Earlier version distributed as National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper No. 10348.)
      • March 2004
      • Article

      Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces after a Terrorist Attack

      By: Rafael Di Tella and Ernesto Schargrodsky
      An important challenge in the crime literature is to isolate causal effects of police on crime. Following a terrorist attack on the main Jewish center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, all Jewish institutions received police protection. Thus, this hideous event... View Details
      Keywords: Law Enforcement; Crime and Corruption; Resource Allocation; National Security
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      Di Tella, Rafael, and Ernesto Schargrodsky. "Do Police Reduce Crime? Estimates Using the Allocation of Police Forces after a Terrorist Attack." American Economic Review 94, no. 1 (March 2004): 115–33.
      • 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
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      Baldwin, Carliss Y., Constance E. Bagley, and James Quinn. "M&A Legal Context: Standards Related to the Sale or Purchase of a Company." Harvard Business School Background Note 904-004, July 2003. (Revised February 2004.)
      • 2000
      • Chapter

      Anticipating Greener Supply Chain Demands: One Singapore Company's Journey to ISO 14001

      By: Michael W. Toffel
      One major benefit of Jebsen & Jessen Packaging Pte Ltd (JJPS’s) implementation of ISO 14001 is that it acquired a third-party 'seal of approval' that will be used in its marketing efforts to meet the growing environmental concern of its customers within the electronics... View Details
      Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Standards; Environmental Sustainability; Singapore
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      Toffel, Michael W. "Anticipating Greener Supply Chain Demands: One Singapore Company's Journey to ISO 14001." Chap. 16 in ISO 14001 Case Studies and Practical Experiences, edited by Ruth Hillary, 182–199. Sheffield, U.K.: Greenleaf Publishing, 2000.
      • December 2000 (Revised May 2002)
      • Case

      Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids and Ministers

      By: Kathleen L. McGinn and Alexis Lefort
      Introduces Reverend Jeffrey Brown, one of the cofounders of the Ten Point Coalition in Boston, Mass. The Ten Point Coalition, a group of ministers that worked to change the dynamics between the Boston Police Department and the kids on the street, was instrumental in... View Details
      Keywords: Change; Civil Society or Community; Alliances; Interpersonal Communication; Power and Influence; Law Enforcement; City; Boston
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      McGinn, Kathleen L., and Alexis Lefort. "Reverend Jeffrey Brown: Cops, Kids and Ministers." Harvard Business School Case 801-284, December 2000. (Revised May 2002.)
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      The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: A Survey of the Empirical Literature

      By: Josh Lerner and Jenny Lanjouw
      Keywords: Intellectual Property; Rights
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      Lerner, Josh, and Jenny Lanjouw. "The Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: A Survey of the Empirical Literature." Special Issue on The Economics and Econometrics of Innovation. Annales d'économie et de statistique, nos. 49-50 (January–June 1998): 223–246.
      • August 1995 (Revised September 1995)
      • Case

      Hutton Branch Manager (C)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
      Centers on the company's plea of guilty to 2,000 counts of mail and wire fraud in response to the U.S. government's challenge to its cash management practices. Describes the Justice Department's investigations as well as the findings and recommendations of former... View Details
      Keywords: Organizational Change and Adaptation; Financial Management; Governance Controls; Crime and Corruption; Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement; Financial Services Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "Hutton Branch Manager (C)." Harvard Business School Case 396-046, August 1995. (Revised September 1995.)
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      Some Reflections on the Antitrust Treatment of Intellectual Property

      By: Tracy R. Lewis and Dennis A. Yao
      Abridged version in The Financial Times, The Complete MBA Companion, 1997, pp. 577-582. View Details
      Keywords: Intellectual Property; Law Enforcement
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      Lewis, Tracy R., and Dennis A. Yao. "Some Reflections on the Antitrust Treatment of Intellectual Property." Antitrust Law Journal 63, no. 2 (1995): 603–619. (Abridged version in The Financial Times, The Complete MBA Companion, 1997, pp.577-582. Harvard users click here for full text.)
      • December 1993 (Revised April 1995)
      • Exercise

      Corporate Criminal Fines Exercise

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Law Enforcement
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Corporate Criminal Fines Exercise." Harvard Business School Exercise 394-101, December 1993. (Revised April 1995.)
      • May 1993
      • Teaching Note

      Grayson University Police Force TN

      By: Regina E. Herzlinger
      Keywords: Higher Education; Law Enforcement; Education Industry
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      Herzlinger, Regina E. "Grayson University Police Force TN." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 193-112, May 1993.
      • October 1992 (Revised February 1995)
      • Background Note

      Note on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations

      By: Lynn S. Paine
      Describes the federal guidelines used by judges for sentencing organizations convicted of criminal wrong-doing under U.S. law as of November 1, 1991. Describes the guidelines' approach to calculating criminal fines for organizations, determining an organization's... View Details
      Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governance Compliance; Law Enforcement; Laws and Statutes; Organizations; Legal Services Industry; United States
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      Paine, Lynn S. "Note on the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for Organizations." Harvard Business School Background Note 393-060, October 1992. (Revised February 1995.)
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