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July 2006 (Revised March 2008)
Case

Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.

By: Dennis Campbell and Donglin Xia

Chairman Yin Jiaxu must communicate that the company's extraordinary reported performance in 2002 reflects Changan's unique strategy within the competitive dynamics of China's automobile industry. Changan's 2002 annual report demonstrated an extraordinary level of... View Details

Keywords: Financial Reporting; Ethics; Corporate Disclosure; Media; Business and Shareholder Relations; Auto Industry; China

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January 2014 (Revised January 2014)
Case

Showdown at Cracker Barrel

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Tim Gray

In the fall of 2011, activist investor, Sardar Biglari, has acquired nearly 10% ownership in the Cracker Barrel restaurant chain. He believes that the board and senior management have failed and the company has underperformed relative to its peers. When he is denied a... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

How To Make Restructuring Work for Your Company

Chemical and Chase management downplayed the size of the potential revenue enhancements, even though privately they believed the likely benefits here were huge. When conventional disclosure strategies are... View Details

Keywords: by Stuart C. Gilson

March 2025
Case

The Changing Climate on Wall Street

By: Clayton S. Rose, Maxim Pike Harrell and Michael Norris

Increasing and conflicting regulatory requirements and political pressures regarding climate change tested the leaders of U.S. financial institutions, as they struggled to determine how best to comply while managing their business and its risks.
In October 2024,... View Details

21 Feb 2018
Research & Ideas

When a Competitor Abandons the Market, Should You Advance or Retreat?

these additional terminations are wise choices, but it helps to illustrate how the disclosure channel has a meaningful impact on competition and many millions of dollars of R&D investment decisions.” “People in the industry say, ‘Yes,... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Pharmaceutical; Health

30 Nov 2021
In Practice

What's the Role of Business in Confronting Climate Change?

The 26th annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties, also known as COP26, ended with a hard-fought pact that called on businesses and governments to meet their climate change goals faster. The event followed an August report by the Intergovernmental... View Details

Keywords: by Lynn Schenk and Dina Gerdeman

22 May 2012
First Look

First Look: May 22

Working PapersCorporate Social Responsibility and Access to Finance Authors:Beiting Cheng, Ioannis Ioannou, and George Serafeim Abstract In this paper, we investigate whether superior performance on corporate social responsibility (CSR) View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

July 2009 (Revised January 2014)
Case

Sustainability at Millipore

By: Michael W. Toffel and Katharine Lee

This case describes Millipore Corporation's approach to becoming a more environmentally sustainable company. As he prepared for his quarterly meeting with the CEO, the Director of Sustainability needed to develop positions on several issues. Tactically, he needed to... View Details

Keywords: Investment; Corporate Disclosure; Operations; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Organizational Structure; Natural Environment; Environmental Sustainability; Pollutants

03 Mar 2003
Research & Ideas

Top Ten Legal Mistakes Made by Entrepreneurs

the patent application, the invention is unpatentable in that country. For example, if the invention is publicly disclosed to a Japanese national visiting a tradeshow in the United States, then under Japanese patent law, if no patent application has been filed, that... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

11 Apr 2012
Research & Ideas

The High Risks of Short-Term Management

infrastructure that separates companies could have profound implications and incentivize companies to become more long-term-oriented. Q: What is the lesson for corporate leaders as they seek to balance the need for long-term strategy with... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

January 2017 (Revised January 2019)
Case

The Rise and Fall of Lehman Brothers

By: Stuart C. Gilson, Kristin Mugford and Sarah L. Abbott

With nearly $700 billion in assets, Lehman was the largest U.S. bankruptcy in history. In 2007, Lehman achieved record earnings of over $4 billion on revenues of $60 billion. By September 2008 the fourth largest investment bank in the world was bankrupt. How had a... View Details

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

press An abstract is unavailable at this time. Book: http://ceo.usc.edu/book/doing_research_that_is_useful.html Business Network Transformation in Action Authors: Marco Iansiti and Ross Sullivan Publication: In Business Network Transformation: View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

24 Oct 2011
Research & Ideas

The Yelp Factor: Are Consumer Reviews Good for Business?

digital age is a fertile area of his research. Luca is looking at rankings, expert evaluations, online consumer reviews, and quality disclosure laws to see how they work in market settings, and which are most important for consumers. To... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Food & Beverage

01 Sep 2015
First Look

First Look -- September 1, 2015

PUBLISHED PAPERS forthcoming Advances in Strategic Management Strategy Beyond Markets By: Figueiredo, John de, Michael Lenox, Felix Oberholzer-Gee, and Rick Vanden Bergh, eds. Abstract—Since the early 1990s, View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

16 Sep 2008
First Look

First Look: September 16, 2008

firms otherwise sheltered from entry by standalone rivals may be vulnerable to an adjacent platform provider's envelopment attack. We analyze conditions under which envelopment strategies are likely to succeed. Download the paper:... View Details

16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

measurement and disclosure of important metrics and information. In this chapter, we examine the effect of sustainability disclosure regulations on firms’ disclosure practices... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

February 2023
Case

Ransomware Attack at Springhill Medical Center

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan (Jason) Ni

In July, 2019, Springhill Medical Center (“SMC”) in Mobile, Alabama, fell prey to a malicious ransomware attack that crippled the hospital’s internal network systems and public-facing web page. While the hospital rushed to securely restore the network, medical... View Details