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- January 2004 (Revised October 2006)
- Case
Texas Gulf Sulphur: The Timmins Ontario Mine
By: Henry B. Reiling and Maria Mercedes Camargo
Employees, officers, and directors of Texas Gulf Sulphur acquired or tipped off others to acquire common stock or options before and concurrent with the announcement of a major discovery of ore. The question is whether any of these acquisitions violated either federal... View Details
Reiling, Henry B., and Maria Mercedes Camargo. "Texas Gulf Sulphur: The Timmins Ontario Mine." Harvard Business School Case 204-114, January 2004. (Revised October 2006.)
- October 1980 (Revised October 1981)
- Case
Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A2)
By: Thomas K. McCraw and Richard S. Tedlow
McCraw, Thomas K., and Richard S. Tedlow. "Ready to Regulate Ready to Eat (A2)." Harvard Business School Case 381-066, October 1980. (Revised October 1981.)
- November 2004 (Revised June 2005)
- Case
Mall of America (A)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Christopher Bruner
Explores fiduciary duty issues that arose in litigation among partners in the partnership that owned and controlled the Mall of America. Describes the complex real estate transaction in which one partner attempted to purchase an additional interest in the mall from a... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Business Organization; Lawsuits and Litigation; Partners and Partnerships; Property; Investment; Retail Industry; United States
Paine, Lynn S., and Christopher Bruner. "Mall of America (A)." Harvard Business School Case 305-068, November 2004. (Revised June 2005.)
- 24 Apr 2014
- News
A reformed fiscal policy is vital to renewing US productivity
marketplace while its people enjoy a high and rising standard of living. Vietor, with HBS collaborator Matthew Weinzierl, associate professor of Business Administration, and Marvin Bower Fellow, has found that US fiscal policy is eroding... View Details
- January 2004
- Case
Bob Holgrom and the Buyout of the Carlson Division
By: Thomas R. Piper
The head of the Carlson Division stands to benefit substantially in financial terms if a private equity firm wins the bid for the division. The division is in the early stages of a performance turnaround, with only three quarters of profit improvement and no audited... View Details
Keywords: Private Equity; Leveraged Buyouts; Corporate Disclosure; Ethics; Financial Reporting; Laws and Statutes; Performance Improvement
Piper, Thomas R. "Bob Holgrom and the Buyout of the Carlson Division." Harvard Business School Case 304-083, January 2004.
- 01 Mar 2008
- News
Classroom Legend
Walmsley University Professor, to enhance the quality of discussion teaching throughout Harvard. He served at various times as a visiting faculty member at IMEDE (an international business school in Switzerland now known as IMD), MIT’s... View Details
- 09 Apr 2024
- News
To Serve and Protect the Markets
Every day, in her role as the director of the Atlanta Regional Office of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Nekia Hackworth Jones (MBA 2004) stands in the breach between the $100 trillion in securities traded on U.S. equity markets and the bad actors who... View Details
Keywords: Margie Kelley
- 02 Oct 2000
- What Do You Think?
What Lies Beyond NAFTA?
economies. The conclusion is that it has created jobs on both sides of the border while sharpening the ability of Mexican companies to compete. The Mexican business community is learning to cope not only with foreign competitors, but also... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
- 07 Jul 2020
- Blog Post
The JD/MBA Seminar: The Perfect Practice Ground
program, is one of the best examples of how the JD/MBA program encourages rigorous but collaborative debate. A bit of a background on the program—the JD/MBA is a four-year degree in which students spend their full first year at either Harvard View Details
- 13 Jan 2014
- News
How Government Can Restore the Faith of Citizens
- 06 Aug 2024
- Op-Ed
What the World Could Learn from America's Immigration Backlash—100 Years Ago
University’s Ran Abramitzky and Princeton University’s Leah Boustan—among the most knowledgeable economists on the topic of US immigration—reached a similar conclusion by examining the effects of anti-immigration laws passed in the 1920s.... View Details
Keywords: by Marco Tabellini
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
Is your company doing enough to protect itself from cyber attacks? According to several HBS faculty and alumni experts, senior executives need to pay more attention to this potential threat. It makes good business sense — and fulfills a... View Details
- July 2010 (Revised June 2012)
- Background Note
Note: Regulation of Hedge Fund Managers in the U.K. Before and After the Global Financial Crisis
By: Robert C. Pozen and Melissa Anne Hammerle
This note will examine the regulatory framework for hedge funds in the United Kingdom (UK) before and after the financial crisis of 2008. First, it will discuss European Union (EU)-level regulation that applies to the UK as an EU member state. Second, it will discuss... View Details
Keywords: Financial Crisis; Investment Funds; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Financial Services Industry; European Union; United Kingdom
Pozen, Robert C., and Melissa Anne Hammerle. "Note: Regulation of Hedge Fund Managers in the U.K. Before and After the Global Financial Crisis." Harvard Business School Background Note 311-014, July 2010. (Revised June 2012.)
- 24 Oct 2005
- Research & Ideas
IPR: Protecting Your Technology Transfers
cleaning solvent formula. However, before deciding to deploy these critical assets in a particular country, multinational executives have a key issue to explore: Does the country where I'm transferring technology have intellectual property rights in place that can... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- Web
Admissions & Financial Aid | MBA
Admissions & Financial Aid JD / MBA Admissions Prospective students interested in the JD/MBA joint degree program apply to Harvard Law School (HLS) and Harvard Business School (HBS) separately and must be... View Details
- 01 Jun 2014
- News
Book Review: Hooray for the Huddled Masses
Fariborz Ghadar (MBA 1972, DBA 1976) could have walked away from the American dream at any point. It could have been the moment his fraternity brothers at MIT decided they couldn't pronounce his name and called him "Bob." It could have been when he was forced to close... View Details
Keywords: Maureen Harmon
- 01 Mar 2013
- News
2nd HBS Survey on US Competitiveness
competitiveness over the next three years, although pessimism has eased somewhat from an earlier survey conducted in 2011. "They see the boat as sinking more slowly, but still sinking," says Jan Rivkin, the Bruce V. Rauner Professor of View Details
- 06 Dec 2021
- News
Truth Be Told
regulators have the necessary tools to encourage people to come forward with information? Heese: Our research focuses on specific legislation known as the False Claims Act, which was the first cash-for-information whistleblower law in the... View Details
- 15 Jul 2020
- News
The Impact of Public Policy on Health Care Innovation
- 1981
- Other Unpublished Work
Comet Energy (A) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and Louis B. Smith