Visiting Associate Professor of Business Administration

Constance E. Bagley is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at the Harvard Business School, where she teaches the MBA elective course Legal Aspects of Management. Her research focuses on the intersection of law and management and the ability of legally astute managers and entrepreneurs to use the law and legal tools to create value, marshal resources, and manage risk. Her textbook Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century (with D. Savage), West Legal Studies in Business, 5th ed. 2006, is used at more than 100 colleges and universities. Before joining the Harvard faculty in 2000, Professor Bagley taught MBA and executive courses on the legal environment of business; legal aspects of entrepreneurship; and corporate governance, power, and responsibility at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Prior to her work at Stanford, Professor Bagley was a corporate securities partner in the San Francisco office of the law firm of Bingham McCutchen. She is a member of the State Bar of California (inactive) and the State Bar of New York, and advises firms, directors, and executives on corporate governance matters, business ethics, and strategic compliance management.

Achievements and Awards
Academy of Legal Studies in Business Senior Faculty Award of Excellence, 2006
Stanford University Graduate School of Business Trust Faculty Fellow, 1997-1998
Stanford Business School Distinguished Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, 1993
Invited to join Harvard Law Review, 1976
Phi Beta Kappa, 1973

Editorships
American Business Law Journal

Boards
Zicklin Center for Business Ethics Research, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Academic Advisory Board
International Journal of Business and Innovation, Editorial Board
Journal of Internet Law, Editorial Board
Bureau of National Affairs Corporate Practice Series, Advisory Board

Selected Books
The Entrepreneur's Guide to Business Law. 3rd Edition (with C. Dauchy), West/Thompson Learning, 2007

Managers and the Legal Environment: Strategies for the 21st Century. 5th Edition (with D. Savage), West Legal Studies in Business, 2006

Winning Legally: How to Use the Law to Create Value, Marshal Resources, and Manage Risk, Harvard Business School Press, 2005

Selected Book Chapters
"Shareholder Primacy Is a Choice, Not a Legal Mandate" in M. J. Epstein and K.O. Hanson, eds., The Accountable Corporation, Vol. 1, Praeger, 2005

"Risky Business: Understanding and Reducing Employer Risk," in G.D. Libecap, ed., Advances in the Study of Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Economic Growth, Vol. 10, JAI Press, 1998

Selected Articles
"Winning Legally: The Value of Legal Astuteness" Academy of Management Review, forthcoming

"Adverse Possession for Intellectual Property: Adapting an Ancient Concept to Resolve Conflicts Between Antitrust and Intellectual Property Laws in the Information Age" (with G. Clarkson), Harvard Journal of Law and Technology, Vol. 16, No. 2, 327-393, Spring, 2003

"Forethought: The Ethical Leader's Decision Tree" Harvard Business Review, Vol. 81, No. 2,18-19, February, 2003

"Legal Problems Showing a Way to Do Business" Financial Times Mastering Management, Vol. 3, 2-4, November, 2000

"The Devil Made Me Do It: Replacing Corporate Directors' Veil of Secrecy with the Mantle of Stewardship" (with K. Page), San Diego Law Review, Vol. 36, No. 4, 897-945, Fall, 1999

Working Papers
"Deep Links: Business School Students' Perceptions of the Role of Law and Ethics in Business" (with G. Clarkson and R. Power) 

"What's Law Got to Do with It: A Systems Approach to Management"

Selected Cases and Notes
"BitTorrent," HBS No. 806-169, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2006

"Merchant Card Services (A), (B) & (C)," HBS Nos. 803-042, 804-014 & 804-039, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2002 and 2003

"USG Corporation (A), (B) & (C)," HBS Nos. 807-090, 807-120 & 807-121, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2007

"Legal Aspects of Management: Course Overview Note for Educators," HBS No. 5-806-178, Harvard Business School Publishing, 2006

Education
JD magna cum laude, Harvard Law School, 1977
AB with Distinction and Honors, Stanford University, 1974