Crime and Corruption - Publications - Faculty & Research

01 Jun 2014
News

Faculty Q&A: The Cup Runneth Over

smooth experience, Brazil's brand will take a hit. To claim success, Brazil must put on a great party, demonstrate efficient economic management of the Cup, keep financial corruption to a minimum, and... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons

09 Jun 2015
News

Building change from the ground up

as the Taliban-influenced south, operating under a firm policy of cultural sensitivity and ethical transparency in a country ranked as one of the most corrupt in the world. When Roshan launched, police were... View Details

15 Oct 2008
First Look

First Look: October 15, 2008

link individuals with crime scenes and fathers to their children. Special problems of trust have arisen, because the domain of scientific practice termed 'DNA typing' emerged in a commercial context, View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

Erling Lorentzen

Keywords: Pulp and Paper

01 Feb 2000
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Bart Harvey: Opportunities for Others

residents' levels of health, education, and job preparedness all show improvement. But urban ills such as crime and rundown areas remain. "This is not an overnight process,"... View Details

March 2023 (Revised March 2024)
Case

The Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy: Settling the Opioid Crisis

By: Kristin Mugford, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Susan Pinckney

How to get to a fair outcome for claimants in the Purdue Pharma bankruptcy given its significant role in the U.S. opioid crisis. View Details

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01 Sep 2003
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Sharon Patrick

Sharon L. Patrick draws a bright line between the financials of a business and its architecture — its economics and business model. It’s the latter that tells her what makes the financials tick View Details

Keywords: Susan Young; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services; News, Library, Internet, and Other Services

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Nassima Belkadi

beyond the 2 years. As a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? So many things! From being a detective fighting crime to being an astronaut in space, I often changed my mind based off my favorite characters in the cartoons I... View Details

01 Mar 2024
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Turning Point: Eternal Returns

Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) Louisa Wong (MBA 1981) (Illustration by Gisela Goppel) I was born in the middle of Typhoon Gloria in 1957 and spent my early childhood in Kowloon’s Walled City, which at the time was an extremely poor and densely... View Details

Keywords: life experience; search firm; entrepreneurship

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

financial performance and corruption are causing significant harm to Mexico. A central theme is the president's role in making sure his team has done its homework and is fully... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

13 Nov 2012
First Look

First Look: November 13

countries with MCSR, corporate governance improves and on average, companies implement more ethical practices, bribery and corruption decrease, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

01 Mar 2018
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Research Brief: A Path to Moral Management

different and potentially less laudable norms, the principles that students held during their management education can become corrupted and will no longer be reflected in their... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Myers

01 Oct 1996
News

"Service-Profit Chain" Links Members of Service Management Unit

The following article is the sixth in a series on the activities and research taking place in each academic unit at HBS. Why was Southwest Airlines the only U.S. airline to realize a profit in 1992? What has made View Details

Keywords: Susan Young

February 2019 (Revised October 2022)
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Scandal at Steinhoff

By: Kristin Mugford and Phil Caruso

Keywords: Volatility; Borrowing and Debt; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Financial Liquidity; Bonds; Corporate Accountability; Failure; International Finance; Restructuring; Business Conglomerates; Crime and Corruption; Retail Industry; South Africa; Austria; Netherlands

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17 Apr 2012
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First Look: April 17

inclusive development, and improved governance. The economy was experiencing a growth slowdown, persistently high inflation, and infrastructure and energy deficits. Policy... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

08 Apr 2002
Research & Ideas

How to Negotiate “Yes” Across Cultural Boundaries

proposal and negotiating strategy seemed to signal a possibly corrupt deal among elites. This inadvertently triggered the involvement of the Honduran Congress, labor unions, political parties, potential... View Details

Keywords: by James K. Sebenius

06 Nov 2006
Research & Ideas

How South Africa Challenges Our Thinking on FDI

foreign business—without experience in that type of environment—to enter and to prosper in. The crime rate is certainly one of the highest in the world, to the extent that it affects the everyday lives of... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

Portrait Project

Tomiwa Igun

power-consulting agency in Nigeria to provide consistent, affordable electricity solutions and advise policy makers to develop sustainable energy policies around West Africa. I will live my life fighting the darkness while pushing against... View Details

01 Feb 2002
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Q&A: Wrestling with the Unthinkable

casualties," he said, would be the likely result. Counterterrorism and international affairs have been central elements of Bremer's career. Entering the diplomatic service immediately after graduating from HBS, he embarked on several... View Details

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

01 Jun 2003
News

Student Conferences, at a Glance

from local and regional forces rather than from multinational corporations. Corruption is the “oil and glue” of the system in much of Latin America. Reform will come from the... View Details

Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

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