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- 2025
- Working Paper
Partisan Corporate Speech
By: William Cassidy and Elisabeth Kempf
We construct a novel measure of partisan corporate speech using natural language
processing techniques and use it to establish three stylized facts. First, the volume
of partisan corporate speech has risen sharply between 2012 and 2022. Second, this
increase has... View Details
Keywords: Natural Language Processing; Perspective; Communication; Public Opinion; Business and Shareholder Relations; Trends
Cassidy, William, and Elisabeth Kempf. "Partisan Corporate Speech." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 05-056, May 2025.
- November 2005 (Revised February 2007)
- Case
Governing Sumida Corporation
By: Lynn S. Paine, Masako Egawa, Chisato Toyama and Kim Bettcher
Describes the corporate governance changes adopted by Japan's Sumida Corp. between 1999 and 2005, setting them in the context of changes in Japan's commercial code during this period. Sumida was the first Japanese company to adopt a new U.S.-inspired "committee system"... View Details
Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Corporate Governance; Change Management; Business or Company Management; Management Teams; Law; Japan
Paine, Lynn S., Masako Egawa, Chisato Toyama, and Kim Bettcher. "Governing Sumida Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 306-022, November 2005. (Revised February 2007.)
- January 2006 (Revised February 2006)
- Case
E.ON Corporate Strategy
By: Forest L. Reinhardt and Sebastian Frankenberger
Examines the corporate strategy of German energy giant E.ON. The firm is vertically integrated, horizontally diversified across electricity and natural gas, and active in numerous countries in Europe as well as in the United States. Explores the costs and benefits of... View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Vertical Integration; Corporate Strategy; Globalization; Energy Sources; Economics; Energy Industry; Germany; United States; Europe
Reinhardt, Forest L., and Sebastian Frankenberger. "E.ON Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Case 706-015, January 2006. (Revised February 2006.)
- Research Summary
The Individualized Corporation
Christopher A. Bartlett has recently concluded (with Sumantra Ghoshal of the London Business School) a study of changing organizational processes and management roles in twenty diverse companies in various stages of corporate transformation. The research is expected... View Details
- April 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
News Corporation
By: Bharat N. Anand and Kate Attea
In 2001, News Corp. is the smallest of the major media and entertainment conglomerates, but it has the broadest global presence. In an effort to establish a major distribution presence in the United States, News Corp. had looked to acquire DirecTV, the largest U.S.... View Details
Keywords: Acquisition; Business Conglomerates; Globalization; Distribution; Organizational Culture; Family Ownership; Competition; Consolidation; Corporate Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Journalism and News Industry; United States; Australia
Anand, Bharat N., and Kate Attea. "News Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 702-425, April 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- April 2005 (Revised April 2005)
- Background Note
Corporate Strategy: Course Introduction
By: Bharat N. Anand
Describes the objectives of the Corporate Strategy course; the conceptual framework used in the course; some central principles of corporate strategy that emerge from this framework; and the modular structure of the course, together with the topics each module covers. View Details
Anand, Bharat N. "Corporate Strategy: Course Introduction." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-482, April 2005. (Revised April 2005.)
- February 2010
- Other Article
The Chilling Effect of Sarbanes Oxley: A Discussion of Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Risk-Taking
By: Aiyesha Dey
Bargeron, Lehn, and Zutter [2009. Sarbanes–Oxley and corporate risk-taking. Journal of Accounting and Economics, forthcoming] document that as compared with non-US firms, risk-taking by publicly traded companies in the US declined after the passage of the... View Details
Dey, Aiyesha. "The Chilling Effect of Sarbanes Oxley: A Discussion of Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Risk-Taking." Journal of Accounting & Economics 49, nos. 1-2 (February 2010): 53–57.
- 2020
- Working Paper
Corporate Leadership and Creditor Recovery Rates: Evidence from Executive Gender
By: Clarissa Hauptmann, Syrena Shirley and Anywhere Sikochi
We examine the relationship between the gender of executives and corporate creditor recovery rates. Using 2,288 defaulted debt instruments, we find that female executives are associated with higher creditor recovery rates. Our findings are robust to tests that correct... View Details
Keywords: Executive Gender; Default; Recovery Rates; Debt; Corporate Bonds; Conservatism; Leadership; Gender; Borrowing and Debt; Bonds; Risk Management
Hauptmann, Clarissa, Syrena Shirley, and Anywhere Sikochi. "Corporate Leadership and Creditor Recovery Rates: Evidence from Executive Gender." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-087, February 2020.
- July 2024
- Module Note
Organization: Managing the Corporation
By: David J. Collis
Ongoing management of the corporate portfolio is critical to realizing value in diversified companies. This requires designing and administering structures, systems, and processes appropriate for the set of businesses and the resources that underpin value creation... View Details
Keywords: Organization; Corporate Strategy; Business Conglomerates; Business or Company Management; Diversification; Value Creation; Corporate Governance; Business Units
Collis, David J. "Organization: Managing the Corporation." Harvard Business School Module Note 724-495, July 2024.
- 2011
- Module Note
Corporate Social Responsibility in Indian Public Sector Organisations: A Case Study of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd.
By: Shashank Shah, Shashank Shah, Sudhir Bhaskar and A. Sudir Bhaskar
Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility; Public Sector; Environmental And Social Sustainability; Energy Industry; India
Shah, Shashank, and A. Sudir Bhaskar. "Corporate Social Responsibility in Indian Public Sector Organisations: A Case Study of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd." 2011.
