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- 25 Sep 2009
- News
Are You Being Served?
Recently, I successfully appealed and overturned a ruling handed down against me by the State of Massachusetts. After being found at fault for a minor, non-injury traffic accident, I challenged the decision, hoping to reverse it and prevent an increase in my insurance...
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- August 1995
- Case
Hutton Branch Manager (D)
By: Lynn S. Paine and Jane Palley Katz
Describes the actions taken by E.F.Hutton management in response to the Bell Report, a study prepared by former Attorney General Griffin Bell and his law firm after Hutton pleaded guilty to 2,000 counts of mail and wire fraud in connection with its cash management...
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Keywords:
Legal Liability;
Crime and Corruption;
Moral Sensibility;
Acquisition;
Decisions;
Business or Company Management;
Financial Services Industry
Paine, Lynn S., and Jane Palley Katz. "Hutton Branch Manager (D)." Harvard Business School Case 396-047, August 1995.
- 28 Aug 2012
- First Look
First Look: August 28
and risk. Download the paper: http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1999484 Liability Structure in Small-Scale Finance: Evidence from a Natural Experiment Authors: Fenella Carpena, Shawn Cole, Jeremy Shapiro, and Bilal Zia...
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Sean Silverthorne
- 04 Aug 2009
- First Look
First Look: August 4
aggressively managing their own tax liabilities and those of their portfolio firms. We investigate the latter assertion based on a sample of private firms for which there is financial statement data available. We first document that firms...
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Martha Lagace
- 19 Jul 2011
- First Look
First Look: July 19
Abstract Revenue recognition and measurement principles can conflict with liability recognition and measurement principles. We explore here under different market conditions when the two measurement approaches coincide and when they...
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Sean Silverthorne
- March 2001 (Revised April 2002)
- Case
Ginzel et al v. Kolcraft Enterprises et al (A)
Examines the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of an infant who died after a portable crib collapsed. The manufacturer, Kolcraft, licensed the Playskool brand name from the co-defendant, Hasbro Industries. Raises difficult questions about what the two...
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Keywords:
Safety;
Product;
Negotiation;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Legal Liability;
Brands and Branding;
Consumer Products Industry;
United States
Wheeler, Michael A. "Ginzel et al v. Kolcraft Enterprises et al (A)." Harvard Business School Case 801-059, March 2001. (Revised April 2002.)
- 15 Jan 2013
- First Look
First Look: January 15
designers must think about how to distribute property rights, people, and activities across numerous self-governing enterprises in ways that are advantageous for the group (ecosystem) as well as for the designer's own firm or community. Paper:...
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Sean Silverthorne
- June 1998 (Revised June 1998)
- Background Note
Bankruptcy: A Debtor's Perspective
By: Howard H. Stevenson and Michael J. Roberts
Describes the business and legal context surrounding personal and corporate bankruptcy.
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Keywords:
Insolvency and Bankruptcy;
Financial Condition;
Legal Liability;
Personal Finance;
Loss;
Business or Company Management
Stevenson, Howard H., and Michael J. Roberts. "Bankruptcy: A Debtor's Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 898-278, June 1998. (Revised June 1998.)
- 06 May 2019
- Research & Ideas
Consumers Blame Business for Global Health Problems. Can Business Become the Solution?
Every public health crisis—whether it’s the availability of highly addictive opioids or junk food marketing to children—prompts consumers to question how far companies will go for profit. It’s not an unwarranted concern. After all, cigarette makers once used...
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- February 1979 (Revised December 1983)
- Case
Allied Chemical Corp. (A)
Describes Allied, the chemical industry, and the effects of the Kepone problem (a toxic pesticide dumped into the James River) as of 1976. The executive in the case must decide whether the company should support the passage of the Toxic Substances Control Act and an...
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Keywords:
Pollutants;
Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact;
Decision Making;
Laws and Statutes;
Welfare;
Legal Liability;
Business and Government Relations;
Chemical Industry
Lodge, George C., and Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. "Allied Chemical Corp. (A)." Harvard Business School Case 379-137, February 1979. (Revised December 1983.)
- December 2010 (Revised October 2012)
- Teaching Note
Employment Vignettes (TN)
By: Lena G. Goldberg and Chad Carr
Teaching Note for 311021.
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- 27 Mar 2018
- First Look
First Look at New Research, March 27, 2018
Abstract—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 that predicts that...
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Sean Silverthorne
- Article
Trust and Incentives in Agency
By: Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Daniel F Spulber
Contracts between a principal and an agent are not formed in a vacuum. Although formal contracts between a principal and an agent contain explicit incentives for performance, the relationship between a principal and an agent also involves implicit incentives. Three...
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Trust;
Motivation and Incentives;
Agency Theory;
Contracts;
Market Transactions;
Performance;
Relationships;
Societal Protocols;
Legal Liability;
Cost
Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon, and Daniel F Spulber. "Trust and Incentives in Agency." Southern California Interdisciplinary Law Journal 15, no. 1 (Fall 2005): 45–104.
- 01 Sep 2003
- What Do You Think?
To Whom Should Boards be Accountable?
that "... corporate law grants directors a wide range of protection from liability for decisions that sacrifice shareholders' immediate financial interests while serving the interests of other corporate 'stakeholders.'" Margaret...
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by James Heskett
- 28 Jul 2014
- Research & Ideas
Eyes Shut: The Consequences of Not Noticing
In their contracts with Walmart, suppliers must agree to accept any financial or criminal liability resulting from the sale of their products. Elmburg felt that Walmart, given its size and as the point of purchase, had an ability to...
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- 02 May 2017
- First Look
First Look at New Research: May 2, 2017
loans. Our results suggest that both sides of the balance sheet contribute meaningfully to bank value creation, with the liability side playing a primary role. Download working paper: https://pubwww.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52259...
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Carmen Nobel
- 29 Jan 2015
- Op-Ed
The Fall of Greece
the liability side of the economy by pressuring to restructure the debt etc.. I am incredibly worried that it will cause significant damage on the asset side of the economy by destroying any emerging effort to create a competitive...
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by George Serafeim
- 25 Aug 2022
- News
Full Stream Ahead
long-dated liabilities and need to deploy cash continuously, Soares says. “The appetite for ever-larger buyout transactions from those mega funds trickled into the music industry also.” Those trends collided with a “combustion” of other...
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- October 2022 (Revised September 2023)
- Supplement
SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)
Supplements the (A) case, describing actions taken by SolarWinds as well as by regulatory agencies in the aftermath of the immediate crisis. The case also includes reflections by SolarWinds managers on the choices they made with respect to disclosure, media relations,...
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Keywords:
Cyberattacks;
Cybersecurity;
Corporate Disclosure;
Crisis Management;
Customer Focus and Relationships;
Legal Liability;
Governance Compliance;
Business and Government Relations;
Information Technology Industry;
United States
Nagle, Frank, George A. Riedel, William R. Kerr, and David Lane. "SolarWinds Confronts SUNBURST (B)." Harvard Business School Supplement 723-368, October 2022. (Revised September 2023.)