Publications

February 2004
Case

Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny (D)-Resolution

By: Mihir A. Desai, Alberto Moel and Kathleen Luchs

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Fairness; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Rights; Ownership Stake

February 2004
Case

Czech Mate: CME and Vladimir Zelezny (B1)-CME Negotiates

By: Mihir A. Desai, Alberto Moel and Kathleen Luchs

Supplements the (A) case. View Details

Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Fairness; Financial Institutions; Corporate Governance; Rights; Ownership Stake

27 Oct 2020
News

HBS Votes

detailed 17 different ways that companies can help American vote safely. David Gilmour (MBA 1984), Business for America’s Director of Corporate Civic Responsibility (and Managing Director of Blyth Capital Partners) noted in a December... View Details

30 Jun 2010
News

Congressional Pork Is Bad for Business

ascendancy to the chairmanship of a powerful committee, the average firm in his state cuts back capital expenditures by roughly 15 percent, according to the trio's working paper, "Do Powerful Politicians Cause Corporate Downsizing?" The... View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government

04 Jan 2012
First Look

First Look: January 4

variety of important domains, from education and business to law and societal discourse. An emerging research literature has revealed the many ways in which colorblindness shapes individual, group, and institutional efforts to handle... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

March 2015 (Revised August 2020)
Case

Putting the Guiding Principles into Action: Human Rights at Barrick Gold (A)

By: Rebecca Henderson and Nien-he Hsieh

In 2010, Human Rights Watch, a well-regarded international NGO, approached Barrick Gold asserting that members of the company’s security force at the Porgera Gold Mine in Papua New Guinea had on multiple occasions raped women who were trespassing onto the mine’s waste... View Details

Keywords: Human Rights; Business And Society; Rights; Policy; Leading Change; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations

06 Dec 2021
News

Monaco's Digital Transformation

and corporate and real estate taxes. According to Genta, Monaco’s business model is based mainly on real estate—among the most expensive in the world—representing 20 percent of the country’s GDP. EMBRACING DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION READ MORE... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

01 Mar 2008
News

Classroom Legend

Christensen is the first of four HBS “legends” to be profiled during the School’s Centennial year. Christensen and several colleagues conducted seminal research in corporate strategy and business planning that made the Business Policy... View Details

Keywords: Deborah Blagg; Roland Christensen; George Albert Smith; Fritz J. Roethlisberger; Richard Meriam; Edmund P. Learned; Business Schools & Computer & Management Training; Educational Services; Management

01 Sep 2003
News

Gregg Petersmeyer

intranet software tool designed to help workers within an organization create their own “communities of interest” in giving back. “It’s a communication platform to improve employee respect and trust, corporate culture, and community... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Government; Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations; Personal Services

09 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

Who Sways the USDA on GMO Approvals?

Many corporations have gotten good at pulling the levers of government to tilt the odds in their favor, weakening regulations or securing perks, justified or not, to further their business interests. Economists use the term... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage; Biotechnology; Agriculture & Agribusiness

05 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 5, 2017

of 9,360 U.S. cities found that air pollution predicted six different categories of crime; these analyses accounted for a comprehensive set of control variables (e.g., city and year fixed effects, population, law enforcement) and survived... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

12 Oct 2011
First Look

First Look: October 12

(September-October 2011) Abstract For many decades the cornerstone of corporate reporting has been financial information that is presented in a company's annual, semi-annual, and quarterly reports. These comprehensive financial... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

November 2005 (Revised July 2009)
Case

Cutter & Buck (A)

By: William A. Sahlman and Victoria Winston

Only three short months into her new position as CEO of publicly traded golf apparel manufacturer Cutter & Buck, Fran Conley discovers accounting irregularities that call into question the reliability of this company's financial statements. Working closely with her... View Details

Keywords: Financial Statements; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Governing and Advisory Boards; Lawsuits and Litigation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Going Public