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Can Old Sin Make New Shame? Stock Market Reactions to the Release of Movies Re-Exposing Past Corporate Scandals

Harvard Corporate Governance

On November 12, 2019, a movie named Dark Waters was premiered in North American theaters. This widely commended movie revisited a dark history of a chemical firm — DuPont, highlighting the true story of how a tenacious attorney fought against DuPont on behalf of numerous victims of the environmental misconduct of the firm.

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A Business Upended: Streaming disrupts the Entertainment Business!

Musings on Markets

It has been an unsettling summer for anyone with a stake in the movie, television and broadcasting businesses. The recent troubles in entertainment, though, reflect a longer term disruption that has occurred in the business, with the rise of streaming as an alternative to the traditional platforms for movies and television shows.