Legal System - Publications - Faculty & Research

09 May 2017
What Do You Think?

Should Management Be Primarily Responsible to Shareholders?

value. The rationale for this includes the arguments that managers can be held legally accountable while shareholders “have no legal duty to protect or serve the companies whose shares they own,” managers... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

21 Jul 2010
Research & Ideas

HBS Faculty Debate Financial Reform Legislation

everything I might have wanted, but the legislative process seldom produces that. Certain elements of this reform are positive and helpful, including the creation of a formal resolution authority and a systemic risk regulator; provisions... View Details

Keywords: by Staff

17 Mar 2008
Research & Ideas

The Lessons of Business History: A Handbook

between dispersed/outsider (e.g., United States/United Kingdom) and concentrated/insider systems (e.g., Germany/Japan) is problematic, because in reality countries have historically both moved between different View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

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Information Technology | About

gaining unauthorized access to a computer system or database, falsely obtaining electronic services or data without payment of required charges, intentionally intercepting electronic communications. and obtaining, altering, or destroying... View Details

25 Jun 2018
Research & Ideas

In America, Immigrants Really Do Get the Job Done

ferrantraite The Muslim ban. The Wall. Children separated from their parents at the Mexican border. The past two years have seen an aggressive push by the Trump administration against both legal and illegal immigration. But it’s not just... View Details

Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Agriculture & Agribusiness; Technology; Service

27 Jan 2023
Op-Ed

Have We Lost Sight of Integrity?

of America did in the sexual abuse scandals that cost them billions in legal settlements. For a business example, look at Boeing and the crashes of two 737 MAX aircraft that killed 346 people—a topic covered in two Harvard Business School... View Details

Keywords: by Bill George

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Social Enterprise - Faculty & Research

lives of people and their societies. Rather, some organizations would be better off measuring shorter-term outputs or individual outcomes. Funders such as foundations and impact investors are better positioned to measure systemic impacts.... View Details

01 Oct 2001
Research & Ideas

Organizing the Family-Run Business

As described in the first article in this series, the "Three-circle" family business system is composed of three overlapping subsystems: those employed in the business, the shareholders, and members of the family that has a... View Details

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Events - Business History

1960s and developed a research agenda for scholars seeking to overcome those roadblocks. In addition to offering a retrospective analysis of where corporate sustainability has fallen short, the conference explored the incentives, organizational designs, and... View Details

01 Mar 2024
News

The War Within

When the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, Nataliia Zhyliak’s world was upended in a matter of days. At the time, Zhyliak, a psychologist in the western Ukrainian city of Kamianets-Podilskyi, was working at an education and rehabilitation... View Details

Keywords: Janelle Nanos; illustration by Daniel Bejar

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Faculty & Researchers - Managing the Future of Work

Harvard Business School background note, 2022. With Daniel O’Connor, Paige Boehmcke, and Will Ensor. Catalant’s Operating System for the Future of Work , Harvard Business School case, 2020. With Christopher T. Stanton. Unilever’s Response... View Details

04 Feb 2002
Research & Ideas

How To Do Business in Islamic Countries

reprehensible, part of the religious belief is that you do not charge interest or accept interest. Now, of course, that isn't always practiced, but it is the theory." Compassion is required when a business is in trouble. "In any country that has Islamic... View Details

Keywords: by Martha Lagace

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Your Social Entrepreneurship checklist | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

students. HealthLab: A new University-wide accelerator for student ventures, HealthLab brings together students and postdocs from across the Harvard ecosystem to solve challenges in public and planetary health. Legal support: Harvard Law... View Details

09 Jun 2015
First Look

First Look: June 9, 2015

changed competitive environment the company faced in smartphones and mobile phones. The strategy shift would include transitioning Nokia's phone operating system to Microsoft Windows and closing phone R&D centers and factories in 13... View Details

Keywords: Sean Silverthorne

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Advisory Board - Entrepreneurship

computer simulation modeling. In a joint program with Harvard Law School, he lectured on marine legal / regulatory policy. His research focused on forecasting economic and environmental consequences of offshore oil and gas development. He... View Details

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HBS Alumni Conference: Accelerating Climate Solutions - Alumni

Assistant Professor of Business Administration Kaplan's co-authored 2021 article, “Accounting for Climate Change,” introduced the E-liability carbon accounting system for measuring corporate supply chain emissions and won Harvard Business... View Details

05 Jun 2023
What Do You Think?

Is the Anxious Achiever a Post-Pandemic Relic?

system ministering to a student body with similarly high hopes for achievement. According to Aarons-Mele, anxious achievers have many qualities valued in the business world. As she puts it, they “are great at forward planning, attuned and... View Details

Keywords: by James Heskett

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Course Development

By: Debora L. Spar

Managing International Trade and Investment

Despite the ease with which it is often conducted, doing business across borders is not the same as doing it at home. Rather, it entails a whole new set of managerial challenges: re-assessing competitive... View Details

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Nonprofit Strategy & Governance | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School

approach to shape the direction, mission, policies, and major programs of nonprofit organizations. Featured MBA Courses Social Entrepreneurship and Systems Change This course is tailored for individuals aiming to pioneer and lead positive... View Details

10 Oct 2007
First Look

First Look: First Look: October 10

corporate confessions presents something of a behavioral paradox. Tasked with monitoring the legality of its own operations, why would firms that identify violations turn themselves in to regulators rather than quietly fix the problem?... View Details

Keywords: Martha Lagace

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