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    Lauren H. Cohen

    Lauren Cohen is the L.E. Simmons Professor in the Finance & Entrepreneurial Management Units at Harvard Business School and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He is an Editor of the Review of Financial... View Details

    Keywords: federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government; federal government
    • June 2008
    • Journal Article

    Strategic Alliances: Bridges Between 'Islands of Conscious Power'

    By: George P. Baker, Robert Gibbons and Kevin J. Murphy
    Strategic alliances range from unstructured collaborations, through consortia and joint ventures that superimpose new governance structures on existing firms, to transactions that restructure firm boundaries and asset ownership. In this paper, we draw on detailed... View Details
    Keywords: Governance; Contracts; Agreements and Arrangements; Alliances; Strategy; Theory
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    • 08 Jan 2008
    • First Look

    First Look: January 8, 2008

      Working PapersThe Political Economy of 'Natural' Disasters Authors:Charles Cohen and Eric D. Werker Abstract Natural disasters occur in a political space. Although events beyond our control may trigger a disaster, the level of View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • October 2015
    • Article

    The Multinational Firm and Geopolitics: Europe, Russian Energy, and Power

    By: Rawi Abdelal
    Multinational firms unavoidably exert influence over politics through power that is generated by both structure and process. While both political economy and management scholars address international firms, neither field has an adequate understanding of the reciprocal... View Details
    Keywords: Multinational Firms and Management; Government and Politics; Economics; Europe; Russia
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    • 12 Mar 2006
    • Research & Ideas

    Global Poverty Needs a Global Answer

    HBS professor emeritus George C. Lodge's idea of a World Development Corporation has been percolating for years—he wrote a seminal article on the proposal in Foreign Affairs in 2002 (reprinted on HBS Working Knowledge). The WDC would be a... View Details
    Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
    • Profile

    Sherrese Clarke Suarez

    Wall Street banker Sherrese Clarke Suarez (MBA 2004) works with the Council for Urban Professionals to help minority professionals advance in their careers to the C-suite and corporate boards. View Details
    Keywords: Nonprofit / Government; Nonprofit / Government
    • 14 Dec 2010
    • Op-Ed

    Tax US Companies to Spur Spending

    Recent tax deal-making has relied on conventional instruments of fiscal stimulus. Yet, we live in unconventional times, and more novel approaches suited to the peculiarities of our current economy are required. In particular, the remarkable cash hoards that American... View Details
    Keywords: by Mihir A. Desai
    • March 2024
    • Article

    How Foes Become Allies: The Shifting Role of Business in Climate Politics

    By: Irja Vormedal and Jonas Meckling
    Firms often oppose costly public policy reforms—but under what conditions may they come to support such reforms? Previous scholarship has taken a predominantly static approach to the analysis of business positions. Here, we advance a dynamic theory of change in... View Details
    Keywords: Policy; Environmental Regulation; Business and Government Relations
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    • 02 Nov 2016
    • Working Paper Summaries

    The Structure of Board Committees

    Keywords: by Kevin D. Chen and Andy Wu
    • 2023
    • Working Paper

    Deglobalization and Entrepreneurial Investment: The Natural Experiment of Brexit

    By: Elisa Alvarez-Garrido and Juan Alcácer
    We seek to gain insight into the consequences of deglobalization on entrepreneurial investment by analyzing an instance of economic disintegration: the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. Brexit is not only a unique empirical opportunity, a natural... View Details
    Keywords: Entrepreneurial Finance; International Relations; Trade; Disruption; Globalized Economies and Regions; United Kingdom
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    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Rethinking Measurement of Pay Disparity and its Relation to Firm Performance

    By: Ethan Rouen
    I develop measures of firm-level pay disparity and examine their relation to firm accounting performance. Using comprehensive compensation data for a large sample of firms, I find no statistically significant relation between the ratio of CEO-to-mean employee... View Details
    Keywords: Pay Disparity; Pay Ratio; CEO Pay Ratio; Income Inequality; Executive Compensation; Wages; Equality and Inequality; Business Ventures; Performance
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    • 2022
    • Article

    Values and Inequality: Prosocial Jobs and the College Wage Premium

    By: Nathan Wilmers and Letian Zhang
    Employers often recruit workers by invoking corporate social responsibility, organizational purpose, or other claims to a prosocial mission. In an era of substantial labor market inequality, commentators typically dismiss these claims as hypocritical: prosocial... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Equality and Inequality; Wages; Recruitment
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    • 20 Jan 2017
    • Research & Ideas

    Here’s How Businessman Trump Is Likely to Approach the Presidency

    perspectives might the wealthy businessman draw on as he transitions from CEO to commander in chief? To get a better sense of the months ahead, The Gazette asked Harvard Business School (HBS) faculty members how Trump’s nearly 50 years of experience in building a... View Details
    Keywords: by Christina Pazzanese
    • August 2008
    • Article

    The Implications of Unverifiable Fair-value Accounting: Evidence from the Political Economy of Goodwill Accounting

    By: Karthik Ramanna
    I study the evolution of SFAS 142, which uses unverifiable fair-value estimates to account for acquired goodwill. I find evidence consistent with the FASB issuing SFAS 142 in response to political pressure over its proposal to abolish pooling accounting. The result is... View Details
    Keywords: Accounting; Fair Values; Politics; Standard Setting; Fair Value Accounting; Goodwill Accounting; Government Legislation; Agency Theory
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    • 13 Apr 2010
    • First Look

    First Look: April 13

      PublicationsDriven to Lead: Good, Bad, and Misguided Leadership Author:Paul R. Lawrence Publication:Jossey-Bass, forthcoming (2010) Abstract The author applies the four drive theory of human behavior (to acquire, to defend, to... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace
    • 21 Dec 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Good Banks, Bad Banks, and Government’s Role as Fixer

    funds, Pozen writes with authority and unusual clarity about complex issues in Too Big to Save? How to Fix the U.S. Financial System (John Wiley & Sons). Roger Thompson: How does the government figure out which financial institutions... View Details
    Keywords: by Roger Thompson; Banking; Financial Services
    • July 2021
    • Supplement

    CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (B)

    By: Charles C.Y. Wang, Tonia Labruyere and Vincent Dessain
    This case is a complement to CIAM: Home-Grown Shareholder Activism in France (A) and describes the events after CIAM learned about a potential misuse of corporate assets at Altice/SFR. View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Governance; Valuation; Investment Activism; Accounting; Strategy; Financial Services Industry; France
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    • 22 Jul 2015
    • News

    The behavioural economics of voluntary disclosure

    • December 2019 (Revised June 2025)
    • Case

    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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    • 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