Publications

15 Dec 2014
Research & Ideas

Deconstructing the Price Tag

sharing cost figures. Perhaps it makes the price a company charges seem more fair and justifiable. Or perhaps it's simply a matter of consumers appreciating a little raw honesty from the corporate world. "Our evidence suggests you should... View Details

Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Retail

Dr. Yusuf Hamied

Keywords: Pharmaceuticals

30 Aug 2006
Op-Ed

The Compensation Game

Confronting greater media scrutiny and an ever-increasing number of shareholder resolutions focusing on executive pay, Corporate America continues to support current pay practices as a product of "the market." Not too long ago,... View Details

Keywords: by Lucian Bebchuk & Rakesh Khurana

August 2004 (Revised March 2005)
Case

MGM Mirage's Bid for Mandalay Resort Group (A): Communicating During the Merger Process

After MGM Mirage decides to announce publicly its bid for Mandalay Resort Group, both companies face vital decisions about how to communicate with their various stakeholders during the merger negotiations. View Details

Keywords: Negotiation; Corporate Disclosure; Mergers and Acquisitions; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Communication Strategy; Entertainment and Recreation Industry

November 2017
Case

Third Point Paints a Target on Sotheby's

By: Lena G. Goldberg

When faced with the increasing accumulation of its stock by activist investors led by Daniel Loeb’s Third Point LLC and the activists’ stated objective to replace management and at least some Sotheby’s Board members, Sotheby’s, the world’s oldest auction house,... View Details

Keywords: Fiduciary Duties; Activists; Activist Investors; Rights Plan; Poison Pills; Takeover Defenses; Corporate Governance; Laws and Statutes; Lawsuits and Litigation; Ownership Stake; Value Creation; Crisis Management

26 Sep 2018
News

Getting Life Back in Balance

Disenchanted with the corporate world, Benjamin Gower (GMP 19, 2015) quit his job as senior vice president of operations for Australia’s Cobham Aviation Services and made a bold career and lifestyle change, moving to rural South Australia... View Details

01 Mar 2017
News

Alumni and Faculty Books for March 2017

creative new markets. Lessons in Corporate Finance: A Case Studies Approach to Financial Tools, Financial Policies, and Valuation by Paul Asquith and Lawrence A. Weiss (DBA 1989) (Wiley) This book explains the fundamentals of the field in... View Details

01 Apr 1996
News

Stewards of the Seventh Generation

streamline production processes, lower costs, produce better quality products, gain a first-mover advantage, and enhance their global competitiveness. Properly designed government regulation, Porter believes, can provide incentives for... View Details

Keywords: Marguerite Rigoglioso, Garry Emmons, Linda Goodspeed, and Elaine Gottlieb

March 1993 (Revised September 1993)
Case

Praxair: Creating a Board (A)

By: Jay W. Lorsch

Discusses the process a CEO/chairman goes through in creating a new board. Specifically, follows a CEO's decision-making process in selecting board members. Also includes decisions about the selection process for board members and the structure and process of board... View Details

Keywords: Governing and Advisory Boards; Decision Making; Corporate Governance; Conferences; Business or Company Management; Selection and Staffing

Find at Harvard

October 2013 (Revised September 2014)
Case

The TELUS Share Conversion Proposal

By: Lucy White, Benjamin C. Esty and Lisa Mazzanti

On February 21, 2013, TELUS announced a proposal to convert the firm's non-voting shares into voting shares on a one-to-one basis, thereby eliminating the firm's dual class structure. Shareholders were scheduled to vote on the proposal at the firm's annual general... View Details

18 Mar 2020
News

Leading Change

featuring Donald S. Beyer, U.S. Congressman from Virginia and Co-Chair of the New Democrat Coalition Climate Change Task Force; Anne Kelly, (Harvard Kennedy School, 1996) VP of Government Relations, Ceres; Elizabeth Lewis (MBA 2006),... View Details

14 Nov 2019
Book

Lifting the Lid on Turkey's Hidden Business History

The business sector of modern Turkey has been dominated by closely held family business groups, which rarely allow access to their corporate archives, or else by a myriad of small businesses, which rarely keep any documentation. This has... View Details

Keywords: by Sean Silverthorne

01 Dec 2022
News

Educating, Connecting, and Mobilizing Around Climate Change

Since its founding in 2010, the Business and Environment Initiative (BEI) at HBS has worked to educate students and business leaders about the environmental challenges and opportunities confronting companies and organizations today, and advance faculty research that... View Details

Keywords: Jennifer Gillespie

June 2008
Supplement

Xerox Corporation: Anne Mulcahy, Chairman & CEO - Video

By: William W. George and Andrew N. McLean

Anne Mulcahy describes the challenges she faced at Xerox during her last visit to HBS. View Details

Keywords: Corporate Accountability; Leadership; Operations; Personal Development and Career; Problems and Challenges

October 2002 (Revised March 2004)
Case

Management Earnings Disclosure and Pro Forma Reporting

Introduces a discussion of management earnings disclosure and the growing use of pro forma reporting by corporations. Highlights the background of pro forma reporting, how it has been used in the past couple of years, and what the regulators at the capital markets... View Details

Keywords: Business Earnings; Corporate Disclosure; Financial Reporting; Management Teams