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- 26 May 2015
- Research & Ideas
Corporate Field Researchers Share Tricks of the Trade
The term "academic research" can conjure images of scientists conducting experiments in a basement laboratory, or of tweed-clad professors poring through old theories to develop new ones. But let's not forget about field research, which... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- May 1994 (Revised November 1994)
- Case
PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office
Describes the three business segments of PepsiCo (beverages, snack foods, and restaurants). It then explores the competitive environment within each segment and the response of PepsiCo's businesses. It seeks to show how PepsiCo CEO, D. Wayne Calloway, in a very... View Details
Keywords: Business Divisions; Change; Governance Controls; Management Style; Organizational Structure; Situation or Environment; Competitive Strategy; Value; Food and Beverage Industry
Applegate, Lynda M., and Leonard A. Schlesinger. "PepsiCo: A View from the Corporate Office." Harvard Business School Case 694-078, May 1994. (Revised November 1994.)
- 1997
- Book
Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis: Text and Cases
By: David F. Hawkins
Hawkins, David F. Corporate Financial Reporting and Analysis: Text and Cases. 4th ed. Homewood, IL: Irwin/McGraw-Hill, 1997.
- 16 Mar 2003
- Research & Ideas
At the Center of Corporate Scandal Where Do We Go From Here?
Harvard Business School Dean Kim B. Clark made these remarks to the National Press Club on February 26.What I'd like to do is talk about a topic that I think touches the very heart of our society: the issue of corporate misconduct and the... View Details
Keywords: by Kim B. Clark
- February 1992
- Article
Nihon-gata Corporate Governance: Koe naki Stakeholder no Fushigi (Japanese-style Corporate Governance: The Mystery of the Voice-less Stakeholder)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
Takeuchi, Hirotaka. "Nihon-gata Corporate Governance: Koe naki Stakeholder no Fushigi (Japanese-style Corporate Governance: The Mystery of the Voice-less Stakeholder)." Hitotsubashi bijinesu rebyū [Hitotsubashi Business Review] (February 1992).
- 02 Jun 2022
- News
Coming Corporate Criminal Liability for ESG Initiatives
- July 14, 2002
- Article
Add CEO Salaries to The Corporate Reform List
By: Jay W. Lorsch
Lorsch, Jay W. "Add CEO Salaries to The Corporate Reform List." Boston Globe (July 14, 2002).
- 01 Oct 2008
- Working Paper Summaries
Responding to Public and Private Politics: Corporate Disclosure of Climate Change Strategies
Keywords: by Erin M. Reid & Michael W. Toffel
- August 2012
- Supplement
William Jeffrey: Departing Bay Colony (C)
By: Lena G. Goldberg
The decision-making process, policies and procedures, and legal obligations of the Board, the company's inside counsel and the company's outside counsel are explored in connection with on-boarding, investigating alleged misconduct of, and terminating a company's CEO,... View Details
- 2011
- Working Paper
Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy
By: Geoffrey Jones and Loubna Bouamane
This working paper surveys the business history of the global wind energy turbine industry between the late nineteenth century and the present day. It examines the long-term prominence of firms headquartered in Denmark, the more fluctuating role of U.S.-based firms,... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Renewable Energy; Competitive Advantage; Technology Adoption; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Energy Industry; United States; Denmark
Jones, Geoffrey, and Loubna Bouamane. "Historical Trajectories and Corporate Competences in Wind Energy." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-112, May 2011.
- October 2014 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Barclays Bank, 2008
By: Lucy White, Steve Burn-Murdoch and Jerome Lenhardt
In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the... View Details
Keywords: Government And Business; Option Contract; Corporate Finance; Bank Capital; Bank Regulation; Finance; Banking Industry; Europe; North and Central America
White, Lucy, Steve Burn-Murdoch, and Jerome Lenhardt. "Barclays Bank, 2008." Harvard Business School Case 215-027, October 2014. (Revised June 2016.)
- May 2014
- Supplement
Barclays Bank, 2008 - courseware
By: Lucy White
In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the... View Details
- September 2010 (Revised May 2011)
- Case
Leadership in Corporate Reporting Policy at Tata Steel
By: Karthik Ramanna and Rachna Tahilyani
The case describes the challenges faced by Tata Steel, India's largest private sector steel company, as it transitions from Indian GAAP to IFRS. It first describes those challenges in the context of the institutional voids that make IFRS adoption difficult in India.... View Details
Keywords: Financial Reporting; International Accounting; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Leadership; Emerging Markets; Standards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Steel Industry; India
Ramanna, Karthik, and Rachna Tahilyani. "Leadership in Corporate Reporting Policy at Tata Steel." Harvard Business School Case 111-028, September 2010. (Revised May 2011.)
- winter 2006
- Article
Corporate Social Responsibility and Taxation: The Missing Link
By: Mihir A. Desai and Dhammika Dharmapala
Desai, Mihir A., and Dhammika Dharmapala. "Corporate Social Responsibility and Taxation: The Missing Link." Leading Perspectives (winter 2006).
Regulatory Uncertainty and Corporate Responses to Environmental Protection in China
This article analyzes the closing gap between regulation and enforcement of environmental protection in China and explores its implications for doing business there. It identifies three major dimensions that characterize change in regulatory systems: priorities and... View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
New Course on Leadership, Values, and Corporate Accountability
and the addition of new content to an existing course, as well as some streamlining of other offerings. The new course, which will be offered in 25-30 sessions, will focus on leader-ship, values, and corporate accountability. It will... View Details
- March 2014
- Teaching Note
Barclays Bank, 2008
By: Lucy White
In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
already lost money. Enforcement may work as a deterrent, but in the long run, he suggested, it is difficult to know whether deterrence instills investor confidence. The key is to let everyone know that regulators are out there, he said. "It is a challenge."... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Article
How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?
By: Aaron K. Chatterji, David I. Levine and Michael W. Toffel
Ratings of corporations' environmental activities and capabilities influence billions of dollars of "socially responsible" investments as well as some consumers, activists, and potential employees. In one of the first studies to assess these ratings, we examine how... View Details
Keywords: Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Measurement and Metrics; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Performance Effectiveness; Natural Environment; Pollutants
Chatterji, Aaron K., David I. Levine, and Michael W. Toffel. "How Well Do Social Ratings Actually Measure Corporate Social Responsibility?" Journal of Economics & Management Strategy 18, no. 1 (Spring 2009): 125–169.