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  • 24 Apr 2017
  • Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Courage: The Defining Characteristic of Great Leaders

the defining characteristic of the best ones is courage to make bold moves that transform their businesses. Courageous leaders take risks that go against the grain of their organizations. They make decisions with the potential for... View Details
Keywords: by Bill George; Auto; Food & Beverage
  • 2017
  • Working Paper

Tort Reform and Innovation

By: Alberto Galasso and Hong Luo
Current academic and policy debates focus on the impact of tort reforms on physicians’ behavior and medical costs. This paper examines whether these reforms also affect incentives to develop new technologies. We develop a theoretical model which predicts that the... View Details
Keywords: Lawsuits and Litigation; Laws and Statutes; Innovation and Invention; Medical Devices and Supplies Industry
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Galasso, Alberto, and Hong Luo. "Tort Reform and Innovation." Working Paper, August 2017. (Accepted for publication in Journal of Law and Economics.)
  • Web

Business & Environment - Faculty & Research

Succession ; Financial Management ; Risk Management ; Business and Shareholder Relations ; Sports Industry ; Entertainment and Recreation Industry ; Travel Industry ; United States ; Australia ; Canada... View Details
  • 16 May 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Ideas and Research, May 16

in Eastern and Central Europe, has suffered significant declines in its financial performance, is at risk of defaulting on its debt, and is under pressure from its largest shareholders to give them control... View Details
Keywords: Re: Multiple Faculty
  • 28 May 2019
  • Research & Ideas

Investor Lawsuits Against Auditors Are Falling, and That's Bad News for Capital Markets

something differently like improve their governance and change their board. The same goes for auditors. With risk of litigation there’s a deterrent effect. If you know that I can sue you then you are less... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Financial Services; Accounting
  • 22 Nov 2010
  • Research & Ideas

Seven Strategy Questions: A Simple Approach for Better Execution

with difficult trade-offs. Prioritizing core values should be the second pillar of your business strategy. For some companies, shareholders come first. For others, it may be employees. In other companies, it may be customers. There is no... View Details
Keywords: by Robert Simons
  • 21 Jul 2009
  • First Look

First Look: July 21

categories in the technology world? Purchase this case: http://hbsp.harvard.edu/b01/en/common/item_detail.jhtml?id=709466 iPremier (A): Denial of Service Attack (Graphic Novel Version) Harvard Business School Case 609-092 Describes an IT security crisis, and raises... View Details
Keywords: Martha Lagace
  • 16 Nov 2021
  • HBS Case

How a Company Made Employees So Miserable, They Killed Themselves

have deeply downsized their staffs. “There’s a lot that happened in the situation that should sound alarm bells for others,” Montgomery says. “The cases point to risks that can arise when firms facing severe competitive threats adopt a... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding
  • 29 Nov 2022
  • Cold Call Podcast

How Will Gamers and Investors Respond to Microsoft’s Acquisition of Activision Blizzard?

Keywords: Re: Joseph Pacelli; Technology; Media & Broadcasting
  • Web

Negotiation, Organizations & Markets - Faculty & Research

Is a Business Risk—Not an HR Problem By: Marion Chomse, Lydia Roos, Reeva Misra and Ashley Whillans Workplace stress, on the rise for decades, has been treated by many organizations as a personal issue instead of a business-critical risk... View Details
  • March 2018
  • Teaching Note

Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (A) and (B)

By: Nien-hê Hsieh and Victor Wu
Through the challenges facing Target, the case examines the ways in which corporations can become involved in political and legislative debates and processes, ranging from campaign contributions to lobbying. In 2016, Target CEO Brian Cornell must determine how to... View Details
Keywords: Public Opinion; Social Issues; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Mission and Purpose; Problems and Challenges; Laws and Statutes; Rights; Crisis Management; Risk Management; Media; Political Elections; Taxation; Corporate Accountability; Values and Beliefs; Fairness; Diversity; Customers; Communication; Business and Government Relations; Retail Industry; United States
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Hsieh, Nien-hê, and Victor Wu. "Making Target the Target: Boycotts and Corporate Political Activity (A) and (B)." Harvard Business School Teaching Note 318-123, March 2018.
  • 28 Jul 2015
  • First Look

