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- 16 Oct 2013
- Op-Ed
Response to Readers: Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking
With more than 7,500 views and 180-plus tweets, I want to thank everyone for taking the time to read the original HBS Working Knowledge piece, The Case for Combating Climate Change with Nuclear Power and Fracking, and, in particular, for sharing your thoughts with one... View Details
- 10 Oct 2007
- First Look
First Look: First Look: October 10
corporate confessions presents something of a behavioral paradox. Tasked with monitoring the legality of its own operations, why would firms that identify violations turn themselves in to regulators rather than quietly fix the problem?... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 10 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 10
effect of different legal and cultural environments on bankruptcy proceedings. Purchase this case: https://cb.hbsp.harvard.edu/cbmp/product/214055-PDF-ENG Harvard Business School Case 815-044 DoubleDutch Lawrence Coburn and Pankaj Prasad,... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 09 Sep 2009
- First Look
First Look: September 9
failures are likely to spur problem solving. We hypothesize that problem solving activities are especially likely to follow reported operational failures that provoke financial and legal liability risks. We also hypothesize that... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 19 Jan 2016
- First Look
January 19, 2016
of science and technology, law, management, and policy. The empirical contexts for their studies range from household goods to financial services. After discussing the fundamentals of user innovation, the contributors cover communities and innovation; View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 18 Feb 2015
- First Look
First Look: February 18
effects of an imperfect legal system, and social norms of fairness. We illustrate our arguments with examples from practice. Publisher's link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com.ezp-prod1.hul.harvard.edu/doi/10.1002/smj.2303/full February... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 29 Oct 2013
- First Look
First Look: October 29
race throughout France. He verbally thrashed, bullied, and threatened legal action against riders, journalists, race officials, and anyone else who had suggested he had cheated. This case explores Armstrong's leadership of a corrupt... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 08 Mar 2004
- Research & Ideas
Secret to Success: Go for “Just Enough”
and protect its roads. The British set up a legal and bureaucratic system in each of its colonial territories, but the idea of limitless exploitation became the empire's undoing. If life were lived in a fixed time frame, where success was... View Details
Keywords: by Laura Nash & Howard Stevenson
- 25 Mar 2013
- Research & Ideas
How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy
the airline to work with the court to restructure and unload a significant amount of its debt, giving an iconic company "a second bite of the apple," says Gilson. An unabashed advocate of Chapter 11 and debt restructuring, Gilson is an expert in the View Details
- 02 Mar 2016
- What Do You Think?
Is Apple’s Real Privacy Challenge Technology Innovation Itself?
unlock such devices? Is our current discussion of infotech security versus privacy a waste of time? What do you think? Original Column The red hot legal dispute between Apple and the US government over whether Apple can be compelled to... View Details
- 13 Apr 2015
- Research & Ideas
3 Ways Firms Can Profit From Environmental Investments
In the course of her work, Rebecca Henderson meets business executives who don't address the threat of climate change because they don't believe that it exists. Her recommendation: They should consider investments in environmental sustainability anyway, assuming that... View Details
- 25 Mar 2014
- Research & Ideas
China’s Economic System has Difficult Road Overcoming its Political System
relying on the legal system to settle a dispute, says Kirby, you've already lost. "No one would be well-advised to settle a commercial dispute in a Chinese court," he warns. "You're better off not wasting your time." The savvy... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
- 15 Nov 2012
- Research & Ideas
Funding the Design of Livable Cities
commercial and residential real estate, considered highly desirable and valuable because of its proximity to Mumbai's city center. While the project presents numerous financial, cultural, legal and social challenges, the case also... View Details
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
Companies, Cultures and the Transformation to the Transnational
of doing things" and shape its international organization structure and processes. Business historian Alfred Chandler has traced the influence of the cultural values and social structures on British management practice. For reasons related to Britain's unique... View Details
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
well-grooved process to deal with copyright and trademarked content that could be applied to user-generated content, where you would give notice, require a timely response, and pursue legal means if unsatisfied. Another idea would be to... View Details
Keywords: by George Riedel
- 17 Nov 2015
- First Look
November 17, 2015
economist E.R.A. Seligman supported RPM as a legitimate tactic to protect small businesspeople and enhance non-price competition. The breakdown of legal and economic consensus regarding what constituted “unfair competition” allowed... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 22 Apr 2015
- Op-Ed
Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths
require that the counterparts in the transaction expect each other to perform their responsibility even in the absence of legal enforcement. In summary, the recessionary measures that were taken in Greece were not the cause of the crisis.... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
- 10 Dec 2012
- Research & Ideas
Why We Blab Our Intimate Secrets on Facebook
legal and ethical reasons, the mere act of ensuring privacy seems to suppress information disclosure. What's the solution? "Perhaps the happy medium for marketers is to protect people's privacy, but don't explicitly tell them you're doing... View Details
Keywords: by Carmen Nobel
- 06 Oct 2003
- Research & Ideas
The Growth of the Social Enterprise
growth. Why? HBS's Jane Wei-Skillern and Duke-based colleague Beth Battle Anderson discuss their analysis of some 300 social enterprises. Tishler: How do you distinguish between branches and affiliates? Wei-Skillern and Anderson: Branches are organizational units that... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 28 Jan 2014
- First Look
First Look: January 28
researchers, and policy makers interested in finance, governance, and other aspects of the contemporary investment world. It also provides investment, business, financial media, and legal professionals with the tools they need to better... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne