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      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Firm Visibility and Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage

      By: Pu Gu, Benjamin Yost and Yuan Zou
      This study investigates whether social media coverage influences a firm’s likelihood of being acquired. Specifically, we hypothesize that coverage of a firm on the Seeking Alpha platform raises its visibility to potential acquirers and M&A advisers (i.e., investment... View Details
      Keywords: Social Media; Mergers and Acquisitions; Marketplace Matching; Investment Banking
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      Gu, Pu, Benjamin Yost, and Yuan Zou. "Firm Visibility and Acquisition Likelihood: Evidence from Seeking Alpha Coverage." Working Paper, July 2023.
      • June 2023
      • Case

      ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral in 2023

      By: William C. Kirby, Noah B. Truwit and John P. McHugh
      In March 2023, Chew, with an army of well-paid U.S. lobbyists and TikTok creators, descended on Washington. In his testimony, he planned to highlight the 150 million daily active American users on TikTok and how the platform had benefitted small business owners and... View Details
      Keywords: Social Media; International Relations; Government Legislation; China; United States
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      Kirby, William C., Noah B. Truwit, and John P. McHugh. "ByteDance: TikTok and the Trials of Going Viral in 2023." Harvard Business School Case 323-120, June 2023.
      • 2024
      • Working Paper

      Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring

      By: Maria R. Ibanez, Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short and Michael W. Toffel
      Capitalizing on the superior credibility and flexibility and potential lower cost of external assessments, many global buyers are relying less on their own employee (“second-party”) auditors and more on third-party auditors to monitor and prevent environmental and... View Details
      Keywords: Auditing; Audit Quality; Working Conditions; Sustainability; Empirical Operations; Empirical Service Operations; Sustainability Management; Corporate Accountability; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Supply Chain Management
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      Ibanez, Maria R., Ashley Palmarozzo, Jodi L. Short, and Michael W. Toffel. "Second- versus Third-party Audit Quality: Evidence from Global Supply Chain Monitoring." Working Paper, August 2024.
      • June 2023
      • Case

      The Business of Campaigns

      By: Vincent Pons and Mel Martin
      In 2022, the U.S. Congress examined the Democracy Is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections (DISCLOSE) Act, the latest in a long series of campaign finance reforms. According to its authors, the law would be the “most consequential overhaul of federal... View Details
      Keywords: Political Elections; Government Legislation; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Business and Government Relations; United States
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      Pons, Vincent, and Mel Martin. "The Business of Campaigns." Harvard Business School Case 723-039, June 2023.
      • June 2023
      • Article

      Can Purpose Foster Stakeholder Trust in Corporations

      By: Ranjay Gulati and Franz Wohlgezogen
      As part of institutional changes toward more responsible capitalism, firms increasingly articulate a purpose beyond simply profit as a central tenet of their governance. Management scholarship has noted the potential advantages of such purpose-focus for stakeholder... View Details
      Keywords: Stakeholder Management; Moral Identity; Mission and Purpose; Trust; Corporate Governance; Business and Stakeholder Relations
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      Gulati, Ranjay, and Franz Wohlgezogen. "Can Purpose Foster Stakeholder Trust in Corporations." Strategy Science 8, no. 2 (June 2023): 270–287.
      • May–June 2023
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      Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit?: A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs

      By: Cait Brumme and Brian Trelstad
      Years ago the line between nonprofit and for-profit enterprises was clear, but that has changed. Nonprofits now offer products that compete with those of the best for-profits, and for-profits can deliver as much social value as charities. Despite the blurred... View Details
      Keywords: Business Startups; Social Entrepreneurship; Mission and Purpose; Nonprofit Organizations; For-Profit Firms; Decision Choices and Conditions
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      Brumme, Cait, and Brian Trelstad. "Should Your Start-up Be For-profit or Nonprofit? A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 3 (May–June 2023): 136–145.
      • June 2023
      • Article

      The Effect of Firms' Information Exposure on Safeguarding Employee Health: Evidence from COVID-19

      By: Lisa Yao Liu and Shirley Lu
      We show that information exposure through international business networks enables firms to take proactive measures that benefit employees and potentially the local community. Specifically, in the early days of COVID-19, firms that have business networks with China and... View Details
      Keywords: COVID-19 Pandemic; Networks; Knowledge Use and Leverage; Health Pandemics; Decision Choices and Conditions; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact
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      Liu, Lisa Yao, and Shirley Lu. "The Effect of Firms' Information Exposure on Safeguarding Employee Health: Evidence from COVID-19." Journal of Accounting Research 61, no. 3 (June 2023): 891–933.
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      The Politics of Philanthropy in China

