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- March 1990 (Revised October 1994)
- Case
IBM-Fujitsu Dispute
Describes a dispute between IBM and Fujitsu over allegations that Fujitsu stole proprietary IBM software for controlling mainframe computers. Also describes a novel arbitration agreement intended to resolve the dispute, an overview of intellectual property law in the...
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Keywords:
Trade;
Ethics;
Intellectual Property;
Law;
Negotiation Process;
Relationships;
Software;
Information Technology Industry
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr. "IBM-Fujitsu Dispute." Harvard Business School Case 390-168, March 1990. (Revised October 1994.)
Louis E. Caldera
Louis Caldera is a Senior Lecturer of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He teaches Leadership and Corporate Accountability, a required first-year course in the MBA program. He has previously taught law school courses on corporate... View Details
- September 2011
- Article
What Drives Innovation?
By: Tom Nicholas
The idea that innovation drives economic growth is incontrovertible, but the factors that, in turn, drive innovation are not fully understood. This paper surveys the recent literature, focusing on three main drivers: intellectual property rights institutions, the...
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Nicholas, Tom. "What Drives Innovation?" Antitrust Law Journal 77, no. 3 (September 2011).
- February 2009 (Revised April 2011)
- Case
Yahoo! in China (A)
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Daniel Baer
In 2007 Jerry Yang, CEO of Yahoo!, was lambasted by U.S. Representative Tom Lantos, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for Yahoo's role in the arrest and imprisonment of Chinese journalist and democracy advocate Shi Tao. The case describes the...
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Keywords:
Ethics;
Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues;
Governance Compliance;
Laws and Statutes;
Rights;
Business and Government Relations;
Internet;
Information Technology Industry;
China;
United States
Sucher, Sandra J., and Daniel Baer. "Yahoo! in China (A)." Harvard Business School Case 609-051, February 2009. (Revised April 2011.)
- 27 Feb 2007
- First Look
First Look: February 27, 2007
instead reflect more "top-down" interventions. We conclude with a discussion of some of the historical evidence on top-down interventions. Illicit Invention: Tracing Technological Development in the Shadow of the Law...
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Martha Lagace
- 14 Nov 2007
- First Look
First Look: November 14, 2007
Can Civil Law Countries Get Good Institutions? Lessons from the History of Creditor Rights and Bond Markets in Brazil Author:Aldo Musacchio Periodical:Journal of Economic History (forthcoming) Abstract Does...
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Martha Lagace
- February 2005 (Revised April 2006)
- Case
Rx Depot: Importing Drugs from Canada
By: Debora L. Spar
In 2002, a handful of entrepreneurs began to ship drugs from Canada into the United States, taking advantage of regulatory and price differentials across the neighboring countries. Using the Internet and a low-cost network of Canadian pharmacies, firms like Rx Depot...
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Keywords:
Courts and Trials;
Entrepreneurship;
Intellectual Property;
Laws and Statutes;
Pharmaceutical Industry;
Canada;
United States
Spar, Debora L., and Adam Day. "Rx Depot: Importing Drugs from Canada." Harvard Business School Case 705-010, February 2005. (Revised April 2006.)
- 2007
- Chapter
Legal Origin vs. the Politics of Creditor Rights: Bond Markets in Brazil, 1850-2002
By: Aldo Musacchio
This paper explores the question: Do institutions persist over time and determine current economic outcomes? Specifically, does the adoption or inheritance of a legal tradition in the past determine the subsequent course of institutional and financial development? This...
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- July 2021
- Article
Electronic Trace Data and Legal Outcomes: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Malpractice Claim Resolution Time
By: Sam Ransbotham, Eric Overby and Michael C. Jernigan
Information systems generate copious trace data about what individuals do and when they do it. Trace data may affect the resolution of lawsuits by, for example, changing the time needed for legal discovery. Trace data might speed resolution by clarifying what events...
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Keywords:
Analytics and Data Science;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Digital Transformation;
Welfare;
Health Industry
Ransbotham, Sam, Eric Overby, and Michael C. Jernigan. "Electronic Trace Data and Legal Outcomes: The Effect of Electronic Medical Records on Malpractice Claim Resolution Time." Management Science 67, no. 7 (July 2021): 4341–4361.
- Article
Consequences of Financial Reporting Failure for Outside Directors: Evidence from Accounting Restatements and Audit Committee Members
By: Suraj Srinivasan
I use a sample of 409 companies that restated their earnings from 1997 to 2001 to examine penalties for outside directors, particularly audit committee members, when their companies experience accounting restatements. Penalties from lawsuits and Securities and Exchange...
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Keywords:
Outcome or Result;
Business Earnings;
Financial Statements;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Labor;
Markets;
Financial Reporting;
Accounting Audits;
Cost;
Reputation
Srinivasan, Suraj. "Consequences of Financial Reporting Failure for Outside Directors: Evidence from Accounting Restatements and Audit Committee Members." Journal of Accounting Research 43, no. 2 (May 2005): 291–334.
- December 2003 (Revised November 2015)
- Background Note
The Fiduciary Relationship: A Legal Perspective
By: Lynn Sharp Paine
Discusses the concept of a fiduciary, as developed in the Anglo-American common law tradition, and outlines the principal differences between the legal standard applied to fiduciaries compared to ordinary arms'-length contractors.
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Paine, Lynn Sharp. "The Fiduciary Relationship: A Legal Perspective." Harvard Business School Background Note 304-064, December 2003. (Revised November 2015.)
- 10 Jan 2012
- Working Paper Summaries
The Evolving Basis for Legitimacy of the World Trade Organization: Dispute Settlement and the Rebalancing of Global Interests
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by Arthur Daemmrich
- January 1992 (Revised August 1992)
- Case
Lexon Corp. (B)
By: Lynn S. Paine
Lexon Corp. lawyers must decide how to respond to two lawsuits challenging the company's interception of electronic mail on privacy grounds. They must also formulate a company policy on e-mail. One suit was filed by an employee dismissed from her job after asking that...
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Keywords:
Information;
Rights;
Managerial Roles;
Interpersonal Communication;
Employee Relationship Management;
Ethics;
Lawsuits and Litigation;
Computer Industry;
California
Paine, Lynn S. "Lexon Corp. (B)." Harvard Business School Case 392-072, January 1992. (Revised August 1992.)
- October 2013 (Revised November 2016)
- Case
Carbon Engineering
By: Joseph B. Lassiter III and Sid Misra
Dr. David Keith, President of Carbon Engineering, a company based in Calgary, Alberta, is commercializing a technology to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. The company plans to market the captured CO2 to produce low carbon transportation fuels in...
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Keywords:
Entrepreneurship;
Government Legislation;
Technological Innovation;
Climate Change;
Environmental Sustainability;
Risk and Uncertainty;
Research and Development;
Transportation;
Information Infrastructure;
Energy;
Forecasting and Prediction;
Energy Industry;
Green Technology Industry;
Industrial Products Industry;
Transportation Industry;
Utilities Industry;
Technology Industry;
Canada;
United States;
China;
India
Lassiter, Joseph B., III, and Sid Misra. "Carbon Engineering." Harvard Business School Case 814-040, October 2013. (Revised November 2016.)
- 1998
- Book
Kigyou Rinri to Jinken: Harvard no Kangae-kata (Corporate Ethics and Human Rights: Perspectives from Harvard)
By: Hirotaka Takeuchi
- February 2019 (Revised February 2020)
- Case
Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)
By: Nien-hê Hsieh, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier and Anna Resman
This case covers the rise and fall of Theranos, the company founded by Elizabeth Holmes in 2004 to revolutionize the blood testing industry by creating a device that could provide from a small finger prick the same results and accuracy as intravenous blood draws. As...
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Keywords:
Health Testing and Trials;
Corporate Accountability;
Organizational Culture;
Misleading and Fraudulent Advertising;
Crime and Corruption;
Ethics;
Entrepreneurship;
Lawsuits and Litigation
Hsieh, Nien-hê, Christina R. Wing, Emilie Fournier, and Anna Resman. "Theranos: Who Has Blood on Their Hands? (A)." Harvard Business School Case 619-039, February 2019. (Revised February 2020.)
- 10 Oct 2023
- Cold Call Podcast
Scaling Two Businesses Against the Odds: Wendy Estrella’s Founder’s Journey
- 06 Jan 2015
- News