Contracts - Publications - Faculty & Research

December 1997 (Revised August 1998)
Case

Shanghai Real Estate (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Harold F. Hogan Jr

An independent consultant from the United States must decide what to do when faced with his client's apparent violation of an agreement with a third party. The consultant is American, the client is a Chinese real estate developer, and the third party is a French... View Details

Keywords: Ethics; Contracts; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Law; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Corporate Accountability; Consulting Industry; Real Estate Industry; China; United States; France

Citation

Educators

Purchase

01 Jun 2002
News

In VMI Partnerships, the Devil is in the Data

packaged-goods companies indicating that VMI is more prevalent where retailers deliver detailed demand data via highly reliable transfer methods. In short, manufacturers should think twice about implementing VMI if retailers are supplying only limited information or if... View Details

Keywords: Laura Singleton (MBA 1988)

08 Jan 2016
Research & Ideas

Is it Worth a Pay Cut to Work for a Great Manager (Like Bill Belichick)?

first receiver to be named Super Bowl MVP since 1989. Though Branch’s statistics did not match those of the top receivers in the game, he earned a reputation as a big-game performer. In 2006 the Patriots offered him a three-year $18.85 million View Details

Keywords: by Boris Groysberg & Abhijit Naik; Sports

09 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 9

for sovereign debts are minimal since little can be used as collateral and the ability of a court to force a sovereign entity to comply has been extremely limited, especially given the lack of a supranational legal authority capable of enforcing View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 Feb 2016
Research & Ideas

The ‘Mother of Fair Trade’ was an Unabashed Price Protectionist

countries improve trade conditions and build sustainable practices. Back then, fair trade essentially referred to a system of price-fixing, using Resale Price Maintenance contracts to help smaller businesses and associations compete... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail; Health; Legal Services

22 Mar 2021
Blog Post

3 Key Steps for Crafting Your Retirement with Intention: Advice from Career Coach, Lauren Murphy

may want to work with a nonprofit organization. Research different organizations that would appeal to you based on your interest areas. Or, if you would like to continue engaging in your existing work, research opportunities to do View Details

10 Aug 2017
News

Skydeck Live: The Happiness Equation

hard. The other thing I have is, I have a contract with my wife. And we wrote it out on a piece of paper and we both signed it. Because of the way I think about it is, we all have a contract with our... View Details

12 Sep 2006
First Look

First Look: September 12, 2006

organization's relational capacity. The benefits will reverberate throughout every dimension of the company's work. Financial Contracting in Biotech Strategic Alliances Authors:David T. Robinson and Toby E. Stuart Periodical:Journal of... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Student-Faculty-Profile

Lauren Taylor & Rebecca Henderson

some precision to the discussion of culture in organizational change. She'll use the concept of relational contracts to help readers see the "fuzzy" side of management with clarity. Rebecca: My work on change is unusual in two respects.... View Details

01 Feb 1998
News

Kicking Off a Startup: Jennifer Rottenberg (MBA '96)

secured and the league is fully capitalized, and with additional revenues derived from television contracts and ticket sales, the NSA, Rottenberg believes, will be on sound financial footing from the outset, unlike most fledgling leagues.... View Details

Keywords: Nancy O. Perry

Web

European and UK Personal Data Collection Disclosure | HBS Online

information, we may rely on the legal bases of “performance of contract” in order to fulfill our contract with you to provide Services and on “compliance with legal obligation” in order to comply with tax laws in the maintenance of... View Details

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Boston Manufacturing Company Records | Baker Library

the Boston Associates. The company operated the first mill in the world to combine all aspects of the manufacture of cotton cloth under one roof. The company built its labor force by contracting with individual New England farm girls, who... View Details

January 1989 (Revised June 1993)
Case

General Electric: Compliance Systems

By: Robert L. Simons

After General Electric (GE) is indicted in 1985 for defrauding the Department of Defense, Chairman John F. Welch takes dramatic steps to prevent a recurrence. This case documents the new systems and procedures that are put in place to ensure that all GE employees are... View Details

Keywords: Policy; Contracts; Business or Company Management; Communication; Business History; Behavior; Boundaries; Management Style; Cost Management; Electronics Industry

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28 Apr 2008
HBS Case

Negotiating with Wal-Mart

Arkansas) and growing trust (both sides eventually eliminated elaborate legal contracts in favor of Letters of Intent), the new relationship focused on establishing a joint vision and problem-solving process, information sharing, and... View Details

Keywords: by Julia Hanna; Retail

20 Sep 2007
Research & Ideas

How to be a Customer

the contract price if the seller's costs clearly exceed expectations or promise to refer the supplier to a friend. You may want to do business with the same supplier again. (Why waste time on selecting another vendor from scratch?) If you... View Details

Keywords: by John Quelch

01 Jun 2017
News

The End of the Noncompete Clause

industry: labor organizing. For decades, noncompete clauses were written into job contracts to help protect companies from losing intellectual property by restricting when and where employees could work after they departed their current... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos

01 Dec 1999
News

Pearson Hunt

Industrial Administrator Program, the Army Quartermaster Corps School, the Navy Supply Corps School, and the Army Air Forces Statistical School (where I did my teaching), as well as the Navy's Contract Termination course in the ending... View Details

Keywords: Pearson Hunt

20 Nov 2018
First Look

New Research and Ideas, November 20, 2018

organizations, which often use capitated payments, and bundled payments. Nearly half (46%) of respondents say value-based contracts significantly improve the quality of care, and another 42% say value-based View Details

Keywords: Dina Gerdeman

July 2018 (Revised August 2018)
Case

Rocky Mountain Condiments: Close Encounters with the Legal System for the First Time

By: Lena G. Goldberg

The founder of a Colorado start-up focused on developing a line of condiments confronts a host of legal issues that threaten the viability of her young enterprise. She is suing a co-packer for, among other things, breach of contract, theft of recipes and trade secrets,... View Details