Legal System - Publications - Faculty & Research

12 Oct 1999
Research & Ideas

It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America

classic economic "factors of production." The others are labor, capital, and entrepreneurship. As the earlier chapters of this book have shown, modern capitalism fuses these four factors into operational systems for the conduct... View Details

Keywords: by Thomas K. McCraw

06 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

opportunities,” says Kerr. That kind of legal support mattered “rather significantly,” he says. “Likewise, the placement of younger arrivals into the US school systems was very important for their education... View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne

23 Sep 2014
First Look

First Look: September 23

we conceptualize two key challenges of governance they face: accountability for dual performance objectives and accountability to multiple principal stakeholders. We revisit the potential and limitations of recently introduced legal forms... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

Program

Compensation Committees

trends in executive compensation Examine the impact of regulatory issues in different countries Respond to a more vigilant investor community Create successful compensation plans and processes Design better incentive systems and know the... View Details

Web

Podcast - Business & Environment

imagery, AI, and systems design to enable more targeted insurance underwriting and disaster preparedness. She also explains how Bellwether is creating geospatial AI infrastructure and tools to support natural disaster response by the... View Details

January 2025
Case

Cyber Oversight: SolarWinds Board of Directors

By: Lynn S. Paine

In 2020, just two years after its IPO, information technology company SolarWinds discovered that it was the victim of an attack on its information systems by Russian hackers. The incident, known as the Sunburst attack, was costly for the company, and certain... View Details

Keywords: Corporate Governance; Corporate Accountability; Governing and Advisory Boards; Cybersecurity; Lawsuits and Litigation; Legal Liability; Business and Shareholder Relations; Risk Management; Information Technology Industry; United States; Texas; Delaware

Citation

Educators

Purchase

2018
Book

The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy

By: Sophus A. Reinert

The terms “capitalism” and “socialism” continue to haunt our political and economic imaginations, but we rarely consider their interconnected early history. Even the 18th century had its “socialists,” but unlike those of the 19th, they paradoxically sought to make the... View Details

Keywords: Enlightenment; Political Economy; Italy; Commercial Society; Economic Systems; Trade; History; Markets; Society; Italy

Citation

Find at Harvard

Purchase

2018
Book

American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940

By: Laura Phillips Sawyer

American Fair Trade explores the contested political and legal meanings of the term fair trade from the late nineteenth century through the New Deal era. This history of American capitalism argues that business associations partnered with regulators to... View Details

Keywords: Economic Systems; Competition; Policy; Fairness; History; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; United States

September–October 2024
Article

Working Around the Clock: Temporal Distance, Intrafirm Communication, and Time Shifting of the Employee Workday

By: Jasmina Chauvin, Prithwiraj Choudhury and Tommy Pan Fang

This paper examines the effects of temporal distance generated by time zone separation on communication in geographically distributed organizations. We build on prior research, which highlights time zone separation as a significant challenge, but argue that employees... View Details

Keywords: Communication; Employees; Behavior; Equality and Inequality

Citation

Read Now

Nitin Nohria served as the tenth dean of Harvard Business School from 2010-2020. He previously served as co-chair of the Leadership Initiative, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Development, and Head of the Organizational Behavior unit.

As Dean, building on... View Details

02 May 2023
What Do You Think?

How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

its results—essentially guiding inputs and regulating the use of outputs. The 107-page Act assigns applications of AI to three risk categories: “First, applications and systems that create an unacceptable risk, such as government-run... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett; Information Technology; Technology

Web

Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

Unit conducts research on, and teaches about, the economic, political, social, and legal environment in which business operates. The Unit includes scholars trained in economics, political science, and history; in its work, it draws on... View Details

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Rosabeth Moss Kanter holds the Ernest L. Arbuckle Professorship at Harvard Business School, specializing in strategy, innovation, and leadership for change. Her strategic and practical insights guide leaders worldwide through teaching, writing, and direct... View Details

Web

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Stephen’s other research here . More Info Sizing up Corporate Restructuring in the COVID Crisis By: Robin Greenwood , Benjamin Iverson & David Thesmar NOV 2020 In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the financial and legal View Details

10 Aug 2010
First Look

First Look: August 10

economic harm that system operators could prevent or mitigate. Although the legal system can respond, regulations have mixed results. I examine the applicable View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

22 May 2024
HBS Case

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

passed a bill requiring that TikTok sell itself to a US buyer or be banned; the Senate voted in favor of the legislation and US President Biden swiftly signed it into law in April. What happens next is being closely watched by users, companies, and View Details

Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology

18 Jun 2024
Research & Ideas

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

0.5. Meanwhile, non-binary people reported higher levels of discrimination than both men and women in other realms, such as at school, online, in the legal and judicial systems, and in public. Women and men report mixed levels of comfort... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding

17 Dec 2013
First Look

First Look: December 17

Japan. An entire system of governance was blown away. In 1911, an imperial tradition of more than 2,000 years ended. After the subsequent disasters of world war and Maoist utopianism, China was an impoverished third world economy holding... View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

18 Mar 2024
Research & Ideas

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Common wisdom holds that oil and gas companies, electric utilities, and other industries known for their large carbon emissions generally oppose clean energy policies. Now, a study of corporate advocacy spanning 30 years reveals that many companies are more flexible... View Details

Keywords: by Desmond Dodd; Energy; Utilities

05 Jul 2006
Working Paper Summaries

Deep Links: Business School Students’ Perceptions of the Role of Law and Ethics in Business

Keywords: by Constance E. Bagley, Gavin Clarkson & Rachel Power; Legal Services

Publications

Publications

Show Results For

Show Results For

It Came in the First Ships: Capitalism in America

How Younger Immigrants Gain an Edge in American Business

First Look: September 23

Compensation Committees

Podcast - Business & Environment

Cyber Oversight: SolarWinds Board of Directors

The Academy of Fisticuffs: Political Economy and Commercial Society in Enlightenment Italy

American Fair Trade: Proprietary Capitalism, Corporatism, and the 'New Competition,' 1890–1940

Working Around the Clock: Temporal Distance, Intrafirm Communication, and Time Shifting of the Employee Workday

Nitin Nohria

How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

Rosabeth M. Kanter

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

First Look: August 10

Banned or Not, TikTok Is a Force Companies Can’t Afford to Ignore

What Your Non-Binary Employees Need to Do Their Best Work

First Look: December 17

When It Comes to Climate Regulation, Energy Companies Take a More Nuanced View

Deep Links: Business School Students’ Perceptions of the Role of Law and Ethics in Business