Legal - Publications - Faculty & Research

05 Feb 2009
What Do You Think?

Why Can’t We Figure Out How to Select Leaders?

that these findings are important to the field of management is that all good leaders, among other things, teach as well as learn. It requires careful listening and responding, often to individual needs. I suspect that they apply the same sensitivity to the social,... View Details

Keywords: by Jim Heskett

17 Sep 2024
HBS Case

The Climate Targets Leaders Need to Know as Regulations Loom

As investor pressure mounts on companies to show their environmental impacts, leaders are encountering an unwieldy tangle of terms and approaches. Climate accounting basics and a dictionary of sorts can help demystify the calculations and voluntary targets that... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

18 Oct 2021
Blog Post

How Much is Freedom Worth? For Gig Workers, a Lot.

considerations in choosing gig work, despite the lack of benefits and legal protections that other employees enjoy. Armed with data on 426,385 meal-delivery drivers working for DoorDash in California, Oberholzer-Gee, the Andreas Andresen... View Details

Keywords: Consumer Products

22 Jun 2021
Blog Post

Why Many Businesses Are Becoming More Vocal In Support of LGBTQ Rights

impacting the LGBTQ community, and many are doing so in places where they face stiff headwinds, putting their brands and political relationships on the line — a pointed action in a climate where legal and political debates continue over... View Details

Keywords: All Industries

23 Jan 2015
Research & Ideas

Oil Price Fallout: What Happens Next?

exorbitant water needs, and the release of methane gas, to name a few. The Keystone Pipeline could further bolster U.S. oil production, moving a million barrels of tar sands oil each day from western Canada to the refineries along the Gulf coast. The project has been... View Details

Keywords: Re: Richard H.K. Vietor; Energy; Utilities

11 Apr 2018
Research & Ideas

Sexual Harassment: What Employers Should Do Now

considered the norm in an office? In that case, employees can be trained to say, “May I hug you?” rather than rushing up and embracing someone physically. “One instance of an unwanted hug does not legally constitute sexual harassment,”... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman

22 Apr 2008
First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

Supplements the (A) case. Purchase this case: http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=508046 Enterprise Culture in Chinese History: Zhang Jian and the Dasheng Cotton Mills Harvard Business School Case 308-068 This case focuses on the View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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Supplemental Financial Information II - Annual Report 2019

HBS by Harvard University, including payroll and benefits administration, processing of accounts receivable and payable, and legal services. The amount charged to HBS in any given year is primarily calculated as a percentage of the... View Details

04 Jul 2016
Research & Ideas

Is Your Org Chart Stuck in a Rut? Try a Scientific Experiment

continued to grow globally. Another, a seasoned lawyer, set out to evolve the organizational structure of his firm. “The emergence of new technologies and the trend toward unbundling legal services into their component parts means the... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

26 Jun 2000
Research & Ideas

Presentation Round-Up

recently joined with the private company Celera Genomics to announce the cracking of the human genetic code.) Increasing interest in such research has led to complex legal tangles. Patent attorney Brenda Herschbach Jarrell of Choate, Hall... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace & Kenneth Liss; Technology; Communications; Telecommunications

19 Jan 2017
News

Finding Purpose in Profit

redefine the meaning of success in business. B Lab’s mission is to assemble a global community of Certified B Corporations, which are companies that meet certain prescribed standards of social and environmental performance, public transparency, and View Details

Keywords: Robert S. Benchley; B corporations

29 Apr 2008
Research Event

Venture Capital

capital firms strategize and differentiate. Global strategy—a new form of herd behavior? How to scale up the partnership to the global operations level. Protecting venture capital operations from legal shortcomings and corruption. What... View Details

Keywords: by Josh Lerner; Financial Services

24 Oct 2007
Sharpening Your Skills

Sharpening Your Skills: Managing Innovation

of expertise, and the solution may reside in another. Find innovative licensing ways or legal regimes that allow people to share knowledge without risking the overall intellectual property of the firm. View Details

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Deal Making in Real Estate - Course Catalog

estate fundamentals including how to build relationships, how to negotiate and win a deal, and considerations when structuring financing options. It will explore underwriting, deal structure and considerations including taxation, legal... View Details

29 Apr 2021
News

Equal Partner

and non-accredited investors—92 percent of the country—something that had not been legal until that year. Using Republic’s website or app, anyone with $10 can invest in a highly vetted startup. Moreover, women founders and founders of... View Details

Keywords: Diversity; Inclusion

01 Jun 2016
News

In My Humble Opinion: Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996)

Julie Bishop (AMP 151, 1996) was 18 years into a successful legal career at a law firm in Perth, Western Australia, when she came to HBS. Bishop, who describes the AMP program as a time of “reflection, learning, and inspiration” graduated... View Details

Keywords: Julia Hanna; photography by X99/Zuma

14 Feb 2023
Blog Post

African American Student Union Spotlight on STEM

about the legalities and stigma around cannabis consumption in the United States. Chloe Sharp (MBA 2024) Where is your hometown? Detroit, Michigan. What was your pre-MBA industry and role? I was a Gillette Product Supply Engineer at... View Details

19 May 2016
Research Event

Crowdsourcing, Patent Trolls, and Other Research Insights Highlighted at Harvard Business School Symposium

invent a product, a large company can’t just swoop in and steal it and dare the little guy to fight it. NPEs claim they are protecting these little guys. Opponents, however, say they are exploiting imperfections in the legal system. Cohen... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman & Carmen Nobel

11 Nov 2014
First Look

First Look: November 11

reached their limits; third, some products affecting the health and rights of the people as well as the related entities' behavior are challenging the legal and moral bottom line. These three aspects are required to establish a new... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

07 Apr 2009
First Look

First Look: April 7, 2009

Addleshaw-Goddard (AG), the 15th largest law firm in the U.K., is seeking ways to serve larger clients on more important legal matters. Part of this strategy involves its "Client Development Centre (CDC)," an innovative idea and... View Details