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- January 2022 (Revised April 2025)
- Case
Steem Versus Hive: Testing Blockchain Governance
By: Shikhar Ghosh and Shweta Bagai
This case examines a pivotal governance conflict that occurred in 2020 when Justin Sun, founder of the TRON blockchain, acquired Steemit Inc., the company behind a popular social media platform operating on the Steem blockchain. Steem, launched in 2016 by Daniel... View Details
Keywords: Blockchain; Mergers and Acquisitions; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Governance; Organizational Culture; Social and Collaborative Networks; Technology Industry
Ghosh, Shikhar, and Shweta Bagai. "Steem Versus Hive: Testing Blockchain Governance." Harvard Business School Case 822-075, January 2022. (Revised April 2025.)
- March 2018 (Revised January 2019)
- Case
The TARP Bailouts: Saving the Banking and Automotive Industries
By: Kristin Mugford
Comparison of the U.S. Government response, using the $700 billion TARP fund, to downturns in the banking and auto industries during the global financial crisis. View Details
Keywords: Bailout; Financial Crisis; Borrowing and Debt; Banks and Banking; Government and Politics; Debt Securities; Government Legislation; Public Opinion; Auto Industry; Auto Industry; United States
Mugford, Kristin. "The TARP Bailouts: Saving the Banking and Automotive Industries." Harvard Business School Case 218-107, March 2018. (Revised January 2019.)
- 2014
- Article
Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis in Italy
By: Dante Roscini
The financial crisis hit Italy harder than many other Eurozone countries. In part this was due to the fact that the crisis came upon a system that was weakened by years of sub-par economic growth. One of the several endogenous factors that explain the stagnation of the... View Details
Roscini, Dante. "Corporate Governance and the Financial Crisis in Italy." Journal of Modern Italian Studies 19, no. 4 (2014): 389–395.
- October 2002 (Revised June 2003)
- Case
Restructuring the U.S. Steel Industry
Focuses on the competitive decline of the integrated steel producers in the United States from 1970 to 2002. Issues include: Should the U.S. government impose tariffs to try to protect the industry? What should labor unions do, if anything, to protect jobs and wage... View Details
Keywords: Restructuring; Jobs and Positions; Labor Unions; Wages; Business and Government Relations; Integration; Steel Industry; United States
Fruhan, William E., Jr. "Restructuring the U.S. Steel Industry." Harvard Business School Case 203-042, October 2002. (Revised June 2003.)
- 2023
- Working Paper
Coordinated R&D Programs and the Creation of New Industries
By: Daniel P. Gross and Maria P. Roche
Complex systems technologies—including “deep tech”—are prone to numerous frictions that stymie commercial development. Yet technologies with these features underpin some of the most valuable industries of the past century. We examine how large, mission-oriented... View Details
Keywords: Research and Development; Policy; Business and Government Relations; Technological Innovation; Collaborative Innovation and Invention
Gross, Daniel P., and Maria P. Roche. "Coordinated R&D Programs and the Creation of New Industries." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-027, April 2023. (Revised October 2024.)
- March 2009
- Teaching Note
Upgrading the Economy: Industrial Policy and Taiwan's Semiconductor Industry (TN)
By: Willy C. Shih
Teaching Note for [609089]. View Details
- 13 Oct 2010
- Research & Ideas
How Government can Discourage Private Sector Reliance on Short-Term Debt
sector's tilt toward short-term financing was merely the industry responding to a lack of available government debt instruments, such as short-term risk-free Treasuries, that were much in demand by investors... View Details
- 28 Aug 2014
- Op-Ed
Government Can Do More to Unfreeze Small Business Credit
businesses. But small business credit was hit hard during the recent recession and has been slow to recover. Beginning in early 2009, the federal government acted quickly to unfreeze credit markets with programs ranging from loan... View Details
- Article
Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances
We argue that the stock of prior alliances between participants in the biotechnology sector forms a network that serves as a governance mechanism in interfirm transactions. To test how this network substitutes for other governance mechanisms, we examine how equity... View Details
Keywords: Network Effects; Governance; Strategy; Alliances; Stocks; Market Transactions; Equity; Mortgages; Biotechnology Industry
Robinson, David, and Toby E. Stuart. "Network Effects in the Governance of Strategic Alliances." Journal of Law, Economics & Organization 23, no. 1 (April 2007): 242–273.
- April 1996
- Case
Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution
By: David A. Moss
Comprises three pieces. The first piece, which forms the body of the case, is adapted from a speech delivered by the author before the Harvard Business School Political Forum in early 1995. Originally entitled "The Economic Foundations of American Social Policy:... View Details
Moss, David A. "Confronting the Third Industrial Revolution." Harvard Business School Case 796-161, April 1996.
- June 2006 (Revised July 2009)
- Case
MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council
By: Willis M. Emmons III, Michael E. Porter and Spencer Wallace
Set in 2004, as Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council (MassMEDIC) President Tom Sommer contemplates the future direction of a successful medical device cluster association. Focuses on the formation of cluster organizations and their roles and effectiveness,... View Details
Keywords: Economic Growth; Industry Clusters; Nonprofit Organizations; Social and Collaborative Networks; Cooperation; Massachusetts
Emmons, Willis M., III, Michael E. Porter, and Spencer Wallace. "MassMEDIC: The Massachusetts Medical Device Industry Council." Harvard Business School Case 706-498, June 2006. (Revised July 2009.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Governance in the Global Information Economy
Keywords: Governance; Globalization; Information; Information Technology; Information Technology Industry
McFarlan, F. Warren. "Governance in the Global Information Economy." Chap. 11 in Managing Global Information Technology: Strategies and Challenges, edited by Prashant Palvia, Shailendra Palvia, and Albert L. Harris, 207–224. Marietta, GA: Ivy League Publishing, 2007. (ISBN: 0-9648382-4-9.)
- November 1999 (Revised December 1999)
- Case
U.S. Government and Food Safety, The
By: Ray A. Goldberg, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Hal Hogan
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Food; Safety; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
Goldberg, Ray A., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Hal Hogan. "U.S. Government and Food Safety, The." Harvard Business School Case 900-014, November 1999. (Revised December 1999.)
- April 1990 (Revised December 1992)
- Case
Cut Flower Industry in Colombia (Abridged)
By: James E. Austin
The Colombian Cut Flower Exporting Association faces several problems concerning local government regulations and import restrictions from the U.S. government. The Colombian Export Promotion Agency also faces decisions as to its policy stance toward the industry. View Details
Keywords: Trade; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Business or Company Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Colombia
Austin, James E. "Cut Flower Industry in Colombia (Abridged)." Harvard Business School Case 390-109, April 1990. (Revised December 1992.)
- September–October 2023
- Article
The New Era of Industrial Policy Is Here
By: Willy C. Shih
Governments around the world are increasingly intervening in the private sector through industrial policies designed to help domestic sectors reach goals that markets alone are unlikely to achieve. Companies in targeted sectors—such as automakers, energy companies, and... View Details
Keywords: Policy; Government and Politics; Business and Government Relations; Research and Development; Economic Sectors
Shih, Willy C. "The New Era of Industrial Policy Is Here." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 5 (September–October 2023): 66–75.
- December 2006 (Revised January 2008)
- Case
ViaGen: Revolutionizing the Livestock Industry
By: David E. Bell, Reed Martin and Mary L. Shelman
ViaGen has invested heavily to develop cloning technology for the livestock industry. Cloning has the potential to significantly improve the genetics of livestock, leading to higher quality meat, healthier animals, and more efficient production. Since 2003, the firm... View Details
Keywords: Animal-Based Agribusiness; Business Plan; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Marketing Communications; Industry Structures; Business and Government Relations; Genetics; Commercialization; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry
Bell, David E., Reed Martin, and Mary L. Shelman. "ViaGen: Revolutionizing the Livestock Industry." Harvard Business School Case 507-021, December 2006. (Revised January 2008.)
- June 2016
- Supplement
FANUC Corporation: Reassessing the Firm's Governance and Financial Policies Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Benjamin C. Esty and Akiko Kanno
In February 2015, Daniel Loeb (a US-based activist investor) announced his firm had a large investment in FANUC Corporation, a leading producer of industrial robots and software for machine tools. Loeb was demanding that the Japanese firm change its financial and... View Details
- May 1994 (Revised August 1994)
- Case
Motorola: Government and Systems Technology Group
By: Janis Lee Gogan, Donna B. Stoddard and Shoshana Zuboff
Keywords: Electronics Industry
Gogan, Janis Lee, Donna B. Stoddard, and Shoshana Zuboff. "Motorola: Government and Systems Technology Group." Harvard Business School Case 494-137, May 1994. (Revised August 1994.)
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
each company in the portfolio is acting in a socially responsible manner. So-called green funds attempt to invest in socially responsible companies but often their selection criteria, which are often based on the industry a company is in... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler