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- 02 Sep 2002
- Research & Ideas
The Role of Government When All Else Fails
something that has been rarely analyzed. Why do you think this aspect of the role of government has been ignored? A: While it is true that risk management has never before been...
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by Laura Linard
- 30 Jun 2021
- In Practice
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2021
What’s on HBS faculty members’ reading list for summer 2021? Which books are most meaningful to them and why? Below, faculty share their top picks, ranging from biographies and memoirs to their colleagues’ latest works. Julia Austin: Social justice and the Obamas I...
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by Kathryn Haviland
- 01 Nov 1999
- Research & Ideas
John H. Patterson and the Sales Strategy of the National Cash Register Company, 1884 to 1922
create a method of sales management that encompassed all aspects of selling, from the calculation of quotas and commission rates to the...
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by Walter A. Friedman
- Web
Business History in the Contemporary Collection | Baker Library | Bloomberg Center | Harvard Business School
Predominately a resource for legal research, Hein Online also has several research collections that will be of interest to business historians including Taxation & Economic...
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- March 2006 (Revised March 2007)
- Background Note
Winning Legally: Using the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk
Describes the four components of legal astuteness: the attitudes, proactive approach, judgment, and knowledge necessary to manage the legal aspects of business effectively. Identifies a number of legal tools legally astute managers can use during different phases of...
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Bagley, Constance E. "Winning Legally: Using the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk." Harvard Business School Background Note 806-138, March 2006. (Revised March 2007.)
- Web
New Venture Competition | Social Enterprise | Harvard Business School
social ventures, financial modeling, legal aspects of starting a social enterprise; and mixers to facilitate multi-disciplinary collaboration and team-building. Executive...
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- 01 Apr 2002
- News
Insights into Business in Islamic World
in Western colleges and universities." Hayes's comments, together with those of Harvard Law School adjunct professor Frank Vogel, were delivered as part of the School's "Rising to the Challenge" program,...
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- January 2016 (Revised January 2019)
- Supplement
The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine, Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates and David Lane
In 2014, the Allergan Inc. board of directors received a surprise takeover offer from Valeant Pharmaceuticals in alliance with hedge fund activist Bill Ackman's Pershing Square Capital Management. In the unprecedented arrangement between an acquirer and a hedge fund...
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Allergan, Inc.;
Valeant;
Ackman;
Pershing Square;
Tender Offer;
Activist Investors;
Business Models;
R&D;
Board Of Directors;
Securities Litigation;
Acquisition Strategy;
Takeover Defenses;
Hedge Funds;
Shareholder Rights;
Proxy Contest;
Shareholder Special Meetings;
Legal Issues In Contested Takeovers;
Corporate Governance;
Investment Activism;
Business and Stakeholder Relations;
Business Model;
Business and Shareholder Relations;
Valuation;
Pharmaceutical Industry
Paine, Lynn S., Suraj Srinivasan, John C. Coates, and David Lane. "The Allergan Board Under Fire (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 316-029, January 2016. (Revised January 2019.)
- 27 Jul 2019
- Op-Ed
Does Facebook's Business Model Threaten Our Elections?
business strategy, part of Facebook’s business model since at least 2010. That’s when Facebook opened up its Graph application programming interface (API) to advertisers,...
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by George Riedel
- May 2016 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
A Succession as the Engine for Success
By: Jay Lorsch, Emily McTague and Rosa Maria Fite
Francisco J. Riberas sat in his office reflecting on his first summer working at the family business, in 1989. Growing up, Francisco Riberas had learned about the company through conversations with his father, Francisco Riberas Pampliega, over the dinner table and in...
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- 11 Jun 2007
- Lessons from the Classroom
Teaching the Next Generation of Energy Executives
You may think that being an energy executive—especially a manager in a leading oil company—might be the easiest job around. Just flip the production switch, and watch gas prices head toward $4 a gallon. But students enrolled in Harvard Business School professor Forest...
