HBSP (USA)
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Business and Government: Campaign Contributions and Lobbying in the United States
Ramanna, Karthik; Sucher, Sandra J.; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-113037-EEconomicsThis note on business-government relations introduces students to the state of campaign contributions and lobbying by corporations in the United States. The note develops two hypotheses as to the impact of corporate political engagement: (i) a vehicle to facilitate good government; and (ii) an instrument of special-interest capture. The note can be used to generate a discussion on the following issues: (1) In a democratic capitalist society, what...Starting at €8.20
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Automating Morality: Ethics for Intelligent Machines
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Quinn, TomCase HBS-324007-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityAs autonomy became a more significant part of modern life - most notably in autonomous vehicles (AVs), such as Teslas - ethical debates about whether and how to impart ethics to machines heated up. Utilitarians pointed out that autonomous vehicles crashed much less often than human-driven cars, making their adoption a net positive in terms of lives saved; deontologists worried about the implications of programming a car to swerve to kill its pass...Starting at €8.20
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Rock Health, Teaching Note
Higgins, Robert F.; Cornell, Ian McKownTeaching Note HBS-813136-EEntrepreneurshipThis is the teaching note associated with HBS Case #813035. The case should enable students to identify emerging challenges, evaluate Rock Health's funding model, debate the effectiveness of its incubation service and assess its long-term viability.Starting at €0.00
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Este caso apesta: Beavis, Butt-head y el contenido de la TV (A)
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Useem, JerryCase HBS-309S42A partir de 1992, "Beavis y Butt-head", una serie animada de MTV sobre dos inadaptados adolescentes no civilizados, se convirtieron tanto una sensación muy popular fuera de control y el símbolo de un debate nacional acerca de la programación violenta e inapropiada en la televisión. Especialmente después de la feria fue culpado por inspirar a un niño de cinco años para establecer un incendio que mató a su hermana menor, la controversia planteada d...Starting at €8.20
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Citibank: Weathering the Commercial Real Estate Crisis of the Early 1990s
Wulf, Julie M.; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-712446-EStrategyAs the commercial real estate market began to crash in early 1990, heavily exposed banks like Citibank and Chase Manhattan were left largely undercapitalized. John Reed, Citibank Chairman and CEO, was caught off guard by the sudden market plunge. While Reed struggled to maintain the capital reserve of us his bank further weaknesses within Citi began to emerge. In addition, to missing the coming of the real estate crisis Citi had had poorly manage...Starting at €8.20
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La Estrategia Petrolífera “Ecologista” De Conoco (A)
Salter, Malcolm S.; Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Hall, Susan E.A.Case HBS-302S08Conoco se enfrenta a retos en la formulación de una estrategia ambiental proactiva para su desarrollo aceite propuesto en la región de la selva virgen tropical de Ecuador. El caso se describe el proceso innovador en el que Conoco colaboró con una amplia gama de grupos de constituyentes menudo en conflicto para definir y aplicar sus políticas, junto con los éxitos y los fracasos de Conoco en llegar a un consenso electoral.Starting at €8.20
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LGBT Issues at Exxon Mobil Corporation
Badaracco, Joseph L., Jr.; Preble, MatthewCase HBS-314116-EIn late September 2013, Exxon Mobil Corporation announced that it would begin offering benefits to the spouses of its employees in same-sex marriages. This short supplement touches upon what led Exxon Mobil to this decision, some insights into its previous relationship with the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community, and its standing on LGBT issues relative to its peers in the oil and gas sector and the Fortune 500.Starting at €8.20
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Rock Health
Higgins, Robert F.; Cornell, Ian McKownCase HBS-813035-EEntrepreneurshipRock Health was a San Francisco-based nonprofit organization offering accelerator services to spur innovation at the intersection of healthcare and technology. The company was the creation of Halle Tecco (HBS '11) and her HBS classmate Nate Gross (HBS '11), who met early in their first year at the HBS Healthcare Club meeting and decided to undertake a year-long field study that married their shared interests in healthcare, technology and entrepre...Starting at €8.20