Publications

December 1979 (Revised November 1981)
Case

Congressman Ned Pattison

By: J. Ronald Fox

Keywords: Government and Politics

December 8, 2010
Article

Losing Sight of Lincoln: A Mid-course Resurrection to Save Obama's Presidency

By: Nancy F. Koehn

Keywords: Government and Politics

October 8, 2010
Article

It's Time for Obama 2.0

By: Bill George

Keywords: Government and Politics; Web

01 Jul 2005
Keynote Speech

State of the Embassy

By: Scott Snook

Keywords: Government and Politics

March 26, 2007
Article

KPMG for Mayor!

By: Eric D. Werker

Keywords: Government and Politics

August 2019
Case

Creating Accountability in Afghanistan

By: Jonas Heese, Gerardo Pérez Cavazos, Eugene F. Soltes and Grace Liu

By early 2019, the United States had contributed $132 billion to the Afghan reconstruction. John Sopko, in his role as the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction (SIGAR), was in charge of providing accountability for U.S. aid funding. Sopko’s oversight... View Details

Keywords: Auditing; Fraud; Accountability; Crime and Corruption; Law Enforcement; Governance; Infrastructure; Information; Networks; Strategy; Afghanistan

July 2021 (Revised February 2022)
Technical Note

RegTech: A New Way to Manage Risks

By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Barnett

A note on regulatory technology (RegTech) describing its evolution, use cases, and the competitive environment in 2021. View Details

Keywords: Regulatory Technology; Change; Financial Management; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Technology; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry; Technology Industry

07 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

Video: Harvard Business School at the Kumbh Mela

of government in the urbanization process. There's always the hope that government can wave a magic wand and fix these problems, but generally View Details

Keywords: by Jim Aisner; Construction; Real Estate

08 Jun 2011
News

George Yeo: A Matter of Degrees

When Singapore’s George Yeo (MBA ’85) was a young man, his intellect and achievement made clear to his country’s leaders that he was destined to become an important national resource. Indeed, he has fashioned an impressive career built on... View Details

Keywords: Garry Emmons; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support; Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

06 May 2019
Research & Ideas

Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?

only—measure of success. But recent forces are pushing CEOs to adopt long-term and broader considerations, which requires consideration of various outcomes related to sustainability. For example, a growing number of companies around the... View Details

Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Health

April 2024 (Revised December 2024)
Case

Anthropic: Building Safe AI

By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai

In late 2024, Anthropic, a leading AI safety and research company, achieved a significant breakthrough with computer use capabilities that allowed AI to interact with computers like humans. Co-founded by former OpenAI employees and known for its generative AI... View Details

Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business Growth and Maturation; Corporate Strategy; Technology Industry; United States

March 2020 (Revised September 2020)
Case

Board Director Dilemmas—Pushing Senior Management

By: David G. Fubini, Suraj Srinivasan and Amram Migdal

This case explores a new board director who wants more detail from the management team than his fellow directors are willing to press for. New board director Sam Pesca is frustrated that CFO Alex Marotta provides only a minimal two-page financial summary at board... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams

March 2006
Article

The Demand for Tax Haven Operations

By: Mihir A. Desai, C. Fritz Foley and James R. Hines Jr.

Keywords: Taxation

SSRN

November 2010
Supplement

Esquel Group: Building a Sustainable Partnership with Cotton Farmers in Xinjiang (B)

By: James K. Sebenius and Jason Cheng Qian

Details and evaluates results in Esquel's 2002 initiative to negotiate long-term partnerships with often-exploited farmers in Xinjiang (western China) to procure a superior cotton variety. View Details

Keywords: Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Leasing; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Partners and Partnerships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Hong Kong; Xinjiang Uygur Zizhiqu

August 19, 2024
Article

The Business Roundtable’s Stakeholder Pledge, Five Years Later

By: Lynn S. Paine

Five years ago, the Business Roundtable issued a statement pledging to “lead their companies for the benefit of all stakeholders.” In the past five years, stakeholderism has gained wider acceptance and helped many corporate leaders see the value of taking the interests... View Details

Keywords: Business and Stakeholder Relations; Business or Company Management; Mission and Purpose; Corporate Governance

September 2003
Case

Executive Compensation at Reckitt Benckiser plc

By: V.G. Narayanan, Krishna G. Palepu and Lisa Brem

Investors felt betrayed by the increasingly lucrative pay packages awarded to CEOs and other top executives at multinational companies. Yet, board members charged with adequately rewarding executives were forced to compete with rising packages of salaries and stock... View Details

Keywords: Design; Stock Options; Investment Activism; Corporate Accountability; Compensation and Benefits; Employee Stock Ownership Plan; Management Teams; Business and Shareholder Relations; Consumer Products Industry; Netherlands; United States