      By: Geoffrey Jones and Yuhai Wu
      This working paper looks historically at business philanthropy in China. In the West, the literature has distinguished between entrepreneurial and customary philanthropy, while the phenomenon of spiritual philanthropy has been identified in many emerging markets. This... View Details
      Keywords: China; Philanthropy; Ethics; Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Moral Sensibility; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Economic Systems; Economic Sectors; China
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      Jones, Geoffrey, and Yuhai Wu. "The Politics of Philanthropy in China." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-067, May 2023.
      • May 9, 2023
      • Article

      8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered

      By: Tsedal Neeley
      Generative AI tools are poised to change the way every business operates. As your own organization begins strategizing which to use, and how, operational and ethical considerations are inevitable. This article delves into eight of them, including how your organization... View Details
      Keywords: AI and Machine Learning; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Prejudice and Bias; Ethics
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      Neeley, Tsedal. "8 Questions About Using AI Responsibly, Answered." Harvard Business Review (website) (May 9, 2023).
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      Setting Gendered Expectations? Recruiter Outreach Bias in Online Tech Training Programs

      By: Jacqueline N. Lane, Karim R. Lakhani and Roberto Fernandez
      Competence development in digital technologies, analytics, and artificial intelligence is increasingly important to all types of organizations and their workforce. Universities and corporations are investing heavily in developing training programs, at all tenure... View Details
      Keywords: STEM; Selection and Staffing; Gender; Prejudice and Bias; Training; Equality and Inequality; Competency and Skills
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      Lane, Jacqueline N., Karim R. Lakhani, and Roberto Fernandez. "Setting Gendered Expectations? Recruiter Outreach Bias in Online Tech Training Programs." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-066, April 2023. (Accepted by Organization Science.)
      • April 2023 (Revised April 2024)
      • Teaching Note

      Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?

      By: Hubert Joly, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett and Stacy Straaberg
      Teaching Note for HBS Case No. 522-096. View Details
      Keywords: Compensation and Benefits; Employees; Recruitment; Resignation and Termination; Retention; Selection and Staffing; Innovation and Management; Innovation Strategy; Leadership Style; Business or Company Management; Management Style; Media; Business Processes; Organizational Culture; Organizational Structure; Performance Expectations; Performance Productivity; Creativity; Business Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Media and Broadcasting Industry; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Video Game Industry; North America; California; Canada; Europe; Middle East; Africa; Asia; Latin America
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      Joly, Hubert, Leonard A. Schlesinger, James Barnett, and Stacy Straaberg. "Netflix's Culture: Binge or Cringe?" Harvard Business School Teaching Note 523-004, April 2023. (Revised April 2024.)
      • April 2023
      • Case

      Twitter: The Freedom to Speak Freely and Be Heard

      By: Randolph B. Cohen, Carin-Isabel Knoop and Mel Martin
      In April 2022, serial entrepreneur Elon Musk announced that he would be interested in purchasing the social media site Twitter for $44 billion. With more than 100 million twitter followers, Musk had historically leveraged the site to engage with the customers of his... View Details
      Keywords: Values and Beliefs; Acquisition; Social Media; Power and Influence; Technology Industry; Communications Industry; Public Relations Industry; United States
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      Cohen, Randolph B., Carin-Isabel Knoop, and Mel Martin. "Twitter: The Freedom to Speak Freely and Be Heard." Harvard Business School Case 223-026, April 2023.
      • April 15, 2015
      • Article

      What to Do If a Feud Threatens Your Family Business

      By: Josh Baron and Rob Lachenauer
      Keywords: Family and Family Relationships; Family Business; Conflict and Resolution
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      Baron, Josh, and Rob Lachenauer. "What to Do If a Feud Threatens Your Family Business." Harvard Business Review (website) (April 15, 2015).
      • 2023
      • Working Paper

      How Wicked Problems Drive Business Performance: A Review of the Academic Literature

      By: Caroline Adelson, Charlotte Kuller, Cate Tompkins, Ellora Sarkar, Samantha Price and Marco Iansiti
      Recent years have seen a rise in the number of businesses engaged in the pursuit of “purposeful” activities – that is, activities that engage with the broader community in ways that expand beyond the pursuit of shareholder value. Many of these activities involve... View Details
      Keywords: Wicked Problems; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Social Issues; Performance
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      Adelson, Caroline, Charlotte Kuller, Cate Tompkins, Ellora Sarkar, Samantha Price, and Marco Iansiti. "How Wicked Problems Drive Business Performance: A Review of the Academic Literature." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 23-064, April 2023.
      • April 2023
      • Case

