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  • 16 Sep 2015
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The Real Duty of the Board of Directors

  • December 2019 (Revised June 2025)
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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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Paine, Lynn S., Ruth Costas, and Priscilla Zogbi. "Mãe Terra and Unilever (A)." Harvard Business School Case 320-075, December 2019. (Revised June 2025.)
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Winning Coalitions

By: James K. Sebenius
James K. Sebenius is examining the most effective ways to generate and sustain cooperation among a corporations many stakeholders. As the number of stakeholders grows, and management actions more often involve players outside the traditional chain of command and... View Details
  • 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

    Nien-he Hsieh

    Nien-hê Hsieh is the Kim B. Clark Professor of Business Administration in the General Management Unit at Harvard Business School. His research and teaching aims at helping business leaders and organizations determine and deliver on their responsibilities. He... View Details

    • October 2002 (Revised March 2009)
    • Background Note

    Foreign Direct Investment

    By: Laura Alfaro and Esteban Clavell
    Briefly reviews motivations and trends behind foreign direct investment and multinational corporations as well as the policy debate that surrounds them. View Details
    Keywords: International Finance; Foreign Direct Investment; Multinational Firms and Management; Policy; Business and Government Relations
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    Alfaro, Laura, and Esteban Clavell. "Foreign Direct Investment." Harvard Business School Background Note 703-018, October 2002. (Revised March 2009.)
    • Forthcoming
    • Article

    From Bupkis to Sechel in Health Care

    By: Regina E. Herzlinger and Richard Boxer
    Fifty years ago, famed economist Milton Friedman declared that “The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits.” This free market manifesto was adopted by the healthcare industry as well. But transactional has evolved into transformational with the... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Customer Focus and Relationships; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Health Industry
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    Herzlinger, Regina E., and Richard Boxer. "From Bupkis to Sechel in Health Care." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association (forthcoming).
    • 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
    • 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
    • 2025
    • Chapter

    Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change

    By: Ann-Kristin Bergquist and Geoffrey Jones
    This chapter explores when and why private regulatory governance systems became the primary form of global environmental governance. The chapter explores two different historical paths in such private regulation and how they came about. The first path involved... View Details
    Keywords: Institutional Entrepreneurship; Environment; Climate Change; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Environmental Regulation; Standards; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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    Bergquist, Ann-Kristin, and Geoffrey Jones. "Institutional Entrepreneurship and Climate Change." Chap. 1 in Climate Change and Business: Historical Perspectives, edited by Teresa da Silva Lopes, Paul Duguid, and Robert Fredona, 8–29. London, United Kingdom: Routledge, 2025.

      Jill J. Avery

      Dr. Jill Avery is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration and C. Roland Christensen Distinguished Management Educator in the marketing unit at Harvard Business School. She is a respected authority on branding and brand management, customer relationship... View Details

      Keywords: consumer products; arts; advertising; automobiles; retailing; fashion; hotels & motels; food; beverage
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      Betsy Edwards

      Betsy (HGSE, '12) is a Corporate Relations Director in HBS Career & Professional Development with over ten years of coaching experience.  Her focus is on supporting students and alumni seeking an impact-oriented career primarily in... View Details
      Keywords: Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government; Government
      • February 1999 (Revised October 2009)
      • Case

      Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)

      By: Lynn S. Paine and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu
      Working with Shell's country manager for Nigeria, the company's Committee of Managing Directors must decide how to respond to the Nigerian government's decision to impose the death sentence on Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight other leaders of a movement for the rights of the... View Details
      Keywords: Ethics; Multinational Firms and Management; Courts and Trials; Rights; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Government Relations; Environmental Sustainability; Social Issues; Nigeria
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      Paine, Lynn S., and Mihnea C. Moldoveanu. "Royal Dutch/Shell in Nigeria (A)." Harvard Business School Case 399-126, February 1999. (Revised October 2009.)
      • 15 Nov 2018
      • News

      Algorithms tame ambiguities in use of legal data

      • Summer 2020
      • Article

      Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation: What We Know and How Much We Still Need to Learn

      By: Josh Lerner and Ramana Nanda
      Venture capital is associated with some of the most high-growth and influential firms in the world. Academics and practitioners have effectively articulated the strengths of the venture model. At the same time, venture capital financing also has real limitations in its... View Details
      Keywords: Innovation; Financing; Venture Capital; Financing and Loans; Technological Innovation
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      Lerner, Josh, and Ramana Nanda. "Venture Capital's Role in Financing Innovation: What We Know and How Much We Still Need to Learn." Journal of Economic Perspectives 34, no. 3 (Summer 2020): 237–261.

        William R. Kerr

        William Kerr is the D’Arbeloff Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. Bill is Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Research, co-director of Harvard’s Managing the Future of Work initiative, and faculty chair of the... View Details

        Keywords: communications; computer; consulting; high technology; information technology industry; management consulting; manufacturing; telecommunications; venture capital industry
        • November 2007 (Revised June 2016)
        • Case

        British Land

        By: Lucy White
        British Land's shares traded below NAV. Laxey investments tried to force British Land into share buybacks and criticized its corporate governance. Laxey voted borrowed shares at the AGM. View Details
        Keywords: Stock Shares; Valuation; Property; Investment; Corporate Governance; Real Estate Industry; London
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        White, Lucy. "British Land." Harvard Business School Case 208-064, November 2007. (Revised June 2016.)
        • March 2023
        • Teaching Note

        Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc.

        By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
        Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 122-044. The case discusses the ESG strategy of Dollar Tree Inc., a U.S. Fortune 500 company in the deep discount retail industry and the shareholder pressure faced by the company. In 2022, the company faced a shareholder resolution from... View Details
        Keywords: ESG; Sustainability; Shareholder Activism; Dollar Tree; Sustainability Reporting; ESG Reporting; Board Of Directors; Shareholder Engagement; GHG; Environmental Accounting; Integrated Corporate Reporting; Trends; Communication; Announcements; Voting; Environmental Management; Climate Change; Environmental Sustainability; Values and Beliefs; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Disclosure; Corporate Governance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Policy; Reports; Business or Company Management; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Strategic Planning; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Situation or Environment; Opportunities; Civil Society or Community; Social Issues; Public Opinion; Strategy; Adaptation; Alignment; Business Strategy; Corporate Strategy; Value Creation; Retail Industry; United States; Virginia
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        Srinivasan, Suraj, and Li-Kuan Ni. "Sustainability Reporting at Dollar Tree, Inc." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 123-077, March 2023.

          Ray Kluender

          Ray Kluender is an associate professor in the Entrepreneurial Management Unit and the Berol Corporation Fellow at Harvard Business School, a faculty research fellow at the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), an invited researcher at the Abdul Latif Jameel... View Details

          • 2008
          • Working Paper

          Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900

          By: Aldo Musacchio
          How persistent are the effects of legal institutions adopted or inherited in the distant past? A substantial literature argues that legal origins have persistent effects that explain clear differences in investor protections and financial development around the world... View Details
          Keywords: History; Law; Development Economics; Investment; Corporate Governance; Finance; Business and Government Relations
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          Musacchio, Aldo. "Do Legal Origins Have Persistent Effects Over Time? A Look at Law and Finance around the World c. 1900." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 08-030, January 2008.
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