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  • March 2020
  • Article

Voluntary, Self-Regulatory, and Mandatory Disclosure of Oil and Gas Company Payments to Foreign Governments

By: Paul M. Healy and George Serafeim
Concerns about high rates of government corruption in resource-rich countries have led transparency advocates to urge oil and gas firms to disclose payments to host governments for natural resources. Transparency, they argue, can increase government accountability and... View Details
Keywords: Oil ＆ Gas; Corruption; Transparency; Self-regulation; Industry Self-regulation; Regulation; Disclosure; Disclosure Regulation; Energy Sources; Crime and Corruption; Corporate Disclosure; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Energy Industry
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A Rewarding Work Life - Edwin H. Land & Polaroid | Harvard Business School

"Research by the Business Itself," October 5, 1944 31 In the same manner that Land thought about the core purpose of his products emanating from essential human needs, he approached the welfare of his employees in deeply humanistic ways,... View Details
  • April 2023
  • Case

Twitter: The Freedom to Speak Freely and Be Heard

By: Randolph B. Cohen, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mel Martin
In April 2022, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he would be interested in purchasing the social media site Twitter for $44 billion. With more than 100 million twitter followers, Musk had historically leveraged the site to engage with the customers of his... View Details
Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Acquisition; Social Media; Power and Influence; Public Relations Industry; Public Relations Industry; Public Relations Industry; United States
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  • May 2012
  • Article

Global, Local, and Contagious Investor Sentiment

By: Malcolm Baker, Jeffrey Wurgler and Yu Yuan
We construct investor sentiment indices for six major stock markets and decompose them into one global and six local indices. In a validation test, we find that relative sentiment is correlated with the relative prices of dual-listed companies. Global sentiment is a... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Globalization; Stocks; Markets; Capital; Financial Services Industry
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  • March 2001
  • Article

Technological Acquisitions and the Innovation Performance of Acquiring Firms: A Longitudinal Study

By: Gautam Ahuja and Riitta Katila
This paper examines the impact of acquisitions on the subsequent innovation performance of acquiring firms in the chemicals industry. We distinguish between technological acquisitions, acquisitions in which technology is a component of the acquired firm's assets, and... View Details
Keywords: Innovation; Acquisitions; Knowledge; Strategy; Knowledge Acquisition; Acquisition; Innovation and Invention; Chemical Industry
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Family Control of Firms and Industries

We test what explains family control of firms and industries and find that the explanation is largely contingent on the identity of families and individual blockholders. Founders and their families are more likely to retain control when doing so gives the firm a... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Cost vs Benefits; Governance Controls; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Competitive Advantage
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  • 22 Apr 2015
  • Op-Ed

Reforming Greece: Myths and Truths

procedures to start a business declining from 15 to 5. Equally good news was that the average time to prepare and pay taxes declined from 264 to 193 hours over the same period. The Failures This is all good... View Details
Keywords: by George Serafeim
  • 03 Jun 2020
  • Blog Post

How to Thrive as a Remote Manager and Employee

projects to allow time for reflection and utilize meeting time most effectively Encourage employees to “unplug.” Set expectations for standard work times across time zones. Related Resources White Paper The... View Details
  • 07 Dec 2021
  • Op-Ed

Want to Build Better Leaders? Focus on Mindset, Skills, Knowledge

about the thinking that informs their decision-making. This work will ultimately lay the foundation for both leader and organizational growth. Hise O. Gibson is a senior lecturer in the Technology and... View Details
Keywords: by Hise Gibson and Shawnette Rochelle
  • August 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

Diageo and Mey Icki: Turkish Delight or Turkish Hangover?

By: Dante Roscini and Gamze Yucaoglu
In September 2013, two years after its $2.1 billion acquisition of Mey Icki Sanayi ve Ticaret AS (Mey Icki), the principal spirits company in Turkey specializing in the local beverage, raki, Diageo, the world’s leading premium drinks company, was concerned about new... View Details
Keywords: Foreign Direct Investment; Emerging Markets; Government Legislation; Taxation; Valuation; Business and Government Relations; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Food and Beverage Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Middle East; Turkey
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  • April 1994 (Revised March 1995)
  • Case

China (C): Energy and the Environment

By: Richard H.K. Vietor
Describes energy and environmental policy in China during the period 1980-1993. China has implemented ambitious plans for electrification and the substitution of fossil fuels (mostly coal) for biomass. The environmental consequences of these changes, at the local and... View Details
Keywords: Energy Generation; Environmental Sustainability; Policy; Pollutants; Climate Change; Business and Government Relations; Globalization; Energy Industry; China
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  • 2024
  • Case

Christiana Figueres and the Paris Climate Negotiations: Figueres the Negotiator (C)

By: James K. Sebenius, Laurence A. Green, Hannah Riley-Bowles, Lara SanPietro and Mina Subramanian
This three-part, stop action case study, structured for classroom discussion, centers on Harvard’s Program on Negotiation 2022 Great Negotiator, Christiana Figueres, and her efforts as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Negotiation; Environmental Management; International Relations; Leadership
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  • 27 Jun 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research and Ideas, June 27

relating to political legitimacy and legal authority. The module note was written for students in the first-year course Leadership and Corporate Accountability. Purchase this... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • February 2016 (Revised October 2017)
  • Case

The Jungle and the Debate over Federal Meat Inspection in 1906

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In early June 1906, the House Committee on Agriculture heard testimony from two investigators appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to verify allegations of unsanitary conditions at Chicago slaughterhouses that had appeared in Upton Sinclair's recent novel, The... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Governance Compliance; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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  • October 1994 (Revised October 1995)
  • Case

AT&T and the International Settlements Problem

By: Willis M. Emmons III and David Riordan
Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Telecommunications Industry
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  • April 1999 (Revised December 2003)
  • Case

Al Dunlap at Sunbeam

By: Brian J. Hall, Rakesh Khurana and Carleen Madigan
Al Dunlap was one of the best-known corporate turnaround artists of the 1990s. In 1996, he was hired at Sunbeam to effect a restructuring, but was fired almost two years later when the company's financial performance and stock price began to decline. Many of the... View Details
Keywords: Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Restructuring; Stock Shares; Performance Evaluation; Leadership Style; Resignation and Termination; Motivation and Incentives; Executive Compensation; Outcome or Result; Consumer Products Industry; United States
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  • May 2009 (Revised January 2011)
  • Case

Enel: Power, Russia, and Global Markets

By: Rawi E. Abdelal, Richard H.K. Vietor and Sogomon Tarontsi
Although the global trend toward liberalization of electric utilities forced Enel, the largest power company in Italy, to give up some of its assets in its home base, it also opened up many opportunities abroad, including in Russia, one of the largest electricity... View Details
Keywords: Mergers and Acquisitions; Energy Generation; Foreign Direct Investment; Global Strategy; Globalized Firms and Management; Globalized Markets and Industries; Business and Government Relations; Utilities Industry; Russia; Italy
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  • Web

Drivers of Competitiveness - Institute For Strategy And Competitiveness

for thinking about multiple dimensions of the environment and the way they interact. Clusters are concentrations of firms in particular fields, including suppliers, supporting services and View Details
  • 14 Nov 2017
  • First Look

New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

entrepreneurial hub); pick a stage ("jungle," "dirt road," or "highway"); and pick a winner (do due diligence on the founding team, the market, and the business model). Once... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • 03 Mar 2023
  • Blog Post

Celebrating Socioeconomic Diversity and Inclusion at HBS (Part 2)

equity and inclusion in business and society. Here, current HBS students share their personal stories about what being first-generation, low-income (FGLI) means to them through... View Details