      Burning the Sails to Save the Ship: The Pilati Family Dilemma

      By: Lauren Cohen, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye and Grace Headinger
      Octavian Graf Pilati, rising generation member of an Austrian princely family, prepared to sell the palace his family had held for over three hundred years. In recent years, the Pilati family lands had been leveraged as loan collateral for an international venture that... View Details
      Keywords: Family Office; Family; Plant-Based Agribusiness; Agribusiness; Family Business; Property; Identity; Culture; Ethics; Insolvency and Bankruptcy; Governance; Crisis Management; Family and Family Relationships; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Real Estate Industry; Austria
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      Cohen, Lauren, Hao Gao, Jiawei Ye, and Grace Headinger. "Burning the Sails to Save the Ship: The Pilati Family Dilemma." Harvard Business School Case 223-081, April 2023.
      • March–April 2023
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      The New-Collar Workforce

      By: Colleen Ammerman, Boris Groysberg and Ginni Rometty
      Many workers today are stuck in low-paying jobs, unable to advance simply because they don’t have a bachelor’s degree. At the same time, many companies are desperate for workers and not meeting the diversity goals that could help them perform better while also reducing... View Details
      Keywords: Diversity; Recruitment; Social Issues; Higher Education; Competency and Skills
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      Ammerman, Colleen, Boris Groysberg, and Ginni Rometty. "The New-Collar Workforce." Harvard Business Review 101, no. 2 (March–April 2023): 96–103.
      • March 2023 (Revised April 2023)
      • Case

      Independent Governance of Meta’s Social Spaces: The Oversight Board

      By: Jesse M. Shapiro, Natalia Rigol, Benjamin N. Roth and William R. Kerr
      Julie Owono is a member of the Oversight Board, an outside entity with the authority to make binding decisions on tricky moderation questions for Meta's companies. She considers the Board's impact, and its future. View Details
      Keywords: Business and Government Relations; Social Media; Fairness; Governing and Advisory Boards; Technology Industry; Communications Industry
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      Shapiro, Jesse M., Natalia Rigol, Benjamin N. Roth, and William R. Kerr. "Independent Governance of Meta’s Social Spaces: The Oversight Board." Harvard Business School Case 823-111, March 2023. (Revised April 2023.)
      • March 2023
      • Case

      MrBeast: Building a YouTube Empire

      By: Anita Elberse and Oliver Band
      Wednesday November 16, 2022 was a historic day in the ascent of Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, to the top echelon of YouTube creators. That day he became the YouTuber with the most subscribers ever—a total of 112 million. The meteoric rise of the 24-year-old... View Details
      Keywords: Philanthropy and Charitable Giving; Power and Influence; Internet and the Web; Entrepreneurship; Growth and Development Strategy; Motion Pictures and Video Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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      Elberse, Anita, and Oliver Band. "MrBeast: Building a YouTube Empire." Harvard Business School Case 523-103, March 2023.
      • March 2023 (Revised January 2024)
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      Deepa Bachu (A): Design Thinking at Pensaar Design

      By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal
      In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Education; Training; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Production; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement; Programs; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Rank and Position; Safety; Attitudes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Well-being; Consulting Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
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      Graeber, Thomas, Joshua Schwartzstein, and Amram Migdal. "Deepa Bachu (A): Design Thinking at Pensaar Design." Harvard Business School Case 923-026, March 2023. (Revised January 2024.)
      • March 2023
      • Supplement

      Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design

      By: Thomas Graeber, Joshua Schwartzstein and Amram Migdal
      In this case, set in June 2019 in Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Deepa Bachu of Pensaar Design and her team work with client ITC Ltd. to use design thinking and behavioral experiments to improve workplace safety and strive toward the company’s zero-accident goal. The... View Details
      Keywords: Buildings and Facilities; Design; Training; Working Conditions; Business or Company Management; Production; Business Processes; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Outcome or Result; Performance Improvement; Programs; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Groups and Teams; Labor and Management Relations; Rank and Position; Safety; Attitudes; Behavior; Motivation and Incentives; Trust; Well-being; Consulting Industry; Pulp and Paper Industry; Manufacturing Industry; India
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      Graeber, Thomas, Joshua Schwartzstein, and Amram Migdal. "Deepa Bachu (B): Insights and Experiments at Pensaar Design." Harvard Business School Supplement 923-034, March 2023.
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