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- 01 Sep 2020
- Blog Post
6 Ways to Support COVID-Weary Employees
employees who are at high-risk of COVID infection is legally, morally, and reputationally the right course of action for employers. In many countries, employers have a legal duty of care that requires them to make reasonable... View Details
Keywords: All Industries
- 10 May 2004
- Research & Ideas
Rethink the Value of Joint Ventures
costly giving up equity is. Second, explicitly lay out expectations for the partners in legal and informal documents prior to the creation of the entity so that it's clear what each party is providing. Third, try out partners without... View Details
Keywords: by Cynthia Churchwell
- 01 Dec 2008
- News
Lesson from the Fall
employees of the chairman and CEO. Ethical Discipline What Skilling and chairman Kenneth Lay failed to understand as leaders is that compliance with espoused ethical and legal standards is an organizational achievement. Or to put it... View Details
- 01 Dec 2005
- News
A Matter of Opinion
a member of its editorial board. He will now spend more time at Columbia, including overseeing the Columbia Journalism Review. “I’ve turned over day-to-day editing to The Nation’s current editor, Katrina vanden Heuvel, and in November, financial and View Details
- 01 Jun 2003
- News
Up Against The Firewall
to law enforcement? How much disclosure is legally required, and how much is appropriate ethically? How will disclosure affect the company’s stock price and prospects for attracting future business? For any executive, it’s a nightmare... View Details
- December 2020 (Revised February 2021)
- Teaching Note
The Tulsa Massacre and the Call for Reparations
By: Mihir A. Desai and Suzanne Antoniou
How should historic social injustices be addressed? Survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Massacre and their descendants, including Representative Regina Goodwin of Tulsa, believe they should be addressed through reparations and have consequently continued to push the government... View Details
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- 17 Apr 2013
- Research Event
Conference Challenges Gender Conventions
have to change them whether they like it or not” Joanna Barsh (HBS MBA '81) of McKinsey said she favors legal solutions to the female leadership problem: "I believe people don't want to change, and sometimes you have to change them... View Details
Keywords: by Maggie Starvish
- 02 Aug 2016
- First Look
August 2, 2016
typically inadvertent nature of these incidences. The resulting higher settlement rate prevents additional legal action and significantly reduces social costs. Concentrated Capital Losses and the Pricing of Corporate Credit Risk—Online... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 03 Mar 2008
- First Look
First Look: March 4, 2008
along with the new legal restrictions, New York's top brokers had to decide whether a new system for securities trading was needed and, if so, what it should look like. Purchase this case:... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 20 Apr 2016
- Research & Ideas
When CEOs Become Activists
fact that previous Civic Science surveys had asked some of the same respondents whether that they supported or opposed legalizing gay marriage. Considering just those who were gay marriage advocates, the RFRA garnered 14.3 percent support... View Details
- 15 Jun 2010
- First Look
First Look: June 15
legal and grey) to 102 countries. CEO Ming-Kai Tsai is faced with the question of the best growth path. While multiple tier one handset makers are dismissive of MediaTek, perhaps because of its role in enabling the Shanzhai, the company's... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
September 2022 Alumni and Faculty Books
Tribune. Browne reported on Henrietta’s story and used his legal training to bring about her repatriation to her father in England through a sensational legal case. Forever Sheriff (The High Mountain Sheriff... View Details
- 25 Mar 2021
- Research & Ideas
Steer Clear of the Blind Spots That Derail Experiments
significant reputational and legal costs. Aiming for too short a time horizon. Managers sometimes need to run experiments for weeks or months to fully understand both their short- and long-term results, Luca says. That was the experience... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost
- 27 Oct 2009
- First Look
First Look: October 27
and affiliated physicians. Over the last two decades, through a combination of active legal defense and medical error prevention, the RMF has successfully controlled the medico-legal costs of physicians practicing at the Harvard teaching... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 18 Nov 2008
- First Look
First Look: November 18, 2008
too, had a cumulative positive impact on well-being. We suggest that shifting focus from the impact of major life changes on well-being to the impact of seemingly minor repeated behaviors is crucial for understanding how best to improve well-being. Laws versus... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Labs Enable Large-scale Research
decisions made by algorithms have a critical impact on the lives of individuals, who also have a legal or moral right to privacy. They will explore as well the connections between privacy and other areas of responsible AI, such as... View Details
- 16 Nov 2017
- News
The Business of Social Justice
change,” says Brooks. “Rosa Parks’ civil disobedience didn’t just happen because she wanted to sit down one day; and gay marriage didn’t become legal in one day. These kinds of changes have decades of investment behind them.” The Schott... View Details
Keywords: Jennifer Myers
- 19 Jul 2016
- First Look
July 19, 2016
Abstract—We estimate the causal effect of sovereign default on the equity returns of Argentine firms. We identify this effect by exploiting changes in the probability of Argentine sovereign default induced by legal rulings in the case of... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 07 Nov 2006
- First Look
First Look: November 7, 2006
others. Some contributors highlight how expedited flows of information allow business professionals to develop new knowledge practices. They analyze dynamics ranging from the decision-making processes of the Federal Reserve Board to the View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
- 26 Jan 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Developing-World Companies Teach Us About Innovation
capitalists to fund big bets on technology, research universities that mint PhDs, and a clear legal framework that protects intellectual property. In stark contrast, companies in developing countries lack these advantages. But does this... View Details