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  • 02 Feb 2011
  • Working Paper Summaries

Lawful but Corrupt: Gaming and the Problem of Institutional Corruption in the Private Sector

Keywords: by Malcolm S. Salter; Financial Services
  • 15 Jan 2013
  • First Look

First Look: January 15

paper: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2190963 Which Does More to Determine the Quality of Corporate Governance in Emerging Economies, Firms or Countries? Authors:Hugill, Andrea, and Jordan Siegel Abstract Scholars of corporate View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • May 2006 (Revised October 2007)
  • Case

EU Verdict Against Microsoft

By: David B. Yoffie and Michael Slind
In 2004, following an investigation that began in 1998, the European Commission (EC) issued an antitrust judgment against Microsoft Corp., levying a record fine of 497 million euros ($613 million) and mandating changes of commercial behavior and bundling of Windows... View Details
Keywords: Judgments; Governance Compliance; Lawsuits and Litigation; Monopoly; Business and Government Relations; Competitive Strategy; Software; European Union; United States
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  • 04 Jun 2024
  • Research & Ideas

Navigating Consumer Data Privacy in an AI World

on top of data security? Eva Ascarza: First and foremost, compliance isn't just important; it's mandatory. Companies need to keep up with all the necessary regulations, especially as they can change. Take GDPR [General Data Protection... View Details
Keywords: by Rachel Layne; Technology; Information Technology
  • January 2009 (Revised October 2009)
  • Case

GLOBALGAP: Food Safety and Private Standards

By: David E. Bell and Mary Louise Shelman
In response to new laws governing liability and several food safety scares in the 1990s, European retailers drove the creation of a universal production standard based on Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for fresh fruit and vegetables and a third-party certification... View Details
Keywords: Agribusiness; Food; Governance Compliance; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; Safety; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Europe
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  • 07 Feb 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Digital Transformation: A New Roadmap for Success

childcare—businesses cannot function. Competitors have found themselves coming together to make sure shared suppliers survive these times of unprecedented turmoil. 7. Safeguard ethics and take a proactive approach to governance and View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
  • January 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

Blogs at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (A)

In May 2005, JP Rangaswami, the chief information officer at investment bank Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein (DrKW), wonders how to extend the bank's use of blogs. Corporations are now increasingly using these tools to diffuse news, opinions, and knowledge and improve... View Details
Keywords: Blogs; Information Technology; Performance Productivity; Governance Compliance; Investment Banking; Banking Industry; Financial Services Industry
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  • 31 Jan 2022
  • Research & Ideas

Where Can Digital Transformation Take You? Insights from 1,700 Leaders

for instance, in innovation labs designed for that purpose. 6. Ethical decision-making and proactive governance As technological advances give rise to previously unimaginable use cases, digitally mature organizations recognize that they... View Details
Keywords: by Linda A. Hill, Ann Le Cam, Sunand Menon, and Emily Tedards
  • February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
  • Case

Yahoo! in China (A)

By: Sandra J. Sucher and Daniel Baer
In 2007 Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, was lambasted by U.S. Representative Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for Yahoo's role in the arrest and imprisonment of Chinese journalist and democracy advocate Shi Tao. The case describes the... View Details
Keywords: Ethics; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Governance Compliance; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Business and Government Relations; Internet; Information Technology Industry; China; United States
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  • February 2016 (Revised October 2017)
  • Case

The Jungle and the Debate over Federal Meat Inspection in 1906

By: David Moss and Marc Campasano
In early June 1906, the House Committee on Agriculture heard testimony from two investigators appointed by President Theodore Roosevelt to verify allegations of unsanitary conditions at Chicago slaughterhouses that had appeared in Upton Sinclair's recent novel, The... View Details
Keywords: Safety; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Governance Compliance; Laws and Statutes; Business and Government Relations; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; United States
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  • March 2021 (Revised April 2021)
  • Case

Wirecard: The Downfall of a German Fintech Star

By: Jonas Heese, Charles C.Y. Wang and Tonia Labruyere
Wirecard was a German fintech company, member of the DAX30, that provided payment processing and related services. Wirecard had enjoyed large growth rates over the years and most investors and analysts were enthusiastic about the company's prospects. Wirecard's... View Details
Keywords: Accounting Fraud; Scandal; Accounting Audits; Accounting; Financial Reporting; Financial Institutions; Financial Markets; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Corporate Accountability; Governance Controls; Financial Services Industry; Germany; Singapore; Dubai
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  • 09 Apr 2007
  • Research & Ideas

Industry Self-Regulation: What’s Working (and What’s Not)?

level. As Toffel sees it, there are four angles: how the rules are designed, who adopts them, whether and how compliance is monitored, and whether these rules actually achieve what they purport to achieve. Most studies that have examined... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace
  • 22 Apr 2008
  • First Look

First Look: April 22, 2008

http://www.hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=207091 China Netcom: Corporate Governance in China (A) Harvard Business School Case 308-027 With its dual listings on the Hong Kong stock market and New York Stock Exchange,... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 2019
  • Working Paper

Southern Responses to Gold Certification: Cooperate, Compete, Reject, Revise

By: Kristin Sippl
Artisanal gold mining is a Southern subsistence livelihood posing both challenges and opportunities for sustainable development. In 2011, Fairtrade International launched a certification program to address sustainability problems in the sector. Southern activists,... View Details
Keywords: Eco-labeling; Extractive Industries; Emerging Economies; Fair Trade; Environmental Sustainability; Standards; Programs; Governance Compliance; Competition; Adaptation; Mining Industry
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  • 24 Nov 2003
  • Research & Ideas

Boards and Corporate Governance: A Balanced Scorecard Approach

requirements and other rules, and boards and managers comply. Economies with good governance structures perform better than those lacking such systems. · A board's key functions are overseeing a company's strategy and leadership,... View Details
Keywords: Re: Robert S. Kaplan & Krishna G. Palepu
  • 12 Dec 2005
  • Research & Ideas

Using the Law to Strategic Advantage

"bridge the communications gap" between lawyers and managers. Sean Silverthorne: You argue that managers shouldn't just view the law as a compliance issue, but rather something that can be used actively to increase the firm's... View Details
Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Legal Services
  • January 2023
  • Teaching Note

The Opioid Settlement and Executive Pay at AmerisourceBergen

By: Suraj Srinivasan and Li-Kuan Ni
Teaching Note for HBS Case No 122-014. In 2020, AmerisourceBergen Corporation, a Fortune 50 company in the drug distribution industry, agreed to settle thousands of lawsuits filed nationwide against the company for its opioid distribution practices that critics alleged... View Details
Keywords: Opioids; Shareholder Activism; Investment Activism; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Governance Compliance; Governance Controls; Executive Compensation; Risk Management; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Distribution Industry; Health Industry; Pharmaceutical Industry; United States; West Virginia; Tennessee; Ohio; Pennsylvania
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  • April 2011 (Revised April 2015)
  • Case

Cipla 2011

By: Rohit Deshpande, Sandra J. Sucher and Laura Winig
Dr. Yusuf Hamied, head of the Indian pharma and generics manufacturing company Cipla, is weighing options for how to continue to support the global fight against HIV/AIDS while positioning his company for growth in a changing regulatory landscape. View Details
Keywords: Leadership; Leading Change; Leadership Style; Management Teams; Governance Compliance; Corporate Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry
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  • 24 Apr 2012
  • First Look

First Look: April 24

primarily at auditors (both external and internal), risk managers, accountants, CFOs, and consultants, Effective Auditing for Corporates covers the following: 1) compliance and the corporate audit, 2) fraud detection, 3) risk-based... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • January – February 2008
  • Article

Managing the Impact of Employee Turnover on Performance: The Role of Process Conformance

By: Zeynep Ton and Robert S. Huckman
We examine the impact of employee turnover on operating performance in settings that require high levels of knowledge exploitation. Using 48 months of turnover data from U.S. stores of a major retail chain, we find that, on average, employee turnover is associated with... View Details
Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Governance Compliance; Retention; Standards; Service Operations; Business Processes; Retail Industry; United States
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