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05 Dec 2017
First Look

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

https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53548 November 14, 2017 Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Handgun Waiting Periods Reduce Gun Deaths By: Luca, Michael, Deepak Malhotra, and... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Article

Cash-for-Information Whistleblower Programs: Effects on Whistleblowing and Consequences for Whistleblowers

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos

Cash-for-information whistleblower programs have gained momentum as a regulatory tool to enforce corporate misconduct. Yet, little is known about how financial incentives affect whistleblowers’ decisions to report potential misconduct to authorities. Similarly, there... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Misconduct; Whistleblowers; Financial Incentives; Ethics; Governance Compliance; Lawsuits and Litigation

26 Sep 2017
First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, September 26, 2017

data for themselves and look forward to the new questions they can tackle with it. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=53265 forthcoming Boston University Law Review Troll Check?... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

April 2001 (Revised June 2001)
Case

Competition Policy in the European Union and the Power of Microsoft

By: Julio J. Rotemberg and Michelle Kalka

Focuses on a decision by the European Competition Commissioner Mario Monti about U.S.-based Microsoft Corp. Sun has complained to the commission that Microsoft has installed components in its desktop operating system that only "talk" to Microsoft operating systems for... View Details

Keywords: Competition; Law; Emerging Markets; Information Technology; Policy; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; European Union; United States

2010
Working Paper

CREATING LEADERS WORKSHOP: Mastering the Principles and Effective Delivery of 'The Ontological Leadership Course' (PDF File of PowerPoint Slides)

By: Werner Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Kari L. Granger and Joseph J. DiMaggio M.D.

This workshop is designed to support participants in gaining mastery in the delivery of our new course: "Being A Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership: An Ontological Model." The Workshop was delivered at the United States Air Force Academy (July 13 - 16,... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Values and Beliefs; Globalization; Policy; Leadership Development; Goals and Objectives; Performance Capacity; Social and Collaborative Networks

13 Jul 2020
Research & Ideas

Merck CEO Ken Frazier Discusses a COVID Cure, Racism, and Why Leaders Need to Walk the Talk

As chairman and CEO of the leading vaccine producer in the world, pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co., Ken Frazier has one of the highest-profile positions in global business. But Frazier, who is leading one of the firms on a charge to... View Details

Keywords: by Staff; Pharmaceutical

March 2017 (Revised June 2019)
Case

CEO Activism (A)

By: Michael W. Toffel, Aaron K. Chatterji and Julia Kelley

This case introduces CEO activism, a phenomenon in which business leaders engage in political or social issues that do not relate directly to their companies. The case uses several examples to describe why business leaders are engaging in CEO activism and the potential... View Details

spring 1978
Article

Reflections on Women and the Legal Profession: A Sociological Perspective

By: R. M. Kanter

Keywords: Law; Jobs and Positions; Gender; Science; Legal Services Industry

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April 2007
Supplement

Lobbying for Love? Southwest Airlines and the Wright Amendments (CW)

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee

Keywords: Air Transportation; Law; Air Transportation Industry

August 2013
Article

The Price of Diversifiable Risk in Venture Capital and Private Equity

By: Michael Ewens, Charles Jones and Matthew Rhodes-Kropf

This paper explores the private equity and venture capital (VC) markets and extends the standard principal-agent problem between the investors and venture capitalist to show how it alters the interaction between the venture capitalist and the entrepreneur. Since the... View Details

Keywords: Price; Risk and Uncertainty; Venture Capital; Private Equity; Contracts; Investment; Competition; Agency Theory; Investment Return; Forecasting and Prediction; Theory; Diversification

May 1995 (Revised May 1998)
Case

Negotiating the Right to Know: Rhone-Poulenc and Manchester, Texas (A-1)

By: Michael A. Wheeler

Rhone-Poulenc wished to acquire a new permit, but local residents who were concerned about health issues threatened to block the permit. View Details

Keywords: Health; Rights; Negotiation; Conflict of Interests; Social Issues; Chemical Industry; United States

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March 1994
Article

Expropriation and Inventions: Appropriable Rents in the Absence of Property Rights

By: J. Anton and Dennis Yao

We analyze the problem faced by a financially weak independent inventor when selling a valuable, but easily imitated, invention for which no property rights exist. The inventor can protect his or her intellectual property by negotiating a contingent contract (with a... View Details

Keywords: Innovation and Invention; Intellectual Property; Rights; Sales; Contracts; Negotiation

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November 1993 (Revised May 1994)
Supplement

Dow Corning Corporation: Business Conduct and Global Values (A), Supplement

By: Lynn S. Paine

Describes the 1988 amendments to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977. View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Law; Crime and Corruption; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

September 2022 (Revised November 2022)
Case

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act: Trade and Genocide in U.S.-China Relations

By: Jeremy Friedman and David Lane

On June 21, 2022, the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) went into effect, requiring companies to prove that goods imported from the People’s Republic of China were not made with forced labor. The bill was a reaction to reports of products being made with... View Details

2010
Working Paper

Course Materials For: 'Being a Leader and the Effective Exercise of Leadership - An Ontological Model'

By: Werner H. Erhard, Michael C. Jensen, Steve Zaffron and Kari L. Granger

This course is designed to leave students being leaders and exercising leadership effectively as their natural self-expression - rather than attempting to learn the characteristics, styles, and skills of noteworthy leaders, and then trying to remember and apply them... View Details

Keywords: Curriculum and Courses; Leadership Development; Research; Science; Attitudes

01 Jun 2015
News

The Military and the MBA: Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009)

“It was the greatest leadership challenge I’ll ever face.” —Taking lessons learned in Iraq to HBS and Washington Maura Corby Sullivan (MBA/MPA 2009) served as a Marine Corps captain in Iraq. She was recently named assistant to the defense... View Details

Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs

May 2021 (Revised November 2024)
Case

Colombia: An Economic Premium to Peace?

By: Richard Vietor

Colombia, once the fastest growing country in Latin America, continues to struggle with productivity. Both labor productivity and total factor productivity have been low for the past decade, despite economic growth of 4.7% annually. Many factors contribute, which... View Details

April 2002
Article

Internal Capital Markets and Firm-Level Compensation Incentives for Division Managers

By: Julie Wulf

Do multidivisional firms structure compensation contracts for division managers to mitigate incentive problems in their internal capital markets? I find evidence that compensation and investment incentives are substitutes: firms providing a stronger link to firm... View Details

Keywords: Capital Markets; Executive Compensation; Capital Budgeting; Motivation and Incentives; Profit; Decisions; Resource Allocation; Performance; Investment; Contracts

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1977
Chapter

The Debasement of Contracts and the Decline of Capital Markets

By: Michael C. Jensen

Keywords: Contracts; Capital Markets; Value; Financial Services Industry

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09 Sep 2024
HBS Case

McDonald’s and the Post #MeToo Rules of Sex in the Workplace

It was a brief dalliance, just a few weeks in length, over text and video only. The end of the affair was nonetheless just the beginning for Stephen Easterbrook, the McDonald’s CEO who went from being hailed as the company’s “savior” by... View Details

Keywords: by Avery Forman; Food & Beverage

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