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  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

governance, which I describe in detail, I do not suggest that boards of public companies can or should copy it directly. Public and private companies clearly differ markedly in their ownership structures and in the rules View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
  • February 2008 (Revised February 2009)
  • Case

Spiegel-Verlag Rudolf Augstein GmbH & Co. KG

By: Belen Villalonga, Daniela Beyersdorfer and Vincent Dessain
Der Spiegel is Germany's most influential political news magazine. In the 1970s, its founder Rudolf Augstein gave a 50% ownership stake to his employees and sold another 25% to rival publisher Gruner+Jahr, but retained significant control during his lifetime by... View Details
Keywords: Family Business; Governance Controls; Employee Ownership; Family Ownership; Business and Shareholder Relations; Journalism and News Industry; Publishing Industry; Germany
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  • 15 Jan 2014
  • Research & Ideas

Managing the Family Business: It Takes a Village

business, its owners, and the family in control—is that strong, long-term business performance also requires strong performance by the family and by the ownership group. You can't keep a family business performing well over many years... View Details
  • 03 Feb 2015
  • News

Raising a risk-averse generation

  • April 1991 (Revised July 1991)
  • Supplement

RJR Nabisco Board: Guardians of the Gate? (B)

By: Jay W. Lorsch
The special committee of the RJR Nabisco board has extended the bidding deadline for the company by 10 days. The case explains the process by which Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and the management group bid against one another for ownership of RJR Nabisco. The board of... View Details
Keywords: Leveraged Buyouts; Situation or Environment; Bids and Bidding; Decision Making; Managerial Roles; Governing and Advisory Boards; Management Teams; Consumer Products Industry; Food and Beverage Industry
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  • 2009
  • Other Paper

Trade Policy and Firm Boundaries

By: Laura Alfaro, Paola Conconi, Andrew F. Newman and Harald Fadinger
We examine how trade policy affects firms' organizational choices. We embed a model of firms' vertical integration decisions into a standard perfectly-competitive international trade framework. In the model, integration decisions are driven by a trade-off... View Details
Keywords: Trade; Policy; Ownership; Business and Government Relations; Vertical Integration; Boundaries
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    How the Internet Became Commercial

    In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from... View Details

    • March 2012
    • Article

    Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
    This article is concerned with business strategies of political risk management during the twentieth century. It focuses especially on Beiersdorf, a pharmaceutical and skin care company in Germany. During World War I, the expropriation of its brands and trademarks... View Details
    Keywords: Business Strategy; Government and Politics; Risk Management; Brands and Branding; Problems and Challenges; Communication Technology; Cost; Trademarks; Strategy; Pharmaceutical Industry; Germany
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    • April 2021 (Revised January 2022)
    • Case

    SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (A)

    By: Nien-he Hsieh, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and F. Christopher Eaglin
    SA Taxi was a vertically integrated business that operated in South Africa’s distinctive taxi industry. Despite being plagued by violence, informal structures, unsafe road practices and lack of government support, the taxi industry had grown to become South Africa’s... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Equality and Inequality; Race; Situation or Environment; Transportation Industry; South Africa; Africa
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    • 07 Dec 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Government’s Positive Role in Kick-Starting Entrepreneurship

    government in making it a success. "Particularly during the early years, the government played a critical role in shaping Silicon Valley," especially spending and funding from the U.S. Department... View Details
    Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne; Technology
    • 2012
    • Book

    The Culture Cycle: How to Shape the Unseen Force That Transforms Performance

    By: James Heskett
    The contribution of culture to organizational performance is both substantial and quantifiable. This book presents the results of field research that demonstrates how an effective culture can account for up to half of the differential in performance between... View Details
    Keywords: Customer Focus and Relationships; Learning; Framework; Policy; Retention; Books; Analytics and Data Science; Innovation and Invention; Management Practices and Processes; Organizational Culture; Performance Expectations; Research
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    • Research Summary

    Family, Inc. Historical Development of German and US Family Firm

    Family-owned businesses are the most common form of business organization worldwide. This project deals with the main characteristics of closely-held ownership and more precisely families as majority owners. It strives for an international comparison of family firms... View Details

    • 2017
    • Working Paper

    Why and How Investors Use ESG Information: Evidence from a Global Survey

    By: Georgios Serafeim
    Using survey data from a sample of senior investment professionals from mainstream (i.e., not SRI funds) investment organizations, we provide insights into why and how investors use reported environmental, social, and governance (ESG) information. The primary reason... View Details
    Keywords: Investment Management; Sustainability; ESG; ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) Performance; Investment Fund; Investment Strategy; Corporate Accountability; Activist Shareholder; Engagement; Environment; Climate Change; Customers; Customer Satisfaction; Employee Engagement; Global Warming; Investment; Decision Making; Environmental Sustainability; Performance Expectations
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    • April 2011
    • Article

    Ethical Breakdowns: Good People often Let Bad Things Happen. Why?

    By: Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel
    Companies are spending a great deal of time and money to install codes of ethics, ethics training, compliance programs, and in-house watchdogs. If these efforts worked, the money would be well spent. But unethical behavior appears to be on the rise. The authors observe... View Details
    Keywords: Ethics; Moral Sensibility; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Governance; Leadership; Behavior; Conflict of Interests
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    • 28 Jun 2012
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Leviathan in Business: Varieties of State Capitalism and their Implications for Economic Performance

    Keywords: by Aldo Musacchio & Sergio G. Lazzarini
    • December 2018
    • Case

    CIR Group: Passing Wealth through the Generations

    By: Lauren Cohen, Christopher J. Malloy and Elena Corsi
    Rodolfo, Marco, and Edoardo De Benedetti had received from their father his controlling shares in COFIDE, a publicly listed holding company that held 45.8% of CIR Group, another publicly listed holding. The latter held majority shares in GEDI, Italy’s largest print... View Details
    Keywords: Succession Planning; Transferring Shares; Wealth Management; Holding Structures; Family Ownership; Ownership Stake; Management Succession; Governing and Advisory Boards; Policy; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Health Industry; Italy
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    • 22 Aug 2017
    • Working Paper Summaries

    Investors as Stewards of the Commons?

    Keywords: by George Serafeim
    • 2011
    • Working Paper

    Managing Political Risk in Global Business: Beiersdorf 1914-1990

    By: Geoffrey Jones and Christina Lubinski
    This working paper examines corporate strategies of political risk management during the twentieth century. It focuses especially on Beiersdorf, a German-based pharmaceutical and skin care company. During World War I the expropriation of its brands and trademarks... View Details
    Keywords: History; Risk Management; Business History; Multinational Firms and Management; Corporate Strategy; Intellectual Property; Cooperation; Business and Government Relations; Germany
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    • April 2021 (Revised January 2022)
    • Supplement

    SA Taxi: A Vehicle for Empowerment? (B)

    By: Nien-he Hsieh, Dilyana Karadzhova Botha and F. Christopher Eaglin
    SA Taxi was a vertically integrated business that operated in South Africa’s distinctive taxi industry. Despite being plagued by violence, informal structures, unsafe road practices and lack of government support, the taxi industry had grown to become South Africa’s... View Details
    Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Ownership; Ownership Stake; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Equality and Inequality; Race; Situation or Environment; Transportation Industry; South Africa; Africa
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    • 02 Aug 2017
    • News

    The Conglomerate That Troubles China