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  • 16 Nov 2009
  • Research & Ideas

The Times Captures History of American Business

the door, so to speak. There is not a huge amount in the book about political history, which is an integral part of business. World Wars I and II were enormously influential on the American economy, but they... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Journalism & News
  • 2012
  • Article

Hiring Cheerleaders: Board Appointments of 'Independent' Directors

By: Lauren Cohen, Andrea Frazzini and Christopher Malloy
We provide evidence that firms appoint independent directors who are overly sympathetic to management, while still technically independent according to regulatory definitions. We explore a subset of independent directors for whom we have detailed, micro-level data on... View Details
Keywords: Recruitment; Management; Corporate Governance; Performance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Executive Compensation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Prejudice and Bias
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  • 30 Apr 2012
  • Research & Ideas

India’s Ambitious National Identification Program

have no identifying documents at all, and yet multiple documents are required to access government services, such as ration cards for subsidized food. Indians without the necessary documents are often denied... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
  • 01 Sep 2007
  • News

The FBI Makes Its Case

FBI Director Robert Mueller and three high-level bureau executives spent a day on campus in late April talking with first-year students about the bureau’s transformation since 9/11 to focus on domestic intelligence gathering View Details
Keywords: National Security and International Affairs; National Security and International Affairs
  • 14 May 2013
  • Blog Post

“What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” – Johnny Bowman

alternative. Here at HBS I have two years and a mountain of resources to focus on answering this question: “What does it take for us to support our beliefs?” There are centuries-old business, political, and... View Details
Keywords: Technology
  • December 2006 (Revised December 2007)
  • Case

The Convention on Biological Diversity: Engaging the Private Sector

By: David E. Bell and Mary L. Shelman
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was a U.N. treaty that by 2006 had been signed by virtually every country in the world except for the United States. The treaty established three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Private Sector; Business and Community Relations; Business and Government Relations; Genetics; Environmental Sustainability
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  • 22 Jan 2007
  • Research & Ideas

The Immigrant Technologist: Studying Technology Transfer with China

Assistant Professor William R. Kerr teaches the required first-year MBA course, The Entrepreneurial Manager, in addition to Executive Education courses at Harvard Business School. One of his core research areas is the role of immigrant entrepreneurs View Details
Keywords: Re: William R. Kerr; Technology; Computer
  • November 2010 (Revised January 2011)
  • Supplement

DoubleClick, Inc.: Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

By: David F. Hawkins
FASB and IASB proposal to require comprehensive income statements. View Details
Keywords: Business Earnings; Financial Statements; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms
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  • July 2021
  • Supplement

CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (B)

By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Tonia Labruyere and Vincent Dessain
This case is a complement to CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (A) and describes the events after CIAM learned about a potential misuse of corporate assets at Altice/SFR. View Details
Keywords: Corporate Governance; Valuation; Investment Activism; Accounting; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; France
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  • Mar 2012
  • Article

Green Rules to Drive Innovation

increasing carbon charge; this would help internalize environmental costs, drive investment in energy efficiency, encourage innovation in renewable power, and raise substantial revenues that could reduce the national debt. Second, they... View Details
  • 01 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 1, 2008

especially as the government did not want a rate hike that could potentially hinder economic growth and increase its already large fiscal debt burden. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • Article

Health App Policy: International Comparison of Nine Countries' Approaches

By: Anna Essén, Ariel Dora Stern, Christoffer Bjerre Haase, Josip Car, Felix Greaves, Dragana Paparova, Steven Vandeput, Rik Wehrens and David W. Bates
An abundant and growing supply of digital health applications (apps) exists in the commercial tech-sector, which can be bewildering for clinicians, patients, and payers. A growing challenge for the health care system is therefore to facilitate the identification of... View Details
Keywords: Digital Health; Apps; Health Care and Treatment; Internet and the Web; Policy; Global Range; Applications and Software
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  • 13 Mar 2014
  • News

Can We Get To Where We Need To Go?

  • 16 Oct 2018
  • Blog Post

A Pathway to Pursue Aspirations

While Mizuho Kanai (MBA 2018) was fulfilling her summer internship at NPR, her manager recommended that she read an HBS case study about how the Sesame Workshop CEO, Jeff Dunn (MBA 1981), was changing the institution. “I was blown away,” she says, “by how Jeff View Details
Keywords: Nonprofit / Government
  • Column

The Mind of the Negotiator: Negotiate Like a Diplomat

By: M. H. Bazerman
Keywords: Negotiation; Government and Politics
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  • January 11, 2003
  • Article

Remote Control Tax

By: Mihir A. Desai
Keywords: Taxation
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  • 20 Jun 2017
  • News

How Obama Won The French Election

  • October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
  • Case

The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti
On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details
Keywords: Proxy Contest; Proxy Battle; Proxy Advisor; ISS; Glass Lewis ＆ Co.; Hedge Fund; Short Selling; Share Lending; Telecommunications; Voting Rights; Empty Voting; Equity Decoupling; Share Unification; Dual Class Shares; Canada; Exchange Ratio; Shareholder Activism; Shareholder Votes; Investment Activism; Public Equity; Capital Structure; Investment Return; Corporate Governance; Corporate Finance; Ownership Stake; Business and Shareholder Relations; Valuation; Telecommunications Industry; Canada; British Columbia; United States; New York (city, NY)
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Dr. Silvia Gold

Dr. Silvia Gold, President of the Mundo Sano Foundation and co-founder of Grupo Insud, outlines her company’s experience with prior public health crises such as the H1N1 outbreak, which allowed them to rapidly license and start producing materials for the AstraZeneca... View Details
  • 01 Jun 2006
  • News

The Governor’s Admission

estimate that, despite its modest size, Lynch’s Granite State exports more than $2 billion annually in goods and services. Lynch, who was inaugurated in 2005, entered politics after resuscitating national... View Details
Keywords: Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools