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  • January 2009
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Bank Debt and Corporate Governance

By: Victoria Ivashina, Vinay Nair, Anthony Saunders, Nadia Massoud and Roger Stover
In this paper, we investigate the disciplining role of banks and bank debt in the market for corporate control. We find that relationship bank lending intensity and bank client network have positive effects on the probability of a borrowing firm becoming a target. This... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Borrowing and Debt; Banks and Banking; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Governance Controls; Managerial Roles
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Ivashina, Victoria, Vinay Nair, Anthony Saunders, Nadia Massoud, and Roger Stover. "Bank Debt and Corporate Governance." Review of Financial Studies 22, no. 1 (January 2009): 41–77.
  • 18 Sep 2014
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  • December 2004 (Revised April 2006)
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Nestle and Alcon--The Value of a Listing

By: Mihir A. Desai, Vincent Dessain and Anders Sjoman
In response to a perceived undervaluation by the capital markets, Nestle is considering divesting a part of its ophthalmology subsidiary, Alcon, and must decide on a listing location. In the process, students are challenged to wrestle with the valuation of a... View Details
Keywords: Business Conglomerates; International Finance; Corporate Entrepreneurship; Markets; Taxation; Business Subsidiaries; Valuation; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; United States
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Desai, Mihir A., Vincent Dessain, and Anders Sjoman. "Nestle and Alcon--The Value of a Listing." Harvard Business School Case 205-056, December 2004. (Revised April 2006.)
  • February 2020
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Tales of Two Motives: Disclosure and Concealment

By: Leslie John, Michael L. Slepian and Diana Tamir
We posit that the desire to disclose personal information, and the desire to conceal it, are related yet distinct psychological motives. People often wish to conceal information, such as embarrassing aspects of the self. Yet people also seek to reveal information, such... View Details
Keywords: Disclosure; Privacy; Information; Motivation and Incentives
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John, Leslie, Michael L. Slepian, and Diana Tamir. "Tales of Two Motives: Disclosure and Concealment." Special Issue on Privacy and Disclosure, Online and in Social Interactions edited by L. John, D. Tamir, M. Slepian. Current Opinion in Psychology 31 (February 2020).
  • May 1996 (Revised August 2001)
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Timberland and Community Involvement

By: James E. Austin and Jaan Elias
The Timberland Co., a manufacturer and retailer of footwear, outdoor apparel, and accessories, committed itself to instituting and communicating a core set of values to its employees, stockholders, and consumers. The system of beliefs emphasized community service.... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Values and Beliefs; Business and Community Relations; Social Enterprise; Corporate Strategy; Apparel and Accessories Industry
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Austin, James E., and Jaan Elias. "Timberland and Community Involvement." Harvard Business School Case 796-156, May 1996. (Revised August 2001.)
  • 26 Jan 2018
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The Psychology of White-Collar Crime, and Why It Matters

    Fiduciary Duties and Equity-debtholder Conflicts

    We use an important legal event to examine the effect of managerial fiduciary duties on equity-debt conflicts. A 1991 legal ruling changed corporate directors’ fiduciary duties in Delaware firms, limiting managers’ incentives to take actions that favor... View Details

    • July 2011
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    Institutions and Inequality in Single Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China

    Despite the fact that China and Vietnam have been the world's two fastest growing economies over the past two decades, their income inequality patterns are very different. In this paper, we take a deep look at political institutions in the two countries, demonstrating... View Details
    Keywords: Equality and Inequality; Developing Countries and Economies; Motivation and Incentives; Government and Politics; Policy; Power and Influence; Decision Making; Income; China; Viet Nam
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    Malesky, Edmund, Regina M. Abrami, and Yu Zheng. "Institutions and Inequality in Single Party Regimes: A Comparative Analysis of Vietnam and China." Comparative Politics 43, no. 4 (July 2011).
    • April 2025 (Revised June 2025)
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    Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A) and (B) PowerPoint Supplement

    By: Michael Parzen, Michael W. Toffel and Susan Pinckney
    Arla implemented a data based price incentive systems to measure, track, and influence climate friendly changes to reduce CO2 emissions across the world’s fourth largest dairy cooperative. View Details
    Keywords: Dairy Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Europe; European Union; United Kingdom; Germany; Denmark; Sweden; Netherlands; Luxembourg; Belgium
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    Parzen, Michael, Michael W. Toffel, and Susan Pinckney. "Arla Foods: Data-Driven Decarbonization (A) and (B) PowerPoint Supplement." Harvard Business School PowerPoint Supplement 625-106, April 2025. (Revised June 2025.)
    • 2014
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    Bringing Agency Back Into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action

