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- 15 Jul 2019
- Book
Many Executives Are Afraid of Finance. Here's How They Can Gain Confidence
results and interact with shareholders,” says Desai, who is also a Harvard Law School professor. “The problem is that people perceive finance to be this difficult building block. I want executives to have more comfort with it and to... View Details
Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman
- 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
- 02 May 2022
- What Do You Think?
Can the Case Method Survive Another Hundred Years?
method fosters a process of self-discovery not common to a student sitting in a lecture hall. The case method requires that instructors often pass control of the learning process to the class. Many critics are unwilling or unable to do... View Details
- 15 Dec 2003
- Research & Ideas
The New Global Business Manager
of country managers. More companies are being born global. Business managers, on the other hand, need a perspective that allows them to look across the world and recognize commonalities or see opportunities for economies. They've got to... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Blog
Inside the Learning: Boston By the Season
particular focus on the floras of eastern North America and eastern Asia. This jewel in the Emerald Necklace park system was designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, America's first landscape architect. Summer Boston's summer days can be... View Details
- 11 May 2009
- Research & Ideas
The IT Leader’s Hero Quest
careers at the Harvard Business School, we discovered that the turnover of CIOs ran at around 30 to 40 percent per year. As a result of our research, we described the driving cause as the rapid change of IT through the operation of Moore's View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
General Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research
Brooks : Awarded an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Claremont McKenna College in 2019. Arthur C. Brooks : Received the Florida Atlantic University College of Business Distinguished Alumni Award and Hall of Fame Award in 2019. Rebecca M.... View Details
- 28 May 2020
- Research & Ideas
Coronavirus Could Create a 'Bankruptcy Pandemic'
vendors could disrupt supply chains, further hurting the business and destroying value. This potential problem is troubling to a number of bankruptcy scholars, including my colleague Mark Roe at Harvard Law School. So, is this bleak... View Details
- Web
Frequently Asked Questions | HBS Online
available in another format in the future. Course-Specific Questions Here are answers to common questions about specific courses. Don't see the answer you're looking for? More information is available in the General Questions section or... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
We see a strong push from customers and investors to adopt climate-positive policies and products. And we see movement to adopt policies that emphasize human consequences, these in addition to traditional approaches to compliance with environmental View Details
- 03 May 2010
- Research & Ideas
What Is the Future of MBA Education?
applicants were being discouraged by many employers from going to full-time MBA programs, that part-time MBA, executive MBA, and other masters programs were seen as attractive substitutes, and that the students who came were not as engaged with the academic curriculum.... View Details
- August 2005 (Revised April 2015)
- Background Note
Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective
By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher M. Bruner
Provides a brief overview of the employment-at-will doctrine, an important concept unique to the U.S. legal system and business landscape. Briefly surveys the history and development of this doctrine and certain limitations and exceptions to it, as well as some of the... View Details
Keywords: Business History; Resignation and Termination; Employment; Common Law; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher M. Bruner. "Employment At Will: A Legal Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 306-036, August 2005. (Revised April 2015.)
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
Winning Legally
Bagley: Legal literacy should be a priority for managers. In her new book, Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk (HBS Press), Associate Professor Constance E. Bagley contends that managers... View Details
Keywords: Deborah Blagg
- July 2003
- Background Note
Expropriation in International Business
By: Geoffrey G. Jones and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine
Covers several important expropriation cases in international business from the 20th century and highlights the legal and political difficulties these companies faced. Serves to explain expropriation, to stress the vulnerability of foreign direct investments to... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Government and Politics; Common Law; Risk Management; Property; Risk and Uncertainty
Jones, Geoffrey G., and Meghan Gallagher-Kernstine. "Expropriation in International Business." Harvard Business School Background Note 804-020, July 2003.
- 01 Mar 2010
- News
HBS Grads Make Their Mark in India
Group CEO Abhi Shah (MBA ’06) Clutch Group is a global provider of legal support services, working with corporate legal departments and major law firms. Founded in 2006, based in Washington, D.C., with offices in Cleveland, Chicago, and... View Details
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
name of the corporation that they would feel wrong doing in their personal lives, but they are not legally required to do so. Directors are not common carriers, or, to put it more crassly, prostitutes in locales where prostitution is... View Details
Keywords: by Carla Tishler
- 26 Feb 2007
- Research & Ideas
The Power of the Noncompete Clause
statute quite similar to that in California, barring the enforcement of noncompete agreements. This law governed all such disputes until March of 1985, when it was repealed as part of the Michigan Antitrust Reform Act. Now, comparing... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
- Web
2.3.1 Drug & Alcohol Policy | MBA
to ensure that the acquisition, distribution, and consumption of alcohol otherwise complies with applicable law and University policy. A. Alcohol Service for HBS Events All alcoholic beverages at events on the HBS campus – including... View Details
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2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats | MBA
2.3.6 Dangerous Weapons & Threats Threats Involving Deadly Weapons, Explosives, Bombs, Chemical or Biological Agents, or Other Deadly Devices or Substance The following provision of Massachusetts law concerning certain kinds of threats... View Details
- 01 Jun 2010
- News
$how Me the Money
petition that calls for greater transparency in the global financial system and stronger enforcement of international money-monitoring laws and regulations. For Baker, this is the latest salvo in a long campaign that began in Nigeria,... View Details