Publications

14 Feb 2023
News

New MBA Course Asks Students: What’s More Important—Purpose or Profits?

June 1995 (Revised September 1996)
Case

Union Carbide's Bhopal Plant (A)

By: Debora L. Spar

In December 1984, a Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, India, sprung a leak, releasing thousands of gallons of highly toxic gas into the atmosphere. By the time the leak was sealed, over 2,000 people had died. In a series of three excerpts from published accounts, the case... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Chemicals; Foreign Direct Investment; Chemical Industry; United States; India

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School Leadership | About

Tenure Debora L. Spar Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration, Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Development and Research Matthew C. Weinzierl Joseph... View Details

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Live from Klarman Hall - Alumni

CEO, World Wildlife Fund Debora L. Spar (PMD 62, 1991) , Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of Business Administration; Senior Associate Dean for Business and Global... View Details

January 2000 (Revised September 2002)
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Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices

By: Debora L. Spar and Jennifer Burns

In the mid-1990s Nike, one of the world's most successful footwear companies, is hit by a spate of alarmingly bad publicity. After years of high-profile media attention as the company that can "just do it," Nike is suddenly being portrayed as a firm that relies on... View Details

Keywords: Wages; Developing Countries and Economies

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General Management - Faculty & Research

set of policy constraints when considering the use of capital controls in models of pecuniary externalities. July 3, 2025 Article How to Build a Life: The Ciceronian Secret to Happiness By: Arthur C. Brooks Summer 2025 Article Does Marriage Have a Future? By: View Details

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Faculty & Research - Race, Gender & Equity

Groysberg Janice H. Hammond Nien-he Hsieh Jon M. Jachimowicz Summer R. Jackson Rosabeth M. Kanter Rembrand M. Koning Anthony Mayo Kathleen L. McGinn Kristin W. Mugford Kyle R. Myers Das Narayandas Michael I. Norton Lakshmi Ramarajan Ethan... View Details

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Faculty & Research - Business & Environment

Management 193 results Willy C. Shih Technology and Operations Management 25 results Debora L. Spar General Management 12 results Sandra J. Sucher General Management 9 results... View Details

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General Management Faculty - Faculty & Research

Baker Foundation Professor Chair, Practice Faculty Amy W. Schulman Senior Lecturer of Business Administration Debora L. Spar Jaime and Josefina Chua Tiampo Professor of... View Details

October 1996 (Revised December 2022)
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Chiquita Brands International (A)

By: Debora L. Spar and Terence Mulligan

When a new banana import policy is implemented in 1993 by the European Union, Chiquita Brands International, the world's largest banana distributor, watches its sales and net income plummet. The policy, Council Regulation (EEC 404/93), uses a new tariff and quota... View Details

Keywords: Plant-Based Agribusiness; Trade; Government and Politics; Policy; Market Design; Fairness; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Latin America; European Union

December 2023 (Revised August 2024)
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Monsters in the Machine? Tackling the Challenge of Responsible AI

By: Paul M. Healy and Debora L. Spar

In November of 2022, the small tech company OpenAI released ChatGPT, an artificial intelligence chatbot which quickly captured the public’s imagination—becoming the world’s fastest-growing consumer application within months of its release. Though observers from across... View Details

Keywords: Technological Innovation; AI and Machine Learning; Ethics; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Technology Adoption; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Technology Industry; United States; European Union; China

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Placement - Doctoral

studies, are uniquely individualized. Factors like departmental fit, location preferences, dual career choices, and family needs shape these decisions. We celebrate when students secure a position that brings them joy! Students are supported throughout their job search... View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy Curriculum - Faculty & Research

2026 Q3 1.5 Business of Ideas Caroline Elkins Fall 2025 Q2 1.5 Capitalism and the State (CATS) (also listed under General Management) Debora L. Spar Fall 2025 Q1Q2 3.0... View Details

March 1996 (Revised October 1996)
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Singapore's Trade in Services

By: Debora L. Spar

Focuses on the efforts of Singapore's Economic Development Board (EDB) to grow the tiny island almost wholly through an expansion of its service economy. Between 1965 and 1990, Singapore achieved a remarkable rate of growth, largely by opening its economy to foreign... View Details

Keywords: Growth Management; Service Operations; Government and Politics; Developing Countries and Economies; Macroeconomics; Service Industry; Singapore