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- November 1999 (Revised July 2001)
- Case
New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise
By: Robert S. Kaplan
New Profit, Inc. (NPI) is an innovative venture philanthropy fund. Founded by social entrepreneur Venessa Kirsch, NPI intends to raise large donations from individuals who wish to invest in nonprofit enterprises that could have a significant social impact and the...
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Keywords:
Balanced Scorecard;
Nonprofit Organizations;
Venture Capital;
Social Entrepreneurship;
Corporate Governance;
Performance Evaluation;
Financial Statements;
Philanthropy and Charitable Giving;
Service Industry
Kaplan, Robert S. "New Profit Inc.: Governing the Nonprofit Enterprise." Harvard Business School Case 100-052, November 1999. (Revised July 2001.)
- 08 Sep 2015
- Working Paper Summaries
Through the Grapevine: Network Effects on the Design of Executive Compensation Contracts
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by Susanna Gallani
- Winter 2013
- Article
Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking
By: Daniel Cohen, Aiyesha Dey and Thomas Lys
We investigate the mechanism through which the Sarbanes Oxley Act (SOX) was associated with changes in corporate investment strategies. We document that the passage of the governance regulations in SOX was followed by a significant decline in pay‐performance...
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Cohen, Daniel, Aiyesha Dey, and Thomas Lys. "Corporate Governance Reform and Executive Incentives: Implications for Investments and Risk-Taking." Contemporary Accounting Research 30, no. 4 (Winter 2013): 1296–1332.
- December 2011
- Article
How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance
By: Julie Wulf and Harbir Singh
The resource-based view argues that acquisitions can build competitive advantage partially through retention of valuable human capital of the target firm. However, making commitments to retain and motivate successful top managers is a challenge when contracts are not...
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Keywords:
Capital;
Mergers and Acquisitions;
Acquisition;
Equity;
Management Analysis, Tools, and Techniques;
Contracts;
Performance;
Governance;
Legal Services Industry
Wulf, Julie, and Harbir Singh. "How Do Acquirers Retain Successful Target CEOs? The Role of Governance." Management Science 57, no. 12 (December 2011): 2101–2114.
- 1981
- Other Unpublished Work
Comet Energy (C) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and Louis B. Smith
- 09 Mar 2015
- Research & Ideas
Why Entrepreneurs Should Go Work for Government
Mitchell B. Weiss has heard it too many times: government doesn't work. Too slow. Too bureaucratic. Too burdened by procurement rules and performance measures. "Some of that is fair, and some of that is unfair, but it adds up over...
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by Michael Blanding
- 1981
- Other Unpublished Work
Comet Energy (B) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and Louis B. Smith
- November 2012 (Revised September 2013)
- Case
Barclays Bank, 2008
By: Lucy White, Steve Burn-Murdoch and Jerome Lenhardt
In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the...
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Keywords:
Government And Business;
Option Contract;
Corporate Finance;
Bank Capital;
Bank Regulation;
Finance;
Banking Industry;
Europe;
North and Central America
White, Lucy, Steve Burn-Murdoch, and Jerome Lenhardt. "Barclays Bank, 2008." Harvard Business School Case 213-073, November 2012. (Revised September 2013.)
- 1981
- Other Unpublished Work
Comet Energy (A) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Analysis and Decision Case
By: J. Ronald Fox and Louis B. Smith
- 05 May 2003
- Research & Ideas
Sharing the Responsibility of Corporate Governance
Similarly, in the case of an energy company like Enron, this model would call on directors to be concerned not just with shareholder value when deciding whether to manipulate the trading of natural gas contracts in California, but also...
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by Carla Tishler
- October 2014 (Revised June 2016)
- Case
Barclays Bank, 2008
By: Lucy White, Steve Burn-Murdoch and Jerome Lenhardt
In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the...
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Keywords:
Government And Business;
Option Contract;
Corporate Finance;
Bank Capital;
Bank Regulation;
Finance;
Banking Industry;
Europe;
North and Central America
White, Lucy, Steve Burn-Murdoch, and Jerome Lenhardt. "Barclays Bank, 2008." Harvard Business School Case 215-027, October 2014. (Revised June 2016.)
- May 2014
- Supplement
Barclays Bank, 2008 - courseware
By: Lucy White
In the midst of the financial crisis, Barclays (the world's 4th largest bank by assets) is forced by UK regulators to raise more capital. Should it take up the UK government's offer to invest, or take funding from investors from the Middle East? Students may price the...
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- 02 Nov 2016
- Op-Ed
Government and Financial Tech Can Fix Cash Woes for Small Businesses
products and services. Making the payrolls that support middle class families across the country. These are all things we rely on small businesses for, so we should look with more than just casual interest at how technology, and even View Details
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by Karen Mills
- March 2008 (Revised April 2009)
- Case
The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today
This case examines the effect of environmental activism on China's investment climate, focusing on the petrochemical sector. It shows how tensions between a country's national economic development goals and political constraints make for a more unpredictable investment...
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Keywords:
Developing Countries and Economies;
Investment;
Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms;
Business and Government Relations;
Environmental Sustainability;
Conflict and Resolution;
China
Abrami, Regina M., and Weiqi Zhang. "The Xiamen PX Project: The Rule of Contract or Citizens in China Today." Harvard Business School Case 808-123, March 2008. (Revised April 2009.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Weak Credit Covenants
By: Victoria Ivashina and Boris Vallée
Using novel data on 1,240 credit agreements from the leveraged loan market, we propose simple measures of contractual complexity based on clauses qualifying negative covenants. We document a high average level of contractual complexity and significant heterogeneity....
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Keywords:
Leveraged Loans;
Loan Contracts;
Debt Covenants;
Carve-out;
Creditor Governance;
LBO;
Credit;
Agreements and Arrangements;
Leveraged Buyouts
Ivashina, Victoria, and Boris Vallée. "Weak Credit Covenants." NBER Working Paper Series, No. 27316, June 2020. (Revise and Resubmit at Management Science.)
- 2024
- Working Paper
Corporate Culture Homogeneity and Top Executive Incentive Design: Evidence from CEO Compensation Contracts
By: Dennis Campbell, Ruidi Shang and Zhifang Zhang
We examine how corporate cultures characterized by high degrees of homogeneity in the underlying values and beliefs of organizational members are related to the design of CEO incentive compensation contracts. We argue that culture homogeneity within firms lowers...
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Keywords:
Corporate Culture;
Compensation Design;
Accounting;
Management Control;
Incentive Systems;
Organizational Culture;
Job Design and Levels;
Governance;
Executive Compensation;
Motivation and Incentives
Campbell, Dennis, Ruidi Shang, and Zhifang Zhang. "Corporate Culture Homogeneity and Top Executive Incentive Design: Evidence from CEO Compensation Contracts." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 24-054, February 2024.
- 2022
- Case
Polarizing Government Work: McKinsey & Co. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
When Donald Trump announced his run for president in 2015, he placed immigration front and center in his campaign. He promised to drastically expand U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), and build a border...
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Hoffman, Andrew J. "Polarizing Government Work: McKinsey & Co. and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)." William Davidson Institute Case 3-951-926, 2022.
- 1982
- Other Unpublished Work
Teaching Note for Comet Energy (A) (B) (C) DoD Incentive Contracting - HBS Teaching Note
By: J. Ronald Fox
- December 2004 (Revised December 2004)
- Background Note
Fiscal Policy and the Case of Expansionary Fiscal Contraction in Ireland in the 1980s
By: Huw Pill
Provides a brief introduction to fiscal policy, including the fiscal multiplier. Uses Ireland's experience in the 1980s to explore the possibility that fiscal contractions--tax rises and expenditure costs--can stimulate economic growth (contrary to conventional...
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Pill, Huw. "Fiscal Policy and the Case of Expansionary Fiscal Contraction in Ireland in the 1980s." Harvard Business School Background Note 705-015, December 2004. (Revised December 2004.)