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Drug & Alcohol Policy | About

years of age; and provision of alcohol to anyone under 21 years of age are violations of the law and of HBS policy. Harvard Business School’s policies and procedures also reflect additional expectations for... View Details
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Research - Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

other research here , Adi’s other research here , and Jonathan’s other research here . More Info Business Credit Programs in the Pandemic Era By: Samuel G. Hanson , Jeremy C. Stein , Adi Sunderam & Eric Zwick OCT 2021 The authors develop... View Details
  • 16 May 2000
  • Research & Ideas

Getting the Message: How the Internet is Changing Advertising

the world's largest advertising and marketing-services firms, describes the $4 billion spent last year as "chicken feed." What he finds interesting about the Web is the impact it is having on the wider area of communication services. Sorrell, whose View Details
Keywords: by Susan Young
  • September 1997 (Revised August 2007)
  • Case

Bankruptcy and Restructuring at Marvel Entertainment Group

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Jason Auerbach
Marvel Entertainment Group is the leading comic book publisher in the United States, with superheros like Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, and Captain America. It is also one of the leading manufacturers of sports and entertainment trading cards under the... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Decision Choices and Conditions; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governance Controls; Courts and Trials; Planning; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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  • 29 Sep 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Financial Crisis Caution Urged by Faculty Panel

Harvard Business School faculty members, looking at the U.S. financial crisis from a variety of disciplines, urged caution and prudent analysis in a recent panel discussion. The discussion titled "Turmoil on the Street: Fathoming the... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services
  • 13 May 2002
  • Op-Ed

A Cure for Enron-Style Audit Failures

general, existing law is adequate. The main problem lies in the failure by boards to follow procedures that would hold managements accountable for company performance. This could be improved by focusing on three areas. The first is... View Details
Keywords: by Jay Lorsch; Accounting
  • December 2020 (Revised September 2023)
  • Case

PG&E and the First Climate Change Bankruptcy

By: Stuart C. Gilson and Sarah L. Abbott
In early 2020, the California-based utility PG&E filed a second amended plan of reorganization. PG&E had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the face of more than $30 billion of legal claims brought against it for its alleged role in causing California wildfires. The... View Details
Keywords: Chapter 11; Utilities; Liabilities; Restructuring; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Debt Securities; Legal Liability; Climate Change; Utilities Industry; United States
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  • April 2006
  • Background Note

Legal Aspects of Management: Increasing and Capturing the Value of Knowledge Assets

Describes the third module of the Harvard Business School MBA second-year elective course Legal Aspects of Management. This module deals with the way in which intellectual property rights--as protected by patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secrets--enable firms... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Patents; Competitive Advantage; Trademarks; Copyright
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  • 23 Jun 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Historically Speaking: A Roundtable at HBS

Business History at HBS traces its roots back to 1927 when it was part of a course in business policy. But the golden age for this area of study at the School began with the arrival of Professor Alfred... View Details
Keywords: by Jim Aisner
  • November 1994
  • Case

Dow Corning and the Breast Implant Controversy (A)

By: Willis M. Emmons III, Monica Brand and Greg Keller
In early 1994, Dow Corning Corp. debates whether to participate in a proposed $4.2 billion product liability settlement. Specifically, the firm must decide whether to contribute $2 billion to end a class action suit filed by women suffering from connective tissue... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Ethics; Health Disorders; Government Legislation; Crime and Corruption; Legal Liability; Risk and Uncertainty; Business Strategy; Communication Strategy; Lawsuits and Litigation; Health Industry; Beauty and Cosmetics Industry
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  • 05 Jun 2018
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas, June 5, 2018

Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=54553 May 2018 Harvard Business Manager Was kostet die Zeit? By: Thomke, Stefan H., Daniela Beyersdorfer, and Christina Kestel Abstract—A German luxury watch manufacturer... View Details
Keywords: Dina Gerdeman
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Hawes Hall | About

Executive Education classrooms and was the School’s first new classroom built in 50 years. The building was constructed during the tenure of Dean Kim B. Clark, who advocated using technology to deepen the learning experience by bringing real-world View Details
  • 15 Jun 2021
  • News

Zone Defense

Brandon Tseng (MBA 2017) remembers his aha moment. It was April 2015, and Tseng was a US Navy SEAL approaching the end of seven years’ service; his next step would be Harvard Business School. Tseng was reading about a military effort to... View Details
Keywords: April White; drone technology; military; security; entrepreneurship; leadership; Air Transportation; Transportation
  • 04 Nov 2013
  • Research & Ideas

The Real Cost of Bribery

It's a sad, quantitative fact that bribery runs so rampant in the world that it has become a Darwinian business tool. A July 2013 report from Transparency International finds that more than one in four people paid a bribe in the past... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
  • 25 Aug 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: After Charlottesville, Where Does a CEO's Responsibility Lie?

business leaders. Those who had until then been willing to either support Trump or at least mute their criticisms clearly felt that his responses to the protests and violence made that stance no longer sustainable. For example,... View Details
Keywords: by Gautam Mukunda
  • 28 Jan 2020
  • Book

Advanced Leadership Requires More Than Outside-The-Box Thinking

Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time is to be published today. Kanter is the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. In addition to her many years of... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
  • October 2009 (Revised May 2011)
  • Case

Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group

By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons
Richard Wingfield considers whether to continue a cooperative agreement with industry peers in the deep-sea parcel tanker shipping industry. What are the economic and strategic implications of ending the agreement? What are the legal implications of continuing? Where... View Details
Keywords: Lawfulness; Lawsuits and Litigation; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Cooperation; Ship Transportation; Shipping Industry
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  • 16 Apr 2008
  • Lessons from the Classroom

Chris Christensen: Legend of the Classroom

based at HBS, Christensen's influence and legacy extend well beyond the banks of the Charles and transcend the study of business administration. When he received the School's Distinguished Service Award in 1993, Christensen was honored... View Details
Keywords: by Deborah Blagg; Education
  • 01 Jun 2004
  • News

Working the Street

my time with the companies I worked for,” says Timken, who envisions returning to business (perhaps in Europe, perhaps with a start-up) when he retires from the El Monte force in ten years. “But when I reached 30, a lot of life forces hit... View Details
Keywords: Garry Emmons; tattoo; removal; program; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
  • 03 Apr 2007
  • First Look

First Look: April 3, 2007

  Working PapersNone this week   Cases & Course MaterialsCommon Agricultural Policy and the Future of French Farming Harvard Business School Case 707-027 Presents the history and evolution of the EU Common Agricultural Policy, from... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace