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10 Mar 2015
First Look

First Look: March 10

By: Coates, John C., Jesse M. Fried, and Kathryn E. Spier Abstract—We report the results of an online survey, conducted on behalf of Harvard Law School, of 124 practicing attorneys at major View Details

Keywords: Carmen Nobel

September 2020
Teaching Note

TransDigm in 2017: The Beginning of the End or the End of the Beginning?

By: Benjamin C. Esty and Daniel Fisher

Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 720-422. TransDigm was a highly acquisitive company that manufactured a wide range of highly engineered aerospace parts for both military and commercial customers. Over the ten years ending in 2016, its stock price had increase ten times,... View Details

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March 2008 (Revised April 2008)
Supplement

Opening Dot EU (B)

By: Benjamin Edelman

EURid considers possible market mechanisms to allocate initial domain names within the Internet's newly-created "dot EU." European Union regulations and community norms substantially constrain EURid's approach, preventing the use of the most natural economic mechanisms... View Details

Keywords: Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Internet and the Web; Resource Allocation; Auctions; Information Industry; Europe

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23 Jun 2015
News

The High Price of Safer Banks

Dennis A. Yao

Dennis Yao is the Lawrence E. Fouraker Professor of Business Administration and Chair of the Doctoral Programs at Harvard Business School. He joined the faculty in 2004 after having been at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. From 1991-1994 he served as... View Details

Keywords: automotive; defense; federal government; high technology

23 May 2022
News

J.S. Nelson

27 Apr 2016
News

How the FBI Reinvented Itself after 9/11

November 2023
Case

Apple Inc. in 2023

By: David B. Yoffie and Sarah von Bargen

Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple became the first trillion dollar market cap company, the first two trillion dollar company, and the first three trillion dollar company. Since the COVID pandemic, Apple gained over 20% of the world smartphone market and 50% of the U.S. market,... View Details

Keywords: Competitive Advantage; Product Positioning; Emerging Markets; Competitive Strategy; Technological Innovation; Revenue; Technology Industry

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12 May 2016
Blog Post

Reflecting on the JD/MBA Experience

I entered the JD/MBA program as an admitted student from Harvard College, where Ispent each of my summers working in government and financial services. At that time, I hoped to pursue a career in law after... View Details

06 Nov 2017
Research Event

Who is Responsible for the Future of Cities?

fellow at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation, where he studies how technological innovation can fuel growth in developing cities and nations. “You can’t regulate what you don’t yet... View Details

Keywords: by Carmen Nobel

04 Feb 2020
Video

Gülsüm Azeri

Gülsüm Azeri, head of Şişecam, an industrial group in Turkey that produces glass and chemicals, describes how she chose to close down an outdated glassmaking factory because legal regulations prevented its modernization and her subsequent discussions with labor unions... View Details

February 2006 (Revised March 2008)
Case

ChoicePoint (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine and Zack Phillips

The CEO of ChoicePoint, a leading company in the rapidly growing U.S. personal data industry, must reexamine the company's business model after a serious breach of data security affecting some 145,000 U.S. citizens. He must decide on steps to strengthen data protection... View Details

Keywords: Business Model; Safety; Rights; Analytics and Data Science; Ethics; Information Technology; Information Industry; United States

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Alumni in Climate Networking Series: San Francisco - Addressing Extreme Weather, Climate Risk, and Resilience - Blog - Business & Environment

and challenges at the intersection of business and the environment. Email bei@hbs.edu to learn more about upcoming events. The Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability,... View Details

13 Jul 2011
News

House Democratic Tax Writer Says Debt Fight Poisons Reform

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Comment on 'The Impact of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 on Foreign Direct Investment to and from the United States'

By: K. A. Froot

Keywords: Taxation; Laws and Statutes; Foreign Direct Investment; United States

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April 2008 (Revised May 2011)
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Leading Citigroup (A)

By: Lynn S. Paine, Aldo Sesia and Carin-Isabel Knoop

The (A) case describes a series of controversial events and alleged misdeeds that placed Citigroup in the public spotlight and launched investigations into the company's business practices by regulators in Japan and Europe in the fall of 2004. CEO Chuck Prince must... View Details

Keywords: Crime and Corruption; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Leadership; Organizational Culture; Business and Government Relations; Reputation; Japan; Europe

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