    By: Ranjay Gulati and Sameer Srivastava
    We propose a framework of constrained agency grounded in the actors' resources and motivations within their structurally constrained context. Structural positions influence the resources available to actors and color the motivations that shape their actions. Resources... View Details
    Keywords: Networks; Agency Theory
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    Gulati, Ranjay, and Sameer Srivastava. "Bringing Agency Back Into Network Research: Constrained Agency and Network Action." In Contemporary Perspectives on Organizational Social Networks. Vol. 40, edited by Dan Brass, Giuseppe Labianca, Ajay Mehra, Daniel S. Halgin, and Stephen P. Borgatti, 73–94. Research in the Sociology of Organizations. Emerald Group Publishing, 2014.
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    Creativity and Innovation

    By: Teresa M. Amabile

    Starting in 2016, I undertook several new projects on creativity and innovation. The first, a revision of my 1988 componential theory of creativity and innovation, was coauthored with Michael Pratt (Boston College) and published in Research in Organizational... View Details

    Keywords: Creativity; Innovation
    • 21 Feb 2023
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    Are Your Employees Passing Up Incentives? Try Promoting the Programs More

    Motivating employees takes more than carrots and sticks—it hangs on making them aware of those incentives and deterrents, according to new... View Details
    Keywords: by Scott Van Voorhis
    • 2023
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    Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond

    By: Paula Rettl
    Both populism and economic globalization have been on the rise in the last decades, motivating increasing scholarly attention to the phenomena and their relationship (see Rodrik 2021 for a recent review). However, the relationship between populism and economic... View Details
    Keywords: Populism; Economic Globalization; Latin America; Economy; Macroeconomics; Economics; Globalized Economies and Regions; Globalization; Political Elections; Government and Politics; Finance; Geographic Location; Latin America
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    Rettl, Paula. "Economic Globalization and Populism in Latin America and Beyond." Chap. 5 in Right-Wing Populism in Latin America and Beyond, edited by Anthony W. Pereira, 1967–1987. Routledge, 2023.
    • April 2017
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    Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude

    By: M. Diane Burton and Tom Nicholas
    The 1714 Longitude Act created the Board of Longitude to administer a large monetary prize and progress payments for the precise determination of a ship’s longitude. However, the prize did not prohibit patenting. We use a new dataset of marine chronometer inventors to... View Details
    Keywords: Prizes; Innovation; Patents; Innovation and Invention; Motivation and Incentives
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    Burton, M. Diane, and Tom Nicholas. "Prizes, Patents and the Search for Longitude." Explorations in Economic History 64 (April 2017): 21–36.
    • 09 Oct 2018
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    New Research and Ideas, October 9, 2018

    press Compensation & Benefits Review Winning the War for Talent: Modern Motivational Methods for Attracting and Retaining Employees By: Thibault-Landry, Anais, Allan Schweyer, View Details
    Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
    • January 2004 (Revised July 2007)
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    Lumen and Absorb Teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering, The

    By: Teresa M. Amabile and Elizabeth Schatzel
    Large discrepancies have developed between two elite technology development teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering in terms of motivation and creativity. To investigate, Paul Burke, director of corporate technology development, commissioned a study of the day-by-day... View Details
    Keywords: Leadership; Managerial Roles; Projects; Groups and Teams; Behavior; Creativity; Motivation and Incentives
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    Amabile, Teresa M., and Elizabeth Schatzel. "Lumen and Absorb Teams at Crutchfield Chemical Engineering, The." Harvard Business School Case 804-118, January 2004. (Revised July 2007.)
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    Business Leaders and the Social Sector

    By: James E. Austin
    This research involed a multifaceted, multi-year study of corporate and business leader involvement in the social sector. This examined: the extent and nature of, and motivation for, Harvard Business School graduates' involvement with nonprofit and social-sector ... View Details
    • 16 Feb 2011
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    Naivete and Cynicism in Negotiations and Other Competitive Contexts

    Keywords: by Chia-Jung Tsay, Lisa L. Shu & Max H. Bazerman
    • 2011
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    Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response

    By: Benjamin Edelman
    I explore allegations of search engine bias, including understanding a search engine's incentives to bias results, identifying possible forms of bias, and evaluating methods of verifying whether bias in fact occurs. I then consider possible legal and policy responses,... View Details
    Keywords: Prejudice and Bias; Motivation and Incentives; Outcome or Result; Markets; Legal Liability; Policy; Search Technology; Performance Evaluation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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    Edelman, Benjamin. "Bias in Search Results?: Diagnosis and Response." Indian Journal of Law and Technology 7 (2011): 16–32.
    • 13 Sep 2012
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    Entrepreneurship in the Natural Food and Beauty Categories Before 2000: Global Visions and Local Expressions

    Keywords: by Geoffrey Jones; Beauty & Cosmetics; Food & Beverage
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