Legal - Publications - Faculty & Research

04 Apr 2008
What Do You Think?

Who Owns Intellectual Property?

intellectual property, it creates questions as to how the original creator and "owner" should act. As Gary King suggests, "Treating customers like thieves is a certain recipe for failure." The impact of technological, social, and View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

16 May 2017
First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

no legal duty to protect or serve the companies whose shares they own; they are shielded by the doctrine of limited liability from legal responsibility for those companies’ debts and misdeeds; they may buy... View Details

Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty

23 Mar 2010
First Look

First Look: March 23

both host and home governments, and the international legal framework. The second was the market and resources of the host country. The third factor was competition from local firms. The impact of these factors on corporate strategies is... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

10 Apr 2007
First Look

First Look: April 10, 2007

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=507024 Lobbying Harvard Business School Note 707-471 Describes how companies engage the political and legal system and the rules and ethics associated with doing so. Focuses... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

01 Jun 2010
News

M.I.A. Boards

that focus on the perceived cause of the most recent crash. These efforts have ignored the enduring cultural problems of CEO-board collusive relationships and the lack of shareholder power. The result is the imposition of ineffective, costly, or counter-productive... View Details

Keywords: John Gillespie;David Zweig; Finance

25 Mar 2013
Research & Ideas

How Chapter 11 Saved the US Economy

the airline to work with the court to restructure and unload a significant amount of its debt, giving an iconic company "a second bite of the apple," says Gilson. An unabashed advocate of Chapter 11 and debt restructuring, Gilson is an expert in the View Details

Keywords: by Kim Girard; Financial Services

01 Mar 2012
News

Cracks in the Foundation

foundation, the survey sought to gauge the impact of 17 specific macro- and microeconomic factors. Of greatest concern to alumni were dysfunction in America's political system, the complex tax code, a failing K-12 education system, an inefficient View Details

Keywords: Roger Thompson; Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools; Educational Services

01 Oct 1997
News

Class of 1997 Graduates with Distinction

van der Boor (all MBA '97). Their group developed a plan to launch Omnicom Technologies, an enhanced fax management system. A total of $50,000 in cash and in-kind services (accounting assistance from Arthur Andersen LLP and legal advice... View Details

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2.3.3 Non-Discrimination & Anti-Bullying | MBA

regard to race, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, veteran status, disability, military service, or any other legally protected basis. Discrimination or harassment on the... View Details

01 Jun 2010
News

Booth Gardner’s Night at the Oscars

The Last Campaign of Governor Booth Gardner, a 37-minute documentary that followed him for six months in 2008 during his quest to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Washington. Gardner, a popular Democratic governor who served from... View Details

13 May 2019
Research & Ideas

The Unexpected Way Whistleblowers Reduce Government Fraud

and Perez Cavazos identified False Claim Act cases against publicly listed companies and matched the legal filings with detailed contract specifications. They assessed the contract relationship between the firm and the government entity... View Details

Keywords: by Kristen Senz; Service; Construction

07 Apr 2011
What Do You Think?

When Should the Public Sector Take Over in a Meltdown?

might be threatened. Rob Houck reminds us that considerations of potential legal liability often inhibit transparency in such cases. Should the public sector wait for an "invitation" for its intervention? The sentiment here... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett; Energy; Utilities

03 Oct 2005
What Do You Think?

What’s the Future of Globally Organized Labor?

of 'we're all in the same lifeboat' is a useful one, both for management . . . and for unions . . . " Tim Pinel is more optimistic. He says "Perhaps the lack of legal and cultural uniformity on a global basis is what will... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

01 Oct 2024
Research & Ideas

How Politics Drives Business Decisions in a Polarized Nation

shows. Partisan divides exist even within specific professions. Democrats accounted for more than 50 percent of chief or general legal officers at firms, but Democrats made up only 27 percent of chief financial officers. Similar fissures... View Details

Keywords: by Jay Fitzgerald

25 May 2015
Blog Post

RapidSOS Wins the HBS New Venture Competition

with a live finale in which a winner and runner up (as well as crowd favorite) are selected. The winner receives $50,000 in cash prizes and the runner up receives $25,000 – and both receive significant in-kind legal service prizes. This... View Details

06 Oct 2020
News

Clearing the Path to Citizenship

five months’ rent on an immigration attorney to navigate the bureaucracy. “This is a story told by millions of immigrant families every year,” observes Wang. As a child, he had accepted the significant financial and procedural obstacles to View Details

Keywords: April White

01 Jun 2010
News

Green Dreams: Eco-Friendly Countertops

has a triple bottom line philosophy, “people, planet, profits,” and is organized as a B Corporation, a new business structure that is legally required to consider social and environmental impacts. At the day-lit IceStone plant in the... View Details

Keywords: Sarah Auerbach; Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing; Manufacturing

03 Apr 2006
What Do You Think?

Has Globalization Reached Its Peak?

"If we look at all the regional trade barriers, subvention politics, protective measures, and legal and fiscal barriers that exist worldwide, I think one can assume that globalization is far from having reached its peak." Elisio... View Details