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16 May 2023
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How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

performing as a whole, may not hold much value when an employee goes to exercise them, Rouen says. They also can be complicated to administer from legal and tax perspectives. Employees are skeptical of programs that trade wages or... View Details

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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

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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

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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

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Mid-Officer Certificate (MOC) PhD in Decision Sciences (PhDDS) Program for Global Leadership (PGL) Program for Management Development (PMD) Programs for Health System Management (PHSM) Senior Executive Program China plus completion of... View Details

23 Sep 2014
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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

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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

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Podcast - Business & Environment

address climate change through scientific, economic, and legal analyses, working with governments and companies, and public and legal advocacy for stronger climate and other environmental practices and... View Details

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the system as soon as possible. EC students must attend the section they are enrolled in or report an absence. Students who attend a different section of the same course are considered absent from their enrolled section, even if they have... View Details

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General Management - Faculty & Research

enterprise to the broader community and other external constituencies. The Unit's work is conceived and carried out principally in four interest groups, each of which has its own leadership, research agenda, and teaching programs: Management Policy and Process... View Details

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related to the company's portfolio. He has also initiated joint ventures in real estate private equity and has overseen investment management for the family office. Hermann is a trustee of ClientEarth, a nonprofit environmental law organization that leverages the View Details

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Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

Benetton fashion brand. About the Unit The BGIE 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... View Details

Nitin Nohria

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

22 May 2024
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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

10 Aug 2010
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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

02 May 2023
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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

17 Dec 2013
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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

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05 Jul 2006
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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

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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

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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

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How KKR Got More by Giving Ownership to the Factory Floor: ‘My Kids Are Going to College!’

Compensation Committees

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

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

Help - Alumni

First Look: September 23

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

Podcast - Business & Environment

1.5 Attendance - MBA

General Management - Faculty & Research

Named Fellowship Funds - Alumni

Business, Government & the International Economy - Faculty & Research

Nitin Nohria

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

First Look: August 10

How Should Artificial Intelligence Be Regulated—if at All?

First Look: December 17

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

Behavioral Finance & Financial Stability

Rosabeth M. Kanter