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- 2014
- Chapter
Promoting Corporate Sustainability through Integrated Reporting: The Role of Investment Fiduciaries and the Responsibilities of the Corporate Board
By: Robert G. Eccles, J. Herron and George Serafeim
This book is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and future trends in the principles that govern institutional investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that drive the current emphasis on short-term...
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Governance;
Integrated Corporate Reporting;
Institutional Investing;
Financial Services Industry
Eccles, Robert G., J. Herron, and George Serafeim. "Promoting Corporate Sustainability through Integrated Reporting: The Role of Investment Fiduciaries and the Responsibilities of the Corporate Board." Chap. 31 in Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty, edited by James P. Hawley, Andreas G.F. Hoepner, Keith L. Johnson, Joakim Sandberg, and Edward J. Waitzer, 403–415. Cambridge University Press, 2014.
- July 2011
- Background Note
Torts 101: Civil Wrongs & Ways to Right Them
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Mary Beth Findlay
This note summarizes basic principles of tort law and is intended as background information for business students studying legal aspects of management.
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Goldberg, Lena G., and Mary Beth Findlay. "Torts 101: Civil Wrongs & Ways to Right Them." Harvard Business School Background Note 312-033, July 2011.
- 01 Dec 2002
- News
The Campaign for Harvard Business School
Historic in many ways, the campaign is enabling work that is essential to the School’s core purposes: transformative teaching in both MBA and Executive Education classrooms; deep research to impact business practice; and the dissemination...
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The Challenge of Shared Prosperity
In the 2015 survey on U.S. competitiveness, HBS alumni weigh in on the current state and future trajectory of U.S. competitiveness as well as the structural strengths and weaknesses of the U.S. business environment. In addition, alumni delve deeper into two aspects... View Details
- 12 Nov 2021
- News
Alumni Business Leaders on Confronting the Climate Change Challenge
Business leaders around the world are currently focused on the discussions and negotiations taking place at the 26th Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow from October 31 to November 12. The outcome...
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- 03 May 2024
- Blog Post
From Harvard to Miss New Jersey: A Journey of Perseverance and Self-Belief
experience attending this program. How did you hear about the Summer Venture in Management Program (SVMP)? I first learned about Harvard Business School’s Summer Venture in Management Program during my freshman year View Details
- November 2013 (Revised January 2015)
- Case
Restructuring JAL
By: Malcolm Baker, Adi Sunderam, Nobuo Sato and Akiko Kanno
Hideo Seto, the recently appointed chairman of the investment committee of the Enterprise Turnaround Initiative Corporation, must decide whether to push JAL group, Japan's largest airline, into bankruptcy or to act as a sponsor in an out-of-court restructuring. The...
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Bankruptcy;
Costs Of Financial Distress;
Cost vs Benefits;
Air Transportation;
Restructuring;
Capital Structure;
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Air Transportation Industry;
Japan;
United States
Baker, Malcolm, Adi Sunderam, Nobuo Sato, and Akiko Kanno. "Restructuring JAL." Harvard Business School Case 214-055, November 2013. (Revised January 2015.)
- March 2013
- Article
The Unintended Consequences of Ownership Transfer Planning
By: Josh Baron and Marion McCollom Hampton
The article discusses the challenges of passing down family businesses across generations, highlighting complexities in executive succession and estate planning. It emphasizes how emotional factors, complicated family dynamics, and unintended consequences influence...
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Estate Planning;
Family Business;
Family and Family Relationships;
Management Succession;
Family Ownership;
Manufacturing Industry;
Financial Services Industry;
Education Industry;
Fashion Industry
Baron, Josh, and Marion McCollom Hampton. "The Unintended Consequences of Ownership Transfer Planning." Trust & Estates 152, no. 3 (March 2013): 52–56.
- 12 Jul 2020
- Book
The Harvard Business School Faculty Summer Reader 2020
to innovate on an unprecedented scale, in every aspect of business. But the organization must also change, argues Stefan Thomke. Business, Ethics and Institutions: The Evolution View Details
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