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- 17 Oct 2012
- Research & Ideas
America Needs a Manufacturing Renaissance
community resource because it nourished the livestock that provided a foundation for the local agricultural economy. If the commons fell into disrepair—either through overuse or neglect—everyone suffered. Although taking care of the... View Details
- January 2025
- Case
A Tiger in the Tank: Exxon Sues Investors
By: Clayton S. Rose, Sarah Sasso and James Weber
In June 2024, investors were trying to make sense of ExxonMobil’s (Exxon) lawsuit against two impact investors, Arjuna Capital (Arjuna) and Follow This, that had just been dismissed by the U.S. District Court of Northern Texas. Exxon’s suit challenged the rights of two... View Details
Keywords: Disruption; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Satisfaction; Decision Making; Demographics; Ethics; Corporate Accountability; Employees; Recruitment; Retention; Leadership; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Adaptation; Investment Activism; Lawsuits and Litigation; Business and Shareholder Relations; Health Industry; Health Industry; Health Industry; United States; Netherlands; Norway
Rose, Clayton S., Sarah Sasso, and James Weber. "A Tiger in the Tank: Exxon Sues Investors." Harvard Business School Case 325-015, January 2025.
- 13 Dec 2016
- First Look
December 13, 2016
fundamental firm value, which is gradually revealed into prices. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51971 December 2016 Harvard Business Review Health Care Needs Real Competition By: Dafny, Leemore S., and... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 12 Mar 2013
- First Look
First Look: March 12
of entrepreneurs supported. Paper: http://www.people.hbs.edu/wkerr/121212-Female1_Spatial.pdf For Mobile Devices, Think Apps, Not Ads Authors:Gupta, Sunil Publication:Harvard Business Review Abstract Many companies envision mobile ads becoming an integral part of their... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Sep 2019
- Research & Ideas
What Can the World’s Largest Refugee Camp Teach Us About the Meaning of Work?
day.” Testing the unique benefits of work By all accounts, overcrowding, extreme poverty, and the experience of forced displacement inside the camps has taken a profound toll. Doctors Without Borders has provided almost 1.4 million outpatient medical consultations and... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 06 Feb 2006
- What Do You Think?
Should CEOs of Public Companies Offer Earnings Guidance?
stock does not go up as quickly. . . . But it doesn't go back down as quickly later, either." Damon Leavell takes a different tack, recommending that, "Rather than speculate on earnings, . . . create unique indices based on (the) business that provide a guide... View Details
- 03 Mar 2008
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First Look: March 4, 2008
Moreover, close to half of older workers do not know which type of pensions they have and the large majority of workers know little about the rules governing Social Security benefits. Notwithstanding the low... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Jan 2009
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First Look: January 21, 2009
risks they present for brands. The case allows students to grapple with the strategic and tactical decisions that accompany marketing communications strategy and to combine information on consumer behavior with an understanding of brand... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 12 Oct 1999
- Research & Ideas
Value Judgments: Business Ethics Across Borders
plants. After much debate around the choice of technology," she continues, "the company reexamined its concerns about the environment and realized they originated in a broader commitment to social responsibility. Managers then began working with the local... View Details
Keywords: by Judith A. Ross
- 02 Oct 2019
- What Do You Think?
What Grade Would You Give Walmart CEO Doug McMillon?
on the Purpose of a Corporation, signed by 181 CEOs of major companies, changes the criteria for judging business decisions to include consideration of all stakeholders. It calls for companies to deliver value to customers, invest in employees, treat suppliers fairly,... View Details
- 08 Jul 2002
- Research & Ideas
How to Fashion Your New E-Business Model
assembly line, marketing, sales, and after-sales service channels) A management model (the hierarchy) A social or regulatory system (specialized work, pay-for-performance incentives, worker education, unions, antitrust laws) As we enter... View Details
Keywords: by Lynda M. Applegate
- 24 Jul 2013
- Op-Ed
Detroit Files for Bankruptcy: HBS Faculty Weigh In
city employees are legally protected by many state constitutions. The key constraint in changing health care obligations, however, is usually political, especially pressure from public employee unions. If healthcare benefits can be... View Details
- 02 Feb 2016
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February 2, 2016
networks take on distinct structural forms. Technologically stable industries feature clan networks, characterized by low network connectedness and rather strong community structures. Technologically dynamic industries feature View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 11 Oct 2016
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October 11, 2016
Kramer, Mark R., and Marc W. Pfitzer Abstract—Governments, NGOs, companies, and community members must all be involved in programs to create shared value, yet they work more often in opposition than in alignment. A movement known as... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 19 Mar 2006
- Research & Ideas
Do I Dare Say Something?
As every company knows, employees are its greatest resource. It's more than a shame, then, that many workers are either not encouraged or afraid to speak up and communicate ideas at work. Employers are... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Gilbert
- 10 Feb 2009
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First Look: February 10, 2009
considered the communication he had just received. It was from Permira, the leading European buyout fund, and concerned its fourth fund, to which Altoona had made a $100 million commitment. The memorandum offered investors a chance to... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 21 Feb 2012
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First Look: Feb. 21
multinational, dispersed shareholder, and private-equity owned firms are typically well managed. Stronger product market competition and higher worker skills are associated with better management practices. Less regulated labor markets... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 27 Jul 2010
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First Look: July 27
candidates, candidates are ready to provide information about their preferences for particular employers, and employers value and are prepared to act on this information. In this paper we study how a signaling mechanism, where each worker... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 31 Jul 2012
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First Look: July 31
examine the psychological mechanism explaining the relationship between bad weather and increased productivity. Our findings support our proposed model and suggest that worker productivity is higher on bad rather than good weather days.... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
- 24 Oct 2017
- Research & Ideas
Tax Reform is on the Front Burner Again. Here’s Why You Should Care
helping the environment or encouraged to drill for carbon-based fuels? How do we fund government programs such as health care and entitlements? How big should government be? "...it would be constructive to have a discussion about... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne