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  • 28 Jul 2015
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First Look: July 28, 2015

Gurun, and Scott Kominers Abstract—We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Our model shows that NPE View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
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Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

; Capital Budgeting ; Corporate Governance ; Competitive Advantage ; Competitive Strategy ; Leading Change ; Valuation ; Investment Activism ; Climate Change ; Management Succession ; Financial Management ; Risk Management ; Sports... View Details
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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

corporate social responsibility (CSR) reports and (b) how the risk of governmental monitoring affects the extent to which CSR reports are symbolic or substantive. First, we examine how firm characteristics reflecting dependence on the... View Details
  • 26 Aug 2014
  • First Look

First Look: August 26

influences risk-taking by enhancing one's sense of control. Across multiple inductions of guilt, we demonstrate that experimentally induced guilt enhances optimism about risks for the self (Study 1), preferences for gambles versus... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Feb 2013
  • Research & Ideas

Are the Big Four Audit Firms Too Big to Fail?

the risks of failure. Adding to this concern is that even as the number of mega audit firms has contracted from eight in the 1980s to four today, their combined market share remains formidable, especially in the United States. The... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Accounting
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Winners & Runners-Up | New Venture Competition

genetic risk diagnostic company. MyHappyPlanet.com Karen Ong Steve Davis Ethan Laub Todd Pinkerton Francois Gagnon Business Track Runner-Up MyHappyPlanet.com provides a fun way to learn languages through peer-to-peer learning and... View Details
  • November 2010 (Revised May 2014)
  • Case

Dow's Bid for Rohm and Haas

By: Benjamin C. Esty and David Lane
This case analyzes Dow Chemical Company's proposed acquisition of Rohm and Haas in 2008. The $18.8 billion acquisition was part of Dow's strategic transformation from a slow-growth, low-margin, and cyclical producer of basic chemicals into a higher-growth,... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Financial Crisis; Capital Structure; Financial Condition; Financial Management; Contracts; Lawsuits and Litigation; Risk and Uncertainty; Valuation; Chemical Industry
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  • July 2022 (Revised January 2025)
  • Case

Call of Fiduciary Duty: Microsoft Acquires Activision Blizzard

By: Jonas Heese, Joseph Pacelli and James Barnett
In January 2022, Microsoft announces its acquisition of the video game company Activision Blizzard, in a deal valued at $68.7 billion, which would make Microsoft the world’s third largest video game company. The deal came as Activision Blizzard faced gender pay... View Details
Keywords: Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Analysis; Decision Making; Talent and Talent Management; Games, Gaming, and Gambling; Ethics; Leadership; Risk and Uncertainty; Mergers and Acquisitions; Lawsuits and Litigation; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Video Game Industry; North America; California
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  • 02 May 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?

of its employees, Disney ran the risk of alienating portions of all of its constituencies as well as those holding political sway over the home state of its Disney World. The sense of many responses to the column was that Disney CEO Bob... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett; Education
  • 16 Jul 2013
  • First Look

First Look: July 16

trust through warmth and understanding. Most leaders today approach their jobs by emphasizing competence, strength, and credentials. But without first building a foundation of trust, they run the risk of eliciting fear, resentment, or... View Details
Keywords: Anna Secino
  • June 2017 (Revised September 2021)
  • Case

Sales Misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank

By: Suraj Srinivasan, Dennis W. Campbell, Susanna Gallani and Amram Migdal
Set in early 2017, this case examines widespread sales misconduct at Wells Fargo Community Bank. Wells Fargo's governance and controls are described in the lead up to the September 2016 announcement that Wells Fargo had settled with regulators for $185 million in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Governance Controls; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Lawsuits and Litigation; Crisis Management; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Design; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Crime and Corruption; Business Organization; Business Model; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Governance Compliance; Policy; Compensation and Benefits; Resignation and Termination; Laws and Statutes; Legal Liability; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Failure; Agency Theory; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Salesforce Management; Public Opinion; Banking Industry; North and Central America
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Privacy Policy & Legal Info | HBS Online

purpose to which you have consented at the point of collection of information or at another time. To establish, exercise, or defend our legal rights, for example in connection with threatened or pending litigation or claims or to enforce... View Details
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Harvard Business School

Decade's Most Influential Lawyers.” In 2006 he was named “Lawyer of the Year.” A partner and co-chair of the Litigation Department of Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Wells has extensive experience in white-collar defense,... View Details
  • 14 Aug 2007
  • First Look

First Look: August 14, 2007

allow holders of patents the right but not the obligation to sue others. We suggest that the likelihood of a patent's being litigated is positively associated with the value of the patent and the extent of disclosure (prior art cited) in... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 01 Nov 2012
  • News

First and Goal

rejected. As a result, he resigned from the board of the organization he had founded to promote the sport that he loved. Today, Swearengin, an attorney who for 14 years has represented companies facing class action litigation and... View Details
Keywords: Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles; Finance

    Larissa Bifano

    Larissa S. Bifano concentrates on patent and other intellectual property strategy, counseling, prosecution, diligence, and litigation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and federal courts. She also leads the firm's team that... View Details
    • 30 Oct 2012
    • First Look

    First Look: October 30

    salary allocations to online ad clicks to admission decisions.   Working PapersSecurities Litigation Risk for Foreign Companies Listed in the U.S. Authors:Beiting Cheng, Suraj Srinivasan, and Gwen Yu... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

      Larissa Bifano

      Larissa Bifano concentrates on patent and other intellectual property strategy, counseling, prosecution, diligence, and litigation in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and federal courts. She also leads the firm's team that... View Details
      Keywords: Legal
      • 11 Dec 2007
      • First Look

      First Look: December 11, 2007

      primary goals are to (a) develop and validate an interdisciplinary multidimensional model, which focuses on the complex interrelationships among requirements workflow related risk factors, individual, team and organizational competencies,... View Details
      Keywords: Martha Lagace
      • 16 Jan 2014
      • Research & Ideas

      Resolving Patent Disputes that Impede Innovation

      is thus imperfect. "Sometimes this vagueness (and the consequent inability of parties to agree on a negotiated, 'reasonable' license) will lead to expensive litigation whose cost and risk can impede the... View Details
      Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Technology; Legal Services