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  • 01 Jun 2023
  • News

Curb Appeal

solid waste is managed in the Big Apple. “I think you have with her a very creative and innovative public servant,” says Steven A. Cohen, an authority on waste management in New York City who is the former director of the Research Program... View Details
Keywords: Alexander Gelfand; photography by Vance Jacobs; Justice, Public Order, and Safety Activities; Government
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Partners - Case Method Project

Rampolla Ridgefield High School Ridgefield, CT Subjects: History CT 22 of 29 Meredith Ramsey Wilton High School Wilton, CT CT 23 of 29 Damian Rinaldi Darien High School Darien, CT Subjects: AP US Government & Politics, Law & Government CT... View Details
  • 26 Jun 2012
  • First Look

First Look: June 26

data from a large law firm, we examine the influence of demographic match with workgroup superiors and workgroup peers on attorneys' likelihood of turnover and promotion. Survival analyses reveal that higher proportions of same-sex and... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 07 May 2013
  • First Look

First Look: May 7

more likely to dissent, we do not find that academics, accounting, and law professionals are significantly more active in dissenting. We also show that dissent is consequential, to the director and the firm. For directors, dissent... View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • September 2007
  • Case

Tetra Pak Argentina

By: Tarun Khanna, Krishna G. Palepu and Gustavo A. Herrero
Deals with the hands-on management of a difficult situation facing the subsidiary of a multinational corporation (Tetra Pak) in a developing country (Argentina). The situation arises from a major economic, social, and institutional breakdown that jeopardizes the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Financial Crisis; Currency Exchange Rate; Sovereign Finance; Multinational Firms and Management; Crisis Management; Business and Government Relations; Argentina
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  • June 1992
  • Case

Arundel Partners: The Sequel Project

By: Timothy A. Luehrman and William A. Teichner
A group of investors is considering buying the sequel rights for a portfolio of feature films. They need to determine how much to offer to pay and how to structure a contract with one or more major U.S. film studios. The case contains cash flow estimates for all major... View Details
Keywords: Rights; Debt Securities; Contracts; Cash Flow; Valuation; Capital Budgeting; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; United States
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Resources - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

Press Teaching and the Case Method (3rd Ed) by C.R. Christensen, L.B. Barnes & A. Hansen This is a book of cases used in the development of Case Teachers. 01 JUL 1992 Harvard Business School Press Education for Judgment: The Artistry of... View Details
  • May 2006 (Revised November 2006)
  • Case

IKEA's Global Sourcing Challenge: Indian Rugs and Child Labor (A)

By: Christopher A. Bartlett, Vincent Marie Dessain and Anders Sjoman
Traces the history of IKEA's response to a TV report that its Indian carpet suppliers were using child labor. Describes IKEA's growth, including the importance of a sourcing strategy based on its close relationships with suppliers in developing countries. Details the... View Details
Keywords: Developing Countries and Economies; Moral Sensibility; Policy; Employment; Contracts; Supply Chain Management; Organizational Culture; Natural Environment; Non-Governmental Organizations; Social Issues
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C. Roland Christensen - Christensen Center for Teaching & Learning

In addition, he taught in several other parts of the University, including the Graduate School of Education, the Law School, and the School of Public Health. In recognition of his contributions to the entire Harvard teaching community,... View Details
  • 08 Nov 2016
  • First Look

November 8, 2016

competition law and, where appropriate, suggest remedies to right the violations we uncover. Publisher's link: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=51875 2016 Transformational Change in Environmental and Natural Resource... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
  • 04 Jan 2022
  • What Do You Think?

Firing McDonald’s Easterbrook: What Could the Board Have Done Differently?

2020, an employee offered more details about Easterbrook’s conduct. (Paraphrasing Warren Buffett, “How often do you find just one cockroach?”) As a result, “dozens of nude, partially nude, or sexually explicit photographs and videos of... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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Accounting & Management Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Accounting Literature Award from the American Accounting Association (AAA) for “Real and Accrual-Based Earnings Management in the Pre- and Post-Sarbanes-Oxley Periods” ( The Accounting Review , May 2008) with Daniel A. Cohen and Thomas Z.... View Details
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Hawes Hall | About

Bloomberg Center, creating a graceful courtyard in the Frederick Law Olmsted tradition. About the Name The construction of Hawes Hall was made possible through a generous gift from Beverly and Rodney A.... View Details
  • 12 Aug 2020
  • Research & Ideas

Why Investors Often Lose When They Sue Their Financial Adviser

indexes by 30 percent. The market swings likely prompted many brokerage customer to scrutinize their advisers’ investments, and some might not have liked what they saw. “There's a Warren Buffett quote: ‘Only when the tide goes out do you... View Details
Keywords: by Danielle Kost; Financial Services
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Events - Business History

University), "Empire Ltd.: Law and the Rise of Multinational Companies in the First Era of Globalization (1844-1914)" 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm. Part of the 2025 Business History Seminar, "Rethinking Entrepreneurial History," co-organized by... View Details
  • 17 Apr 2022
  • Book

How to Avoid the 'Ethical Slide' That Leads Companies Astray

Harvard Business School visiting professor J. S. Nelson in her new book Business Ethics: What Everyone Needs to Know, which will be released on April 21. Nelson, a Villanova University law and business faculty member, co-wrote the book... View Details
Keywords: by Lane Lambert
  • 01 Dec 2019
  • News

Remix

Dixon. I love your music. I’m putting together a survey of hip-hop music, and it’s important to have you on it. Did you overcut your album?’ ” Her strategy worked, and she landed tracks by Tupac and Biggie, plus Mary J. Blige, Snoop, View Details
Keywords: Jen McFarland Flint; photographed by Chris Sorensen; #MeToo; DefJam; Arts, Entertainment
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Globalization - Faculty & Research

responded with enhanced laws and regulations, as well as rhetorical instruments (such as Congressional statements) that can heighten reputational risk for businesses. Our recommendations are that companies exposed to China and US-China... View Details
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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

About Rock Advisory Board The Rock Center’s Advisory Board is responsible for providing strategic direction for the Rock Center and its staff. The Advisory Board includes HBS entrepreneurial alumni, HBS faculty, and HBS staff. Paul Baier (MBA 1994), Authoria Paul View Details
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Business, Government & the International Economy Awards & Honors - Faculty & Research

Received the 2002 Robert F. Greenhill Award. 1999 David A. Moss : Winner of the Editors' Prize for the Best Article of 1999 from American Bankruptcy Law Journal for "The Rise of Consumer Bankruptcy:... View Details