First Look: July 28, 2015

Gurun, and Scott Kominers Abstract—We develop a theoretical model of, and provide the first large-sample evidence on, the behavior and impact of non-practicing entities (NPEs) in the intellectual property space. Our model shows that NPE View Details
Keywords: Carmen Nobel
  • December 2020 (Revised May 2021)
  • Case

Riverstone

By: David E. Bell and Natalie Kindred
In 2020, Luke Minion and the leadership team at Riverstone, a hog producer founded in 2013 in Shandong, China, were evaluating Riverstone’s strategy as it rebounded from outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) in two of its three farm complexes. Riverstone was a joint... View Details
Keywords: Strategy; Globalization; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues; Animal-Based Agribusiness; Consumer Behavior; Demand and Consumers; Disruption; Risk and Uncertainty; Risk Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; Consulting Industry; United States; China
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Bell, David E., and Natalie Kindred. "Riverstone." Harvard Business School Case 521-063, December 2020. (Revised May 2021.)
  • November 2009 (Revised March 2013)
  • Case

PureCircle

By: David E. Bell and Aldo Sesia
In December 2008, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) determined that high-purity Rebaudioside A (Reb A), a natural and calorie-free product that a young company named PureCircle manufactured from the Stevia plant, could be used in beverages, foods, and as a... View Details
Keywords: Customer Relationship Management; Investment; Globalization; Leadership; Risk Management; Product Launch; Production; Performance Productivity; Business and Shareholder Relations; Food and Beverage Industry; United States
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Bell, David E., and Aldo Sesia. "PureCircle." Harvard Business School Case 510-032, November 2009. (Revised March 2013.)
  • 23 Aug 2016
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August 23, 2016

methods. Myth Number 1: Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs reduce returns on capital and long-run shareholder value. Reality: Companies committed to ESG are finding competitive advantages in product, labor, and capital... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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Topics - HBS Working Knowledge

Model (23) Business Offices (4) Business Plan (2) Business Processes (4) Business Startups (39) Business Strategy (31) Business Units (1) Business Ventures (153) Business and Community Relations (8) Business and Government Relations (44) Business and View Details
  • November 2020
  • Case

Wilderness Safaris: Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis

By: James E. Austin, Megan Epler Wood and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard
This case is an epilogue to “Wilderness Safaris: Impact Investing and Ecotourism Conservation in Africa” (2-321-020), which ends with the emergence of the pandemic in March 2020. The final discussion area for that case can be “What should Wilderness Safari CEO Keith... View Details
Keywords: Communities; COVID-19; Ecotourism; Travel; Travel Industry; Conservation Planning; Reopening; Investor Relations; Project Strategy; Governance; Decision Making; Cash; Health Pandemics; Business and Shareholder Relations; Tourism Industry; Africa
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Austin, James E., Megan Epler Wood, and Herman B. "Dutch" Leonard. "Wilderness Safaris: Responses to the COVID-19 Crisis." Harvard Business School Case 321-077, November 2020.
  • 12 Sep 2023
  • What Do You Think?

Who Gets the Loudest Voice in DEI Decisions?

social, and governance issues at the heart of so-called “stakeholder capitalism.” Corporations that become too visible in support of stakeholder capitalism run the risk of losing public investors, such as pension funds in states in which... View Details
Keywords: by James Heskett
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2023 Reunion Presentations - Alumni

business leader, a facility in talking about complex social issues, and a greater understanding of the merits of reparations. A New Way to Measure Shareholder Returns / End to Magical Thinking Professor Mihir Desai (MBA 1993) + More Info... View Details
  • 07 Jul 2008
  • Research & Ideas

Innovation Corrupted: How Managers Can Avoid Another Enron

for natural gas, and to create derivative supply contracts that could help customers manage the risks of demand volatility and price swings more effectively than before. In this way, Skilling and his colleagues solved a major contracting... View Details
Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Energy; Utilities
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