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01 Jun 2016
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How Do We Win the Cyberwar?

conference. There are few in the industry who can claim a similar veteran status: Rothrock had recently taken over as CEO of the cybersecurity firm RedSeal after 25 years at Venrock. For 24 of those years, he was focused on tech,... View Details

Keywords: Dan Morrell; illustrations by Victo Ngai

01 Sep 2006
News

Strange Bedfellows

firms are well-governed. The actors in various corporate scandals, including Enron, Tyco, and Parmalat, were expert in exploiting the dual-tax system to manufacture accounting earnings. Corporate tax shelters that reduce book income are... View Details

Keywords: Mihir A. Desai; Government

01 May 2015
Blog Post

How Being an HBS Partner Changed My Life

that I was willing to hear and ready to answer the single question HBS has asked its community for generations: “what do you want your life to be?” And as a response, I recently decided to leave my law firm... View Details

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Career Outcomes | Research Associates

training with for-credit courses. Sample Next Steps Graduate Programs PhD, Harvard Business School PhD, Stanford University PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology PhD, London School of Economics JD, Harvard Law School JD, New York... View Details

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Fanele Mashwama

variety of reasons; this debt might exacerbate downturns,” explains Fanele. “Those firms likely earn Naira revenues but have to service dollar denominated debt.” Fanele’s second research interest concerns sovereign immunity. “There’s an... View Details

04 Jun 2024
Blog Post

Finding Alignment to Make Impact: Layla Ramirez (MBA 2017)

some of the most prominent law firms. Through Boston Lawyers Group, she identified potential firms and legal internships to get exposure to the sector and pressure test her interests. Yet, as she explored... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

07 Jun 2017
Research & Ideas

How an African History Scholar Became a Modern Righter of Wrongs

still a junior faculty member, focused on making tenure and writing a second book. That’s the year she got a call from the law firm Leigh Day, which was looking to sue the British government for reparations... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

March 2010 (Revised December 2010)
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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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17 Aug 2015
Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

types of decisions that affect the joint payoffs of the firm and the professionals: nontransferable and transferable. Nontransferable decisions are always completely controlled by the professionals (e.g., how friendly to be to customers)... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology

23 Dec 2013
Research & Ideas

Just How Independent are ‘Independent’ Directors?

place—China. In 2001, the country transitioned to independent boards and passed a unique law requiring board members of publicly traded firms to reveal when they dissent from the majority opinion, along with... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

01 Dec 2016
News

How DC is Taxing the Country

because it doesn’t factor in people who have abandoned their job searches. Few predict the situation will improve soon: Almost half (47 percent) of the HBS alumni surveyed for the report expected US firms to employ fewer people in three... View Details

Keywords: Francis Storrs

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Curriculum | MBA

with new content. The goal is to give students a firm grasp of broad-based fundamentals. The School’s inductive learning model goes beyond facts and theories—a process that teaches individuals not only how to manage organizations, but... View Details

05 Jul 2006
First Look

First Look: July 5, 2006

American multinational firms respond to politically risky environments by adjusting their capital structures abroad and at home. Foreign subsidiaries located in politically risky countries have significantly more debt than do other... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

25 Jul 2018
News

HBS Alumni Leader, Benefactor Dies at 86

Industries, a real estate investment firm he started in 1968. C.D. Spangler Construction company was founded by Spangler's father, C.D. Spangler, Sr. – a self-made man who had not been able to afford college and who, at the age of 50, was... View Details

11 Dec 2012
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First Look: Dec. 11

Business School Case 213-019 Slater & Gordon (S&G), a midsized Australian law firm with a high-growth consolidation strategy, had an initial public offering (IPO) scheduled for May 2007. Due to a... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

08 Nov 2010
Research & Ideas

How to Fix a Broken Marketplace

them." Congestion: When Roth and his colleagues were invited to improve the way New Yorkers are matched with high schools, they recognized a problem of market congestion. This is a common problem in markets where lots of parties are deciding whether to choose each... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Health

01 Sep 2020
News

Building a Strong and Prosperous Society

society and ensure that democracy is fair and inclusive for all? RH: I think the most important thing in the short term—and I see some firms beginning to do this—is to talk about government and democracy in a different way, to acknowledge... View Details

30 Sep 2015
News

Looking to Rwanda’s Future

advisor at the private equity firm TA Associates. “They asked, ‘What do we need to do today to help us attract international investors in the future?’ They were considering investments in infrastructure, resources, and education that... View Details

01 Jan 2013
News

Thomas A. James, MBA 1966

Chairman, Raymond James Financial, Inc. Download James profile Return to Alumni Achievement Awards main page 1942 Born, Sandusky, Ohio 1964 Earns BA, Economics, Harvard College 1966 Earns MBA 1966 Joins Raymond James Financial, Controller 1969 Earns JD, Stetson College... View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

05 May 2003
Research & Ideas

SEC Commissioner Sees “Healing and Reform”

causes of the scandals were systemic rather than a matter of a proverbial "few bad apples." In the panel, moderated by HBS professor Krishna Palepu, panelists also said that new laws ,and regulations were already making a... View Details

Keywords: by Catherine Walsh

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