- January 2002 (Revised September 2002)
- Case
Corporate Renewal in America
By: Bruce R. Scott and Thomas S. Mondschean
Discusses various macroeconomic, regulatory, technological, and financial forces that led to increased corporate restructuring in the United States beginning in the mid-1980s. The U.S. financial system is often viewed as the most developed in the world and a model for... View Details
Keywords: Performance Evaluation; Corporate Governance; Macroeconomics; Economic Systems; Restructuring; Markets; Private Sector; Corporate Finance; Germany; Japan; United States
Scott, Bruce R., and Thomas S. Mondschean. "Corporate Renewal in America." Harvard Business School Case 702-018, January 2002. (Revised September 2002.)
- 24 Apr 2009
- Working Paper Summaries
Corporate Social Entrepreneurship
Keywords: by James E. Austin & Ezequiel Reficco
- April 2017 (Revised March 2024)
- Case
Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity
By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying to political activism. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must... View Details
Keywords: Boycott; Corporate Political Activity; Lobbying; LGBTQ; Campaign Contributions; Campaign Finance; Retail; Shareholder Activism; Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity." Harvard Business School Case 317-113, April 2017. (Revised March 2024.)
- April 1995
- Case
Phelps Dodge Corporation
By: W. Carl Kester and Kendall Backstrand
A prolonged decline in copper prices prompts Phelps Dodge, one of the world's largest independent copper companies, to consider corporate diversification as a means of protecting itself from copper price volatility. View Details
Keywords: Diversification; Price; Volatility; Risk Management; Mining Industry; Arizona; United States
Kester, W. Carl, and Kendall Backstrand. "Phelps Dodge Corporation." Harvard Business School Case 295-132, April 1995.
- January 2005 (Revised February 2006)
- Background Note
Note on Corporate Strategy
By: Mikolaj Jan Piskorski
Introduces students to the study of corporate strategy. Focuses on questions of scope and ownership. Examines both horizontal and vertical integration. Underscores the point that economies of scope, or the existence of relationship-specific investments, are... View Details
Keywords: Investment; Contracts; Ownership; Corporate Strategy; Horizontal Integration; Vertical Integration
Piskorski, Mikolaj Jan. "Note on Corporate Strategy." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-449, January 2005. (Revised February 2006.)
- September 2022
- Article
Tone at the Bottom: Measuring Corporate Misconduct Risk from the Text of Employee Reviews
By: Dennis W. Campbell and Ruidi Shang
This paper examines whether information extracted via text-based statistical methods applied to employee reviews left on the website Glassdoor.com can be used to develop indicators of corporate misconduct risk. We argue that inside information on the incidence of... View Details
Keywords: Management Accounting; Management Control; Corporate Culture; Corporate Misconduct; Risk Measurement; Organizational Culture; Crime and Corruption; Risk and Uncertainty; Measurement and Metrics
Campbell, Dennis W., and Ruidi Shang. "Tone at the Bottom: Measuring Corporate Misconduct Risk from the Text of Employee Reviews." Management Science 68, no. 9 (September 2022): 7034–7053.
- Article
Capital Market-Driven Corporate Finance
By: Malcolm Baker
Much of empirical corporate finance focuses on sources of the demand for various forms of capital, not the supply. Recently, this has changed. Supply effects of equity and credit markets can arise from a combination of three ingredients: investor tastes, limited... View Details
Keywords: Behavioral Finance; Limits To Arbitrage; Market Efficiency; Securities Issuance; Supply Effects; Corporate Finance; Investment; Price; Capital Markets; Equity; Financial Services Industry
Baker, Malcolm. "Capital Market-Driven Corporate Finance." Annual Review of Financial Economics 1 (2009): 181–205.
- 2022
- Book
Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game
By: Andrew Binns, Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael Tushman
Innovation used to be seen as a game best left to entrepreneurs, but now a new breed of corporate managers is flipping this logic on its head. These Corporate Explorers have the insight, resilience, and discipline to overcome the obstacles and build new ventures from... View Details
Keywords: Organization Change And Adaptation; Disruptive Innovation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Innovation and Management; Leading Change
Binns, Andrew, Charles A. O'Reilly III, and Michael Tushman. Corporate Explorer: How Corporations Beat Startups at the Innovation Game. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2022.
- Article
Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey
By: Michael Anne Kyle, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman and Sara J. Singer
Context: The private sector has a large potential role in advancing health and well-being, but attention to corporate practices around health tends to focus on a narrow range of issues and on large businesses. Systematically describing private sector engagement in... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Health; Social Determinants Of Health; Health Policy; Public Health; Organizations; Health; Policy; Surveys
Kyle, Michael Anne, Lumumba Seegars, John M. Benson, Robert J. Blendon, Robert S. Huckman, and Sara J. Singer. "Toward a Corporate Culture of Health: Results of a National Survey." Milbank Quarterly 97, no. 4 (December 2019): 954–977.
- 2024
- Working Paper
Corporate Culture Homogeneity and Top Executive Incentive Design: Evidence from CEO Compensation Contracts
By: Dennis Campbell, Ruidi Shang and Zhifang Zhang
We examine how corporate cultures characterized by high degrees of homogeneity in the underlying values and beliefs of organizational members are related to the design of CEO incentive compensation contracts. We argue that culture homogeneity within firms lowers... View Details
Keywords: Corporate Culture; Compensation Design; Accounting; Management Control; Incentive Systems; Organizational Culture; Job Design and Levels; Governance; Executive Compensation; Motivation and Incentives
Campbell, Dennis, Ruidi Shang, and Zhifang Zhang. "Corporate Culture Homogeneity and Top Executive Incentive Design: Evidence from CEO Compensation Contracts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-054, February 2024.