Publications

December 2002 (Revised February 2003)
Case

Broken Trust: Role of Professionals in the Enron Debacle

By: Ashish Nanda

Discusses the role of professionals in the Enron debacle. Argues that professionals failed to prevent or predict Enron's collapse because of the conflicts of interest they faced. Concludes with observations on management and regulation of conflicts of interest facing... View Details

Keywords: Conflict of Interests; Trust; Management Teams; Energy Industry

Educators

07 Mar 2021
News

What Role Does Diplomacy Play in China's Modern History?

April 22, 2021
Article

The CFO's Role in Capability Building

By: Rawi Abdelal, Kevin Carmody, Meagan Hill and William J. Pearson

Keywords: Chief Financial Officer; Capabilities; Organizations; Competency and Skills; Finance; Leadership

February 2011 (Revised October 2012)
Exercise

Treu Pharma: Role for Alex Hoffman

By: Andrew Wasynczuk and Shaun Patrick Hughes

Keywords: Pharmaceutical Industry

August 2010
Article

Antitrust—What Role for Strategic Management Expertise?

By: Felix Oberholzer-Gee and Dennis A. Yao

Keywords: Strategy; Management; Experience and Expertise; Law

2008
Other Unpublished Work

The Producing Manager: A Double-Barreled Role

By: John J. Gabarro, Thomas J. DeLong and Rob Lees

Keywords: Management

spring 2003
Article

Marketing's Role in Cross Sector Collaboration

By: James E. Austin

Keywords: Marketing

January 2004
Article

Investigating the Economic Role of Mergers

By: Gregor Andrade and Erik Stafford

14 Aug 2023
News

Identify Critical Roles to Improve Performance

24 Feb 2011
Research & Ideas

What’s Government’s Role in Regulating Home Purchase Financing?

the short to medium run the government will still play an important role in supporting housing finance. But as we move to greater reliance on private mortgage credit it will be important to combine such privatization with better... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Financial Services

Teaching Interest

The Role of Government in Market Economies (RoGME)

By: Matthew C. Weinzierl

RoGME is about one question: What is the proper role of government in market economies? We study the role of government as it plays out in the real world, using case studies to examine policies of current interest and importance.... View Details

11 Mar 2014
Other Presentation

The Role of Business in Society: Creating Shared Value

By: Michael E. Porter

This presentation given by Professor Michael Porter covers the role of business in society, the concept of shared value, the difference between CSR and CSV, the three levels of shared value, implications for government and civil society, and examples of companies that... View Details

Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Community Relations

Article

Discouraging Opportunistic Behavior in Collaborative R&D: A New Role for Government

The traditional role attributed to government in collaborative R&D has been one of funding. This paper explores a new role for government in facilitating collaborative R&D, one of discouraging opportunistic behavior. Given the nature of R&D, concerns about... View Details

Keywords: Behavior; Government and Politics; Managerial Roles; Research and Development; Framework; Collaborative Innovation and Invention; Opportunities; Italy

Research Summary

The Role of Capital Markets in the Digital Economy

This topic of research is motivated by the rapid rise of digital adoption in firms across the economy and capital market participants’ growing interest in this phenomenon. My work studies how investors are responding to digitization, provides insights on the... View Details

October 1969 (Revised November 1982)
Background Note

Role of the Instructor in the Case Method

1992
Book

The Marketing Roles and Impact of "Tombstone" Advertising

By: S. A. Greyser and J. M. Case

Keywords: Advertising

June 2021
Article

The Role of Beliefs in Driving Gender Discrimination

By: Katherine B. Coffman, Christine L. Exley and Muriel Niederle

While there is ample evidence of discrimination against women in the workplace, it can be difficult to understand what factors contribute to discriminatory behavior. We use an experiment to both document discrimination and unpack its sources. First, we show that, on... View Details

Keywords: Gender Discrimination; Behavioral Decision Making; Gender; Attitudes; Prejudice and Bias; Economics; Behavior; Decision Making

April 2020
Case

The Board's Role in Refocusing Bahrain Development Bank

By: Paul M. Healy and Alpana Thapar

In March 2016, Bahrain Development Bank’s (BDB) existing board term came to an end and Khalid Al Rumaihi was appointed the new chairman. Determining a need for change, he immediately overhauled the board and replaced BDB’s long-standing CEO. The new board quickly... View Details

Keywords: Board Of Directors; Governing and Advisory Boards; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Change Management; Banking Industry; Bahrain

Educators