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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
    • 12 Mar 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

    HBS professor emeritus George C. Lodge's idea of a World Development Corporation has been percolating for years—he wrote a seminal article on the proposal in Foreign Affairs in 2002 (reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge). The WDC would be a... View Details
    Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
    • September 1998
    • Case

    Cooperating to Compete: EGS of Turkey

    By: Pankaj Ghemawat and C. Fritz Foley
    In the early 1980s, Turkey adopted policies that liberalized trade as a part of a structural adjustment program. Within the garment industry, small- and medium-scale enterprises were not well positioned to take advantage of the new opportunities to compete in... View Details
    Keywords: Trade; Corporate Governance; Policy; Partners and Partnerships; Competitive Strategy; Diversification; Turkey
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    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and its Relation to Firm Performance

    By: Ethan Rouen
    I develop measures of firm-level pay disparity and examine their relation to firm accounting performance. Using comprehensive compensation data for a large sample of firms, I find no statistically significant relation between the ratio of CEO-to-mean employee... View Details
    Keywords: Pay Disparity; Pay Ratio; CEO Pay Ratio; Income Inequality; Executive Compensation; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Business Ventures; Performance
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    • 02 Nov 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Structure of Board Committees

    Keywords: by Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu
    • July 2021
    • Supplement

    CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (B)

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Tonia Labruyere and Vincent Dessain
    This case is a complement to CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (A) and describes the events after CIAM learned about a potential misuse of corporate assets at Altice/SFR. View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; Valuation; Investment Activism; Accounting; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; France
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    • 12 Aug 2002
    • Op-Ed

    Using Big Business to Fight Poverty

    often-essential government support for new development projects. With backing and financial contributions from governments, multinational corporations have it in their power to become the world's most... View Details
    Keywords: by George C. Lodge
    • 01 May 2006
    • What Do You Think?

    Who Will Cast a Longer Shadow on the 21st Century: Friedman or Galbraith?

    the twenty-first century as the epoch-making era of playing fields becoming more level and opening markets, reducing government control, and spreading lifestyles and products of different cultures from all over the world. In this context,... View Details
    Keywords: by James Heskett
    • 03 Jan 2022
    • News

    A Green Light for Corruption

    • May 1975 (Revised October 1985)
    • Case

    Marks and Spencer Ltd.

    By: Joseph L. Bower
    This business policy and retailing strategy case focuses on the unique corporate strategy and philosophy of a leading English retailer. Emphasizes expansion plans. View Details
    Keywords: Learning; Policy; Management; Corporate Strategy; Expansion; Retail Industry
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    • 14 Dec 2010
    • Op-Ed

    Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

    Recent tax deal-making has relied on conventional instruments of fiscal stimulus. Yet, we live in unconventional times, and more novel approaches suited to the peculiarities of our current economy are required. In particular, the remarkable cash hoards that American... View Details
    Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
    • 21 Dec 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

    funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (John Wiley & Sons). Roger Thompson: How does the government figure out which financial institutions... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
    • 19 Jan 2010
    • Sharpening Your Skills

    Sharpening Your Skills: Managing the Economic Crisis

    companies lose when they cut corporate giving? How Do I Lead In A Crisis? 7 Lessons for Navigating the Storm Leading in crisis requires a combination of skills and behaviors—personal and professional—that can be mastered, says HBS... View Details
    Keywords: by Staff
    • December 2019 (Revised June 2025)
    • Case

    Mãe Terra and Unilever (A)

    By: Lynn S. Paine, Ruth Costas and Priscilla Zogbi
    The case concerns the sale of Mãe Terra, one of Brazil's leading brands for packaged organic foods, to the consumer goods giant Unilever in 2017. Working with Unilever management, Mãe Terra’s CEO Alexandre Borges must determine whether and how to keep Mãe Terra's B... View Details
    Keywords: Mergers ＆ Acquisitions; Brand Management; Sustainability; Mergers and Acquisitions; Mission and Purpose; Social Enterprise; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Environmental Sustainability; Organizational Culture; Food and Beverage Industry; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Brazil; Latin America
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    • February 2018 (Revised February 2018)
    • Supplement

    HNA Group: Global Excellence with Chinese Characteristics (B)

    By: William C. Kirby and Yuanzhuo Wang
    This case provides a brief overview of the success and challenges of the HNA Group between 2015 and late 2017 when it grew rapidly through global acquisitions to become 170 on the 2017 Fortune 500 list. A firm that had begun as a provincial airline in China was now a... View Details
    Keywords: Internationalization; Scrutiny; Growth; China; Philanthropy; One Belt One Road; Globalized Markets and Industries; Growth and Development; Acquisition; Corporate Governance; Air Transportation Industry; Financial Services Industry; Tourism Industry; China; United States; Europe; Asia; South America; Southeast Asia
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    • 2021
    • Article

    Institutional Policies for a Healthy Anthropocene Society

    By: Andrew J. Hoffman, P. Devereaux Jennings and Nicholas A. Poggioli
    The Anthropocene epoch refers to the geological epoch, now underway, that is defined by monumental, human-caused geophysical changes in planetary ecosystems. Human society is also changing, marked by an equally profound shift in attitudes, beliefs, and practices. In... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Values and Beliefs; Climate Change; Natural Environment; Society
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    • 14 Jun 2013
    • Talk

    Why Business Can Be Good at Solving Social Problems

    By: Michael E. Porter

    Why do we turn to nonprofits, NGOs and governments to solve society's biggest problems? Michael Porter admits he's biased, as a business school professor, but he wants you to hear his case for letting business try to solve massive problems like climate change and... View Details

    Keywords: Creating Shared Value; Strategy; Value Creation; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Profit; Scotland
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      Christopher A. Bartlett

      Professor Christopher A. Bartlett received an economics degree from the University of Queensland, Australia (1964), and both the masters and doctorate degrees in business administration from Harvard University (1971 and 1979). 

      As a practicing manager prior... View Details

      Keywords: consulting; health care; management consulting; manufacturing; medical supplies; wine
      • 29 Oct 2009
      • Working Paper Summaries

      Estimating the Effects of Large Shareholders Using a Geographic Instrument

      Keywords: by Bo Becker, Henrik Cronqvist & Rüdiger Fahlenbrach
      • 24 Aug 2010
      • First Look

      First Look: August 24

      http://www.hbs.edu/research/pdf/11-013.pdf A Reexamination of Tunneling and Business Groups: New Data and New Methods Authors:Jordan Siegel and Prithwiraj Choudhury Abstract The last decade of corporate View Details
      Keywords: Sean Silverthorne