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- 21 Apr 2021
- Research & Ideas
The Pandemic Conversations That Leaders Need to Have Now
where customers live. Enthusiastic employees are an organization’s best representatives, and they may have access to audiences and demographics that you cannot reach otherwise.... View Details
- 01 Jun 2022
- Blog Post
Climate Stories Episode #6: Climate Change, Peacebuilding, and Business: Lise Grande and Dr. Teagan Blaine, USIP.
straightforward equation: climate instability exacerbates the risk of armed conflict around the world. Examples are happening around the world every day. They include mass migration as food and water resources literally dry up; mass death... View Details
- September 2019 (Revised December 2019)
- Case
Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?
By: William R. Kerr and Carl Kreitzberg
In late 2018, evidence emerged that many of Google’s temporary help agency workers, vendors, and independent contractors (“TVCs”) were unhappy with the company. TVCs, who reportedly made up 49.95% of Google’s 170,000-person global workforce, had raised concerns of... View Details
Keywords: Workforce; Independent Contractors; Talent Management; Silicon Valley; Google; Employee Attitude; Employee Compensation; Employee Engagement; Future Of Work; Innovation; Innovation And Strategy; Inequality; Talent Acquisition; Labor; Talent and Talent Management; Strategy; Technological Innovation; Employees; Attitudes; Innovation and Management; Human Resources; Equality and Inequality; Information Technology Industry; United States; San Francisco
Kerr, William R., and Carl Kreitzberg. "Google: To TVC or Not to TVC?" Harvard Business School Case 820-048, September 2019. (Revised December 2019.)
- 01 Dec 2010
- News
Money and Markets Dominate New Course Offerings
future general managers in science- and technology-intensive businesses who seek firsthand exposure to companies constructing global R&D strategies. Financial Management of Smaller Firms focuses on the financial management of firms that... View Details
Keywords: curriculum
- 31 Mar 2023
- Research & Ideas
Can a ‘Basic Bundle’ of Health Insurance Cure Coverage Gaps and Spur Innovation?
the population uninsured,” Chandra’s research says. In a new working paper, Chandra and fellow researchers suggest a potential solution: creating a basic bundle of publicly funded health insurance that would protect every citizen while... View Details
- 31 May 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
Conflict Policy and Advertising Agency-Client Relations: The Problem of Competing Clients Sharing a Common Agency
- December 2011 (Revised May 2015)
- Case
Aviva Investors
By: George Serafeim
The Aviva Investors case describes the challenge of integrating sustainability considerations into the strategy and business practices of companies and into the decision making process of the investment community. Steve Waygood, Chief Responsible Investment Officer at... View Details
Keywords: Investing; Investment Management; Shareholder Activism; Disclosure; Stock Exchanges; Sustainability; Sustainable Development; Sustainability Reporting; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Social Impact; Activism; Investment; Management; Business and Shareholder Relations; Environmental Sustainability; United Kingdom
Serafeim, George, Robert G. Eccles, and Kyle Armbrester. "Aviva Investors." Harvard Business School Case 112-047, December 2011. (Revised May 2015.)
- 01 Dec 2020
- News
Two Truths and a Lie About 5G
will see vast increases in reliability and the number of devices connected to one antenna as well as reductions in the cost of data per gigabyte, Menard says. Beyond that, fixed wireless access could enable... View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint
- Article
Is ‘Not Guilty’ the Same as ‘Innocent’? Evidence from SEC Financial Fraud Investigations
By: Eugene F. Soltes and David H. Solomon
When the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigates firms for financial fraud, investors learn about the investigation only if managers disclose it, or regulators sanction the firm. We investigate the effects of such disclosures using confidential records on... View Details
Soltes, Eugene F., and David H. Solomon. "Is ‘Not Guilty’ the Same as ‘Innocent’? Evidence from SEC Financial Fraud Investigations." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies 18, no. 2 (June 2021): 287–327.
GUINNANE, T.; MARTÍNEZ-RODRÍGUEZ, S. (2018) “Choice of Enterprise Form: Spain, 1886-1936.” Journal of Law, Economics, and Organization, 34(1), 1-26.
Every new firm selects a legal form. Organizing as a corporation, a limited company, or a partnership shapes the firm’s access to capital markets, its governance arrangements and tax liabilities, and its treatment in bankruptcy. We use multinomial choice models... View Details
- 08 Mar 2016
- Research & Ideas
Solving an Economic Mystery Surrounding Argentina and Chile
At the end of the nineteenth century, Argentina was one of the great economic powers in the world—capitalizing on exports of beef and wheat to be a leader in the first wave of globalization. Neighboring Chile was poised for tremendous... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne
- 24 Jun 2019
- Blog Post
Chloe Ho, MBA 2019: Data-Driven and In Demand
summer after she graduates from HBS. This Bay Area firm specializes in labeling and annotating data, creating high-quality datasets to inform use cases from autonomous vehicles to drones. Scale’s technology accelerates AI development by... View Details
Keywords: Technology
- 2010
- Working Paper
Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector
This paper describes how the gaming of society's rules by corporations contributes to the problem of institutional corruption in the world of business. "Gaming" in its various forms involves the use of technically legal means to subvert the intent of society's rules in... View Details
Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Civil Society or Community; Competitive Advantage; Earnings Management; Trust; Law; Performance; Investment Funds; Private Sector; Behavior; Relationships; Goals and Objectives
Salter, Malcolm S. "Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 11-060, December 2010.
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Financial databases: certification and training | Baker Library
Bloomberg Education To access BMC on the Bloomberg Terminals: type in BMC Capital IQ Certification: The Capital IQ Certification Program by CAPSIM is available to all current Harvard faculty, staff, and... View Details
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Fixed Income Research: bond data, ratings, and reports
bond issuance, type ‘Fixed Income New Issues Monitor’ into the main search bar on the home page and add your criteria on the left. WRDS WRDS is a warehouse of financial, accounting, banking, economics, management,... View Details
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Government data and information sources for public entrepreneurship
Municipal, local and national level financial data, demographics and market information sources to inform and support public sector entrepreneurship Where can I find... View Details
- 28 May 2019
- News
Alumni and Faculty Books for June 2019
access to the CIA, makes it his mission to track him down. He begins a jet-setting search for answers as the clock ticks down to a climactic event that threatens NATO and the security of member nations.... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Greed, Fear, and The System Hinder Corporate Reform
shareholders have lost an "enormous" amount of wealth? Designing regulatory systems is very tricky and could result in the "unintended consequences" of slippery CEO pay efforts, he observed. "I think society pays... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- March 2004 (Revised April 2005)
- Case
International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (A)
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Aldo Sesia
In the summer of 2002, the International Rivers Network (IRN), an environmental NGO located in Berkeley, California, was engaged in what appeared to be the last hours of a three year campaign to stop a $582 million dam and hydropower project at Bujagali Falls in... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Project Finance; Investment; Environmental Sustainability; Projects; Developing Countries and Economies; Energy Industry; Uganda
Esty, Benjamin C., and Aldo Sesia. "International Rivers Network and the Bujagali Dam Project (A)." Harvard Business School Case 204-083, March 2004. (Revised April 2005.)
- 19 Apr 2023
2+2 Program and Financial Aid: What to Know
MBA student. Come with your questions about aid at Harvard Business School, and see how the 2+2 Program and MBA are accessible through the HBS financial aid opportunities. View Details